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This was a tournament final. It was a sort of "World Cup", each country being allowed to submit two wrestlers. There were 32 wrestlers, with 20 wrestlers represented. Riley represented Great Britain, while Nakanishe represented Japan. | ||
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This match was the culmination of Jerry Kent's heel turn. He and Travis were the two most popular stars in the SMWA at the time. Kent had turned on Travis months before this match. | |
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Mike Haggar held the SMWA North American Title at the time, which he subsequently relinquished. | ||
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This was the first ever Crash Carnival. The World Title match was held in a steel cage. | |
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Both Mike Haggar and Omega Centurion were seriously injured after the Crash Carnival match, and Haggar had to relinquish the World Title. It was put up for grabs in a sixteen man tournament. This was the tournament final. | ||
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Zephyr was one of Mexico's top stars and he won the title while the SMWA was touring Mexico. | ||
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Turkish Delight was a jobber. Rok was wrestling against him and lost the belt when Rod Irons, who he was feuding with at the time, interfered on Turkish Delight's behalf. Rok attacked Turkish Delight after the match and broke his back, ending his career and forcing him to relinquish the title. | ||
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This was the final of an eight man tournament held at Crash Carnival. | ||
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Though Oni's ensuing World Title reign was long, it should be noted that he wrestled only once every thirty days, taking full advantage of the 30 day rule. At all other times, he was in Japan training for his next opponent. | ||
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Sky Commando and Oni were scheduled to wrestle later that month, but Commando got under Oni's skin during an interview that evening and was challenged to an impromptu World Title match. | ||
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The match only lasted 31 seconds. | |
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During this match, three Doomsdays appeared. At the end, two unmasked, revealing themselves to be Norful The Viking and Alexander "The Grater". Grater was the Doomsday holding the belt, though nobody was sure if he made the official pin. | ||
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The World Title was vacated after the Triple Doomsday debacle at Crash Carnival 1997 and put up for grabs in a three-ring, thirty-man battle royal. The final three men were Alexander "The Grater", The Scorpion and Mike Haggar. | ||
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Handicap match with Alexander "The Grater" teamed with The Scorpion. If Scorpion and Grater had won, Haggar would have been forced to leave the SMWA. When he won, he forced Scorpion out of the SMWA (a match stipulation) and was awarded the World Title. Grater was the one who was pinned. | |
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This was a one-fall triangle match, also featuring Zangief. | ||
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Steel cage match with special guest referee "Jumbo" Jack Flap. | |
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This match was originally supposed to be Mike Haggar vs Ghost, but Ghost and his stable, Major Force, had injured Haggar earlier in the night. Jack Slade won number one contender rights in the Four Man BattleCrash match earlier that evening and agreed to fill in for Haggar. | ||
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