REWIND-A-WAI #67: WWF Capital Carnage (1998)

system · August 4, 2020, 11:13pm

Originally published at https://www.postwrestling.com/2020/08/04/rewind-a-wai-67-wwf-capital-carnage-1998/

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWF Capital Carnage 1998, a UK-only PPV from London, England headlined by a Fatal Four-Way match featuring Steve Austin vs. The Undertaker vs. Mankind vs. Kane.

This event is remembered for a rare instance of intentional nudity involving Jacqueline, one of the craziest Mr. McMahon promos recorded on video, The Rock defending his championship against Rewind-A-Wai favourite: X-Pac, and an unfortunate set of circumstances resulting in a very challenging performance for Jim Ross.

Plus, your feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum.

This edition of the Rewind-A-Wai is presented by Espresso Executive Producer, Shaun Pickles.

Watch this event on the WWE Network (account required): https://watch.wwe.com/episode/Capital-Carnage-UK-1998-10261

WWF Capital Carnage
Sunday, December 6, 1998
London, England at the London Arena

*Fatal Four-Way: Steve Austin vs. Mankind vs. The Undertaker vs. Kane
*WWF World Heavyweight Title Match: The Rock © vs. X-Pac
*WWF Tag Team Championship: New Age Outlaws © vs. D-Lo Brown & Mark Henry
*Triple H vs. Jeff Jarrett
*WWF Intercontinental Championship: Ken Shamrock © vs. Steve Blackman
*Sable & Christian vs. Jacqueline & Marc Mero
*Edge vs. Tiger Ali Singh
*Val Venis vs. Goldust
*Road Warrior Animal & Droz vs. The Head Bangers
*Gangrel vs. Al Snow

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MarkP · August 5, 2020, 3:11pm

I seem to recall both this and One Night Only, actually being available on Viewer’s Choice PPV in Canada.

Not sure if the UK only ones after this were - but I definitely have memories of watching this on VHS after a friend taped it after broadcast here.

McGuire72 · August 5, 2020, 3:56pm

“Ultimate Farting Championship” is the sort of dry, British wit that I’ve really come to appreciate over the years.

EL84 · August 9, 2020, 7:38am

Tuesday I decided to watch we had Goldust and Edge lose but do something to get the fans to cheer because we’re all dumb. I went to a Smackdown house show with the main event Champion Jinder vs Orton in a Tables match. Jinder won but Orton hit an RKO at the end to send us home happy and I thought that was so fucking stupid. That Vince promo my god, Enjoyed the review, I was curious why Hunter Hemsey didn’t wrestle the Rock assuming he had No-Job-itis

efuds · August 17, 2020, 1:25pm

What an odd, mostly forgotten event and card. I remember this being easy to find at video rental stores in my area, so I have watched this a few times but I had no desire to go back and watch on the Network. This era of WWF was not my favorite. In my opinion, they went a bit too far in trying to push the envelope around this time. The crowds in this era really only cared about finishers, run-ins, soap opera storylines, and “puppies”. I find the era just before the Attitude Era (Wrestlemania 13 to about Ground Zero IYH) and the latter part of the Attitude Era (Royal Rumble 2000 to Wrestlemania X-7) to be much more enjoyable to revisit.