It took place on September 13, 1998, from the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

[1] The WarGames match was created when Dusty Rhodes was inspired by a viewing of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

The event featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines.

The match between Curt Hennig and Dean Malenko, while heavily built in storylines, was not advertised ahead of time.

During the match between The British Bulldog and Jim Neidhart against Disco Inferno and Alex Wright, Bulldog severely injured his back on a trap door installed in the ring for The Ultimate Warrior's entrance later in the show.

In 2012, Jack Bramma of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 4.0 [Poor], stating, "There are TWO good matches on the entire PPV and only one above ***.

The fact that this is the second straight month that Goldberg didn’t defend the title on a big show is ridiculous, but it’s like yelling down a hallway at this point.