It took place on September 12, 1999 from the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

In the main event, Sting defeated Hulk Hogan to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

In other prominent matches, Goldberg defeated Diamond Dallas Page, Sid Vicious defeated Chris Benoit to win the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, and Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) defeated The West Texas Rednecks (Barry Windham and Kendall Windham) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship.

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.

In 2007, Arnold Furious of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 2.0 [Very Bad], stating, "In terms of delivering tonight’s matches went 0 for 9.