[2] Twelve matches were contested at the event, with the most notable feature being a thirty-two man tournament for the vacated WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

Later in the night, Sting issued an open challenge to an opponent for a true wrestling fight and the challenge was answered by Goldberg, (who had earlier defeated Sid Vicious for the United States Heavyweight Championship) who defeated Sting in the unsanctioned match to win the title.

[5] On the November 8 Nitro, Scott Hall defeated Hart, Goldberg and Sid Vicious in a fatal four-way ladder match to win the United States Heavyweight Championship.

[7] On the October 25 episode of Nitro, "The Powers That Be" gave an ultimatum to Curt Hennig which required that if he lost any other match by pinfall then he would be forced to retire.

[10] On the November 1 episode of Nitro, Vampiro defeated Berlyn in the opening round of the tournament for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship after interference by Misfits.

[9] On the October 25 episode of Nitro, Norman Smiley defeated Bam Bam Bigelow in a hardcore match in the first round of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship tournament[5] and developed a new character, considering himself the face of hardcore wrestling in WCW after defeating Meng and The Barbarian in a triple threat match on the November 1 Nitro.

[6] On November 11 episode of Thunder, Knobbs and Jimmy Hart took exception to Smiley's character and expressed their anger over him.

Later that night, Elizabeth was found unconscious backstage with a guitar beside her, causing The Total Package to suspect Jarrett of having done so.

[11] Meng cost Luger, his WCW World Heavyweight Championship tournament quarter-final match against Sting on November 15.

[10] Chris Benoit faced Jeff Jarrett in the semi-final round of a tournament for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship.

Rhodes brawled with Creative Control and Benoit struck Jarrett with a guitar to advance to the final round.

Knobbs' manager Jimmy Hart tried to hit Smiley with a trashcan but the door of the elevator closed and both men continued to fight.

[13][14][15] The Filthy Animals members Eddie Guerrero, Billy Kidman and Torrie Wilson took on The Revolution's Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko and Asya in an intergender elimination tag team match.

[13][14][15] Bret Hart took on Sting in the second semi-final match in the World Heavyweight Championship tournament.

Goldberg applied a bridging cobra clutch on Vicious to make him pass out to the hold and the referee stopped the match.

[13][14][15] In the main event, Chris Benoit took on Bret Hart in the final round of the thirty-two man tournament for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

In 2002, Scott Keith of 411Mania gave the event a rating of "Thumbs in the middle, leaning down," stating, "I really don’t know where all the glowing reviews of this show are coming from.

I mean, it had a really hot opener and a pretty decent main event, but there was just nothing of substance to fill the other 2 Ѕ hours in between.

Early buyrates for this show already are disappointing to WCW, which shouldn’t be a surprise considering how piss-poor the promotion for it was.

"[15] In 2007, Arnold Furious of 411Mania gave the event a score of 4.5 [Poor], stating, "A show was a lot of potential but both the good matches were riddled with needless interference.

"[13] In 2016, Kevin Pantoja of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 3.0 [Bad], stating, "A lot of late WCW is terrible, but this might have been the most frustrating show.

"[14] On the November 22 episode of Monday Nitro, Bret Hart considered to defend the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Goldberg at Starrcade.

In the warmup to the event, Hart and Goldberg defeated Creative Control to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship on the December 7 episode of Thunder, only to lose it to The Outsiders, six days later on Nitro.

Mayhem would be the last non-WWF,now WWE Pay-per-view held in Toronto until June 25, 2023 when Forbidden Door took place and was produced jointly by All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.