10 Moments That Literally Stopped WCW Matches

7. Halloween Havoc '98's Main Event Cuts Out

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For wrestling fans watching at home, there's nothing that literally stops a match any more definitively than having your screen turn to black while a contest is in motion.

At Halloween Havoc 1998, this was exactly what happened for thousands of people watching live on PPV across the United States. Having had to sit through the 15-minute turdfest of Hogan vs. Warrior II on that night, a large amount of US homes had their PPV feed cut to black just as the main event bout of DDP vs. Goldberg had got underway.

With Da Man's WCW World Heavyweight Championship on the line, the PPV broadcast ended for those unfortunate viewers just as these rivals locked up. This was all due to Halloween Havoc being a three-and-a-half-hour PPV instead of WCW's usual three-hour run time. As such, some pay-per-view markets were caught unaware as their broadcast cut off.

To make amends for this farce, WCW aired the full DDP vs. Goldberg contest on the following night's episode of Nitro - with many viewing this as the absolute best match of Bill Goldberg's career.

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