Mayhem was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in the month of November in 1999 and 2000. It replaced the promotion's November PPV event World War 3 which was held from 1995 to 1998 and is noted for being the first wrestling pay-per-view named after a video game, rather than the video game named after a pay-per-view.

Mayhem
PromotionsWorld Championship Wrestling
First eventMayhem (1999)
Last eventMayhem (2000)

Since 2001, the rights to the event are owned by WWE. In 2015, all WCW pay-per-views were made available on the WWE Network.

Dates, venues, and main events

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Event Date City Venue Main event(s)
Mayhem (1999) November 21, 1999 Toronto, Ontario Air Canada Centre Bret Hart vs. Chris Benoit in a tournament final for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship
Mayhem (2000) November 26, 2000 Milwaukee, Wisconsin U.S. Cellular Arena Booker T (c) vs. Scott Steiner in a Straitjacket steel cage match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

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