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This article is about the pay-per-view event formerly promoted by World Championship Wrestling. For the video game after which the event was named, see WCW Mayhem (video game). For the music release of the same name, see WCW Mayhem: The Music.

Mayhem was a professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Championship Wrestling and held in the month of November in 1999 and 2000. It 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 1999
Details
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	November 21, 1999
Venue	Air Canada Centre
City	Toronto, Ontario
Attendance	13,839
Pay-per-view chronology
Halloween Havoc 1999	Mayhem 1999	Starrcade 1999

Mayhem 1999 took place on November 21, 1999 from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It was the first WCW PPV held in Canada.

• World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi-Final: Chris Benoit defeated Jeff Jarrett (9:27)
  • Benoit pinned Jarrett after hitting him with Jarrett's guitar.
• Evan Karagias (w/Madusa) defeated Disco Inferno (w/Tony Marinara) to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (8:00)
  • Karagias pinned Inferno with a Cross Body Block.
• Hardcore Championship Tournament Final: Norman Smiley defeated Brian Knobbs (w/Jimmy Hart) to become the first WCW Hardcore champion (7:27)
  • Smiley pinned Knobbs after Hart accidentally hit Knobbs with a garbage can.
• The Revolution (Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko and Asya) (w/Shane Douglas) defeated The Filthy Animals (Eddy Guerrero, Billy Kidman and Torrie Wilson) (w/Konnan) in an Elimination match (10:55)
  • Malenko pinned Kidman with a roll-up (2:56)
  • Guerrero pinned Malenko with a Hurricanrana (5:03)
  • Guerrero pinned Asya after a Frog Splash (6:28)
  • Saturn forced Guerrero to submit with the Rings of Saturn (10:17)
  • Saturn pinned Wilson after a low blow (10:55)
• Buff Bagwell defeated Curt Hennig in a Retirement match (7:47)
  • Bagwell pinned Hennig after a Buff Blockbuster.
• World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi-Final: Bret Hart defeated Sting (9:27)
  • Hart forced Sting to submit with the Sharpshooter.
• Vampiro (w/Jerry Only) defeated Berlyn (w/The Wall) in a Dog Collar match (4:57)
  • Vampiro forced Berlyn to submit with a Camel Clutch.
• Meng defeated Lex Luger (w/Miss Elizabeth) (5:23)
  • Meng pinned Luger with the Tongan Death Grip.
• Scott Hall defeated Booker T to retain the WCW United States Championship and WCW World Television Championship (6:04)
  • Hall pinned Booker after a Outsider's Edge.
• David Flair fought Kimberly Page to a no-contest
• Goldberg defeated Sid Vicious in an "I Quit" match (5:30)
  • The referee ended the match after Goldberg put Vicious in a Half Nelson Choke.
• World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Final: Bret Hart defeated Chris Benoit to win the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship (17:44)
  • Hart forced Benoit to submit with the Sharpshooter.

Mayhem 2000
Details
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	November 26, 2000
Venue	U.S. Cellular Arena
City	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Attendance	3,800
Pay-per-view chronology
Halloween Havoc 2000	Mayhem 2000	Starrcade 2000

Mayhem 2000 took place on November 26, 2000 from the U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

• Mike Sanders defeated Kwee Wee (w/Paisley) to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (7:50)
  • Sanders pinned Kwee Wee after a 3.0.
• Three Count (Shane Helms and Shannon Moore) defeated Evan Karagias and Jamie Knoble, and The Jung Dragons (Kaz Hayashi and Yun Yang) (w/Leia Meow) in a Triangle match (10:53)
  • Helms pinned Yang after a Double Neckbreaker.
• Mancow defeated Jimmy Hart (1:38)
  • Mancow pinned Hart after hitting him with a fake cast Hart was wearing.
• Crowbar defeated Reno and Big Vito in a Triple Threat match to retain the WCW Hardcore Championship (7:50)
  • Crowbar pinned Reno after hitting him with a steel chair.
• The Filthy Animals (Rey Misterio, Jr. and Billy Kidman) (w/Tygress) defeated Alex Wright and KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) (w/Disqo) in a Handicap match (7:46)
  • Kidman pinned Wright after a Nutcracker Suite with Misterio.
• Ernest Miller (w/Ms. Jones) defeated Shane Douglas (w/Torrie Wilson) (8:00)
  • Miller pinned Douglas after hitting him with a shoe.
• Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Sgt. AWOL (5:41)
  • Bigelow pinned AWOL after a Greetings from Asbury Park.
• General Rection defeated Lance Storm (w/Major Gunns) to win the WCW United States Championship (6:25)
  • Rection pinned Storm after a No Laughing Matter.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Buff Bagwell (11:10)
  • Jarrett pinned Bagwell after hitting him with a guitar.
• The Insiders (Kevin Nash and Diamond Dallas Page) defeated The Perfect Event (Chuck Palumbo and Shawn Stasiak) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship (14:55)
  • Nash pinned Stasiak after a Jacknife Powerbomb.
• Goldberg defeated Lex Luger (5:53)
  • Goldberg pinned Luger after a Jackhammer.
• Scott Steiner (w/Midajah) defeated Booker T in a Straight Jacket Steel cage match to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (13:10)
  • Steiner won by TKO when he put an unconscious Booker into the Steiner Recliner.

• List of WCW pay-per-view events