Halloween Havoc (1996) was the eighth Halloween Havoc professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on October 27, 1996 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. As of 2014 the event is available on the WWE Network.

The event featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Professional wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Prior to the start of the pay-per-view there were two dark matches. The first match saw Jim Powers defeated Pat Tanaka and the second match saw Psychosis and Juventud Guerrera defeated Damián and Halloween.

The opening match of the pay-per-view was for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. This match saw Dean Malenko defeated Rey Misterio Jr. to capture the championship. Prior to the event, Malenko had stolen Misterio’s mask, during the match Misterio got his original mask back and switched masks. Malenko however was able to hit a gutwrench powerbomb off the top for the victory.

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