World War 3 (1998) was the fourth and final World War 3 professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on November 22, 1998 from The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan and was the second consecutive event to emanate from the same venue like the previous year's event. This event marked the only instance where the traditional World War 3 battle royal did not headline the event.

Seven matches were contested at the event. There were two main events of the event. The first was the traditional World War 3 match, where the winner would receive a WCW World Heavyweight Championship match at Starrcade. Kevin Nash won the match by last eliminating Lex Luger. The second main event was a standard wrestling match between Diamond Dallas Page and Bret Hart for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. Page pinned Hart to retain the title. Other featured matches on the card were Scott Hall versus Kevin Nash and Rick Steiner versus Scott Steiner.

The match between Kevin Nash and Scott Hall was cancelled after Eric Bischoff came out and ordered Vincent, Scott Norton, The Giant, Stevie Ray and Brian Adams to attack Hall. Nash then came out and saved Hall from the beatdown. In the "World War 3" World War 3 battle royal. Nash last eliminated Luger to earn a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Starrcade.