Halloween Havoc 1993 took place on October 24, 1993 from the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. The main event was Vader vs Cactus Jack in a Texas Death match. Rick Rude defended the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship in a rematch against Ric Flair, Dustin Rhodes defended the WCW US Heavyweight Championship against Steve Austin, Lord Steven Regal defended the WCW World TV Championship against Davey Boy Smith, and the WCW World Tag Team Championships were defended by 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Bagwell against The Nasty Boys. Other matches included Sting vs Sid Vicious and Paul Orndorf vs Ricky Steamboat.