W C W ). ▁It ▁took ▁place ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁from ▁The ▁Cent rum ▁in ▁Wor c ester , ▁Massachusetts ▁and ▁featured ▁a ▁double ▁main ▁event . ▁ ▁Story lines ▁The ▁event ▁featured ▁professional ▁wrest ling ▁matches ▁that ▁involve ▁different ▁wrest lers ▁from ▁pre - ex isting ▁script ed ▁fe ud s ▁and ▁story lines . ▁Professional ▁wrest lers ▁port ray ▁villa ins , ▁hero es , ▁or ▁less ▁distinguish able ▁characters ▁in ▁the ▁script ed ▁events ▁that ▁build ▁t ension ▁and ▁cul min ate ▁in ▁a ▁wrest ling ▁match ▁or ▁series ▁of ▁matches . ▁ ▁Event ▁ ▁The ▁winner ▁of ▁the ▁Cru iser weight ▁battle ▁royal ▁received ▁an ▁immediate ▁W C W ▁Cru iser weight ▁Championship ▁opportunity ▁against ▁champion ▁Chris ▁Jer ich o . ▁Cic lo pe ▁and ▁Ju vent ud ▁Gu err era ▁were ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁compet itors ▁in ▁the ▁match ; ▁the ▁two ▁wrest lers ▁shook ▁hands ▁and ▁Gu err era ▁clim bed ▁out ▁over ▁the ▁top ▁ro pe ▁to ▁give ▁" C ic lo pe " ▁the ▁victory . ▁Cic lo pe ▁then ▁un mask ed , ▁reve aling ▁himself ▁as ▁Dean ▁Mal en ko . ▁Mal en ko ▁would ▁later ▁be ▁stri pped ▁of ▁the ▁W C W ▁World ▁Cru iser weight ▁Championship ▁two ▁weeks ▁later ▁on ▁N it ro ▁for ▁his ▁actions ▁in ▁the ▁battle ▁royal . ▁Gold berg ▁was ▁originally ▁supposed ▁to ▁wrest le ▁a ▁ga unt let ▁match ▁against ▁each ▁member ▁of ▁The ▁F lock ,