SuperBrawl VIII took place on February 22, 1998 from the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. A match was scheduled between Larry Zbyszko and Louie Spicolli; it was canceled following Spicolli's death a week before the pay-per view.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- Dark match: Último Dragón defeated Shiryu (with Sonny Onoo)
- Dragon pinned Shiryu.
- Booker T defeated Rick Martel to win the WCW World Television Championship (10:23)
- Booker pinned Martel after a Harlem Sidekick.
- Martel was originally booked to win the match. However, he suffered a torn knee ligament after hitting his leg on the opposite turnbuckles due to a botched hip toss from Booker.
- The winner of the match was to immediately defend the title against Saturn.
- Booker T defeated Saturn to retain the WCW World Television Championship (14:23)
- Booker pinned Saturn after a Harlem Sidekick.
- Due to Martel's injury and the reworking of the finish, Saturn and Booker were forced to improvise the entire match.
- Disco Inferno defeated La Parka (11:41)
- Inferno pinned Parka after a Chart Buster.
- Goldberg defeated Brad Armstrong (2:23)
- Goldberg pinned Armstrong after a Jackhammer.
- This was a bonus match.
- Chris Jericho defeated Juventud Guerrera in a Title versus Mask match to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (13:29)
- Jericho forced Guerrera to submit with the Liontamer.
- As per the prematch stipulation Guerrera was forced to give up his mask.
- The British Bulldog defeated Steve McMichael (6:10)
- Bulldog forced McMichael to submit with an armbar.
- McMichael suffered a broken arm during the course of the match.
- Diamond Dallas Page defeated Chris Benoit to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (15:46)
- Page pinned Benoit after a Diamond Cutter.
- Lex Luger defeated Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) (7:26)
- Luger forced Savage to submit with the Torture Rack.
- Elizabeth interfered while Luger first put Savage in the Torture Rack and pulled him down.
- Immediately after that, Scott Norton, Buff Bagwell, Brian Adams, and Vincent rushed the ring and began attacking Luger.
- Hollywood Hogan then came out and called all four members of the nWo back to the locker room, thus leaving Savage alone in the ring.
- The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) (with Dusty Rhodes) defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) (with Ted DiBiase) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship (4:16)
- Hall pinned Rick after an Outsider's Edge.
- Scott turned on Rick midway through the match and refused to help him fight off the Outsiders.
- After the match Scott handed the tag team title belts to the Outsiders and joined the nWo.
- Sting defeated Hollywood Hogan to win the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship (16:33)
- Sting pinned Hogan after a Scorpion Deathdrop.
- While Sting hit the move, Hogan kicked referee Nick Patrick and knocked him down.
- While the referee was down, Scott Norton, Buff Bagwell, Brian Adams, Vincent, Konnan, and Randy Savage came to the ring.
- Everyone except Savage went to attack Sting. As Hogan was trying to get up, Savage struck him with a spraycan and left the ring. Sting scored the pin and won the match.
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