WCW PPV of the Day

1993

SuperBrawl III took place on February 21, 1993 from the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. This event marked the return of Ric Flair to WCW.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• The Hollywood Blonds (Brian Pillman and Steve Austin) defeated Erik Watts and Marcus Bagwell (16:34)
  • Pillman pinned Bagwell after Austin hit Bagwell with a top-rope forearm shot while the referee was distracted, breaking Bagwell's Fisherman suplex on Pillman.
• Too Cold Scorpio defeated Chris Benoit (19:59)
  • Scorpio pinned Benoit with a Samson clutch, with one second left in the 20-minute time limit.
• Davey Boy Smith defeated Bill Irwin (5:49)
  • Smith pinned Irwin with a running powerslam.
  • This was Smith's WCW debut.
• Cactus Jack defeated Paul Orndorff in a Falls Count Anywhere match (12:17)
  • Jack pinned Orndorff after hitting him with a shovel.
• The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) defeated Smoky Mountain Wrestling tag team champions The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Stan Lane) (with Jim Cornette) (12:52)
  • Gibson Pinned Prichard.
  • The Heavenly Bodies replaced The Wrecking Crew due to an agreement by WCW Executive Vice President Bill Watts and Smoky Mountain Wrestling commissioner Bob Armstrong on an earlier episode ofWCW Main Event.
  • The Heavenly Bodies' SMW Tag Team Championship was not on the line, making it a non-title match.
• Dustin Rhodes defeated Maxx Payne by disqualification to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (11:28)
  • Payne was disqualified after pulling the referee into Rhodes to attempt to break an abdominal stretch and throwing Rhodes over the top rope.
  • Payne replaced the injured Ron Simmons.
• Barry Windham defeated The Great Muta to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (24:10)
  • Windham pinned Muta following a DDT.
  • After the match Ric Flair attempted to place the belt around Windham's waist, but Windham refused to let him.
• WCW World Heavyweight Champion Big Van Vader (with Harley Race) defeated Sting in a White Castle of Fear Strap match (20:54)
  • Vader touched the fourth corner after being propelled into it by Sting.
  • Vader's WCW World Heavyweight Championship was not on the line, making it a non-title match.
  • The match was kayfabe non-sanctioned by WCW.

WCW Superbrawl VI

WCW Superbrawl VI

February 11th 1996

Bayfront Arena

Tampa,  FL

This event marked Brian Pillman's final match in WCW; in his "I Respect You" Strap Match against The Taskmaster, Pillman shouted "I respect you, bookerman!," breaking kayfabe, before leaving the ring.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Main Event match: The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) defeated Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck (2:07)
  • Animal pinned Buck.
• Main Event match: Hugh Morrus defeated Chris Kanyon (2:28)
  • Morrus pinned Kanyon.
• Main Event match: Big Bubba Rogers and VK Wallstreet defeated Joey Maggs and Craig Pittman (2:14)
  • Rogers pinned Maggs.
• Main Event match: Jim Duggan fought Loch Ness to a double disqualification
• The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) defeated The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) in a Street Fight (7:49)
  • Knobs pinned Rock after Rock missed a Drive-By on Knobs through a table; Knobs hit Rock with a piece of the broken table.
  • The match was fought under Falls Count Anywhere rules.
• Johnny B. Badd (with The Diamond Doll) defeated Diamond Dallas Page to retain the WCW World Television Championship (14:59)
  • Badd pinned Page after a Tombstone Piledriver.
  • As per the pre-match stipulations, Badd's victory resulted in him winning Page's remaining lottery money of $6.6 million for the Doll, as well as retaining her services as a valet.
• Sting and Lex Luger defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) to retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship (11:49)
  • Luger pinned Stevie Ray after Road Warrior Animal interfered and attacked Stevie Ray.
• Konnan defeated One Man Gang to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (7:27)
  • Konnan pinned OMG after Top Rope Senton Bomb.
• The Taskmaster defeated Brian Pillman in an "I Respect You" Strap match (1:36)
  • The match ended after Brian Pillman said "I respect you, Booker Man!"
• Arn Anderson fought The Taskmaster to a no-contest (3:45)
  • The match ended when Ric Flair came out and convinced both men to stop fighting each other.
• WCW World Tag Team Champions Sting and Lex Luger fought The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) to a double countout (13:56)
  • The match ended when all four men were counted out, Sting and Luger retained the titles.
  • The Road Warriors earned the match by virtue of Luger and Sting's victory earlier in the evening.
• Ric Flair (with Woman) defeated Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) in a Steel Cage match to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (18:52)
  • Flair pinned Savage after Miss Elizabeth turned on Savage by allowing Flair to hit him with one of her high heel shoes.
• Hulk Hogan defeated The Giant (with Jimmy Hart and The Taskmaster) in a Steel Cage match (15:04)
  • Hogan escaped the cage.

Superbrawl 8

Today in 1998 - WCW held its eighth-annual SuperBrawl pay-per-view event before 12,620 fans at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. The show got a 1.1 buyrate, the highest ever for a SuperBrawl at that point, and the results were:
- In a dark match, Ultimo Dragon pinned Shiryu (Kaz Hayashi) (with Sonny Onoo).
- Booker T pinned WCW World Television Champion Rick Martel after the Harlem Sidekick to win the title, beginning his second reign.
- WCW World Television Champion Booker T pinned Saturn after the Harlem Sidekick to retain the title.
- Disco Inferno pinned La Parka after the Chart Buster.
- Goldberg pinned Brad Armstrong after the Jackhammer.
- WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho defeated Juventud Guerrera by submission with the Liontamer to retain the title, and win Juventud's mask.
- The British Bulldog defeated Steve McMichael by submission with an armbar.
- WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page pinned Chris Benoit after a Diamond Cutter to retain the title.
- Lex Luger defeated Randy Savage (with Elizabeth) by submission with the Torture Rack.
- The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash (with Dusty Rhodes)) defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) with Ted DiBiase)) to win the title, when Hall pinned Rick after the Outsider's Edge. This took place after Scott Steiner turned on his brother, joining the nWo. This ended the Steiners' sixth and final reign and began the Outsiders' third.


- Sting pinned Hollywood Hulk Hogan after Randy Savage hit Hogan with a can of spray-paint to win the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Title. This began Sting's fourth reign. After the match, Sting spray-painted "WCW" on Hogan, and J.J. Dillon gave Sting the title belt. The WCW World Heavyweight Title had been held-up since January 8, following a controversial ending of Hogan and Sting's match at December's Starrcade.

Match of the Day

From WCW Superbrawl 6 held today in 1996

Ric Flair defeated Randy Savage in a steel cage match to win the WCW World Title, ending Savage's second title reign, and beginning Flair's seventeenth World title reign (depending on which records you believe)

Match of the Day

Today's match is from Superbrawl 3. Held Feb 21st 1993 in Asheville North Carolina.

The main event was a Strap Match between Sting and Big Van Vader

SuperBrawl VI

Our match of the Day today is from Feb 11th 1996 and SuperBrawl 6 held in St Petersburg Florida.

The main event was a cage match between Hulk Hogan and the Giant.

Match of the Day

Todays Match goes back to SuperBrawl 2, Feb 29th 1992.

US Heavyweight Title

Rick Rude (Champion) vs Ricky Steamboat

SuperBrawl 3

SuperBrawl 3 Feb 23 1993

For the NWA World Heavyweight Title

World Champion - The Great Muta vs Barry Windham

SuperBrawl 2

Today we look at one of the best matches from 1992.
From WCW SuperBrawl 2 the late Brian Pillman taking on Jushin "Thunder" Liger.