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00:18En San Francisco, California
00:21para WCW 2nd pay per view
00:22del año 2000
00:24Super Brawl
00:25Around 8500 fans
00:26are inside the Cow Palace
00:28tonight and the first thing we hear is Tony Schiavone saying, how do you get better than this?
00:33I can think of a few ways, my guy.
00:35On the subject of announcers, Bobby Heenan isn't here, we've got Mark Madden on the call
00:40and we won't hear Bobby Heenan again on a WCW pay per view. Not off to the best start
00:45and the first bell hasn't even rung yet.
00:48Our main event sees Big Sid Vicious defend the WCW Championship against Jeff Jarrett and
00:53Scott Hall in a triple threat match. We've also got the total package taking
00:58on Hulk Hogan as well as Terry Funk and Ric Flair squaring off in a Texas deathmatch.
01:04Before we get to any of that though, Mean Gene's outside the commissioner's office looking
01:09to grab a word with Kev and Nash, but he instead comes face to face with a whole load of
01:13tits.
01:14And the women are there as well. Jeff Jarrett says that after what he did to the commissioner
01:19on Thunder, Big Kev isn't here. Yeah, Jeff took Nash out with a guitar shot after he banned
01:24the Harris brothers from Super Brawl. So, his acting commissioner, Double J's running
01:28the show tonight. He lifts the ban on Ron and Don and he says they will be by his side
01:34in
01:34the main event tonight. Oh goodie. Anyway, we're going to kick things off with the finals
01:39of the Cruiserweight title tournament as Lash LaRue goes one-on-one with the artist formerly
01:43known as Prince. Ayakeya.
01:50Our two finalists have made it through an eight-man tournament to get to this stage and tonight
01:55we're going to crown a brand new Cruiserweight champion. The Y2 Cajun makes his way down
01:59to the ring first before the artist saunters his way out accompanied by Paisley. She grabs
02:03the mic and thanks the crowd for supporting the artists creative endeavours while Mark Madden
02:08says Paisley should be showing more cleavage because we're on PPV. How do you get better
02:12than this, eh Tony? Lash, uh, he assaults Paisley to start the match. The artist is rightfully
02:19annoyed and he immediately goes on the attack. He holds Lash down so Paisley can give him a perfectly
02:24justified booting the ribs. Lash is able to take control by countering the artist's mounted
02:29corner punches before looking to score with his version of the dancey punch, but he's
02:33met with a superkick instead. That's what you get for gimmick infringement.
02:37Ironic, given Ayakeya's gimmick, but moving on. Ayakeya gets sent over the top rope to the
02:41floor and Lash follows him out with a plancha over the ropes. Back inside the ring the artist
02:46regains control with a dragon screw but Lash attempts a sunset flip and the artist is forced
02:50to perform some assault of his own to avoid getting rolled up. The HR department is going
02:55to have a late one denied eh? A little miscommunication leads to Lash being sent over the top rope
03:01where he gets introduced to the steel ring steps. An overhead belly to belly gets the
03:04artist a 2 but Lash is able to take his opponent to the corner and place him on the top
03:08rope.
03:09He looks for a hurricanrana but Paisley holds onto her man and Lash crashes to the mat. Ayakeya
03:14then hits his diving middle rope DDT for the 3 and that's our opening match over. The artist
03:19wins the cruiserweight title here at Superbrawl. Not a great match if I'm honest, it was very
03:24sloppy and there were a number of points where the lads lost the run of themselves and had
03:29to resort to punches and kicks to cover up their mistakes. I would say Ayakeya's now passed
03:33his green as shit newcomer phase so there was really no excuse for this one.
03:43Backstage we see Norman Smiley getting his ribs taped up which will severely affect his wiggling
03:48capabilities both in and outside the ring. Complete hit Brian Nobbs gets interviewed by
03:54Mean Gene and he spouts some bollocks about how he's been through a lot these past few
03:58months but his training with Fit Finley taught him to say no surrender. Wrong time of year for
04:03that I would've thought, but that's what hardcore's all about, apparently.
04:08We then see a shot of a room that has a keep out sign on the door. Tony says no
04:13one knows
04:13who requested this room and no one knows who's inside of it. Probably the WCW booking committee
04:19keeping themselves hidden. I would certainly hide if I booked this show.
04:23Up next, Bam Bam Bigelow defends the hardcore title against Brian Nobhead. Bam Bam won the
04:27title due to some help from Nobbs mentor Fit Finley and so Brian's out to regain the gold here
04:32tonight. Speaking of Finley, he shows up to distract Bam Bam so Nobbs can get the advantage.
04:37He drags Bigelow to the WCW.com area in the two brawl in a walkway beside the crowd before
04:42they head backstage. Nobbs gets put through a table, Finley hits Bigelow with his cast
04:47and Bam Bam gets bopped with a bin. It's crazy to think hardcore matches can seem limited
04:52in regards to variety but let me tell you something brother, nearly every WCW hardcore match plays
04:58out in the exact same way. They head back to the ring, Nobbs sets up a table in the corner
05:03but as is the weigh in wrestling, the tit ends up being the one to go through it. Bigelow delivers
05:07greetings for Masbury Park but he decides to go up top instead of going for the cover.
05:12He gets knocked on the floor by Nobbs cast following a distraction from Finley and the
05:16former nasty boy is once again hardcore champion. An absolute nothing match. Let's move on.
05:25Slitrick's biggin up himself, the total package and Liz by saying team package rocks. I beg
05:31to differ lad. Some thoroughly convincing event staff then tell each other that no one's
05:35to be let into either Sid or Scott Hall's dressing rooms no matter who they are. Even the president
05:40isn't allowed in but are we talking about the WCW president or the president of the United
05:46States? Either way, it's time to get funky, as three can come down to treat us to an absolute
05:51banger. But hang on just a minute mister. Evan says that they aren't here to sing tonight
05:56but instead they're gonna kick some ass. I am devastated. Truly, truly devastated. Anyway,
06:02can't grieve forever. Here comes Norman Smiley as he's getting ready to take on these three
06:07pop icons in a three on one handicap match. Norman's still a bit banged up after getting
06:12put through a table by the wall on thunder but he's showing little effects of those injured
06:16ribs as he wipes out every member of three count before sending Shannon flying over the top
06:21rope onto his bandmates. Eventually though, the numbers game catches up to Norman as expected
06:25in three count takeover. Norman gets a break when Shane misses a corkscrew senton that still
06:31looked fantastic to be fair. Evan breaks up an attempted big wiggle, both he and Shane have
06:36a little boogie together, so Norman decides to join in and the crowd love it. We didn't deserve
06:41Norman Smiley, we really didn't. Smiley locks in the Norman Conquest on Shannon but it gets broke
06:47up and the lads lay in the boots to Norman's ribs. Evan then hits a twisting splash, Shane hits a
06:52frog
06:52splash and Shannon locks in a Boston Crab which forces the injured Norman Smiley to give it up.
06:58Yeah, I quite enjoyed this match for what it was, for sure it was a bit silly but that's what
07:03it was
07:03always gonna be. It was entertaining and the three young guns got to show off what they could do,
07:08so it's a thumbs up from me.
07:14Main event time as the demon takes on the wall. Yes, this is being billed as a main event.
07:19Due to a contractual stipulation with Kiss, the character of the demon had to be involved in at
07:24least one pay per view main event, so this is it. Man, I would have been pissed if I were
07:29Kiss but
07:29something tells me that watching Superbowl 2000 wasn't high on Gene Simmons list of priorities.
07:34The walls music plays but there's no sign of him, so our god of thunder here has to strutter all
07:40the
07:40way to the top of the entranceway to find his opponent because… who wants to be lonely?
07:46Last one I promise. The wall attacks from behind and the demon gets bounced off the guardrails as
07:51he gets brought down to the ring. From here the demon gets absolutely wrecked with a gorilla press
07:55slam before getting choked in the corner, but he is able to connect with a middle rope clothesline.
08:00The crowd's silent for this one and I mean silent. Demon's able to stay in control with a back elbow
08:06and a drop kick but he gets stopped in his tracks with a stun gun from the wall before getting
08:10stretched out across his knee. Demon heads up top but he gets caught around the throat and he gets
08:15driven down to the canvas with a chokeslam. The wall gets the win and the demon gets squashed.
08:19Jesus Christ, this one was a rough watch and any momentum the demon may have had,
08:24no matter how small, has been brought to a screeching halt with this loss.
08:29Mean Gene's with the Kett backstage wondering where James Brown is. Miller said James was at
08:35Thunder a few days ago but he wasn't shown on camera. Kett says the godfather of soul is here
08:40tonight, Gene doesn't believe him, so we'll just have to wait and see how this plays out. The whole
08:45thing was thrown together very very late and WCW hardly promoted Brown's upcoming appearance,
08:50another missed opportunity from WCW. Vince Russo may be out of here but his spirit lives on as we have
08:57a leather jacket on a pole match between Tank Abbott and Big Al. This one's pretty infamous
09:02but not for anything that happens during the bout itself. Al takes his belt off and he wants to tie
09:07the two men together, presumably to make it so the other one can't run away but surely that would make
09:12climbing a pole a bit difficult. Fuck who cares. They tie their hands together and they just swing and shout
09:18at each other for what feels like an eternity. Tank goes down after a forearm, Al goes for the jacket
09:23but not before standing on Abbott's face. Yep, just stand right there big man, it's totally safe.
09:28Tank gets pissed off, he wrecks Al with some punches before putting him over his shoulder and climbing
09:33the ropes to get the jacket. They then lose their balance and Al gets dropped onto the floor and
09:37yeah, this is really something else. Tank grabs the jacket and he wins the match but now we get to
09:44the part that everyone remembers. Tank stands over Al and I shit you not, he pulls out a knife and
09:49he
09:49holds it to Al's throat while screaming I could fucking kill you. The camera quickly cuts away
09:54and Tony tries to cover it up by saying it was a pair of scissors to cut off Al's beard.
09:59Do keep in
09:59mind one very important fact here though, that being Al doesn't have a beard, he has a very closely
10:05shaven goatee. What can you say? Really, what can you say about this? You also have to wonder why this
10:11randomer named Big Al was allowed to compete in a WCW pay per view but I'm guessing Tank trusted him
10:17and there would be no hard feelings between the two if they landed a few stiff shots. Still doesn't make
10:22for a good match though. Dreadful, bottom of the barrel bullshit right here from WCW.
10:32Stevie Ray and Big Titties are backstage with Mean Gene. Stevie says brother Booker has no idea what
10:38it means to watch someone's back so Stevie had to go out and get some help. Is he referring to
10:43Big T
10:43here or is he referring to someone else? Stevie then claims that Booker doesn't know how to treat
10:48anybody and the person who used to watch Booker's back, well he'll be watching this match from across
10:53the ring. After a promo package Booker tells Gene that he's never crossed anyone that didn't deserve
10:59it and that tonight it's for all the marbles. The marbles he's referring to are the rights to the
11:04Harlem Heat name and the letter T. Yes, the letter T. The Harlem Heat 2000 lads are out first to
11:10that
11:10familiar theme music and pyro. Booker gets his pop goes the weasel theme and no pyro. Steve distracts
11:16Booker from the apron and Big T goes on the attack with clubbing blows before delivering a clothesline
11:21and a body slam. Booker comes back with a back suplex and he follows up with a vertical suplex
11:26before connecting with his signature forearm. On the outside Booker intercepts Stevie Ray in the
11:31new Harlem Heat have a meeting of the minds. Back inside the ring Stevie grabs Booker's leg and Booker
11:36gets assaulted on the outside by his brother before getting tossed back inside the ropes. Booker is able
11:41to fight back though when he scores with an axe kick and a Harlem sidekick before putting the big man
11:46down
11:46once again with a bookend. Instead of going for the cover he heads up top, not before taking out
11:52Stevie Ray with a kick and Booker connects with a miss out dropkick to Big T. He makes the cover
11:57but
11:57at the count of two the lights go out and we hear the toll of the bell which usually signals
12:02the arrival
12:02of midnight. The lights come back on and it's some fat lad standing on the apron. The crowd have no
12:08idea
12:09who this is but he distracts Booker long enough for Big T to hit the Pearl River plunge for the
12:14pin and
12:14the win. So yeah, Booker no longer has his T in Big 4x4, a former member of the No Limit
12:21Soldiers,
12:21is now part of Harlem Heat 2000. He'll now be known as Cassius. Another awful match here,
12:28Booker tried his best to get something out of Big T but not even he could drag something serviceable
12:32out of this big lump. Backstage, Mean Gene interviews the maestro in Symphony. Maestro says that he
12:40doesn't believe that James Brown is here tonight. Yeah, Miller promised fans that James would show
12:46up at Superbrawl. So he proposes a wager to the Ket. If Miller somehow produces the main man,
12:52Maestro will exclusively listen to whatever music Miller tells him to. But if James isn't here,
12:57then the Ket will have to be Mr Maestro's lackey. The stakes have never been higher ladies and gents.
13:04The Harris boys have found someone with a set of keys to open up the mysterious door,
13:09but the poor lad can't perform under pressure and he's unable to get the door open. So Ron and
13:14Dawn just beat him up and the mystery remains unanswered.
13:19Finally, a match on this card to get excited about. It's the final match in the best of three
13:23series between Vampiro and Billy Kidman. A rivalry that revolved around respect is slowly turned into
13:29both men being at each other's throats following some miscommunication and errors in judgement
13:34when the pair were put together in some tag team matches. Both guys have a win apiece,
13:39so tonight we'll see who gets the bragging rights in the feud. After some back and forth,
13:43Vamp gains the early momentum with a tilt-award slam, making the most of his size and power advantage.
13:49Kidman finds himself in an electric chair position but he's able to counter and he sends old
13:53Vampyballs over the top rope with a hurricanrana. Kidman sends his opponent into the guardrail before
13:58the two head up top back inside the ring, leading the vampiro hitting a top rope gut-rend suplex which
14:04only gets a two. All the while, Tony gets on Madden's case for referring the vampiro as Vamp.
14:10Shut up Tony, you joyless prick. Vamp? How do you like that Tony?
14:14Stays in control with a series of kicks and a vertical suplex. He then goes for a powerbomb,
14:19but Kidman counters it of course, but Vampiro stays in control with a dropkick to the knees of
14:24young Billy Kidman. Tory then gets on the apron and Kidman gets knocked into her. He then turns
14:29his attention to his good lady and yeah, who could blame him, but this leads to Billy getting clocked
14:35from behind. Vampiro then grabs a chair but Tory's able to stop him from using it and Vamp gets that
14:40chair drop kicked in his face. Kidman looks for a slingshot move but it doesn't quite go to plan,
14:45so Vampiro just decides to connect with a suplex to cover it up. Billy's able to fight back with a
14:50BK bomb but he gets put down once again, this time with a rocker dropper. Kidman responds with a
14:56Frankensteiner for a near fall but Vampiro breaks the curse by powerbombing Kidman not once, not
15:01three times, but twice. Our match comes to an end in quite an abrupt manner when both men are once
15:07again on the ropes. Kidman scores with a reverse DDT off the top and that's enough to put Vampiro down
15:13for the three count. This one was nothing special by any means, but compared to everything else we've seen,
15:19this was the highlight of the night so far. Nothing surprising really.
15:27Mean Gene's backstage with Dustin Rhodes and Terry Funk. The Funker says Ric Flair's messed around
15:33hundreds of people in this business but no longer after tonight. His father was king of the death
15:37match and he will kick Flair's ass with Dustin by his side. Sid pops his head out of his private
15:44dressing room and he tells the security staff to bring Gene Okerlund to him right this instant.
15:49Prepare yourself, Gene. Big Sid looks like he's in no mood for any of your hard hitting journalism.
15:54Now that your daddy's back, David you gotta stop smoking crack. He's gonna kick your ass,
16:00show you the door. Lock your skinny ass in the figure four. Say goodbye to your girl,
16:05goodbye to Crowbar. You'll always be a jobber and never a star. David stop being a dick. You're gonna get
16:10smack by Daddy Nature Boy Slick Brick.
16:22Daphne Crowbar and our boy David are having a whale of a time backstage as they arse about with a
16:27stretcher. The boys are taking on the Mama Luke's next in a Sicilian stretcher match. Gene talks with
16:32the tag team champions before the bout, Vito says they're going to take care of the challengers once
16:37and for all. They make Vito, Disco and Johnny the Bull sick which upsets Johnny greatly as he now
16:42can't eat his cheese sandwich. And as we all know, Johnny the Bull loves a good daily cheese sandwich.
16:49The rules of this match are simple, no pinfalls and no submissions. The only way to win is to
16:53put both your opponents on a stretcher and wheel them out of the arena. Disco, for some reason,
16:58has a trash can in a wheelchair which he brings down to ringside. The trash can must be disabled.
17:03The challengers attack the champions on the outside as Disco joins the commentary table,
17:08which I'm totally ecstatic about. Crowbar hits a Vader bomb off the guardrail which looked pretty
17:13good. He outdoes himself with a splash over the ropes to Johnny who was lying on a stretcher,
17:18good stuff Mr. Barr. David wheels the Bull halfway up the ramp before getting stopped by Vito and our
17:23boy takes a few right hands. Both of the challengers get taken out by a stretcher but Daphne doesn't seem
17:29to mind too much, she's just happy to be out of the house. Into the ring we go and the
17:33champions
17:34remain in control with some nice double team offense. Daphne then makes her presence known
17:39as she hits a hurricanrana on Johnny before spraying Disco in the eyes with Mace. Now the
17:44challengers are in control with David showing off his superior brawling abilities on the outside while
17:49Crowbar hits a springboard moonsault on the inside. Unfortunately for Crowbar, his momentum gets cut
17:55off via a powerbomb through a table in the corner. Yeah, that'll do it alright. Disco still can't see
18:01and he wonders if it was his team that did something good or not. Poor David suffers a similar fate
18:06as
18:06his partner when he gets driven down to the mat with a double powerbomb from the tag team champions.
18:11Johnny the Bull shows some great athleticism by leaping to the top rope and dropping a twisting
18:15leg drop on Flair Jr and the champions look like they have this one in the bag as David gets
18:20put on a
18:21stretcher. Just for good measure, the champions tape him to that stretcher. They know it's the only way
18:27they can restrain David's unrivalled fury, you see. David gets wheeled out of the arena so it's now a
18:33two on one situation. Crowbar dives onto the champions as Daphne rings the bell, because why not,
18:40before she sets up a table. The numbers game catches up to Crowbar though as Johnny the Bull cracks him
18:45over the back with a lead pipe before laying him on the table. Vito flies off the top rope with
18:50a splash,
18:50crashing Crowbar through the wood. Crowbar gets taped to another stretcher and it looks academic from
18:56here but the champions decide to grab Daphne and put her into that wheelchair that Disco brought
19:01down to the ring earlier on. Both she and Crowbar get wheeled away and that's it, the mama looks
19:06retain their tag team titles. You know what, I actually enjoyed this one. There was plenty of action,
19:12a lot of goofiness from Daphne and Disco's various shenanigans and the right team won in my opinion.
19:17Again, not a classic, but nowhere near the worst thing on this show.
19:38Gene arrives at Sid's locker room and the big man says he wants everyone to know something. Surprises
19:43or no surprises, both Jared and Hall will find out why Sid is the world champion. He earned that title,
19:50and he belongs here in WCW and neither Jared's scheming, Hall's friends in high places or whoever's behind
19:57the mystery door will prevent the master and ruler of the world walking out of the cow palace as world
20:01champion. You'd have thought Sid needed to tell Gene something really urgently by the way he was
20:06getting on earlier but it's a typical Sid promo right here. The cat makes his way down to the ring
20:13and
20:13keep in mind, Mr Miller promised to deliver James Brown to the WCW audience here tonight.
20:19Cat berates the fans saying that just a week ago they were calling him a liar but now they want
20:24to
20:24kiss up to him saying as Mr Dynamite himself is in the building. The fans wanted to see the cat
20:29make a
20:29fool of himself but that's just not gonna happen, we'll just see about that lad. So the cat introduces
20:35his special guest, otherwise known as we have James Brown at home. Yeah, this boy comes out dressed as
20:41the godfather of soul and of course, no one's buying it, imagine my astonishment. You know,
20:47this guy's name could very well be James Brown, so technically the cat would've delivered on his
20:52promise. The maestro then comes down to the ring with a facial expression I've never seen any other
20:57human being make before and he claims that he won the little wager from earlier on. Right enough,
21:02I don't think the cat ever agreed to it but whatever. He tells cat to go get the strohs bags,
21:08put them in the limo and get to strolling with Beethoven. Suddenly, we cut to the entrance way
21:13and… my god there he is, James Brown is it super brawl. Now, according to Kevin Sullivan,
21:20Brown had committed to WCW a few times in the past but had always flaked out and this is why
21:25the company
21:25never advertised Brown to appear at the event, they were unsure if he would actually turn up.
21:30As a mate good, Brown appeared at this show for free. Whether this is true or not,
21:36I have no idea. Bobby Heenan ripped WCW apart in his book for spending money on an essentially
21:42unadvertised huge celebrity appearance, so yeah, it's up for debate. Whatever the case,
21:47it all comes back to WCW's track record of incompetence and that's what we tend to fall back
21:52on. They may well could just not have bothered to promote James despite booking him. Either way,
21:57the hardest working man in show business is in the cow palace and both he and the cat dance together,
22:02he even gifts Miller one of his robes. It's still a surreal sight to see James Brown in a WCW
22:09ring in
22:09the year 2000 and even though I don't know who this segment was for, everyone involved seemed to have
22:15a good time. So that's something, I guess. Scott Hall cuts a promo with mean Gene Okerlund,
22:26saying that when he broke into wrestling, it didn't matter if you were friends with the higher ups,
22:31it only mattered if you could go. Hall knows he can go and Scott's opponents are going to find
22:36that out later on tonight when he takes the WCW World Heavyweight title. Up next, it's Nature Boy
22:41Ric Flair vs Terry Funk in a deathmatch, the match I've been looking forward to the most on this
22:46pay per view, but I'm going into it with a lot of cautious optimism. Before the match, Slick Rick
22:51says that he's lived it, he's bled it and he's sweated it, but most importantly, he survived it. He
22:58owns San Francisco, he owns Terry Funk, he is Ric Flair. Ric doesn't like deathmatches, he doesn't like
23:05that dirty stuff but he is the dirtiest player in the game for a reason and tomorrow morning,
23:12Terry's going to have to come to terms with the fact that Ric Flair kicked his ass here at Super
23:16Brawl. So, the rules for a Texas deathmatch, if you're unsure. No disqualification, no countouts,
23:23pinfalls or submissions don't end the match. If you do score a 3 count or if you make your opponent
23:28submit,
23:29this is going to start a 10 count from the referee. If your opponent's unable to answer that 10 count,
23:34then the match is over. These two have had some incredible battles in the past, most notably their
23:40war at Clash of the Champions in 1989. So let's see how this one stacks up, remember, cautious optimism.
23:47A cagey start from both guys sees neither man getting advantage as they exchange chops and left
23:52hands in the corner. Flair rolls to the outside to take a breather but Funk brings him back in with
23:56the suplex as Ric begs off. Funk applies the spinning toehold but Flair is able to fight his way out
24:02before laying in a few more chops in the corner. Both men head to the outside and Flair gets suplexed
24:07on the floor while Terry gets sent into the guardrail. Another suplex on the floor from Funk leads to him
24:13getting the first pinfall of the bout but the referee only makes it to 5 before Flair's back on his
24:18feet.
24:18The Funker ends up on the floor after taking a low blow and Flair then goes to work on the
24:22knees with
24:23a plastic chair before taking the fight back to the ring. Flair stays focused on the knee with a chop
24:28lock before locking in the figure 4, Funk quickly submits and the referee begins his count.
24:33Funk gets back to his feet but he's put right back down with another chop lock. Flair heads up top,
24:38predictable results ensue, and he then gets launched into the corner and over the top to the floor.
24:44The dirty Funker connects with a pile driver on the floor before exposing the concrete underneath
24:48the mats. He then hits a second pile driver, this time on the concrete and this gets another 3 count.
24:54As Flair pulls himself to his feet, Funk grabs a table and he sets it up in the ring. Flair,
25:00Funk and tables don't mix too well guys. Terry grabs a microphone and he asks Flair if he wants to
25:06quit
25:06before striking him in the head with it. Both men end up on the table and Funk scores with a
25:10third
25:11pile driver, this time through the wood. Funk makes the cover but he pulls Flair up before the 3,
25:16he then grabs a second table and once again he sets it up inside the ring. Terry lays Rick on
25:22the table and
25:23he heads upstairs for a moonsault but Flair wakes up and he sends the Funker crashing through the wood.
25:28Flair gets a pin and the referee begins counting, but he's seemingly counting both men out. Anyway,
25:34Flair makes it to his feet first while Terry's unable to answer. Ric Flair wins the death match,
25:39it's Superbowl 2000. What a flat finish to what was a thoroughly dull and uneventful bout. Both of these
25:46men are legends and absolutely could go, but in the year 2000 on a WCWB pay per view, I really
25:54should
25:54have known this was going to happen. It's a sad indictment when David Flair's hardcore match was
25:59more entertaining than a match involving Ric Flair and Terry Funk. That's where we are now ladies and
26:04gents, this is the point we've reached. We once again see the mystery door, the commentators confirm
26:14it wasn't James Brown in there, so we still don't know who could be lurking behind it.
26:20Mean Gene's earning his paycheck tonight as he's backstage with Hulk Hogan and Jimmy Hart. Both Hogan
26:25and Hart have been victims of Lex Luger's spree of breaking arms, but Hogan says this is just the
26:30break he's been waiting for. Did you see what he did there brothers? Hogan says that he's going to
26:35make sure that the fans in the upper level hear it when he breaks Luger's arm and if Liz gets
26:40in his
26:40way, he'll break her body in half. Jesus calm down lad. Hogan looks to get his revenge here tonight
26:47against the total package in our semi main event. So here we go, it should be a doozy. Michael Buffer's
26:52here to introduce the participants, money well spent as always. Package comes to the ring first with his
26:58signature chair and Sting's baseball bat along with Miss Elizabeth. As much as a loathsome arsehole he
27:03can be sometimes, the crowd make the most noise they've made all evening for the arrival of Hogan.
27:08He slides into the ring but Luger's there to lay the boots in. Lex continues to lay in right hands
27:13and he drops Hogan with a clothesline but he misses the follow up elbow. This allows Hulk to gain control
27:19and Hogan loves gaining control. Hogan delivers a clothesline of his own before choking Luger out on
27:24the mat. The Hulkster then sends Luger to the outside and the package gets choked out with Hulk's shirt
27:28before taking a chair shot across the back. Ref, that's a DQ, no? Madden says Hogan's acted more
27:34like Hollywood than Hulk as he maintains control back inside the ropes, but a back elbow from Luger
27:39puts the total package back in the driver's seat. Luger lays more boots in before both guys end up back
27:45on the outside, Hogan gets sent into the guardrail before the action, and I use that term very loosely,
27:50heads back inside again. More boots from Luger but Hogan uses his cast to counter a right hand.
27:56He rams Luger's head into the top turnbuckle and into his cast before dropping Luger with a big punch.
28:02Hulk looks to hit the ropes but Liz catches him with the bat from the outside and Hogan heads out.
28:07This distraction allows Luger to attack from behind but he ends up getting sent into the guardrail
28:12himself. Jimmy Hart then comes out to take the bat away from Liz while Luger calls for the torture rack
28:17back in the ring. Hogan says balls to that though as he begins to Hulk up brother. He hits the
28:22big boot
28:23but instead of going for the leg drop, he calls for the weight belt. Luger gets a low blow in
28:27but
28:27Jimmy Hart clocks legs with his cast from the outside. This allows Hogan to connect with the
28:32leg drop for the win and there you go, Hogan wins the game. After the match, Hogan goes after Luger
28:38with the weight belt, but Ric Flair comes out to back up Luger and he attacks Hogan. Team package
28:43batter Hogan and Jimmy, but here comes Sting to make the save, oh yeah, the stinger returns in the most
28:49underwhelming way possible. He chases team package off and he stands side by side with Hogan in the
28:54ring. And I hate being negative, especially when it seems like I'm just picking on WCW at this point,
29:00but christ they aren't doing themselves any favours are they? It's another nothing match that admittedly
29:05had a decent build up but the payoffs just aren't… well they're just not paying off. I'm happy to see
29:11Sting back but the way he was brought back here was truly uninspired even for WCW standards,
29:17his returns being teased for ages and… well, it was just underwhelming.
29:27We see the participants for our main event match emerge from their dressing rooms,
29:32it's time for the triple threat match for the WCW world title. Big Sid Vicious defending the belt
29:37against Scott Hall and US Champion Jeff Jarrett. This would also serve as Scott's final match in WCW.
29:45Before we get to the ring introductions, we see that the mystery door is now open,
29:49but Tony tells us it wasn't Sting who was in there. How does Tony know all this? Who's feeding him
29:55this
29:55information? Double J and Scott Hall make their entrances and they don't even wait for the world
30:01champion to arrive before they start going at it. Hall hits the full away slam before taking care of the
30:06Harris brothers and he sends Jeff over the top rope as Sid makes his way down to the ring.
30:10Hall immediately goes for Sid and he and Jarrett lay in the right hands to the champ in the corner.
30:16Sid turns it around though and he takes everyone out including the Harris brothers who were proven
30:20to be as effective as usual here tonight. The fans do seem to be behind Sid as all three lads
30:25square
30:25up to each other, the Harris brothers finally do something worthwhile as Jarrett takes over on Hall,
30:30hooting him down with a swinging neckbreaker. He tries a sleeper but Scott locks in one of his own,
30:35Jarrett quickly escapes in the two throw right hands but referee Billy Silverman gets caught in
30:40the line of fire and he gets taken out. A referee bump in a triple threat match because of course.
30:46Sid takes out both challengers with a double clothesline before putting Hall and Jarrett down
30:50with a double chokeslam. He makes the cover and his second referee, Nick Patrick, comes down to make
30:55the count but both men kick out. Jarrett clobbers Sid with the title belt but it only gets him a
31:00two,
31:00Jeff doesn't take too kindly to Patrick not counting the three so he gets taken out with a stroke.
31:06Harris brothers buffoonery leads to Jarrett getting hit with a chair as a third referee comes down,
31:11Hall goes for the outsider's edge but it gets countered and Jarrett takes out Charles Robinson
31:15before attacking Mickey Jay. He then signals to the back and here comes referee number 5,
31:21Slick Johnson. A man who's been in Jarrett's pocket these past few weeks and a man the WCW
31:26committee didn't want referee in this match but I guess they have no choice. So fuck you,
31:31Terry Taylor. As Slick gets in the ring, Hall connects with the edge. Johnson makes the count
31:36but he pulls up a 4-3 while feigning an injured shoulder. Sid comes back momentarily but he gets
31:41sent to the outside once again so Jarrett grabs a guitar and Hall gets whacked. We then cut to the
31:47entranceway to see Roddy Piper coming down to the ring in a referee shirt. We haven't seen Piper since
31:54the Nitro after Starcade but he's here at Superbrawl. So this must have been who was behind the mystery
31:59door. He stops Johnson giving the match to Jeff before taking him out. Jeff gets in the hot rods
32:05face but he gets poked in the eyes and this leads to Sid delivering a chokeslam to the chosen one.
32:10The big man picks up Hall for a powerbomb, Sid vicious retains the WCW championship here in San
32:16Francisco and my god, this was an absolute clusterfuck of a main event. This match went less than 10 minutes
32:23and we had 6 referees, 5 of which got taken out, Roddy Piper returning for the 385th time
32:29and no crowd response throughout the entirety of the bout. Anyway, Sid retains his championship
32:34and Superbrawl goes off the air with the big man celebrating with his world belt.
32:45Ugh, this one was a slog to get through. Like I said, I hate being negative about WCW at this
32:51stage of their run. It feels like I'm just picking on them because it's the easy thing to do and
32:56it's
32:56what everyone would do, but I can't lie either and I can't recommend a bad show. When the best things
33:02on
33:02your pay per view are a comedy match involving a faction of boy band wannabes in a stretcher match
33:07that has David Flair in it, then you're in some serious trouble. The company's in a real sorry
33:12state at the minute. From the action in the ring, to Mark Madden on commentary, to the general booking
33:17and presentation of the show, it's clear the writing was on the wall, even at this stage in the game.
33:23Anyway, we'll check out the Superbrawl Fallout on the next edition of Reliving the War.
33:28Thank you for watching this video and as always, please take care.
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