SuperBrawl VII

SuperBrawl VII
Promotional poster featuring Lex Luger, Buff Bagwell, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner and Scott Norton
Promotion World Championship Wrestling
Date February 23, 1997
City San Francisco, California
Venue Cow Palace
Attendance 13,324
Tagline(s)

The BIG ONE will hit SAN FRAN when the BIG BOYS play

Get Ready For The Rumble...
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SuperBrawl VII was the seventh SuperBrawl professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on February 23, 1997 from the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California.

Storylines

The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[1]

Event

Syxx pinned Dean Malenko to win the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship after hitting him with the title belt. Eddy Guerrero interfered late in the match and tried to stop Syxx from hitting Malenko, but inadvertently caused Malenko to be hit.

Buff Bagwell was disqualified when the nWo rushed the ring after a Diamond Cutter by Diamond Dallas Page.

Jeff Jarrett pinned Steve McMichael after hitting him with a briefcase thrown to him by Debra, as a result of this victory, Jarrett was allowed to join the Four Horsemen.

Lex Luger did not come down to the ring for the WCW World Tag Team Championship match until late in the match after The Giant was powerbombed by Kevin Nash. Nash submitted to the Torture Rack followed by the Giant pinning Scott Hall after a chokeslam.

Hollywood Hogan pinned Roddy Piper after Randy Savage interfered by breaking up a submission and giving Hogan brass knuckles to strike Piper with. Piper was originally awarded the decision by submission with a sleeper hold after Hogan failed to respond after having his arm raised three times, but referee Mark Curtis restarted the match after Hogan was ruled to have had his foot under the ropes. Hogan, however, clearly did not have his feet under the ropes when his hand fell the third time; Savage was supposed to pull Hogan under the ropes but did so too late.[2] Savage and Hogan then attacked Piper postmatch and Savage joined the nWo.

Aftermath

Eric Bischoff stripped Luger and Giant of the titles the next night on Nitro due to Luger not getting a proper medical clearance before Bischoff left the previous week's Nitro.

Results

No. Results Stipulations Times
1D Hugh Morrus defeated Joe Gomez Singles match 05:25
2D Ultimate Dragon defeated Pat Tanaka Singles match 04:53
3 Syxx defeated Dean Malenko (c) Singles match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship 11:57
4 Konnan, La Parka and Villano IV defeated Juventud Guerrera, Super Caló and Ciclope Six-man tag team match 09:51
5 Prince Iaukea (c) defeated Rey Mysterio, Jr. Singles match for the WCW World Television Championship 08:56
6 Diamond Dallas Page defeated Buff Bagwell by disqualification Singles match 09:46
7 Eddie Guerrero (c) defeated Chris Jericho Singles match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship 12:02
8 The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) (with Sister Sherri) and The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian) Three-way dance 07:43
9 Jeff Jarrett defeated Steve McMichael (with Debra McMichael) Singles match 08:12
10 Chris Benoit (with Woman) defeated The Taskmaster (with Miss Jacquelyn and Jimmy Hart) San Francisco Death match 08:35
11 Lex Luger and The Giant defeated The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) (c) (with Syxx) Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship 08:53
12 Hollywood Hogan (c) (with Ted DiBiase and Vincent) defeated Roddy Piper Singles match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship 11:32
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • D – indicates the match was a dark match

References

  1. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  2. ↑ Cawthon, Graham. "SuperBrawl". The History of WWE. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
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