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SuperBrawl V
Promotional poster featuring various WCW wrestlers.
PromotionWorld Championship Wrestling
DateFebruary 19, 1995
CityBaltimore, Maryland
VenueBaltimore Arena
Attendance13,390
Tagline(s)The World Title Is On The Line In The SuperBrawl For It All!
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SuperBrawl Vwas the fifthSuperBrawlprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view(PPV)eventproduced byWorld Championship Wrestling(WCW). The event took place on February 19, 1995 from theBaltimore ArenainBaltimore, Maryland.

In themain event,Hulk Hogansuccessfully defended theWorld Heavyweight ChampionshipagainstVaderas Vader wasdisqualifieddue toRic Flair's interference in the match. In the penultimate match,StingandRandy SavagedefeatedAvalancheandBig Bubba Rogers.Also at the event,Harlem Heat(Booker TandStevie Ray) retained theWorld Tag Team ChampionshipagainstThe Nasty Boys(Brian KnobbsandJerry Sags) by disqualification.

An infamous match took place at the event in whichAlex WrightdefeatedPaul Roma,during which Romakicked outof Wright's pinfall attempt where Roma wassupposedtolose.Therefereecounted the pinfall anyway and awarded the win to Wright, no replay of the fall was shown. Roma's lack of cooperation in the match and refusal to lose to Wright led to Roma's dismissal from WCW a month later.[1][2]

Storylines[edit]

Theprofessional wrestling matchesinvolved professional wrestlers performing as characters inscripted eventspre-determined[3]by the hostingpromotion,WCW.Storylinesbetween the characters played out on WCW's television programs,Saturday Night,WorldWide,Pro,PrimeandMain Event.

AtStarrcade,VaderdefeatedJim Dugganto win theUnited States Heavyweight Championship.Later that night,Hulk HogandefeatedThe Butcherto retain theWorld Heavyweight Championship.After the match, Vader confronted Hogan during a post-match interview and challenged him to a match for the title and said that Hogan was afraid of him which led to a brawl took place between the two.[4]This led to a match between the two for the World Heavyweight Championship at SuperBrawl. On January 14 episode ofSaturday Night,it was revealed byGene Okerlundthat Vader and Hogan were not allowed to be involved in any physical confrontation and be near each other before their title match at SuperBrawl.[5]AtClash of the Champions XXX,Monster Maniacs(Hulk Hogan andRandy Savage) defeatedThree Faces of Fearmembers The Butcher andKevin Sullivanand then Vader confronted Hogan by hitting aPowerbombbut then Hogan rose up and cleared Vader out of the ring.[6]On the February 11 episode ofSaturday Night,Gene Okerlundconducted an interview withRic Flair,in which Flair predicted that Vader would win the title from Hogan at SuperBrawl.[7]He then returned to WCW on the following week'sSaturday Nightto announce that he would show up at SuperBrawl during Hogan and Vader's title match.[8]

At Starrcade,StingdefeatedAvalanchebydisqualificationafter Avalanche's Three Faces of Fear teammate Kevin Sullivan attacked Sting while the original referee was knocked out and ledRandy Andersonto disqualify Avalanche.[4]On the January 7 episode ofSaturday Night,CommissionerNick Bockwinkelannounced a rematch between Sting and Avalanche atClash of the Champions XXX,withGuardian Angelas thespecial guest referee.[9]Before that, the two faced each other on the January 8 episode ofMain Event,where Sting won by disqualification after interference by Three Faces of Fear.[10]AtClash of the Champions XXX,Sting applied aScorpion Deathlockon Avalanche during the match and Avalanche submitted to the hold but guest referee Guardian Angel did not ring the bell andNick Patrickcame in to ring the bell against Angel's orders. This led to a brawl between Sting and Angel, which led to Angelturningheeland reverting to his previousname"Big Bubba Rogers".[6]On the January 28 episode ofSaturday Night,it was announced that Sting and Randy Savage would compete against Avalanche and Rogers at SuperBrawl.[11]

Dave Sullivanwas involved in a rivalry with hiskayfabebrother Kevin Sullivan since late 1994 due to Kevin being angry at Dave being a fan of Hulk Hogan and Kevin tried to prevent Dave from being Hogan's associate but failed to stop Dave from doing so and it evolved into a rivalry between the two.[12]AtHalloween Havoc,Dave defeated Kevin by count-out.[13]At Starrcade, Dave cost Kevin, a match againstMr. Tby posing asSanta Clausand hitting Kevin with a sack loaded withJimmy Hart'smegaphone.After the match, Kevin attacked Dave and delivered aPiledriverto Dave.[4]On the January 14 episode ofSaturday Night,Kevin cost Dave, a match againstBobby Eaton.[5]On the following week'sSaturday Night,Kevin and Dave competed in a match against each other in which Kevin was disqualified after The Butcher attacked Dave and then Butcher cut off Dave's hair and his boots.[14]A match was announced between the two at SuperBrawl on the January 28 episode ofSaturday Night.[11]

On the January 28 episode ofSaturday Night,Paul RomaconfrontedAlex Wrightduring Wright's match out of jealousy for Wright due to Wright becoming very popular with female fans. He tried to woo a female fan with his body and looks but the fan gave attention to Wright instead of him, which began a feud between Roma and Wright. Later that night, it was announced that Wright would face Roma at SuperBrawl.[11]

Blacktop Bullywas arrested for shovingDustin Rhodesafter Rhodes defeatedGeorge Southin a match on the November 26, 1994 episode ofSaturday Night.[12]Bully returned to WCW the following month. After a brief confrontation with Rhodes on the January 14 episode ofSaturday Night,[5]Bully warned Rhodes on the following week'sSaturday Nightthat Rhodes would end up like a roadkill if they had an encounter against each other.[14]On the January 28 episode ofSaturday Night,it was announced that Rhodes would face Bully at SuperBrawl.[11]On the February 5 episode ofWorldwide,Bully attacked Rhodes during a match between Rhodes andBunkhouse Buck.[15]

On the January 28 episode ofPro,it was announced that Jim Duggan would face Bunkhouse Buck at SuperBrawl V.[16]The following night, onWorldwide,Duggan defeated Buck by disqualification after interference byArn Anderson.[17]

At Starrcade,The Nasty Boys(Brian KnobbsandJerry Sags) defeatedHarlem Heat(Booker TandStevie Ray) by disqualification afterSister Sherriaccidentally hit asplash from the top ropeon Booker.[4]On the January 14 episode ofSaturday Night,Harlem Heat defeatedStars and Stripes(Marcus Alexander BagwellandThe Patriot) to win theWorld Tag Team Championship[5]and successfully defended the title against Stars and Stripes in a rematch atClash of the Champions XXX.[6]On the January 28 episode ofSaturday Night,it was announced that Harlem Heat would defend the titles against Nasty Boys at SuperBrawl.[11]On the February 11 episode ofSaturday Night,Harlem Heat successfully defended the title against Stars n Stripes in another rematch and Nasty Boys brawled with Harlem Heat after the match.[7]

Event[edit]

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
Commentators Tony Schiavone
Bobby Heenan
Interviewer Gene Okerlund
Ring announcer Gary Michael Cappetta
Michael Buffer
Referees Randy Anderson
Nick Patrick

Pre-show[edit]

Before the show aired live on pay-per-view, three matches aired onMain Eventpre-show. In the first match,Paul OrndorffdefeatedBrad Armstrongafter dropping him face first on the top turnbuckle and using the ropes for leverage. In the next match,Stars and Stripes(Marcus Alexander BagwellandThe Patriot) defeated the team ofRomeo ValentinoandDino Casanovaand thenVaderattacked all the wrestlers in the ring while searching forHulk Hogan.In the final match,Arn Andersonsuccessfully defended theWorld Television ChampionshipagainstJohnny B. Baddin alumberjack matchafter one of the lumberjacksThe Blacktop Bullydropped Badd from the top rope and Anderson pinned him by grabbing his tights for leverage.[18]

Preliminary matches[edit]

As the pay-per-view began,Alex Wrightcompeted againstPaul Romain the opening match of the event. Roma dominated Wright throughout the match until hisPretty Wonderfultag team partnerPaul Orndorffcame at ringside to support Roma. Near the end of the match, Roma was distracted while arguing with Orndorff, allowing Wright todropkickRoma into Orndorff androll him upfor the win.[19][20][21]

In the next match,Jim Duggancompeted againstBunkhouse Buck.Duggan executed aclotheslineon Buck to toss him out of the ring and then Duggan charged at him and ran into the ringpost. The action then returned to the ring where both men tradedchinlocks.Duggan began gaining momentum untilCol. Robert ParkerandMengdistracted him but Duggan delivered aspinning side slamand anOld Gloryand then he knocked out Parker from the apron and then delivered athree-point stance clotheslineto Buck to win the match. After the match, Meng attacked Duggan and applied athumb choke holdon Duggan.[19][20][21]

Kevin Sullivantook onDave Sullivan.Kevin dominated the earlier part of the match until Dave gained momentum and thenThe Butcherdistracted him by climbing the apron, allowing Kevin to toss Dave into Butcher, who fell on the floor and had a serious injury on the head. Kevin then rolled up Dave for the victory.[19][20][21]

Harlem Heat(Booker TandStevie Ray) defended theWorld Tag Team ChampionshipagainstThe Nasty Boys(Brian KnobbsandJerry Sags). Harlem Heat dominated their opponents for much of the match until Sags tagged in Knobbs and then he threw Booker over the top rope. Ray dived onto the top rope andSister Sherriattempted to hit Knobbs with her loaded purse but accidentally hit Ray with it, allowing Knobbs to pin him to win the title. However, after the match, another referee came and disqualified Nasty Boys for throwing Booker over the top rope, resulting in Harlem Heat retaining the title.[19][20][21]

Later,Dustin RhodesandThe Blacktop Bullycompeted in a match.CommissionerNick Bockwinkelejected Meng from ringside due to his interference and post-match assault on Jim Duggan earlier at the event. Rhodes performed aflying clotheslineon Bully. The match continued as both men traded moves against each other. Near the end of the match, Rhodes performed abulldogon Bully and covered him for the pinfall but Parker put Bully's foot on the rope. RhodessuplexedParker into the ring and Bully missed a clothesline on Rhodes and fell on the apron. Rhodes then tried to suplex Bully into the ring but Parker tripped him and Bully fell on Rhodes and Parker held Rhodes' foot to render him unable to kick out and Bully pinned Rhodes to get the victory.[19][20][21]

In the penultimate match,StingandRandy Savagecompeted against the team ofAvalancheandBig Bubba Rogers.Ric Flairtook a seat at ringside. Tenta used his strength against Sting until Sting came back with clotheslines and punches and then Bubba attacked him to slower his momentum. Savage crotched Bubba on the ropes, allowing Sting to execute aSuperplex.Savage was tagged in and he was double teamed by Bubba and Avalanche until Sting tagged in and then clipped Avalanche to attempt aScorpion Deathlock.Savage prevented Bubba from interfering and put him in the corner, allowing Sting to executeStinger Splasheson Bubba and Avalanche. Avalanche overpowered Sting until Sting ducked a corner charge by Avalanche and slammed him on the mat and then Bubba punched Sting to weaken him down. Sting managed to tag in Savage but therefereedid not see the tag. A brawl occurred between both teams and Savage delivered adiving elbow dropto Bubba but the referee ejected him out of the ring. Sting delivered adiving crossbodyon Avalanche to win the match.[19][20][21]

Main event match[edit]

In themain event,Hulk Hogandefended theWorld Heavyweight ChampionshipagainstVader.Hogan hit Vader with punches but Vaderdid not sellthem and then Hogan attempted anarmbarbut Vader moved out of it and hit abody avalancheto Hogan in the corner. Hogan moved out of the ring and Vader ran after him and then Hoganwhippedhim onto the railing. The two returned to the ring where Hogan sent Vader out of the ring with abig bootand a clothesline. Hogan tried to execute ascoop slamon Vader but failed and Vader dominated Hogan with aVader Bomband followed with aVadersaultbut Hogan moved out of it and went out of the ring. He grabbed asteel chairand hit Vader with it but it did not affect Vader and he deliverred aChokeslam.Hogan tried a comeback by performing a big boot and followed with aleg dropbut got anear-fall.Vader knocked out the referee with a splash and delivered aPowerbombto Hogan. Ric Flair got involved in the match by attacking Hogan and revived the referee and then Vader got a near-fall on Hogan with a splash. Hogan then tossed Vader out of the ring and Flair hit Hogan from behind, causing Vader to get disqualified and Hogan retained the title. After the match, Vader and Flair double teamed Hogan until Sting and Randy Savage made the save.[19][20][21]

Reception[edit]

The event received negative reviews from the critics. Arnold Furious of 411mania stated that it was a "terrible" show and wrote "The last couple of matches are pretty good but the booking is a disaster. The rest of the card sucks. Avoid."[19]

Kevin Pantoja of 411mania gave it a rating of 2.5 stars and considered it a "very bad" event. He appreciated the main event match and the penultimate tag team match while he panned the rest of the event by stating "Paul Roma makes Alex Wright look bad, the Sullivan brothers stink up the joint and the same goes for Jim Duggan and others. Just a bad first show for an important year in WCW history."[20]

Aftermath[edit]

Paul Roma was scheduled to lose the match to Alex Wright at SuperBrawl V but kicked out of Wright's pinfall attempt at two and a half during the event, which led the WCW officials to fire Roma the following month in March. During later years, Roma revealed in ashootinterview that WCW management planned onpushingWright as the next major star of the company and a successor to Hulk Hogan and he was critical of Wright and considered Wright of being unworthy of being the next top guy.[1][2]

Hulk Hogan continued his rivalry with Vader and he demanded aLeather Strap matchagainst Vader atUncensored,which Hogan won.[22][23]

After beating Avalanche and Big Bubba Rogers at SuperBrawl, Randy Savage and Sting earned a title shot for the World Tag Team Championship against Harlem Heat on the February 25 episode ofSaturday Night,where Sting and Savage won by disqualification after Avalanche and Rogers attacked them.[22]This led to Savage beginning a feud with Avalanche and Sting beginning a feud with Rogers. Savage defeated Avalanche and Rogers defeated Sting at Uncensored.[23]Sting finally ended the rivalry by defeating Rogers atSlamboree.[24]

Harlem Heat and Nasty Boys continued their rivalry after SuperBrawl. At Uncensored, Nasty Boys defeated Harlem Heat in a non-titleFalls Count Anywhere match.[23]At Slamboree, Nasty Boys defeated Harlem Heat to win the World Tag Team Championship.[24]

Dustin Rhodes and Blacktop Bully continued their rivalry after SuperBrawl as Rhodes andJohnny B. Badddefeated Bully andArn Andersonin a tag team match on the February 26 episode ofMain Event.[25]At Uncensored, Bully defeated Rhodes in aKing of the Road matchbut after that match aired both men were fired for intentionally bleeding during the match when there was a strict no bleeding policy in place at the time.[23]

Jim Duggan began a rivalry with Meng due to Meng assaulting him after his win over Bunkhouse Buck at SuperBrawl. Meng defeated Duggan in amartial arts match,withSonny Onooas thespecial guest refereeat Uncensored.[23]

Results[edit]

No.Results[26][19][20][21]StipulationsTimes
1MEPaul OrndorffdefeatedBrad ArmstrongSingles match03:45
2MEStars and Stripes(Marcus Alexander Bagwell&The Patriot) defeatedRomeo ValentinoandDino CasanovaTag team match01:10
3MEArn Anderson(c) defeatedJohnny B. BaddLumberjack matchfor theWCW World Television Championship04:29
4Alex WrightdefeatedPaul RomaSingles match13:21
5Jim DuggandefeatedBunkhouse Buck(withCol. Robert ParkerandMeng)Singles match11:58
6Kevin Sullivan(withThe Butcher) defeatedDave SullivanSingles match07:18
7Harlem Heat(Booker TandStevie Ray) (c) (withSister Sherri) defeatedThe Nasty Boys(Brian KnobsandJerry Sags) bydisqualificationTag team match for theWCW World Tag Team Championship17:07
8The Blacktop Bully(with Col. Robert Parker) defeatedDustin RhodesSingles match16:10
9StingandRandy SavagedefeatedAvalancheandBig Bubba RogersTag team match10:18
10Hulk Hogan(c) (withJimmy Hart) defeatedVaderby disqualificationSingles match for theWCW World Heavyweight Championship15:09
(c)– the champion(s) heading into the match
ME– the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view onMain Event

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