WCW SuperBrawl VII - The Reliving The War PPV Review
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WCW Superbrawl VII took place in the legendary Cow Palace on the 23rd of February 1997. The main event of the show featured Hollywood Hogan defending the WCW Championship against Rowdy Roddy Piper.
Roddy Piper defeated Hulk Hogan at WCW Starrcade in December of 1996. The championship was not on the line during this match, and Hogan (and the nWo) would claim that Piper didn't beat Hogan by trying to destroy all evidence of the Starrcade main event (including tape replays). Piper was granted a title shot at Superbrawl 7, and he only agreed to face Hogan again once the Hulkster brought Piper's family into the rivalry. To prepare for the main event, Roddy Piper locked himself up in Alcatraz.
Elsewhere on the card, fans didn't know if Lex Luger would compete in the scheduled tag team title match. The Outsiders injured Luger on Nitro, and if Lex couldn't provide a doctors note then Eric Bischoff said Lex would be unable to compete on PPV. Lex got the release form but it was one week too late, and so The Giant was officially booked to face Scott Hall and Kevin Nash all alone. Lex Luger would show up at Superbrawl however, getting one of the best pops of the evening.
This video looks at the entire Superbrawl VII pay per view. Every match and every moment gets covered.
00:00 - Roddy Piper leaves Alcatraz
02:20 - Syxx vs Dean Malenko
06:15 - Trios Match
07:50 - Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Prince Iaukea
11:49 - Diamond Dallas Page vs Buff Bagwell
14:44 - Chris Jericho vs Eddie Guerrero
17:55 - Faces of Fear vs Harlem Heat vs Public Enemy
19:45 - Steve McMichael vs Jeff Jarrett
22:29 - Kevin Sullivan vs Chris Benoit
25:52 - The Outsiders vs The Giant
29:37 - Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper
34:15 - Final Thoughts
#WCW #NWO #PPV - กีฬา
Speaking of DDP's upcoming fued, the fact that Randy Savage was told he was going to put over a midcard guy and his reaction was to tell the midcard guy he wanted to take that guy's finisher when he could have dictated a screwy finish is why he will always be a greater wrestler than Hogan
Savage was always about the business, whereas Hogan was always about himself. It's like The Undertaker really. Just did what was needed to be done, put whoever over that was told to be put over, and that was that.
He wasn’t told he was going to put over a midcarder. He was supposed to go over in all the matches. Randy thought that was dumb and that it wouldn’t do anything for either man or the company. So he (for lack of a better word) demanded that he put over Dally in the first match and that the other matches be super competitive as well.
@Black Boy King TV that’s true for you maybe. And definitely for a lot of people. But I never liked Hogan’s shtick, even as a kid. I grew up on Bret. That’s my guy. And out of 80’s characters I prefer the Macho Man, I always thought he was more entertaining because he was more varied. You aren’t wrong on Hogan’s impact though, and I do respect what he did for wrestling, but the truth is that everybody has different experiences with wrestling and not everybody got into it for Hogan. There are older fans who prefer Flair, Dusty, Race or Andre (or if they’re really old Sammartino, Morales or the Funks) southern fans who prefer Sting and Luger (or The Von Erichs if they’re from that era and Texans) and younger fans who prefer Bret and Undertaker, then even younger fans who got into it for Stone Cold and Rock (or really young fans who like Cena or Punk). That’s the thing about wrestling, there’s something for everyone.
@Black Boy King TV well Macho precedes Hogan and wielded a lot of influence over the younger stars. And Bret was already wrestling in Stampede before Hulkamania blew up, but they definitely wouldn’t have been as big without Hogan paving the way, which is why I do respect what he did for the business.
@Black Boy King TV we?
"SHE KICKED HIM IN THE THANG, I GARN-TEE IT!"
Thank you, Dusty, for making my day.
The Macho Man delivering his flying elbows always had mad hang time and delivering power. Like the impact of the General Lee landing after its slow motion bridge jump in a Dukes Of Hazard episode.
Always looked amazing. Unlike the horrible looking one CM Punk does. But ask any internet fan and they'll probably say Punk is better than Savage
Well put! Especially since you’re a wrestling loving dukes of hazard watching dropout.
No lie. Some of Machos bows looked like they would’ve caved someone’s skull in if they were misplaced.
The hang time defied physics. Jordanesque
@@richspeck8932 because savage laid them in lol you remember how ddp always had his ribs taped up? When he went against macho man they were taped up for a reason lol
I like that Nash fell after the powerbomb. It reminds me of body slamming a big guy in 'No Mercy' and the character falling from exhaustion.
I just got a wave of nostalgia reading your comment. I forgot about that!
It gave a great boost to your attitude meter, too.
To this day I still can't believe how lean and fit Giant was during his 1997 babyface run.
Definite far cry from his WWE days (though 1999 Big Show was in damn good shape as well).
When I reached this PPV in my WCW watch I marked out for that Nash powerbomb. It's so impressive.
Wait til Souled out next year it won't be so impressive in fact it turns out to be a disaster.
@@10YRWWEPPV Because The Giant gained more weight in 11 months time.
I love how “Horseman Business” has become the new Glacier.
What most don't know, Piper was really at Alcatraz taking care of Horsemen Business
Debra was there with her puppies, also conducting Horseman Business
@@greenkoopa Insert Jerry Lawler: DID SOMEBODY SAY PUPPIES !!!!
Deep lore horsemen business, brother.
@@KingLex87 Insert Barney Gumble: BURGER KING!
@@greenkoopa just how many people was Debra conducting Horseman Business with?!
“Rocco Rock has a new look tonight, and he starts this match off by getting his ass kicked…”
😂😂😂
Your formula for videos now bro is a well oiled machine! Amazing work as always! And honestly I’ve was never a huge WCW fan growing up, but I’ve learned more about that era from watching your videos than from anything else. Keep it up bro! 👏
saw the "bro" and thought you were vince russo
@@IronTitantrons Hell yeah, Vince Russo's awesome.
Same. I grew up watching every WWF episode in the 90s
I never any WCW so its awesome seeing what was happening on the other channel
Same here. I was a wwf fan in the hogan era and the beginning of the attitude and was never interested in WCW but I enjoy learning about the war
@@disciple2742 Same here 😁💪
Brother, you could make a 30 minute video about The Repo Man or Isaac Yankem, DDS and I'd watch it.
Favorite channel on TH-cam.
If a video was made about the Repo Man, Simon Miller over on WhatCulture Wrestling would be all warm and fuzzy in his tum tum 😂
Could do an episode about “wrestlecrap gimmicks”
@@martynodonnell8467 +1 would watch
@@Ashley28822 would watch with my sister in the 90s and she irrationally hated Doink the clown any time he would come on, it was hilarious
@@BlessedAreTheCheesemakers I has a brother who was exactly the same!
Hey Bios. I just want you to know that your use of the N64 WCW games soundtracks gives me a lot of serotonin. It's some of the best nostalgic feelings I've had in a very long time.
Those soundtracks are an injection of good memories! (Well... I will be biased in that I personally prefer the WCW soundtracks to the WWF ones for the N64, but no one's wrong for enjoying both!)
It really does
Just took care of some Horsemen business.
Lmiao. Oh I bet! Lol.
I hope you practiced proper hygiene.
Well at least that explains why the lotion bottle is empty...
Did you remember to flush?
@@EhrisaiaOShannon haha
Ngl, Sean Waltman/X-Pac was never my favourite wrestler but those spin kicks he did were things of beauty!
You should see my face when I see a new wrestling bios video up. It’s like I’m 10 and got an awesome bike for my birthday. Your the man. Keep up the awesome content brother.
Prince I a k a has a mullet man bun. 20 years ahead of his time
The Cow Palace is one of the classic wrestling venues. It has a weird energy to it.Let's not forget Eddie won his first WWE Championship belt there. And that was when the Smackdown Era peaked.
19:00 the fact that they can do that to Booker is impressive. He's 6'4 and 250lbs so he isnt a small guy by any means.
These videos always take me back to a simpler and better time. Thanks Mr. Wrestling Bios for doing this series. They make me feel like a kid again
Very articulate promo
I cant wait for your conversion into White Lightning aka Big Poppa Pump
Hollar if ya hear meeeee!!!
The faces of fear back drop to a power bomb is such a cool move and a guy the size of Stevie is quite impressive
Imagining an alternate universe where WCW builds there late 90s roster around "The Prince"
I loved the Benoit/Sullivan match just for Nancy and Jackie being strapped together and beating the dogsh*t outta each other.
Woman vs. Jacqueline SHOULD HAVE BEEN IT"S OWN MATCH!!!!!
Agreed
Yep, going into it, I was worried that Woman would get destroyed but.. The story of the match was that she could MORE THAN HOLD HER OWN! lol
YES!!! She should have had more throughout her career.
the hogan piper match to me was one of the first cracks in the nwo. it was so unsatisfying because it really became one of the first real "nwo wins lol wcw sucks" moments that would plague the faction for the rest of it's existence.
That and the endless run ins. Then they botched the Sting vs Hogan Starrcade match and killed all of Sting's momentum because of backstage politics, brother
Agreed. Buff was the first to me (non-elite member) and this just felt wrong... don't know how else to say it.
@@mrmoose6619 it broke the narrative flow. if even hogan and nwo ran away after stealing the win it could have worked, but this killed piper as a threat. like they would kill every threat eventually, which kills tension. and lead to CONSTANT HOGAN PROMOS, which just did not work.
@@mephosto True... it seemed like the nWo was completely unbeatable... even Greenberg couldn't win. Though in a way I was hoping for SOMEONE to win (Jericho?)... it just was like... yea... nWo wins always.
@@CLM1987 yeah the starcade 1997 match might go down as one of the biggest missed opportunities ever. That thing had huge potential and they had to overbook it to take a shot at wwf and satisfy Hogan. Should have been a clean Sting win. Wasted over a years worth of build up. I was 10 at the time and I am still mad lol.
DDP was such a great character at this time. Its tough to describe just how over he was with the WCW watching audience. No one was cooler inside those ropes.
Also, It's a shame that Dean Malenko wasnt more popular than he was. The guy was always crisp in his execution, and it seemed like every match you would see something new. Im very much looking forward to Reliving the War when they get to the Jericho/Malenko feud!
I agree DDP and Malenko were over with the crowd
Dusty on commentary is such a blessing
It’s atrocious.
@@Thor-Orion It’s awesome baybuh
19:03 Barbarian's hands couldn't have been placed in a more awkward position there!
He grabbed a handful. It ain’t a handle lol
Yeah, that was absolutely terrible!!
People throw shade at Kevin Nash's lack of moves, but that Powerbomb was seriously impressive.
I agree most wrestlers have a handful of moves they're known and people act like it's just Nash.
That's because somewhere along the line, the internet fans convinced real fans that wrestling is a sport instead of a TV show. People today seem to forget just how over Nash was. The amount of moves someone does means nothing if no one in the crowd cares
His jack knife powerbomb looked painful as a powerbomb should.
I love the way nash does the powerbomb. Way better than Sid
@@shortshins I mean we’ve seen hogan’s matches, right?
Have to be honest. Piper charging across the Alcatraz courtyard is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in wrestling. The older I get the funnier I find it.
If you watch wrestling with wregret's bio on rowdy piper in wcw, he makes the alcatraz run funnier with his commentary and background music
@@ant4158 I don't think I've seen it, but I'll check it out. Thanks.
"Hit me with your finisher, I kick out at one, brother!"
- Prince Ikea
Mark Curtis aka Brian Hildebrand is so damn great to watch, the most animated referee ever! RIP Brian
Wait, we didn’t find out how manly Public Enemy are on the Manly Meng Meter!?!
It was specified a long time ago, as the comment below, they don't register.
Roddy Piper: the only man to escape from Alcatraz confirmed.
Your over 60 years too late. It was done back in 1936.
Nice try tho.
@@kevynhansyn2902 It was a joke man. Everybody knows that Clint Eastwood was the first man to escape from Alcatraz!
@@roryslaine7896 I watched a documentary about those that actually escaped from The Rock. It just clicked my noggin, and I know it was a joke, but I had a moment of historical significance that popped in.
I remember watching this PPV live and completely burying that Prince Iaukea match…all these years later and I see why 😂😂
Match was trash all because Iaukea was boring
@Dean Hill Let alone give him a championship belt.
These Uploads are Nostalgic as Hell and Professional needs this Level of Star Power Injected into it Desperately nowadays … 👀
When it comes to the mid card matches, WCW was always better in my opinion.
Their cruiserweight division was a thing of legend
Nancy looked in great shape for that Sullivan / Benoit match. She looks even thicker and stronger than Jackie here, which I wasn't expecting.
I just can't hear "Superbrawl" without thinking
SUPERBRAWL SATURDAY!? CAN THEY EVEN AFFORD TO PAY ME!? I DON'T KNOWWWWW!
Your t shirts are to tight too billy!!
Movie?
IM ONE OF THE BIGGEST LEGEND STARS EVER IN THIS.. GAWWWD (awkwardly takes shirt off)
"I'M PISSED NOW!"
“Superbrawl Sunday???” As how Lex Luger would say 😂😂😂
I absolutely love that clip.
"Stupid shirt."
I DONT KNOW!!!!!
I wish I would've found this series a year from now. Waiting is such sweet-sorrow.
I love watching old Rey Mysterio WCW matches
Wrestling Bios, man, you make the best intro music and you have outdone yourself this time. I'm thinking of turning this into a ringtone and recording the line, "Can you pick up, suckaaaa!" 😁
Booker t has a awesome theme
Let's be honest, who doesn't want to beat respect into Sean Waltman?
How can you talk about Waltman that way the man litterly busted his ass for the business 😆
I grew up watching every WWF episode in the 90s and going to every event they put on at the Greensboro Coliseum.
I never watched any WCW so its awesome seeing what i missed.
Thanks for the content
Love the PPV recaps
2 matches in a row where they passed the belt between eachother afterwards. Damn it D-Lo!
I was there! I was 13 years old and preferred WWF but stopped following after Wrestlemania 12.
I wasn't following wrestling at all but got invited to go and I'm glad I went. This PPV was a big reason why I got back into wrestling in 97. It was a lot of fun to see live.
That Booker theme at the start 😎🔥
I'll bet Savage died a little inside when he had to joint the nwo and hug Hogan.
Yeah he did he hated Hogan
Watching the clips of WCW action you show, it seems that the wrestlers were given way more freedom to perform than they were in WWF/E. The Barbarian, for example, was a slow bumbling brut for Vince but he and Meng both look awesome in WCW... I always said it about Jericho, Eddie and Rey too, they stuff they in in WCW seems so much more crazy.
Man, I really didn’t appreciate Luger till I started watching your channel. For all his faults, he was a solid addition to the card.
It would be interesting if you could also publish the PPV buys that both WCW and the WWF did during Reliving the War
Loving the WCW content! Watched all when I was a kid, watched all back-to-back when the Network came out, and here I'm re-living it all again! THANK YOU!
I remember as a kid that WCW had the best entrance sets Halloween Havoc I think was my favorite
Who dislikes Bagwell as a wrestler? As a performer as Buff the Stuff he was a fine midcard heel, who could lose and keep his heat with his gimmick. And would always come across as somewhat of a threat due to his physical look and NWO connection.
I always try to mimmick his taunts when I am bored or sad .
I loved Buff. He was so obnoxious.
"He's the stuff, and I'm buff" lol
I would try bounce on the floor like Buff does in Revenge as a taunt
Love this channel! I do have Covid19 and this is exactly what I need..
Pleasant surprise! And the perfect way to end my work day!!! Thank you Wrestling Bios!!!
I know people get nostalgic for Debra's WWF run, but she was one of the worst things about WCW and Nitro around this time.
She didn't talk much in WWF which was a good thing.
Did look good though
She was good as Jarret's manager/valet but I didn't care for the end of her run when she was just Mrs. Stone Cold. It was a shame that they couldn't find something more for her to do at the end of her WWF run.
Honestly man, thank you for all of your content. Its truly awesome to watch. Keep up the fantastic work, and your channel will grow exponentially.
Macho joining the NWO hearlds the beginning of my favourite rivalry in wrestling history: DDP vs Macho
Nash earned every bit of his super contract with the Giant powerbomb alone. That was sick! Curious how he felt after that. Hogan allegedly tore his triceps after slamming Andre at WM3. Nash tears a quad stepping over a colleague in a tag match but lifts a 450 lb man upside down in a phenomenal feat of strength. Insane. Only matched by Goldbeg jackhammering the Giant
"Classic Mongo". He really was the best!
Wrestling bios is better at building hype for wrestling shows than WCW & WWF was during this time
In an alternate universe The Rock never made it big and prince iukea becomes the people's champ and the biggest movie star in Hollywood.
Nash and Giant got the powerbomb spot on the money. It's crazy to think that they don't get it right at a later date.
Thanks for always giving me nostalgic feelings man. Wrestling bios is where it’s at brotherrrrrr
Yes yes, no no. Yes yes it’s wrestling Bios!!
Damn! Piper had one hell of a trek (assuming he's on foot) from Alcatraz to The Cow Palace. It's 9 miles from Fisherman's Wharf in North San Francisco (the closest point to Alcatraz) to The Cow Palace in South San Francisco (it's actually in Daly City). That's not even including the 2 mile swim from Alcatraz to Fisherman's Wharf. Dude must have been exhausted once he arrived at the venue.
That Intro is getting me pumped!!!
Benoit/Sullivan officially ends at Bash at The Beach 1997, so Sullivan can retire and focus on booking.
It's funny that Jarrett / mcmichael also ends up in Bash at the beach 1997, after Debra betrays mcmichael by giving Jarrett the briefcase to win and they go off together.
I've loved La Parka since he was "The Chairman Of WCW." And he is a huge star in Mexico now as "L.A. Park."
"His little Taskmaster" and "his little Rabid Wolverine" are fantastic calls, good sir.
Haa! 28:56
This is awesome every time i get to see it. You can clearly tell he was pumped up for this one, not sure i ever seen him actually get on the ropes before.😄 Almost get the impression He won the match.
👍So Awesome
I was a big Luger fan as a kid in the 90's.
This marks me as fully caught up. I binge watched this series over the last few weeks and I've loved it. Time to hit that subscribe button and wait for more !!
Without Glacier, no match on the card even had a chance of being worse than the Mongo match.
Prince Iaukea : Rocky Mavia The Dollar General Version...😁
Debra was also Jeff Jarretts manger when he went to wwe later on
True, but this is where Debra and Jarrett's story began where debra liked the Double J.
I really do appreciate the N64 wrestling games music in the background. Also, I do believe that the AWA held a a pay per view in the Cow Palace. Curt Hennig defeated Nick Bockwinkel for the title there back in either '87 or '88 I think. So, Tenay could've possibly been wrong on that one.
I have that match on my best of AWA dvd
Your use of N64 wrestling game BGM is excellent.
At 5:44 through we get the "No Mercy" menu music 🎶. 🤣🤣 Good stuff ☺️
Between DDP/Macho and Bret/Austin; 1997 had two of the best feuds of all time.
firet time watching and you're really good at these. keep it up!
DUUUUUDE THAT REMIX FOR BOOKERS THEME IS AMAZING
Doesn't matter what's going on
Or how much older I get, when I hear that Harlem heat theme I get pumped up lol
Can wait to see what will happen monday night!!!
I loved the Nancy and Jacqueline feud
Lex Luger's Torture Rack finisher was super over in 1997!
This is the timeframe where I turned completely against WCW. I remembered seeing their main event 12 years before and eyerolled every time they tried to hype Piper and Hogan. And after this, they KEPT pushing Piper's 241 year old ass through Uncensored. The novelty of NWO was quickly wearing out at this point.
well said
All the talent they had and they brought HIM in for a main event push?
If I was anyone else but the top tier main eventers I would've started packing my bags then and there.
Hell, even if I was another main eventer, I'd probably be pissed they were putting that relic where they did. Hogan was ancient, but he still drew, still sold merch, and could still string together a coherent sentence.
any plans on doing an episode on public enemy? in ecw they were so much fun. keep it up, your videos are absolute quality.
Another awesome upload from the greatest wrestling channel on the planet!
19:16 is anyone else impressed by this? Barb just caught him like he was nothing. Rocco was 250 at the time.
Legit impressive
Thank you for the Birthday Present
This was a good PPV review WCW definitely peaked in 1997
Always a pleasure taking a look back
I live like 30 miles away from San Francisco. There are sharks in the ocean here but you don't just look over the side of a boat and see any of them LOL. Also, my dad used to take me to WWF house shows at the Cow Palace from like 88-91. Great memories.
Why wasn’t Jackie this popular in WWE/WWF? All I seen watching growing up is squash matches and wrestling Crash Holly.
27:35 Very underappreciated acrobatics by these big guys, now that was impressive.
What’s crazy to think about is how fast the human body would come apart at the seams if they weren’t holding back, a single leg drop on a head hanging over the apron could EASILY kill if these guys weren’t so damn good at what they do!
Wanna hear something so crazy that it makes sense?
Buff Bagwell would've been perfect in mid 80s WWF.. I've never liked him as a worker, but he was one hell of a sports entertainer especially as a heel
Luger was actually pretty dope ... should have kept the jeans and flannel look haha