SuperBrawl V

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SuperBrawl V
Baltimore Arena
Attendance13,390
Tagline(s)The World Title Is On The Line In The SuperBrawl For It All!
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SuperBrawl V was the fifth

Baltimore, Maryland
.

In the

Big Bubba Rogers. Also at the event, Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) retained the World Tag Team Championship against The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags
) by disqualification.

An infamous match took place at the event in which Alex Wright defeated Paul Roma, during which Roma kicked out of Wright's pinfall attempt where Roma was supposed to lose. The referee counted 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

The

WorldWide, Pro, Prime and Main Event
.

At

Three Faces of Fear members The Butcher and Kevin Sullivan and then Vader confronted Hogan by hitting a Powerbomb but then Hogan rose up and cleared Vader out of the ring.[6] On the February 11 episode of Saturday Night, Gene Okerlund conducted an interview with Ric 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's Saturday Night to announce that he would show up at SuperBrawl during Hogan and Vader's title match.[8]

At Starrcade,

turning heel and reverting to his previous name "Big Bubba Rogers".[6] On the January 28 episode of Saturday Night, it was announced that Sting and Randy Savage would compete against Avalanche and Rogers at SuperBrawl.[11]

Dave Sullivan was involved in a rivalry with his kayfabe brother 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] At Halloween Havoc, Dave defeated Kevin by count-out.[13] At Starrcade, Dave cost Kevin, a match against Mr. T by posing as Santa Claus and hitting Kevin with a sack loaded with Jimmy Hart's megaphone. After the match, Kevin attacked Dave and delivered a Piledriver to Dave.[4] On the January 14 episode of Saturday Night, Kevin cost Dave, a match against Bobby Eaton.[5] On the following week's Saturday 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 of Saturday Night.[11]

On the January 28 episode of Saturday Night, Paul Roma confronted Alex Wright during 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]

Dustin Rhodes after Rhodes defeated George South in a match on the November 26, 1994 episode of Saturday Night.[12] Bully returned to WCW the following month. After a brief confrontation with Rhodes on the January 14 episode of Saturday Night,[5] Bully warned Rhodes on the following week's Saturday Night that Rhodes would end up like a roadkill if they had an encounter against each other.[14] On the January 28 episode of Saturday Night, it was announced that Rhodes would face Bully at SuperBrawl.[11] On the February 5 episode of Worldwide, Bully attacked Rhodes during a match between Rhodes and Bunkhouse Buck.[15]

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

At Starrcade,

Marcus Alexander Bagwell and The Patriot) to win the World Tag Team Championship[5] and successfully defended the title against Stars and Stripes in a rematch at Clash of the Champions XXX.[6] On the January 28 episode of Saturday Night, it was announced that Harlem Heat would defend the titles against Nasty Boys at SuperBrawl.[11] On the February 11 episode of Saturday 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

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

Before the show aired live on pay-per-view, three matches aired on

The Blacktop Bully dropped Badd from the top rope and Anderson pinned him by grabbing his tights for leverage.[18]

Preliminary matches

As the pay-per-view began, Alex Wright competed against Paul Roma in the opening match of the event. Roma dominated Wright throughout the match until his Pretty Wonderful tag team partner Paul Orndorff came at ringside to support Roma. Near the end of the match, Roma was distracted while arguing with Orndorff, allowing Wright to dropkick Roma into Orndorff and roll him up for the win.[19][20][21]

In the next match,

three-point stance clothesline to Buck to win the match. After the match, Meng attacked Duggan and applied a thumb choke hold on Duggan.[19][20][21]

Kevin Sullivan took on Dave Sullivan. Kevin dominated the earlier part of the match until Dave gained momentum and then The Butcher distracted 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 T and Stevie Ray) defended the World Tag Team Championship against The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry 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 and Sister Sherri attempted 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 Rhodes and The Blacktop Bully competed in a match. Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel ejected Meng from ringside due to his interference and post-match assault on Jim Duggan earlier at the event. Rhodes performed a flying clothesline on Bully. The match continued as both men traded moves against each other. Near the end of the match, Rhodes performed a bulldog on Bully and covered him for the pinfall but Parker put Bully's foot on the rope. Rhodes suplexed Parker 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,

Stinger Splashes on 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 the referee did not see the tag. A brawl occurred between both teams and Savage delivered a diving elbow drop to Bubba but the referee ejected him out of the ring. Sting delivered a diving crossbody on Avalanche to win the match.[19][20][21]

Main event match

In the

leg drop but got a near-fall. Vader knocked out the referee with a splash and delivered a Powerbomb to 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

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

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 a shoot interview that WCW management planned on pushing Wright 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 a Leather Strap match against Vader at Uncensored, 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 of Saturday 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 at Slamboree.[24]

Harlem Heat and Nasty Boys continued their rivalry after SuperBrawl. At Uncensored, Nasty Boys defeated Harlem Heat in a non-title Falls 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 and Johnny B. Badd defeated Bully and Arn Anderson in a tag team match on the February 26 episode of Main Event.[25] At Uncensored, Bully defeated Rhodes in a King of the Road match but 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 a martial arts match, with Sonny Onoo as the special guest referee at Uncensored.[23]

Results

No.Results
Big Bubba Rogers
Tag team match10:18
10Hulk Hogan (c) (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Vader by disqualificationSingles match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship15:09
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
ME – the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on Main Event

References

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  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i Arnold Furious (November 9, 2006). "The Furious Flashbacks – WCW Superbrawl V". 411mania.
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  23. ^ a b c d e Matt Pettycord. "WCW Uncensored 1995 3/19/1995". Wrestling Recaps. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
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  26. ^ "SuperBrawl Results". The History of WWE. Retrieved 2018-04-30.

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