SuperBrawl VII was the seventh

SuperBrawl SuperBrawl was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) held in May 1991 and February from 1992 through 2001. Along with Starrcade, Bash at the Beach, The Great American Bash, and Halloween ...

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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 Narrative thread, storylines. Wrestlers portrayed Heel (professional wrestling), villains, [

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, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Event

Syxx Sean Michael Waltman (born July 13, 1972) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under a legends contract. He is best known for his appearances for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) under the ring names 1–2– ...

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 Marcus Alexander Bagwell (born January 10, 1970) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Buff Bagwell. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1991 to 2 ...

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

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was powerbombed by Kevin Nash. Nash submitted to the Torture Rack, followed by the Giant pinning

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after a chokeslam.

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pinned

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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. Savage and Hogan then attacked Piper post-match, followed by Savage turning heel and joining the nWo.

Aftermath

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

Results

References

External links

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