SuperBrawl VI
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 Promotional poster featuring the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. | |||
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | ||
| Date | February 11, 1996 | ||
| City | St. Petersburg, Florida | ||
| Venue | Bayfront Center | ||
| Attendance | 7,200 | ||
| Tagline(s) | The Brawl for the Belt! | ||
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SuperBrawl VI was the sixth SuperBrawl professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on February 11, 1996, from the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida.
The main event was a steel cage match between Hulk Hogan and The Giant. Hogan defeated Giant to win the match. This event marked Brian Pillman's final match in WCW; in his "I Respect You" Strap Match against The Taskmaster, Pillman shouted "I respect you, bookerman!", breaking kayfabe, before leaving the ring.
Storylines
[edit]The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. On the February 4 episode of Main Event, it was announced that One Man Gang would defend the United States Heavyweight Championship against Konnan at SuperBrawl VI. Later that night, Konnan defeated OMG to win the title. The following night, on Monday Nitro, it was announced that the title match would remain at the SuperBrawl card with Konnan defending the title against OMG in a rematch.
Event
[edit]| Role: | Name: |
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| Commentators | Tony Schiavone |
| Bobby Heenan | |
| Dusty Rhodes | |
| Interviewer | Gene Okerlund |
| Ring announcers | David Penzer |
| Michael Buffer | |
| Referees | Randy Eller |
| Jimmy Jett | |
| Nick Patrick |
All the pre-PPV matches took place live on WCW Main Event. As per the pre-match stipulations, Johnny B. Badd's victory resulted in him winning Diamond Dallas Page's remaining lottery money of $6.6 million for the Diamond Doll, as well as retaining her services as a valet.
In the WCW World Heavyweight Championship match, Ric Flair pinned Randy Savage after Miss Elizabeth turned on Savage by allowing Flair to hit him with one of her high heel shoes.
Results
[edit]| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times | ||||
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| 1ME | The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) defeated Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck | Tag team match | 02:07 | ||||
| 2ME | Hugh Morrus defeated Chris Kanyon | Singles match | 02:28 | ||||
| 3ME | Big Bubba Rogers and VK Wallstreet defeated Joey Maggs and Craig Pittman | Tag team match | 02:14 | ||||
| 4ME | Jim Duggan vs. Loch Ness (with Jimmy Hart and The Taskmaster) ended in a double disqualification | Singles match | — | ||||
| 5 | The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) defeated The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) | Street Fight | 07:49 | ||||
| 6 | Johnny B. Badd (c) (with The Diamond Doll) defeated Diamond Dallas Page | Singles match for the WCW World Television Championship | 14:59 | ||||
| 7 | Sting and Lex Luger (c) defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) | Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship | 11:49 | ||||
| 8 | Konnan (c) defeated One Man Gang | Singles match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship | 07:27 | ||||
| 9 | The Taskmaster defeated Brian Pillman | "I Respect You" Strap match | 01:36 | ||||
| 10 | Arn Anderson vs. The Taskmaster ended in a no-contest | Singles match | 03:45 | ||||
| 11 | Sting and Lex Luger (c) vs. The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) ended in a double countout | Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship | 13:56 | ||||
| 12 | Ric Flair (with Woman) defeated Randy Savage (c) (with Miss Elizabeth) | Steel Cage match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship | 18:52 | ||||
| 13 | Hulk Hogan defeated The Giant (with Jimmy Hart and The Taskmaster) | Steel Cage match | 15:04 | ||||
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