(What do you think of this WCW Card for Superbrawl 8)
January 28: WCW would acquire many licensed tracks. Therefore buying themes for DDP (who would now use Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"), Brian Pillman ( L7's "Shitlist"), RVD (Pantera's "Walk"), Raven (The Offspring's "Come out and Play"), just to begin with. This was acquired at a discount rate due to their connections within the industry. Management, realising the success of the first wrestling boom and its music connections, wanted better entrance music for their top and rising superstars.
Now Just a week out from WCW Superbrawl 8, live at the Cow Palace, on the 22nd of February, we now have the full, confirmed card for the event.
Card.
- The Hart Foundation and Sting vs Harlem Heat and 2 Cold Scorpio - Street Fight [1]
- Goldberg vs Disco Inferno - Streak vs Career [2]
- Eddie Guerrero vs Chris Jericho - WCW Crusierweight Championship [3]
- Chris Kanyon vs Chris Benoit - No Disqualification Match [4]
- Owen Hart vs Raven - WCW Television Championship [5]
- Vicious and Delicious vs The World Strongest Deal - WCW World Tag Team Title Match [6]
- DDP vs Bret Hart vs The Rock vs Stone Cold Steve Austin - WCW US Title [7]
- Brian Pillman vs Konnan - WCW World Heavyweight Championship [8]
[1] the NWO would jump sting during the events of the battle royal, eliminating him in the process (after a low blow). Sting would take exception to the NWO's actions
[2] Disco Inferno was so confident in the fact that he could beat Goldberg, he was willing to wager his WCW career on the line for it. Goldberg could only laugh and admire this. He accepted the challenge.
[3] Dragon would lose his title on a WCW Thunder to Eddie Guerrero. Chris Jericho would take exception, leading to the feud and this title match. The winner of this match could not rest however, as the winner will go on to face the winner of Rey Mysterio, Chavo Guerrero Jr, Juventud Guerrera and Rob Van Dam at Spring Stampede.
[4] Their was plenty of bad blood between the two men, with Kanyon claiming he was robbed of a fair chance of facing Pillman. Benoit claiming this was just what he deserved.
[5] Hart would win the television championship off of Saturn. Hart was far from happy however, claiming this title was beneath him and that he should be World Heavyweight Champion. Raven would return and mess with the younger Hart, cutting eerie promos about television and how it holds the power to the people's mind and that with the title, he will have the key to the people.
[6] The Worlds strongest deal would want revenge, as they weren't pinned at Souled Out. They would attack Vicious and Delicious weekly, beating them with steel chairs, tormenting them mentally and physically.
[7] This storyline began with a DDP and Bret Hart confrontation the Nitro after Souled Out. The Rock and the NWO would interject however in the following weeks between the two. In the meanwhile, the NWO would take Ron Simmons out of action (by hitting his leg repeatedly with a led pipe). The Rock would finally get his wish with DDP giving him a shot along with Bret Hart at the U.S. Title. Stone Cold however would jump the Rock as well as stunner DDP, stating he had unfinished business. Leading to a loaded fatal 4 way match for the United States Championship
[8] Konnan would win a Battle Royal on the 2nd of Feb Nitro addition to become #1 contender. This was a feud that would be full of 3 weeks of great promos (the two would interact on all Nitro's and Thunder's) as well as brawls. Konnan claiming that he would take the world title off of that 'white trash', whilst Pillman would 'throw his ass back across the border'. This intense feud all leading to their match at Superbrawl.