Immediately as the bell sounds, Hogan tries to walk out of the match before he even gets in the ring. How can the match start if both men aren't in the ring? Whatever, this is WCW for you. Hogan teases getting in the ring then tries to walk out again, but Piper catches him in the entrance way. Piper gets Hogan in the ring and starts laying it in, ending with a low blow right in the view of the referee. The ref actually reacts to seeing Hogan getting hit in the balls. WHY IS THAT NOT A DQ! ARE THERE EVEN DQ'S IN WCW?! Is it just like ECW...only worse?
Piper starts choking Hogan with his t-shirt and biting him as Hogan tries to get away, but Piper keeps bringing him back to the ring. Piper hits a super safe chair shot on Hogan on gets him back in the ring, but Hogan low blows him behind the ref's back this time (good job, Hogan), which Piper COMPLETELY NO SELLS and goes back to beating down Hogan. Some nWo members try to get involved as Tony Schiavone quips that Hogan is trying to get himself disqualified. Yeah, good luck with that, have you seen how hard it is too get DQ'd in WCW? You'd have to literally run someone with a car to even get a warning from the ref.
Piper keeps bringing it to Hogan as he does more blatant cheating as they brawl to the outside for the second time this match. Piper no sells some more and continues to beat up Hogan at ringside. They go back in the ring as Piper makes Hogan straddle the top rope. This brings out Sting and Randy Savage and Savage walks down the entrance ramp. Sting just kind of...stands there. Kind of makes you wonder why he came out, doesn't it.
Piper and Hogan brawl in the ring as Hogan finally manages to gain control. Sting walks to the back (again, why'd he come out in the first place?) as Hogan and Piper brawl outside for the third time. Hogan rams Piper into the ring post and rolls him back in the ring. Hogan locks in a bear hug, which he holds forever before he starts choking Piper. Piper fights out and runs wild, only to be stopped with another low blow. Piper reverses a body slam and locks in the sleeper hold. Hogan goes down as the ref raises his hand three times, and it falls three times! New WCW World Heavyweight Champion Roddy Piper!...
Of course not, how could WCW have anything resembling a finish that isn't confusing? Savage pulls Hogan's feet under the ropes (SWERVE!) while the ref's back is turned and Piper is celebrating. Not even kidding, that's how they tried to pull this off. Despite the referee calling for the bell and CLEARLY seeing Hogan's feet weren't under the ropes:
The ref still restarts the match. Savage slips Hogan some brass knuckles and Hogan knocks Piper out, getting the three and the win to retain his title. Post match, Savage and Hogan beat down Piper as SuperBrawl 1997 comes to a close. Seriously, the last five minutes of this pay-per-view are an nWo beat down.
Piper starts choking Hogan with his t-shirt and biting him as Hogan tries to get away, but Piper keeps bringing him back to the ring. Piper hits a super safe chair shot on Hogan on gets him back in the ring, but Hogan low blows him behind the ref's back this time (good job, Hogan), which Piper COMPLETELY NO SELLS and goes back to beating down Hogan. Some nWo members try to get involved as Tony Schiavone quips that Hogan is trying to get himself disqualified. Yeah, good luck with that, have you seen how hard it is too get DQ'd in WCW? You'd have to literally run someone with a car to even get a warning from the ref.
Piper keeps bringing it to Hogan as he does more blatant cheating as they brawl to the outside for the second time this match. Piper no sells some more and continues to beat up Hogan at ringside. They go back in the ring as Piper makes Hogan straddle the top rope. This brings out Sting and Randy Savage and Savage walks down the entrance ramp. Sting just kind of...stands there. Kind of makes you wonder why he came out, doesn't it.
Piper and Hogan brawl in the ring as Hogan finally manages to gain control. Sting walks to the back (again, why'd he come out in the first place?) as Hogan and Piper brawl outside for the third time. Hogan rams Piper into the ring post and rolls him back in the ring. Hogan locks in a bear hug, which he holds forever before he starts choking Piper. Piper fights out and runs wild, only to be stopped with another low blow. Piper reverses a body slam and locks in the sleeper hold. Hogan goes down as the ref raises his hand three times, and it falls three times! New WCW World Heavyweight Champion Roddy Piper!...
The Verdict
All this match was was Piper beating down Hogan for ten minutes, only for Hogan to win via bullsh*t. Almost no offense outside of punches and blatant cheating, which the referee allows because "reasons". Even worse, this was the main event for the world title. This is how WCW treated their world title.
Rankings (Best to Worst)
- Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
- Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
- T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
- Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
- Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
- Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
- Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
- The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
- The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
- Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
- Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
- The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
- Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
- Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
- Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
- Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
- Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
- Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
- Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
- Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
- Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
- Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
- Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
- Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
- Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
- Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
- Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
- Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
- Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
- Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
- Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
- Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
- Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
- Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
- Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
- The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
- Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
- Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
- Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
- Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
- Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
- The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
- Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
- Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
- The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
- Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/10)
- Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
- James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
- John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
And up next is...
The f*ck's a Battlebowl?
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