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Worst in the World: Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl

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Not every wrestler can be like CM Punk or Kurt Angle and have a gimmick that immediately clicks and gets over with the crowd as their first gimmick. Many wrestlers have a bad or embarrassing gimmick they went through before becoming the superstars we know today. Before he was the badass redneck Stone Cold, he the was The Ringmaster, a guy who's whole gimmick was "good at wrestling". Before he was Kane, fire controlling demon, he was a dentist, Isacc Yankem, DDS. Before he was the dark & brooding loner Raven, he was Florida surfer Scotty Flamingo. And in today's case, we take a look at one of Kevin Nash's first gimmicks. Long before he was one-third of the group that defined "cool heel" and even before he was Big Daddy Cool Diesel in the WWF, he was...Oz. You know, as in The Wizard of Oz. Can you believe this didn't get over? Oz takes on Tim Parker in his WCW pay-per-view debut at the first ever SuperBrawl.
So before Oz eve makes his entrance, we get a near two minute long scene where Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion are led up the ramp by a guy and meet Oz at the top of the ramp. This takes over two minutes. WHY? WHAT DRUGS ARE THESE WRITERS ON? The crowd viciously boos this (and rightfully so), and it takes another minute or so for Oz to make his way down to the ring. It's then we learn that that guy from the opening awfulness is his manager, just called "Wizard". He keeps yelling "WELCOME TO OZ!" in a annoying raspy voice. F*ck this guy.
And just look at Oz:
WCW actually saw this giant, nearly 7 foot, decent looking guy and decided "Hey, let's put this guy in bright neon green, dye his hair grey, dress him up like a wizard, and have him wear a fake beard and wizard mask!" Oh yeah, that beard and face are fake if you couldn't tell already (how could you not, though), he actually takes it off when he gets to the ring.
What even is this company?
So literally, the entire match is Oz hits two clotheslines and a spinning powerbomb for the win. 26 seconds. 26 seconds. To put that in perspective, guess how long the opening nonsense and Oz's entrance took? 4 minutes and seven seconds. This was the debut of the Oz character. This is how they debuted somebody. I...I just don't know

The Verdict

Everything about this can piss right off. The dumb opening skit, the terrible gimmick, the annoying manager, the awful attire, and the fact that I sat through four minutes of entrances and Wizard of Oz bullsh*t for a match that didn't even last half a minute. Pitiful. I thought Meltzer was being a little harsh when I saw he gave a 26 second match minus three stars. He wasn't. This is sh*t

Rankings (Best to Worst)

  1.  Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
  2. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
  3. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
  4. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
  5. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
  6. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
  7. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
  8. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
  9. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
  10. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
  11. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
  12. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
  13. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
  14. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
  15. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
  16. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
  17. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
  18. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
  19. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
  20. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
  21. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
  22. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
  23. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
  24. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
  25. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
  26. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
  27. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
  28. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
  29. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
  30. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  31. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  32. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
  33. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  34. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  35. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
  36. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  37. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
  38. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  39.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  40. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  41. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
  42. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  43. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
  44. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
  45. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
  46. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  47. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  48. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  49. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  50. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
  51. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  52. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  53. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996 
  54. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/10)
  55. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  56. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  57. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  58. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  59. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
And up next is...
Oh boy, I remember this match. And that demon kid
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