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47-739: Nine matches took place at the event, with one being a dark match. The main event was a singles match between Lex Luger and Sting for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship . Sting pinned Luger to win the match and win the title. This would be Luger's final match in WCW until 1995; he joined the World Bodybuilding Federation (WBF) and later the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) after this match. Other featured matches on

94-675: A Rude Awakening to Steamboat. At Halloween Havoc, Barry Windham was supposed to compete in a Chamber of Horrors match on Abdullah the Butcher 's team but The Enforcers ( Larry Zbyszko and Arn Anderson) slammed the car door on his hand to injure him. At Clash of the Champions XVII, Windham was supposed to team with Dustin Rhodes to challenge Enforcers for the WCW World Tag Team Championship but Windham

141-563: A steel cage match at a house show on May 3. Steiners would win the titles. Steiners would then defeat Takayuki Iizuka and Tatsumi Fujinami at WrestleWar to become the number one contenders for the IWGP Tag Team Championship . Brian Pillman would successfully defend the Light Heavyweight Championship against Tom Zenk at WrestleWar. He would hold the title until Beach Blast, where he lost

188-666: A steel cage match to unify the two titles for the first time ever. Both titles remained independently active during this reign, with Kane and The Undertaker first losing the WWF Tag Team Championship to The Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley ) on the September 17 episode of Raw , followed by the loss of the WCW Tag Team Championship to Booker T and Test on the September 25 episode of SmackDown! . At Survivor Series ,

235-439: A sunset flip for the win. Next, Ron Simmons took on Cactus Jack . Near the end of the match, Jack climbed the top rope and dived off the turnbuckle to perform an aerial move on Simmons but Simmons countered with a powerslam for the win. After the match, Abdullah the Butcher attacked Simmons until Junkyard Dog made his surprise return to WCW and saved Simmons from a double-team assault by Butcher and Jack. The next match

282-571: A "dream fight" and multiple title defenses. WCW World Tag Team Championship As Individual (11 reigns): The WCW World Tag Team Championship , originally known as the NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) , was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and later the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It

329-410: A diving crossbody to Luger to win the title. SuperBrawl II received mixed to positive reviews. According to Scott Keith of 411Mania , the event "was just dripping with effort and commitment (besides Luger)", while praising "Windham/Rhodes v. Zbyszko/Austin match and the shockingly-good Morton/Vegas v. Hammer/Zenk match". J.D. Dunn of 411Mania gave a rating of 7 out of 10 to the event, considering it

376-489: A good event as he wrote "This show has the reputation as a classic, but it doesn't hold up as well as I thought it would. It started out hot and had a few good tag matches, but the final two matches were disappointing. It still merits a thumbs up with the way-ahead-of-its-time light-heavyweight match and the Sting win, but it's not one of the great all-time PPVs that people remember." Kyle DaCosta of E Wrestling News wrote "This

423-502: A harbinger of the style to come" while the World Heavyweight Championship match "wasn’t of the quality needed out of a title match". SuperBrawl II was Lex Luger's final appearance in WCW as he departed the promotion to pursue a bodybuilding career in the World Bodybuilding Federation (WBF) and jumped ship to rival promotion World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1993. Luger returned to WCW three years later on

470-516: A lead-up towards the centrepiece tournaments, such as physical disability rugby league , masters (over 35, typically retired professional players), university , police teams, and armed forces teams. The opening act is a similar concept in non-sports entertainment. A main event usually takes place as the final match of a title-match-system sporting event. The term occurs primarily with reference to combat sports such as boxing, professional wrestling and mixed martial arts . The main event, generally

517-666: Is no support race on the day of the feature (as in the case of the Cup Series, where all support races are held on days leading to the feature, although it can be run on feature day if inclement weather forces such). Since 2008, the Rugby League World Cup has been aggregated with the World Cup competitions for women's and wheelchair rugby league in an arrangement known as the " Festival of World Cups ". The festival includes support tournaments that are held as

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564-681: The Formula One World Championships , although the latter is considered to be a feeder series (for young drivers who desire to make the final step to Formula One). The Indy Lights series supports the IndyCar Series , and the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series effectively support the top-tier NASCAR Cup Series . In some series (most notably on oval tracks), the support races take place on both practice and qualifying days, and there

611-637: The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) purchased WCW. Soon after, The Invasion took place in which The Alliance (an alliance between WCW and ECW ) was formed to fight against the WWF. During this time, the title was referred to as the WCW Tag Team Championship. At SummerSlam , the WCW Tag Team Champions Kane and The Undertaker defeated Chris Kanyon and Diamond Dallas Page for the WWF Tag Team Championship in

658-867: The Champions . Promotions outside the United States also run annual supercards. The two largest lucha libre promotions in Mexico, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), respectively run the CMLL Anniversary Show and Triplemanía . New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) runs the January 4 Dome Show (branded since 2007 as Wrestle Kingdom) at the Tokyo Dome . In other sports, such as boxing and mixed martial arts, supercards occur more rarely. They usually involve

705-540: The Dangerous Alliance in a WarGames match at WrestleWar . Sting held the World Heavyweight Championship until The Great American Bash , where he lost the title to Big Van Vader . Steamboat and Rude's rivalry culminated in an Iron Man match at Beach Blast , which Steamboat won. The feud between Ron Simmons and Cactus Jack continued after SuperBrawl as Jack joined forces with Mr. Hughes to feud with Simmons and his new ally Junkyard Dog . A tag team match

752-575: The February 1 episode of World Championship Wrestling , it was announced that Rude would defend the WCW United States Heavyweight Champion against Steamboat at SuperBrawl II. On the February 22 episode of World Championship Wrestling , the team of Sting, Steamboat, Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes defeated Rude, Austin, Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton in an eight-man tag team match. After the match, Rude executed

799-668: The January 19 episode of Main Event , Simmons defeated Jack via disqualification after Zbyszko interfered and Butcher made the save for Simmons to brawl with Jack and Zbyszko. This would lead to Simmons and Jack competing in several tag team matches for the next one month. On the February 8 episode of Worldwide , it was announced that Simmons would face Jack in a match at SuperBrawl II. On the February 1 episode of World Championship Wrestling , Terrance Taylor slapped Marcus Alexander Bagwell after Bagwell won his match and ordered him to leave

846-618: The SuperBrawl II pay-per-view event would take place on February 29, 1992. The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines . At Clash of the Champions XVII , then- WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Sting received the last of a series of three packages containing wrestlers who attacked him – this last being his former friend, WCW World Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger who reinjured Sting's knee so badly that it contributed heavily to his title loss to Rick Rude later that night. Sting recuperated from

893-500: The advanced level but not participating in a championship match. If an undercard match is a championship match (less popular weight class or regional championship), the undercard match is also twelve rounds, owing to regulations. In professional wrestling, undercard matches usually last for five to ten minutes: the audience does not have to wait too long for the main event and the promoters often have to fulfill contractual television agreements. Professional wrestling unofficially subdivides

940-826: The card were Rick Rude versus Ricky Steamboat for the United States Heavyweight Championship , Jushin Liger versus Brian Pillman for the Light Heavyweight Championship , Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton versus The Steiner Brothers for the World Tag Team Championship and Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes versus Larry Zbyszko and Steve Austin in a tag team match. At the Starrcade pay-per-view on December 29, 1991, WCW announced that

987-608: The day prior to the PPV, and typically shared the same venue (or, at the very least, host city) as the corresponding main roster event. In auto racing, support races occur not just before the feature race, they occur on qualifying day where attendances are typically low and after the completion of the feature race, purposely to lessen the effect of traffic congestion outside venues common in major championship rounds, as spectators make their way home. Examples of notable support races include Porsche Supercup and FIA Formula 2 , both supporting

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1034-457: The debut episode of Monday Nitro on September 4, 1995. On the March 7 episode of World Championship Wrestling , Rick Rude threw drink in Sting's face during a press conference, which led to a feud between Sting and the Dangerous Alliance. Ricky Steamboat, Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes resumed their rivalry with Dangerous Alliance after SuperBrawl and joined Sting and Nikita Koloff to defeat

1081-469: The end in succession. This can be billed as a "double main event" or "double-header" or (rarely) as a "triple main event" or "triple-header". Advertising for sporting bouts focuses primarily on their main events. A supercard consists of a title match combat sport event which comprises multiple high-level matches and/or special attractions. Promoters advertise supercards heavily, and tickets typically cost more than at standard-card events. Supercards serve as

1128-547: The end of the match, Dangerously under the disguise of a masked ninja attacked Steamboat by hitting him with a phone, allowing Rude to pin him to retain the title. In the main event, Lex Luger defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Sting . Near the end of the match, Sting attempted to hit a diving crossbody to Luger but fell outside the ring where Luger's manager Harley Race tried to interfere but Sting attacked him and then delivered

1175-401: The event was overall "a very solid PPV. There was nothing on it that was terrible and there were a couple of matches that were great." According to Sage Cortez of Culture Crossfire , "This is a fantastic show, one of WCW’s best. Only thing holding it back from a higher rating was the title match, which didn’t deliver." According to him, the Light Heavyweight Championship "match was innovative and

1222-404: The focal point of professional wrestling promotions and can function as a primary source of revenue for such promotions. Mainstream American pro wrestling holds supercards at least annually and broadcasts them on pay-per-view (PPV) television. The largest company, WWE , runs PPV events every month. Alternatively the second-largest, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) initially ran 4 annual PPV's over

1269-410: The following months. On the February 8 episode of Worldwide , it was announced that Windham and Rhodes would take on Steve Austin and Larry Zbyszko in a tag team match at SuperBrawl II. On January 1, Sting and Ron Simmons defeated Rick Rude and Cactus Jack after Jack lost when his ally Abdullah the Butcher accidentally hit him with the kendo stick. This ignited a feud between Jack and Butcher. On

1316-436: The headline or "main event" of a particular boxing , professional wrestling , horse racing, or other sports event. Typically, promoters intend the undercard to provide fans with an opportunity to see up-and-coming fighters or fighters not so well known and popular as their counterparts in the main event. The undercard also ensures that if the main event ends quickly fans will still feel that they received sufficient value for

1363-589: The injury and at Starrcade , he last eliminated Luger to win the Battlebowl battle royal . At Clash of the Champions XVIII , the new Executive Vice President of WCW, Kip Allan Frey announced that Luger would defend the title against Sting in the main event at SuperBrawl II. At the 1991 Halloween Havoc , Brian Pillman defeated Richard Morton in the finals of a tournament to become the inaugural Light Heavyweight Champion . On December 25, Pillman lost

1410-445: The level of WrestleMania. With TNA's 2013 change to running only four PPVs a year, all four are now considered supercards: Genesis (not a supercard before 2013), Lockdown , Slammiversary , and Bound for Glory . All four events were first held in 2005, and all have taken place annually since then except for Genesis, which was not held in 2008. Examples of non-pay-per-view supercards include Saturday Night's Main Event and Clash of

1457-428: The match, Windham performed a diving lariat on Zbyszko for the win. Later, the team of Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton defended the World Tag Team Championship against The Steiner Brothers . Near the end of the match, Anderson blinded Rick Steiner by throwing powder in his eyes and a blinded Steiner accidentally suplexed the referee, allowing Scott Steiner to tag in and hit a Frankensteiner to Eaton to win

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1504-432: The most prestigious match on the card, has the most promotion behind it. The match commonly involves a contest for a top championship , but may feature another special attraction. The headliner is a similar concept in non-sports entertainment. Sometimes, multiple matches of equally high importance take place on a card, occasionally at intervals throughout (to sustain spectator interest for its duration), but generally at

1551-401: The price of their admission. In boxing , undercard matches usually last between four and eight rounds, depending on the experience of the boxers in those matches (entry-level boxers, often making professional debuts, have four rounds, while boxers at the intermediate level are given between six and eight rounds), with some undercards on major championship cards being ten rounds if the boxer is at

1598-533: The ring to cut a promo. Two weeks later on World Championship Wrestling , Taylor offered Bagwell to mentor him but Bagwell refused his offer which led to Taylor attacking Bagwell and Greg Valentine made his WCW debut and aided Taylor in attacking Bagwell. This led to a match between Bagwell and Taylor at SuperBrawl. On the February 8 episode of Worldwide , Gordon Solie announced several matches during his Wrestling News Network segment to take place at SuperBrawl II including Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton would defend

1645-485: The tag team titles against Steiner Brothers and Tom Zenk would take on Richard Morton. Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, Big Josh defeated Diamond Dallas Page in a non-televised match. In the opening match, Jushin Liger defended the Light Heavyweight Championship against Brian Pillman . Pillman pinned Liger with a cradle after avoiding a diving headbutt by Liger. Next, Marcus Alexander Bagwell took on Terrence Taylor . Bagwell pinned Taylor with

1692-424: The title to Jushin Liger . On the February 1 episode of World Championship Wrestling , it was announced that Liger would defend the title against Pillman in a rematch at SuperBrawl II. At Clash of the Champions XVIII, Sting and Ricky Steamboat defeated Rude and Steve Austin in a tag team match. Rude and Austin attacked their opponents after the match, with Rude delivering two Rude Awakenings to Steamboat. On

1739-559: The title to Scotty Flamingo . Card (sports)#Main event In sports, a card lists the matches taking place in a title match combat-sport event. Cards include a main event match and the undercard listing the rest of the matches. The undercard may be divided into a midcard and a lower card , according to the perceived importance of the matches. Promoters schedule matches to occur in ascending order of importance. The undercard, or preliminary matches (sometimes preliminary card), consists of preliminary bouts that occur before

1786-467: The titles as the new referee counted the pinfall. However, the original referee reversed the decision and disqualified Steiners, resulting in Anderson and Eaton retaining the titles. In the final match on the undercard, Rick Rude defended the United States Heavyweight Championship against Ricky Steamboat . Dangerous Alliance manager Paul E. Dangerously was banned from the ringside by Kip Frey. Near

1833-645: The tournament. As a result of Gordy and Williams being the WCW World Tag Team Champions when they became NWA World Tag Team Champions, both titles were defended together until WCW left the NWA in September 1993. On January 17, 2008, the NWA withdrew its recognition of every WCW World Tag Team Champion linked to the NWA World Tag Team Championship, officially stating that their titles were formed in 1995. In March 2001,

1880-498: The undercard into uppercard, midcard and lower card matches, which roughly correlate to the fame and quality of performance of the wrestlers involved. WWE's NXT brand (which was originally positioned as a feeder for its main Raw and SmackDown rosters) previously held events in its " TakeOver " series as support for its flagship pay-per-views ( Royal Rumble , WrestleMania , SummerSlam , and Survivor Series ); these events were held on

1927-554: The year ( Revolution , Double or Nothing , All Out and Full Gear ), though added Forbidden Door as a fifth annual PPV in 2022 in collaboration with Japanese company New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Elsewhere, Impact Wrestling (formally TNA), formerly ran monthly PPVs, but now only runs four a year. Wrestling supercards often recur annually; WWE's WrestleMania , arguably the most famous of these, has run since 1985. WWE runs three other supercards per year ( Royal Rumble , SummerSlam and Survivor Series ), but does not promote these at

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1974-516: Was great effort by the wrestlers and another well-booked show by WCW at this time." Paul Matthews of Culture Crossfire praised the Light Heavyweight Championship match, considering Pillman and Liger to be the performers of the night, while considering "Almost every match ranged from decent to great." He criticized the "return of the Dusty Finish", "(Kevin) Nash’s awkward wrestling" and "Lex Luger’s poor conditioning and attitude." According to him,

2021-684: Was renamed the WCW World Tag Team Championship in 1991 when Ted Turner bought JCP and it became World Championship Wrestling. Despite the title's name in MACW, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) did not recognize its own NWA World Tag Team Championship until 1992, when the NWA held a tournament to crown the first tag team recognized by all of the NWA territories . Terry Gordy and Steve Williams won

2068-489: Was replaced by Ricky Steamboat due to his injury. Windham returned from his injury on the December 14 episode of Pro to dispute the call after Anderson and Bobby Eaton had cheated to defeat Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin but he was attacked by members of The Dangerous Alliance . Windham would then frequently team with Steamboat and Rhodes to feud with members of Dangerous Alliance as they fought several matches throughout

2115-465: Was scheduled to be a singles match between Tom Zenk and Richard Morton but was quietly changed into a tag team match as Zenk teamed with Van Hammer to take on Morton and Vinnie Vegas . Zenk pinned Morton with a sunset flip for the win after Morton was hit into the turnbuckle. Next, Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes took on The Dangerous Alliance team of Steve Austin and Larry Zbyszko . After being double teamed by Austin and Zbyszko for most of

2162-561: Was supposed to take place between the two teams at WrestleWar but Jack attacked JYD before the match rendering him unable to compete and Simmons defeated Hughes in a singles match. Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton continued their feud with Steiner Brothers over the World Tag Team Championship after the event. On the April 11 episode of Pro , it was announced that Anderson and Eaton would defend the titles against Steiners in

2209-518: Was the original world tag team title of WCW and remained active until it was unified with the WWF Tag Team Championship . The WCW World Tag Team Championship was originally created as the NWA World Tag Team Championship of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (MACW) run by Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP). Following the title's introduction in 1975, the Minnesota Wrecking Crew became the inaugural champions on January 29. The title

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