SuperBrawl III

SuperBrawl III
SuperBrawl III
	Promotional poster featuring Sting and Big Van Vader
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	February 21, 1993
City	Asheville, North Carolina
Venue	Asheville Civic Center
Attendance	6,500
Tagline(s)	Witness History In The Making At The Biggest Event Of The Year!
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SuperBrawl III was the third SuperBrawl professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on February 21, 1993 from the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina in the United States.

The main event was a White Castle of Fear Strap match between Big Van Vader and Sting. Vader's WCW World Heavyweight Championship was not on the line in the main event as the match was not sanctioned by WCW. This event marked the return of Ric Flair to WCW and Davey Boy Smith's WCW debut. The event also featured The Great Muta versus Barry Windham for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

This was the first WCW pay-per-view with Eric Bischoff as executive producer, though he continued to operate as an announcer on television and his new role was only mentioned in the closing credits of the show.

Storylines

The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Stan Lane) replaced the Wrecking Crew due to an agreement by WCW Executive Vice President Bill Watts and Smoky Mountain Wrestling commissioner Bob Armstrong on an earlier episode of Main Event. The Heavenly Bodies' SMW Tag Team Championship was not on the line, making it a non-title match. Watts quit before the event so there was no mention of him and the only mention of his successor was in the closing credits. Chris Benoit and 2 Cold Scorpio fought to draws in January 1993.^[1]

Event

Other on-screen personnel
Role:	Name:
Commentators	Tony Schiavone
Commentators	Jesse Ventura
Interviewer	Eric Bischoff
Ring announcers	Gary Michael Cappetta

Maxx Payne was disqualified in his match against Dustin Rhodes after he pulled the referee into Rhodes to attempt to break an abdominal stretch and throwing Rhodes over the top rope. Payne replaced the injured Ron Simmons.

After Barry Windham's victory over The Great Muta, Ric Flair attempted to place the NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt around Windham's waist, but Windham refused to let him.

Aftermath

After Bill Watts left WCW, the working agreement between Smoky Mountain Wrestling and WCW ended, SMW would begin working with the WWF in talent exchanges, Jim Cornette would begin appearing on WWF programming as the advisor to Yokozuna (along with Mr. Fuji), and SMW wrestlers appeared on WWF's pay per view programs. Barry Windham and Ric Flair would begin a feud over the NWA World title, which would culminate in Flair winning his 10th (and last) NWA World title in July 1993 at Beach Blast; WCW would leave the NWA permanently in September.