Superbrawl VI

[Cheex Incarnate]

I was skimming through an old PWI Wrestling Almanac today, when something struck me odd about the Superbrawl VI card (2/17/96). I'll reprint the match report:

 

The strap match between Brian Pillman and Kevin Sullivan was declared a no contest. Pillman left the ring at 1:09, at which point Arn Anderson took over the match for him. Eventually, Ric Flair came to the ring and convinced both men to stop fighting...

 

Now, was this part of Pillman's whole "booker man" angle? I noticed the date, and realized Pillman was close to being on his way out. Anyone got an explination?

 

-Cheex

[Zack Malibu]

This was during the Loose Cannon days when Pillman was acting as a shit-stirrer between the Dungeon of Doom and the 4 Horsemen. Flair and Arn were trying to keep the peace with Sullivan since they all wanted to take down Hogan, but Pillman repeatedly continued to damage the relationship between the stables. He and Sullivan were set for this match, which never got off the ground. Moments into it, Pillman grabbed the mic and muttered "I respect you, booker man!" and left the ring as a planned shoot (though rumor has it only he and Sullivan knew it ahead of time). Time stood still for a bit until Arn and Flair came out.

 

Funny note: On the commercial release of the video, Pillman's "booker man" comment is edited down to "I respect you!". Pretty stupid how they did that, considering people buying the tape may not necessarily be familiar with the angle taking place.

[Tony149]

Funny note: On the commercial release of the video, Pillman's "booker man" comment is edited down to "I respect you!".  Pretty stupid how they did that, considering people buying the tape may not necessarily be familiar with the angle taking place.

 

Not only that, but they used different camera angles during the Flair/Savage cage match so they could avoid any shots of blood on Flair's face, going as far as having Flair's head in black and white (with everything else in color) whenever there's a chance of seeing blood.

 

We do get a cameo from the Loch Ness Monster, however.

 

Turner Home Entertainment did some stupid things to WCW videos, although they did some good as well, editing out the fluff from Wrestle War '90 & Capital Combat '90, leaving 2 hours of good stuff.

 

To keeps thing on-topic: Pillman was a great character.

Edited July 23, 2004 by Tony149