The 2000 edition of SuperBrawl has the distinct dishonor of touting the worst match in the history of professional wrestling. That is quite the loaded statement but all one must do to understand it is log into the WWE Network, fire up the show and watch as Tank Abbott and Big Al completely expose the business in an admittedly hard-hitting though depressingly horrendous "match" that ended mercifully when Abbott retrieved a leather coat from a pole. The pole gimmick doomed the match from the start but the fact that neither man was a trained wrestler may have had something to do with the overall lack of quality and talent in the match as well. It is not as though the rest of the card did the show any favors. Brian Knobs and the late, great Bam Bam Bigelow delivered a plodding and uninteresting garbage brawl. 3 Count defeated Norman Smiley in a three-on-one Handicap match that someone, somewhere thought was a good idea. Big T reminded fans of why his prime came four years earlier in WWE as Ahmed Johnson, Kidman and Vampiro waited until the pay-per-view broadcast to have the worst match of their otherwise solid series and Hulk Hogan and Lex Luger delivered a match that was every bit the quality of a contest involving the over-the-hill stars would be. When one looks back at why WCW was failing miserably to start the new Millennium and why it had one foot in the grave so shortly after the start of the new year, SuperBrawl is a shining example. Old, untalented and unmotivated stars at the top of the card and terrible booking decisions born out of backstage politics ruined what could have been a very entertaining promotion given the talented young stars that would take over later in the year. Sadly, by the time those stars began making their mark, WCW was dead on arrival.
Erik Beaston is a freelance pro wrestling writer who likes long walks in the park, dandelions and has not quite figured out that this introduction is not for Match.com. He resides in Parts Unknown, where he hosts weekly cookouts with Kane, The Ultimate Warrior, Papa Shango and The Boogeyman. Be jealous.
