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{{short description|1993 World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view event}}
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{{Infobox Wrestling event
|name       = SuperBrawl III
|image      = SuperBrawl_III.jpg
|caption    = Promotional poster featuring [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]] and [[Big Van Vader]]
|tagline    = Witness History In The Making At The Biggest Event Of The Year!
|promotion  = [[World Championship Wrestling]]
|date       = February 21, 1993
|venue      = [[Asheville Civic Center]]
|city       = [[Asheville, North Carolina]]
|attendance = 6,500
|lastevent  = [[WCW/New Japan Supershow III]]
|nextevent  = [[Slamboree 1993: A Legends' Reunion|Slamboree]]
|event      = [[SuperBrawl]]
|lastevent2 = [[SuperBrawl II|II]]
|nextevent2 = [[SuperBrawl IV|IV]]
}}
'''SuperBrawl III''' was the third [[SuperBrawl]] [[professional wrestling]] [[pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of NWA/WCW closed-circuit events and pay-per-view events|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 [[Card (sports)#Main event|main event]] was a [[Professional wrestling match types#Strap match|White Castle of Fear Strap match]] between [[Big Van Vader]] and [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]]. Vader's [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] was not on the line in the main event as the match was [[kayfabe|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 [[Narrative thread|storylines]]. [[Heavenly Bodies (1990s tag team)|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 ''[[WCW Main Event|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/wcw93.htm |title=Superbrawl build up|last= |first= |date= |access-date=2017-08-02}}</ref>

==Event==
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em; float: right; clear: right;"
|+ Other on-screen personnel
!Role:
!Name:
|-
|rowspan=2|Commentators
|[[Tony Schiavone]]
|-
|[[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 [[WWE|WWF]] in talent exchanges, Jim Cornette would begin appearing on WWF programming as the advisor to [[Yokozuna (wrestler)|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.

==Results==
{{Pro Wrestling results table
|results=
|times=
|match1=[[The Hollywood Blonds#Steve Austin and Brian Pillman|The Hollywood Blonds]] ([[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] and [[Brian Pillman]]) defeated [[Erik Watts]] and [[Marcus Bagwell]]
|stip1=[[Tag team match]]
|time1=16:34
|match2=[[2 Cold Scorpio]] defeated [[Chris Benoit]]
|stip2=[[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|Singles match]]
|time2=19:59
|match3=[[Davey Boy Smith]] defeated [[Bill Irwin (wrestler)|Bill Irwin]]
|stip3=Singles match
|time3=05:49
|match4=[[Mick Foley|Cactus Jack]] defeated [[Paul Orndorff]]
|stip4=[[Professional wrestling match types#Falls Count Anywhere match|Falls Count Anywhere match]]
|time4=12:17
|match5=[[The Rock 'n' Roll Express]] ([[Ricky Morton]] and [[Robert Gibson (wrestler)|Robert Gibson]]) defeated [[Heavenly Bodies (1990s tag team)|The Heavenly Bodies]] ([[Tom Prichard]] and [[Stan Lane]]) (with [[Jim Cornette]])
|stip5=Tag team match
|time5=12:52
|match6=[[Dustin Rhodes]] (c) defeated [[Maxx Payne]] by disqualification
|stip6=Singles match for the [[WCW United States Heavyweight Championship]]
|time6=11:28
|match7=[[Barry Windham]] defeated [[The Great Muta]] (c) (with [[Hiro Matsuda]])
|stip7=Singles match for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]]
|time7=24:10
|match8=[[Big Van Vader]] (with [[Harley Race]]) defeated [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]] 
|stip8=[[Professional wrestling match types#Strap match|White Castle of Fear Strap match]]
|time8=20:54
}}

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|title=SuperBrawl III|id=1503193}}

{{1993 WCW pay-per-view events}}
{{WCWPPV|SuperBrawl}}

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