WCW Fall Brawl 1996: September 15th, 1996 (Rewatched 12 May 2020)

Tonight, we're rewatching WCW Fall Brawl 1996, a Pay-Per-View event that occurred on September 15th, 1996. This event came from the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. If you're new to WCW, the War Games match is actually pretty cool. It's two rings, put together, and a steel cage encompasses it. It starts with two men, and one men from each team enters after that. This War Games match was, of course, Team WCW vs Team nWo.

What made this one more interesting is that it follows the last WCW Nitro (Nitro #52), in which "Sting" supposedly turned on the WCW.  (Of course, we know that was just nWo Sting and not the real Sting).  He was set to be on team WCW, so who knows what could happen tonight!  There is set to be several title defenses, along with the traditional War Games match, so let's get right into it and talk about WCW Fall Brawl (War Games) 1996!

The Show:

Diamond Dallas Page defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr (13:07)
- That was a solid match.  Both great wrestlers.

WCW: Special Report on "The Attack"
- Basically, a little recap by Mean Gene of the nWo invasion of WCW.  Starting at when the Outsiders joined.

Ice Train (with Teddy Long) defeated Scott Norton (Submission match)
07:08
- I really don't get this rivalry, and I'm ready for it to be over with.  I mean, the match was fun, but I care very little about why these two are beefin'.

(AAA Heavyweight Championship Match) Konnan (c) (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Juventud Guerrero (13:45)
- I forgot this title was defended in WCW.  But Konnan didn't even come out with it, which was weird.  But this was a fun match.

Chris Benoit defeated Chris Jericho (14:36)
- I'm loving early Chris Jericho.  And Benoit is a horrible person (was, I mean), so it's easy to cheer against him.

(WCW Cruiserweight Championship Match) Rey Mysterio Jr. (c) defeated Super Caló (15:47)
- I could watch these two fight all night.  What a fun match.

(WCW Tag Team Championship Match) Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) (c) (with Sister Sherri and Col. Robert Parker) defeated The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) (15:31)
- One thing WCW did really well was tag team wrestling.  They had some great tag teams.  They definitely have that over modern era WWE.

Macho Man/Mike Tenay Promo
- I could watch Mach cut promos all day long.  He's one of the best.

The Giant defeated Randy Savage Singles match (07:47)
- Hogan came out to interfere, and got Mach out of the ring.  Then the Outsiders came out and attacked Mach.  But, before this, it was a pretty good match.

Halloween Havoc Promo
- I miss this PPV.  I wish WWE would bring this one back.

(WarGames match) nWo (Hollywood Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and nWo Sting) (with Ted DiBiase) defeated Team WCW (Lex Luger, Ric Flair, Arn Anderson and Sting) (with Miss Elizabeth) (18:15)
- Michael Buffer kicked the match off and man, that's one thing I loved about WCW.  They brought out the big guns.  WCW Sting, or, the real Sting, came out and fought off the nWo and the nWo Sting, and then left the ring.  The match was solid, and it ended with Macho Man coming out and being ganged up on by the nWo, as usual.  Also, they spray painted Miss Elizabeth's dress with the nWo tag.

Random Notes

• Aww, no Glacier promo.
• That's about all I got.