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The official poster for the show, showcasing Ric Flair and Tatsumi Fujinami
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Tagline(s) | Return from the Rising Sun | |||
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Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | |||
Date | May 19, 1991 | |||
Attendance | 6,000 | |||
Venue | Bayfront Arena | |||
City | St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America | |||
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SuperBrawl was the first ever first annual professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the SuperBrawl banner, which ended up encompassing eleven pay-per-views in total between 1991 and 2001. The show took place on May 19, 1991 and was held at the Bayfront Arena in St. Petersburg, Florida.
The main event of the show was a match between then reigning WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair and the NWA World Heavyweight Champion Tatsumi Fujinami with both world championships on the line. In the United States the match was promoted as simply being for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, not promoting the fact that Fujinami had defeated Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in March 1991. The undercard saw Bobby Eaton win the WCW World Television Championship from Arn Anderson while The Steiner Brothers defended the WCW World Tag Team Championship. In the opening match, The Fabulous Freebirds won the vacant WCW United States Tag Team Championship. The show consisted of twelve matches, with some of the matches being edited out of the official VHS tape release of the show. The event also featured the television debut of Johnny B. Badd.