Welcome to another edition of Pain Tolerance. Tonight’s column will include thoughts on WCW Super Brawl, even more releases may be coming soon for WCW, the rumors of Sabu and others coming to WCW and the revived Lightweight Division in WWF.

WCW Super Brawl the second of the twelve "classics" from WCW. Actually now they are more like nightmares for fans. Going into this pay-per-view I didn’t expect much, I didn’t get much from it but at least it was semi-entertaining. The pay-per-view started with Jarrett stating the Harris Brothers where now able to be at ringside during his match. Really what was the point of this? Why did Nash ban them to begin with. Truly a waste of air time. 

Lash LeRoux vs. TAFKA Prince Iaukea with Paisley - It seems in WCW, Cruiserweight is another term for opening match. Both of these men can go in the ring, pretty entertaining match. The beauty of the TAFKA Prince Iaukea gimmick is he doesn’t need to be able that charismatic, all he has to do is stay in character. With the Artist as the new Cruiserweight champion, what can we expect from this division?

Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Brian Knobs - I don’t know why they took the title of Bigelow. He was much more appealing then Brian Knobbs. I can sit through a Bam Bam math but I just can’t stand Knobs. Don’t mistaken that for him being a good heel, it’s just that he’s a piece of trash that has yet to be dumped. Stupid ending. They build this match up as Knobs wanting the victory by earning it, meanwhile it was Finlay that did most of the damage. 

 Screamin' Norman Smiley vs. 3 Count - This math was one of few I was looking forward to. The bit where two members of 3 Count were dancing and Norman joined in was hilarious. This was probably the best way they could of worked the match. Let Norman get the advantage but eventually be taken down by the odds. One thing though didn’t Norman injure his knee on Thunder? On the preview clips the made a big deal of him pointing to his injured knee when he went through the table courtesy of the Wall, meanwhile he has taped ribs at the pay-per-view? Odd. 

The Demon vs. The Wall - Pretty funny how WCW pointed out this was a "SPECIAL" Main event match. We all know why however as it’s just a away to fulfill the Demon’s contract with KISS. Dale Torberg, I believe the name of the guy playing Demon has to be a fairly dedicated man. For him to know his character has no room for growth and for him to still go out and give reasonable effort in his matches deserves credit. Near the end of the match the Wall got flipped off the top turnbuckle, and clearly it was his own stupidity that he nearly landed full blast on his head. The moron didn’t let go of Demon. 

Tank Abbott vs. Big Al - Decent match up. These guys slugged it out for a while. Didn’t look to organized. For WCW to call themselves a family show is a load of sh*t. Those two were calling each other every curse word known to man. They totally screwed up when Big Al had Abbott down. What was he trying to do? He dragged him to the corner and looked to be strapping Abbott’s legs with his belt, then it looked as though he was going to pull Abbott’s crotch into the post, then he climbed in the ring and just walked around until he stood on the bottom rope and FINALLY stood on Abbott’s face. Nearly two minutes time went by and only one offensive move was done. 

Booker vs. Big T with Stevie Ray and J. Biggs - I was surprised. This was actually a decent match. Booker is really one of those talents that should be on top of the promotion. Speaking of Booker T. In Saturday’s column, I asked for your two choices to wrestle in a main event for WCW for the title. Right now Booker is basically the most chosen wrestler. Second place goes to Kidman and Vampiro who have been chosen both to wrestle Booker and even wrestle each other. The feedback has been great so far, but I’m going to continue this poll until my next column. Probably Thursday. So if you haven’t voted yet, VOTE! The question is, if you were booking WCW, who would you choose as two competitors to wrestle for the Heavyweight title. Please remember that the wrestlers have to be on the CURRENT ACTIVE roster. A few people chose Goldberg, yet he’s out right now. Only wrestlers that are able to compete. Send your choices to [email protected] 

 Billy Kidman with Torrie Wilson vs. Vampiro - One of the matches I was looking forward, really only average. The problem with these type of matches is WCW presents these FREE weeks before the pay-per-view. Can I buy a clue? The reason for pay-per-view is to conclude a feud and start a new one! Also why is WCW so fascinated with series matches? A series is great and all. I’m not complaining about seeing a Kidman/Vampiro match but for some reason I don’t see either wrestler going anywhere! Hogan claims the young wrestlers can’t draw. When did he figure this out? Did he just clue in? The reason though is not because the suck like he claims. No, it’s because an egotistical old man like himself doesn’t know when to get the hell out. 

The Mamalukes with Disco Inferno vs. David Flair and Crowbar with Daffney - A Sicilian Stretcher Match? Okay a new type of match. Sounds interesting, except the rules of the match are totally stupid. Why was the referee’s pulling Flair and Crowbar away? Shouldn’t the actual competitors do that? Stupid. Also why were the Mamalukes taping them down to the stretches, did they not see the clips on it? Their tape jobs were to be desired as well. Mark Madden as a commentator is good, but I prefer Heenan. More specifically I prefer a Hudson/Heenan team. Madden seems to JUST be about one liners. That’s great, but for three straight hours it gets annoying. This type of match could be great in the future, but before they do another one how bout working the rules out a little better. The fans love spontaneous action. That’s what made the first ladder math between Scott Hall and Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania X so good. The fans were sitting on the edge of their seats at the action. The fans may not have been as enthusiastic about this match but they were cheering on the Pysho Trio. Also why is Daffney just sitting in the corner screaming? She pulled off one hell of a good hurcanrana. *Somebody’s been training*

"Nature Boy" Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk - Nothing much out of this match. It was "decent" at best. 

Hulk Hogan vs. The Total Package with Elizabeth - If you didn’t know Hogan was going to win, then you sign up for a life long pass to a mental institution. The Package has been on a tear as of late and it would have really furthered his character to get the go ahead over the "Almighty God of Wrestling, in his own belief and of Big Al’s", Hulk Hogan. Big Al, a fellow columnist of LordsofPain and I had a pretty thorough discussion on Hulk Hogan. We didn’t get anywhere in the discussion. I admit Hogan played a big fact in the creation of wrestling in the last twenty years nearly. However, the last three we could of certainly done without. Hulk Hogan would be a great spokesperson for WCW if he actually looked out for the company. He is very good at getting his points across and he’s fairly honest. Just he needs to lose the ego and the belief that he is the SOULD reason that wrestling is so popular right now.

Sid Vicious vs. Jeff Jarrett vs. Scott Hall - Have you ever watched a match and after not remembered much about it? That’s how I feel about this match. It didn’t leave a mark on me. All I remember is the match going through about four referees, Piper coming out, a Sid choke slam on Jarrett and then a power bomb on Hall. It’ll be interesting to see if Scott Hall is released, out with an injury or is on Nitro tonight.

Kanyon was denied his release. Scott Stiener may be forced out of his contract. Flair resigned. What is going on in the world of WCW? Kanyon was on the LAW this past Saturday night and n one of the most brutally honest interviews I have ever heard, I would give him his release. The guy sounds so depressed it’s not funny. He said he’d even go back to being a physical therapist if couldn’t get a job elsewhere. I highly doubt the WWF would pass on him. He may not be the absolute best on the mic, but he still is a great speaker and his ring abilities and techniques are impeccable. Scott Stiener is another guy that would be great in the WWF. I could really see him as WWF champion in the near future if he went to them. He just looks so impressive and for a guy his size he’s great in the ring as well. I’d love to see a match between him and Chris Benoit or Stiener Vs. The Rock, or even Austin if he does return. Ric Flair, for someone that complained for nearly the past six years, and seeing what they’ve done to him and his former stable the Horsemen, why would he stick around? I just don’t see the logic. Except for the cash. I guess that’s a good reason to stick around.

With the rumors of Sabu, Chris Candido and Tamy Sytch coming to WCW those three can only help. There’s no possible way they could bring the federation down anymore. A guy like Sabu would be useful to WCW, the only question is will they push him correctly? I don’t see a Bobby Heenan/Sabu mix. They just don’t seem compatible as a team. James Vanderburg would have been great, but for some reason they released him. I wonder why. Seems WCW always misses the boat on talents. Candido and Sytch would really help the company out. Chris Candido is a straight forward worker, while Tammy supplies the "enthusiasm". Also the girls WCW has right now are all fairly young. So she would certainly help out in that problem, with tutoring the girls so to speak on giving purpose and goals to their characters.

The revived WWF Lightweight division has been great so far. Last night on Sunday Night Heat Essa Rios, I believe that’s his name put on another great match with Funaki of Kai-En-Tai. Lita looks a lot better now then she did as Ms. Congeniality of ECW. The only problem with this is, so far we haven’t seen anyone new. We’ve seen the same guys. Julio Fantastico who has been on WWF Jakked quite a bit would be a great contender for the title. With all these wrestlers getting out of their contracts in WCW, it’s surprising no cruiser weight has. I doubt Juvi would even try, since I don’t see him being welcomed open armed by the WWF, with his impressions of the Rock. Psycosis would be great, so would any of 3 Count.

Just to remind you all again. The poll I started in Saturday’s column will continue to Thursday night’s column. The next installment of Pain Tolerance. Get your votes in. The question is: Who would you have booked to wrestle for the WCW heavyweight title. Two competitors. The top 5 most chosen matches will appear, and I’ll even forward it to WCW.com. Maybe it open their eyes a bit. You never know.

Thanks for reading tonight. Enjoy RAW and Nitro. I’ll be back again Thursday night with another column.