10 Moments That Killed WCW

2. Bash At The Beach 2000

So, how did Russo and co. follow up on that wonderful piece of business at WCW’s next pay-per-view? Why, by double-crossing and insulting the biggest star in the history of the industry so badly that he left the company and filed a major lawsuit against them and Vince Russo, of course! 

The circumstances surrounding the events at Bash at the Beach 2000 – where Jeff Jarrett laid down and relinquished the WCW Title to Hulk Hogan, who then left the building only to have Russo come out and trash him in an expletive-laden promo later on – are disputed.

Everyone has their own take (and all the major players are far from reliable narrators), making it difficult to ascertain just what was planned and who knew what when. 

Was it a work? Or a shoot? Or a worked shoot? Or did somebody not know it was a work when they worked a work and worked themselves into a shoot? 

What we do know is that it was another black eye for a promotion that was well and truly circling the drain…