Every WCW PPV Of 2000 Ranked From Worst To Best
There are some really bad shows from WCW in 2000!
5. Bash At The Beach 2000
How apropos that Hulk Hogan made his in-ring WCW debut at the very first Bash at the Beach pay-per-view (in 1994) and had his swansong at the very last. Not that the Hulkster envisioned that being the case or anything.
Bash at the Beach 2000 – which, as far as WCW’s efforts in 2000 are concerned, wasn’t completely without merit – was overshadowed by the farcical situation involving Hogan, Vince Russo and Jeff Jarrett.
There are multiple accounts of what actually went down – was it a work? Was it a shoot? The end result, though, was Terry Bollea leaving the promotion and subsequently suing Russo and then AOL Time Warner.
The show began well enough, with Juventud Guerrera and Lieutenant Loco having a perfectly respectable Cruiserweight Title match.
The highlight of the Hardcore Title affair was Ralphus – remember him? – being about a mile away from the action and yet somehow managing to fall over and cut his head open.
The Wedding Gown quote-unquote ‘match’ between Daffney and Miss Hancock, meanwhile, was…something.
Kronik’s tag title victory against the Perfect Event was surprisingly good, despite some predictable sloppiness.
Booker T’s match with ‘Positively’ Kanyon was also good. As was Mike Awesome’s DQ win against US Champion Scott Steiner. They were having a heck of a wild brawl before the weak finish.
And you know what Vampiro’s Graveyard Match with The Demon was? A pleasant surprise? Shockingly entertaining? Better than it had any right to be? No. It was dumb. It was dumb and stupid.
Shane Douglas then beat Buff Bagwell in a match that happened, before the Hogan/Jarrett/Russo farce threatened to bring the show to a screeching halt.
Goldberg defeated Kevin Nash in the semi-main, terminating Scott Hall’s contract as per the pre-match stips. Nice to get that sorted out months after The Bad Guy had actually left the company.
And in the impromptu main event, Booker T beat Jeff Jarrett to win the first of his five WCW Titles. It was actually a really good match, all things considered, but the feel-good moment didn’t fully wash the sour taste out of the mouth after the political nonsense from earlier.
