Every WCW PPV Of 2000 Ranked From Worst To Best
There are some really bad shows from WCW in 2000!
4. Spring Stampede
Fun fact – only one match at Spring Stampede 2000 broke the 10-minute barrier. There were 14 matches on the card, however.
Six days before the pay-per-view, Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff returned to WCW to spearhead a company-wide reboot, which included stripping all reigning champions of their titles.
As a result, most of the matches at Spring Stampede were either tournament matches or matches to determine champions.
Though Russo vowed to lead the New Blood against the Millionaire’s Club of ageing headliners, it was Flair and Luger going over the Mamalukes and Harris twins in the show’s handicap match opener.
And then Mancow beat Jimmy Hart. Yes, WCW booked this match twice on pay-per-view within a six-month period.
Scott Steiner beat The Wall in a short but suitably violent match, before Mike Awesome went over Ernest Miller in a shockingly good bout in two of the night’s quarter-finals in the US Title tournament.
Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell’s tag title tournament semi-final victory over Harlem Heat 2000 was nothing to write home about, since it wasn’t given enough time to fully suck.
The US Title tournament continued with Sting beating Booker “You Still Can’t Call Him “T” in a solid outing, with Vampiro beating Kidman in another good match from those two.
Terry Funk then won the Hardcore Title by beating Norman Smiley in a really fun, off-the-wall contest.
Steiner booked his place in the US Title tournament final by beating Awesome in a match that was just getting going before it finished.
He would meet Sting, who blew past Vampiro in the other semi-final.
A six-man Cruiserweight Title match featuring Chris Candido, The Artist, Juventud Guerrera, Shannon Moore, Lash LeRoux, and Crowbar was a fun scramble, but didn’t have enough time to hit that next level before Chris Candido walked away with the belt.
Buff Bagwell and Shane Douglas then beat Flair and Luger, thanks to interference from a debuting Kronik.
Scott Steiner upended Sting to walk away with the US Title. Match was kinda ‘meh’ and featured yet more outside interference and blood.
And in the main event, ‘The Chosen One’ Jeff Jarrett won his first WCW Heavyweight Title by besting DDP in a tournament final.
