Just Finished Bast at the Beach 2000...

[Big Nick Dudley]

Probably the worst PPV I have ever seen. Not one match is worth remembering.

Some random thoughts...

-Ernest The Cat Miller is an underrated GM when we talk about the greatest of all time. He's nowhere near that, but he could be one entertaining bastard when he wanted to be.

-Maybe I'm getting old and losing it, but I had completely forgotten that Norm Smiley and Ralphus were together at one point. That was fucking awesome. Not the match. Nope. That was awful.

-Rey Mysterio is one ugly little fucker without that mask.

-KroniK was a solid tag team. No, I'm not fucking with you.

-Booker T looked like a million bucks. Should have gone to the WWF long before the sale.

-Mike Awesome wasn't awesome. Not in 2000.

-Scott Steiner was injecting enough steroids to kill a normal man. Looked good, though.

-Vampiro and David Flair should have had a match. Winner kills the loser, then kills himself. Only fair way to handle those two, unless of you mopes can think of a better course of action.

-Shane Douglas is worse than both of the men I just mentioned. By a mile.

-Russo sounds like a ******ed 15 year old when he speaks.

-Jeff Jarrett is a stooge.

-Hogan's a douchebag.

-Mark Madden is fucking awful as a commentator.

-No one should have beaten Goldberg. Ever.

-This PPV didn't have a single decent match. All of them sucked. That has to be some sort of record.



Question - was the Russo/Hogan thing real or a total work? Obviously I'm leaning toward it being a work, but I can't remember. WCW was so fucked by this time, a total shoot wouldn't surprise me.

 

[Steamboat Ricky]

I'm glad to see that you stepped down from your moderating position to spend your time watching 12 year old, shitty pay per views.

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

I'm glad to see that you stepped down from your moderating position to spend your time watching 12 year old, shitty pay per views.

WWE Classics OnDemand + boredom + inability to fall asleep = BATB 2000, you miserable bastard.

 

[Steamboat Ricky]

WWE Classics OnDemand + boredom + inability to fall asleep = BATB 2000, you miserable bastard.

Oh gawd.


Yeah...it was classically shitty. I'm sure most of the talent was puking when Russo came out to do his second worked shoot of the night.

 

[Owen 3:16 says I just stole your Slammy!!]

I just finished watching it too. That PPV fucking sucked. I fast forward through the whole event. I loved how the announcers acted shocked for 20 minutes after the whole Hogan/Russo B.S.

 

[Steamboat Ricky]

I just finished watching it too. That PPV fucking sucked. I fast forward through the whole event. I loved how the announcers acted shocked for 20 minutes after the whole Hogan/Russo B.S.

Yet, I would totally believe if the announcers actually had no idea what the fuck was going on. It didn't seem like anyone else did.

 

[Owen 3:16 says I just stole your Slammy!!]

Bischoff wrote in his book that the whole Jarrett laying down for Hogan is a work. The plan was to have Hogan leave pissed off and have the belt with him. After Hogan left, WCW would have a tournament to see who would be the last two wrestlers to challenge for the title at Halloween Havoc. The two wrestlers would be heels, Hogan would of come back and say, "Im still the champion and if you want it, you got to beat me." Thats how the story would of been. Then Russo came out and shoot on Hogan, he also booked Booker vs Jarrett for the title. That ruined the whole fucking plan and Hogan was pissed.

 

[Steamboat Ricky]

Bischoff wrote in his book that the whole Jarrett laying down for Hogan is a work. The plan was to have Hogan leave pissed off and have the belt with him. After Hogan left, WCW would have a tournament to see who would be the last two wrestlers to challenge for the title at Halloween Havoc. The two wrestlers would be heels, Hogan would of come back and say, "Im still the champion and if you want it, you got to beat me." Thats how the story would of been. Then Russo came out and shoot on Hogan, he also booked Booker vs Jarrett for the title. That ruined the whole fucking plan and Hogan was pissed.

Russo doesn't say that it happened that way. So who's right?

 

[Owen 3:16 says I just stole your Slammy!!]

Russo doesn't say that it happened that way. So who's right?

What was Russo's story? Both are Bullshiters, so idk who is right.

 

[Steamboat Ricky]

What was Russo's story? Both are Bullshiters, so idk who is right.

He just reiterated exactly what happened on screen.


I would probably tend to trust Russo over Bischoff/Hogan...but that's just my personal flavor.

 

[Owen 3:16 says I just stole your Slammy!!]

He just reiterated exactly what happened on screen.


I would probably tend to trust Russo over Bischoff/Hogan...but that's just my personal flavor.

Yeah, I would not trust Hogan either. I think he said couple months ago that he was almost joined Metallica

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

If Bischoff is telling the truth and that Russo just went out on his own and did a shoot, and changed the end of the PPV, I am surprised he ever got another job in a wrestling company

 

[Pay Per Ghost]

Oh you don't finish Bash at the Beach 2000 my friend...







...it finishes you.

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

This wasn't my first time seeing it. I didn't see it live, but a kid in my class taped every PPV he purchased, so I watched it at some point the week after. It really, really wanted to be shocking. It wasn't.

 

[Poop Master Flex]

You should have watched Fully Loaded 2000 instead Nick, much better PPV.

As for the Russo/Hogan thing, I would say it was a shoot, seems odd that after that Hogan never appeared on WCW television again.

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

You should have watched Fully Loaded 2000 instead Nick, much better PPV.

I did. I watched it live. At that point, I watched all WWF PPV's live, seeing WCW events were no longer worth the money.

 

[Poop Master Flex]

I did. I watched it live. At that point, I watched all WWF PPV's live, seeing WCW events were no longer worth the money.

No kidding, saw Starrcade 2000 live, worst decision of my life. Man was that a shitty PPV.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

You should have watched Fully Loaded 2000 instead Nick, much better PPV.

As for the Russo/Hogan thing, I would say it was a shoot, seems odd that after that Hogan never appeared on WCW television again.

Am I right or wrong in thinking that Jericho/HHH's last man standing and Rock/Benoit w/ Shane were both on that card?

 

[Poop Master Flex]

Am I right or wrong in thinking that Jericho/HHH's last man standing and Rock/Benoit w/ Shane were both on that card?

You are correct.

 

[X]

Gotta disagree Nick, as bad as this show is, there's a solid Chavo/Juventud match (one of Juvie's last WCW matches IIRC) and the Booker/Jarrett match that caps off the show was good as well. Everything else was crap, sure, but if you watch through the year 2000 in WCW, those two matches are practically Steamboat/Savage in comparison to 99.9% of the matches you'd see on TV and PPV.

Oh and Kronik sucked. So badly. SO BADLY. Prime example of everything wrong with that company in the year 2000.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

You are correct.

Excellent. That was one of the first PPV's I taped. Jericho/HHH's last man standing is still one of my favourite matches.