Fall Brawl 2000 (2016 Redo): That Sweet Spot Between Wrestling And Crazy
Fall Brawl 2000
Date: September 17, 2000
Location: HSBC Arena, Buffalo, New York
Attendance: 8,638
Commentators: Scott Hudson, Tony Schiavone, Mark Madden
Cruiserweight Title: Kwee Wee vs. Elix Skipper
The announcers run down the card with Madden saying Goldberg vs. Steiner is going to go off like a prom dress. There is WAY too much emphasis on teenage sex in 2000 WCW.
3 Count vs. Misfits in Action
Everything breaks down and Shannon takes Cajun out with a springboard flip dive. Karagias drops Loco and Cajun with a dive of his own but A-Wall breaks up a dive, only to get dropkicked through the table. Shane superkicks Evan by mistake and Shannon dives into a powerbomb for two. A double DDT gets two more on Loco but Wall makes the save, allowing Cajun to hit the Whiplash for the pin on Shane.
Harris Brothers vs. Kronik
Rection promises to win the title back for America today. This match is dedicated to Jim Duggan, who just happens to be here as guest enforcer. Just turn him heel already.
US Title: General Rection vs. Lance Storm
Rating: D. Mike Tenay, Gene Okerlund, Miss Elizabeth and now Jim Duggan. In other words, take whatever characters have worked so well over the years and turn them all around because Vince Russo and company have decided that this is the way things really should go. Again, there was no shock here when you had Duggan as the guest enforcer for no logical reason and introduced him on Monday for the sake of this one match.
Natural Born Thrillers vs. Filthy Animals/Paul Orndorff/Big Vito
Orndorff is put in a neck brace as the show basically stops.
Kidman and Madusa call Torrie a lot of bad names and promise to send her and Shane flying off the scaffold. Madusa is WAY more fired up than she should be here.
Madusa/Kidman vs. Torrie Wilson/Shane Douglas
The “match” goes on for about a minute and a half extra as they climb down.
Vampiro vs. Great Muta vs. Sting
Sting saves Muta from a post match beatdown.
Mike Awesome vs. Jeff Jarrett
Awesome whips him into the barbed wire board twice in a row and a pop up sitout powerbomb gets two on Jarrett. Of course he pops right back up and taunts the Bills even more, drawing them over the barricade to get on the apron. The Bills get in a few shots and the Awesome Bomb gets two. The referee FINALLY gets the Bills off the apron so the fans can see, only to have Gary Coleman run in to break up a guitar shot with a low blow. That earns Coleman a guitar shot but now Sting runs in for a Death Drop to give Awesome the pin.
Goldberg vs. Scott Steiner
The villains celebrate and Russo takes his shirt off to really make it special.
WCW World Title: Booker T. vs. Kevin Nash
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