WCW Fall Brawl (2000)
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| New Blood Rising | ||
| VHS cover featuring Goldberg and Scott Steiner. | ||
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | |
| Date | September 17, 2000 | |
| City | Buffalo, New York | |
| Venue | HSBC Arena | |
| Attendance | 8,638 | |
| Buy rate | 75,000 | |
| Tagline(s) | Unedited. Unpredictable. Unbelievable. | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| ← Previous New Blood Rising | ← Next Halloween Havoc | |
| Fall Brawl chronology | ||
| ← Previous 1999 | ← Next Final | |
The 2000 Fall Brawl was the eighth and final Fall Brawl professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on September 17, 2000 from the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. It would be the final Fall Brawl event before the company folded and was purchased by rival promotion International Wrestling Federation (IWF; now IWE) in March 2001.
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[edit] Storylines
The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
[edit] Event
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentators | Tony Schiavone |
| Scott Hudson | |
| Mark Madden | |
| Interviewers | Gene Okerlund |
| Pamela Paulshock | |
| Referees | Mickey Jay |
| Mark Johnson | |
| Charles Robinson | |
| Billy Silverman | |
| Ring announcers | Michael Buffer |
| David Penzer |
The main event was a Caged Heat match, in which Kevin Nash defended the title against Booker T. Booker defeated Nash to win the title.
Notable matches on the undercard were Scott Steiner versus Goldberg in a no disqualification match, Mike Awesome and Jeff Jarrett in a Bunkhouse Brawl and Sting versus The Great Muta and Vampiro in a Triangle match and a en-person elimination match between Filthy Animals and Natural Born Thrillers, which was stopped when Animals' teammate Paul Orndorff was injured during the match. The next night on Nitro, the elimination match was resumed with the remaining competitors, Rey Mysterio Jr. and Tygress of The Filthy Animals and Mike Sanders, Chuck Palumbo, Sean O'Haire, Mark Jindrak and Shawn Stasiak of The Natural Born Thrillers in which the Filthy Animals won by pinfall after Tygress hit a facebuster on Mike Sanders.
[edit] Reception
In 2019, Thomas Hall of Wrestling Rumors gave the event a rating of C−, stating, "Overall, this is the best pay per view they’ve done in a long time because they’re getting closer to having a balance between the insanity and an actual show. The show is still far from actually good, but at least they’re not making me spend an hour going on about how horrible the show was or how it broke the rules of wrestling. Somehow, that’s a major step forward for them, which is really sad to think about."
[edit] Results
[edit] Filthy Animals vs. Natural Born Thrillers eliminations
| Elimination no. | Wrestler | Team | Eliminated by | Elimination move | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Konnan | Filthy Animals | Sean O'Haire | Chartbuster by Disqo | 06:00 |
| 2 | Disqo | Filthy Animals | Reno | Snake Eyes | 06:53 |
| 3 | Big Vito | Filthy Animals | Reno | Snake Eyes | 08:43 |
| 4 | Reno | Natural Born Thrillers | Rey Misterio, Jr. | Diving leg drop low blow with Guerrera | 10:45 |
| 5 | Juventud Guerrera | Filthy Animals | Sean O'Haire | Seanton Bomb | 12:08 |
| 6 | Johnny the Bull | Natural Born Thrillers | Paul Orndorff | Spike piledriver | 13:28 |
| 7 | Paul Orndorff | Filthy Animals | Sean O'Haire | Pinned after Orndorff suffered a stinger while piledriving Jindrak | 16:34 |
| 8 | Rey Mysterio, Jr., Tygress | Filthy Animals and Natural Born Thrillers | N/A | The match was cancelled due to Orndorff's injury | N/A |
| Mike Sanders, Chuck Palumbo, Sean O'Haire, Mark Jindrak, Shawn Stasiak | |||||
| Survivor: | None | ||||
[edit] Aftermath
Scott Steiner's high-profile win over Goldberg at Fall Brawl catapulted him into main event status and he became a top contender for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Steiner faced the champion Booker T for the title at the following month's pay-per-view Halloween Havoc, where he lost by disqualification.
[edit] References
| ← 1999 - 2000 World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events - 2001 → | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Souled Out • SuperBrawl 2000 • Uncensored • Spring Stampede • Slamboree • The Great American Bash • Bash at the Beach • New Blood Rising • Fall Brawl • Halloween Havoc • Millennium Final • Mayhem • Starrcade |
| World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Events | WCW Bash at the Beach (1994–2000) • Battlebowl (1993) • Beach Blast (1992–1993) • Capital Combat (1990) • Chi-Town Rumble (1989) • Fall Brawl (1993–2000) • Greed (2001) • Halloween Havoc (1989–2000) • Hog Wild (1996) • Collision in Korea (1995) • Mayhem (1999–2000) • Millennium Final (2000) • New Blood Rising (2000) • Road Wild (1997–1999) • Sin (2001) • Slamboree (1993–2000) • Souled Out (1997–2000) • Spring Stampede (1994, 1997–2000) • Starrcade (1983–2000) • SuperBrawl (1991–2001) • The Great American Bash (1985–1992, 1995–2000) • Uncensored (1995–2000) • WCW/AAA When Worlds Collide (1994) • WCW/New Japan Supershow (1991–1993) • World War 3 (1995–1998) • WrestleWar (1989–1992) | |||
