Fall Brawl (2000)

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Fall Brawl (2000)
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VHS cover featuring Goldberg and Scott Steiner.
Promotion World Championship Wrestling
DateSeptember 17, 2000
City Buffalo, New York
Venue HSBC Arena
Attendance8,638
Tagline(s)Unedited. Unpredictable. Unbelievable.
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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. [1] It would be the final Fall Brawl event before the company folded and was purchased by rival promotion World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in March 2001.

Contents

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. [2]

Event

Other on-screen personnel
Role:Name:
Commentators Tony Schiavone
Scott Hudson
Mark Madden
Interviewers Gene Okerlund
Pamela Paulshock
Referees Mickie 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 versus Jeff Jarrett in a Bunkhouse Brawl and Sting versus The Great Muta and Vampiro in a Triangle match and a ten-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 Misterio, 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.

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." [3]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1 Elix Skipper (c) (with Major Gunns) defeated Kwee Wee (with Paisley) Singles match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship 11:03
2 The Misfits In Action (Cpl. Cajun, Lt. Loco and Sgt. AWOL) defeated 3 Count (Shannon Moore, Evan Karagias, and Shane Helms) Six-man tag team match 10:25
3 The Harris Brothers (Ron Harris and Don Harris) defeated KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) First Blood Chain match 06:37
4 Lance Storm (c) (with Major Gunns) defeated Gen. Rection Singles match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship with Jim Duggan as special guest enforcer 06:46
5 The Filthy Animals (Disqo, Rey Misterio Jr., Juventud Guerrera, Konnan, and Tygress), Big Vito and Paul Orndorff vs. The Natural Born Thrillers (Mark Jindrak, Sean O'Haire, Mike Sanders, Chuck Palumbo, Shawn Stasiak, Reno and Johnny the Bull) ended in a no contest Elimination match 16:34
6 Shane Douglas and Torrie Wilson defeated Billy Kidman and Madusa Scaffold match 05:01
7 Sting defeated The Great Muta and Vampiro (with Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope) Triple threat match 05:12
8 Mike Awesome defeated Jeff Jarrett Bunkhouse Brawl 09:04
9 Scott Steiner defeated Goldberg by technical submission No Disqualification match 13:50
10 Booker T defeated Kevin Nash (c) Caged Heat match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship 09:02
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Filthy Animals vs. Natural Born Thrillers eliminations

Elimination no.WrestlerTeamEliminated byElimination moveTime
1KonnanFilthy AnimalsSean O'Haire Chartbuster by Disqo06:00
2DisqoFilthy AnimalsReno Snake Eyes 06:53
3Big VitoFilthy AnimalsRenoSnake Eyes08:43
4RenoNatural Born ThrillersRey Misterio, Jr. Diving leg drop low blow with Guerrera10:45
5Juventud GuerreraFilthy AnimalsSean O'Haire Seanton Bomb 12:08
6Johnny the BullNatural Born ThrillersPaul Orndorff Spike piledriver 13:28
7Paul OrndorffFilthy AnimalsSean O'HairePinned after Orndorff suffered a stinger while piledriving Jindrak16:34
8Rey Mysterio, Jr., TygressFilthy Animals and Natural Born ThrillersN/AThe match was cancelled due to Orndorff's injuryN/A
Mike Sanders, Chuck Palumbo, Sean O'Haire, Mark Jindrak, Shawn Stasiak
Survivor:None

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.

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References

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  2. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications . Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  3. ↑ "REVIEW: Fall Brawl 2000: The September Fight". 14 September 2019.
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