2000!
In January 2000,WCW ends WCW Saturday Night
and retires the TV Title.WWF starts to decline further and Nitro is once
again the #1 Wrestling show. Last year,WCW's PPV's beat WWF's by a
decent margin,all thanks to the awesome wrestling action,great
rivalries,and fun personalities. Booker T looses the US Title to Jeff
Jarrett at Souled Out.
In Febuary 2000,Sid rejoins WCW
and starts a feud with everyone[because he's psycho].At Superbrawl
2000,Sid got a shot at the US Title against Jeff Jarrett...he is
unsuccessful.
In March,Chris Benoit wins the WCW
Championship from DDP at Uncensored.Scott Hall wins the US Title from
Jeff Jarrett at the same event. Also at Uncensored,Scott Steiner and
Booker T battle it out for the #1 Contender spot for the US Championship
at Spring Stampede. Booker T wins and at Spring Stampede,wins back the
US Title.
In April of 2000,Booker T,Scott Hall,and
Scott Steiner start a 3-way feud for the US Title the Nitro after Spring
Stampede. Chris Benoit and Jeff Jarrett feud for the WCW Title. They
have a match at Spring Stampede. The feud doesn't end there though.
In
May of 2000,WCW introduces the Hardcore Tag Team Championships. This
pushes WCW over the edge and they beat WWF by a huge margin. This move
grabs the attention of Paul Hayman,who accuses WCW of stealing ECW's
thing. WCW's Hardcore Tag Team titles don't last that long though.They
are discontinued in 2001,mainly due to yearly budget cuts. Scott Hall
wins US title at Slambaree.
In June of 2000,At The
Great American Bash,Jeff Jarrett defeats Chris Benoit for the WCW
Championship. The Next night on Nitro. On that Nitro,Kevin Nash is named
the #1 contender for the title. Jeff Jarrett starts a feud with Nash.
At Bash at the Beach,Nash wins the title.WWF continues to struggle
against WCW.
In July 2000,WCW defeats WWF in the
ratings once again...this time even more so than before. In an effort to
regain all of those ratings they've lost,WWF has their Women{both
wrestlers and valets} wear nothing but bra and panties. This move does
little to help the struggling company. Due to the popularity if WCW's 2
Hardcore divisions[singles and tag team],many ECW guys come to WCW to
earn better pay.This pisses off Paul Hayman [aka Paul E.
Dangerously],and rightfully so,since ECW is losing strength as a company
week after week...with no sign of recovery.
In
late-July,a war breaks out between the American Superstars and the
International Stars,who feel that the Americans are getting all of the
breaks.The 2 sides eventually meet in a 6-on-6 War Games match at WCW
Wargames.The stipulation: If the Internationals win,they get Thunder.
In
August of 2000,The USA vs International feud spills into the Women's
division. Scott Hall loses the US Title to Owen Hart at Road Wild,the 2
have a feud soon after. Also at Road Wild,Kevin Nash concludes his feud
with Jeff Jarrett and retains his title. In late August,Hulk Hogan and
Konnan [who'd adopted a hispanic/latino advocacy attitude months
prior]elect themselves as the leaders of the Americans and
Internationals respectively.
In Early September,The
Internationals [named the international invaders,made up of various
international stars lead by konnan]and Americans [named american
badasses,lead by hulk hogan] step up their attacks against each other.At
WCW War Games,the Internationals beat the American Badasses in the War
Games Match and win Thunder. In Late Sept. 2000,WWF's TV deal with The
USA Network expires. Viacom offers WWF a new TV deal and WWF moves to
TNN.This move proves useless in the ratings war with WCW,as TNN isn't as
well watched as The Turner Networks.
In October of
2000,Vader re-signs with WCW and after talking about the "lame"
competition in WWF and their unfair treatment of him,he makes an open
challenge to anybody. Sting Answers the challenge and the 2 face off at
Halloween Havoc. The 2 feud for a month and a half after the event.Nash
fueds with Scott Steiner. The 2 fight at Halloween Havoc,where Steiner
comes up short. The 2 continue to feud until Early January 2001,where
Nash defeats Steiner in a Non-Title Cage Match on Nitro.
In
Late November,Vader and Hogan decide to continue their rivalry from
1995 and have a series of matches,starting with one at World War 3.Bret
Hart becomes the mentor/advocate of his Brother,Owen.Owen wins the WCW
US Championship in a 3 way brawl against Scott Hall and Curt Hennig at
Starrcade.Curt Hennig feuds with Scott Hall for the US Title.
In
November 2000,Scott Steiner wins the World War 3 Match at World War 3.
He faces Kevin Nash for the WCW Championship at Starrcade 2000.
Meanwhile,The WWF continues it's downward spiral and gets more morally
depraved to keep it's ratings up. Thankfully,these tactics by the WWF
don't work that well,and it's all thanks to WCW's awesome wrestling
action.
In December of 2000,WCW is close to defeating
the WWE once and for all,as the ratings serge thanks to interesting
rivalries,good booking,decent storylines,awesome in-ring action,pushing
both lucha libre and puroresu,and having a strong women's division. The
hardcore division is also helping. Scott Steiner wins the WCW
Championship at Starrcade from Kevin Nash and is confronted by Booker T
soon after the win. Hogan and Vader conclude their feud in the main
event of the final Nitro of 2000.
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Next up,The War nears it's end .How will WCW win it? Find out when we head into 2001!
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