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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2015 9:08:03 GMT -5
2000 was an epic year for WWF! Great storylines & matches.......WCW on the other hand....meh.
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Post by BrIaNMeRcY on Apr 4, 2015 10:47:27 GMT -5
But yeah, WWE blew it at the biggest show of an otherwise amazing year. I will always find it sad that while 2000 was an amazing year, WrestleMania that year is regarded as one of the worse. The finish to the main event was over booked. to say the least. |
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Apr 4, 2015 23:38:57 GMT -5
But yeah, WWE blew it at the biggest show of an otherwise amazing year. I will always find it sad that while 2000 was an amazing year, WrestleMania that year is regarded as one of the worse. The finish to the main event was over booked. to say the least. Every match was a tag match, or a triple threat match, or a fatal 4 way match too on that Wrestlemania show. If Rock vs. Triple H for the WWE Title would have headlined that Wrestlemania that year, I think it would have been looked at in higher regard all these years later. |
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Post by Mike Giggs' Munchies on Apr 7, 2015 14:26:16 GMT -5
Royal Rumble 2000 will always be my favourite PPV. Absolutely awesome show. Watch it every now and then, The Rock winning the RR is just such a highlight for me. First wrestling DVD I ever purchased after upgrading from VHS. Terri Runnels on the cover in a bikini greatly influenced the purchase for 12 year old me. It was also my first ever WWE DVD. I was much more interested in Mae Young though... I think 2000 is WWE's best ever year. I know a lot of people here will say 1997 but for me 2000 edges it. They had several top guys (despite the missing Austin) and rotated/mixed them all perfectly. Backlash 2000 is just the template for a perfect PPV, and Armageddon 2000 is underrated imo with the 6 man HIAC. Summerslam 2000 and Fully Loaded 2000 are also very underrated PPVs, and RR 2000 is the best ever RR event imo (including the best ever match at a RR event in Foley-HHH imo). WM16 does suck though. I've said it before, but its curious how two of WWE's hottest years (1999 and 2000) produced poor (at best) WMs, whilst much weaker years in the following decade produced much better WMs. I think its because they were the last years where WM was just the biggest of several big events, rather than the be all and end all of the wrestling calendar that it begun to be with WM X-Seven onwards. I mean it was the big event back then, but nowhere near in the same way as it is now. Nowadays if a storyline starts after August people say 'it needs to end at WM!', whereas back then every single PPV was seen as a huge deal with nothing being held off for a bigger PPV (in part because so much more was going on). Look no further than the PPVs mentioned above (2/4 not even being 'big 4' events) for examples. |
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Post by BrIaNMeRcY on Apr 8, 2015 14:54:46 GMT -5
I will always find it sad that while 2000 was an amazing year, WrestleMania that year is regarded as one of the worse. The finish to the main event was over booked. to say the least. Every match was a tag match, or a triple threat match, or a fatal 4 way match too on that Wrestlemania show. If Rock vs. Triple H for the WWE Title would have headlined that Wrestlemania that year, I think it would have been looked at in higher regard all these years later. I find it hard to believe the only one-on-one major PPV single's match Triple H & The Rock had was at SummerSlam 1998. The match we ended up getting was just too long for my liking. Watching WrestleMania 2000 live, the event just dragged on for me. I would have preferred a 25-minute singles match between Triple H/Rock over the 30+ minute Fatal Four Way match we got. First wrestling DVD I ever purchased after upgrading from VHS. Terri Runnels on the cover in a bikini greatly influenced the purchase for 12 year old me. It was also my first ever WWE DVD. I was much more interested in Mae Young though... I think 2000 is WWE's best ever year. I know a lot of people here will say 1997 but for me 2000 edges it. They had several top guys (despite the missing Austin) and rotated/mixed them all perfectly. Backlash 2000 is just the template for a perfect PPV, and Armageddon 2000 is underrated imo with the 6 man HIAC. Summerslam 2000 and Fully Loaded 2000 are also very underrated PPVs, and RR 2000 is the best ever RR event imo (including the best ever match at a RR event in Foley-HHH imo). WM16 does suck though. I've said it before, but its curious how two of WWE's hottest years (1999 and 2000) produced poor (at best) WMs, whilst much weaker years in the following decade produced much better WMs. I think its because they were the last years where WM was just the biggest of several big events, rather than the be all and end all of the wrestling calendar that it begun to be with WM X-Seven onwards. I mean it was the big event back then, but nowhere near in the same way as it is now. Nowadays if a storyline starts after August people say 'it needs to end at WM!', whereas back then every single PPV was seen as a huge deal with nothing being held off for a bigger PPV (in part because so much more was going on). Look no further than the PPVs mentioned above (2/4 not even being 'big 4' events) for examples. 2000 was the year the WWE really began putting more emphasis on in-ring action. The WWE had such a deep roster. Who knew we would see guys like Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit in the WWF. Speaking of Eddie Guerrero, On Talk Is Jericho with Vickie Guerrero, Chris Jericho mentioned Eddie had be wanting to jump ship to the WWE in 1999. One problem with these Attitude Era WrestleMania's was they wanted to get as much people on the card as possible. WrestleMania 2000 is a prime example. The Triple h/Cactus Jack encounter at the 2000 Royal Rumble is one of the few matches from that era that has aged well over time. It was a near perfect match. The build was awesome, the drama and storytelling was there. Hell, both men had such an unbelievable amount of chemistry. I can watch that match today and still love watching said match over and over again. WrestleMania is held in such high regard now compared to 14-18 years ago. |
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Post by Tyler Black on Apr 8, 2015 16:58:45 GMT -5
Every match was a tag match, or a triple threat match, or a fatal 4 way match too on that Wrestlemania show. If Rock vs. Triple H for the WWE Title would have headlined that Wrestlemania that year, I think it would have been looked at in higher regard all these years later. I find it hard to believe the only one-on-one major PPV single's match Triple H & The Rock had was at SummerSlam 1998. The match we ended up getting was just too long for my liking. Watching WrestleMania 2000 live, the event just dragged on for me. I would have preferred a 25-minute singles match between Triple H/Rock over the 30+ minute Fatal Four Way match we got. Backlash 2000 man. |
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Post by BrIaNMeRcY on Apr 8, 2015 17:03:55 GMT -5
I find it hard to believe the only one-on-one major PPV single's match Triple H & The Rock had was at SummerSlam 1998. The match we ended up getting was just too long for my liking. Watching WrestleMania 2000 live, the event just dragged on for me. I would have preferred a 25-minute singles match between Triple H/Rock over the 30+ minute Fatal Four Way match we got. Backlash 2000 man. Re-read my post. I said major, not non-major. Backlash was one of those non-major events. Therefore, the only singles match between The Rock & Triple H was their SummerSlam 1998 Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match. |
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Post by PVA on Apr 8, 2015 17:58:09 GMT -5
First wrestling DVD I ever purchased after upgrading from VHS. Terri Runnels on the cover in a bikini greatly influenced the purchase for 12 year old me. It was also my first ever WWE DVD. I was much more interested in Mae Young though... I think 2000 is WWE's best ever year. I know a lot of people here will say 1997 but for me 2000 edges it. They had several top guys (despite the missing Austin) and rotated/mixed them all perfectly. Backlash 2000 is just the template for a perfect PPV, and Armageddon 2000 is underrated imo with the 6 man HIAC. Summerslam 2000 and Fully Loaded 2000 are also very underrated PPVs, and RR 2000 is the best ever RR event imo (including the best ever match at a RR event in Foley-HHH imo). WM16 does suck though. I've said it before, but its curious how two of WWE's hottest years (1999 and 2000) produced poor (at best) WMs, whilst much weaker years in the following decade produced much better WMs. I think its because they were the last years where WM was just the biggest of several big events, rather than the be all and end all of the wrestling calendar that it begun to be with WM X-Seven onwards. I mean it was the big event back then, but nowhere near in the same way as it is now. Nowadays if a storyline starts after August people say 'it needs to end at WM!', whereas back then every single PPV was seen as a huge deal with nothing being held off for a bigger PPV (in part because so much more was going on). Look no further than the PPVs mentioned above (2/4 not even being 'big 4' events) for examples. Yeah, I agree. Wrestlemania 2000 didnt suck and wasnt even bad. In fact it was a LOT better then XV. But it was disappointing watching live however, there were good matches on the card. I havent gone back and rewatched the whole show but Ive revisited some matches over the years. The main event was good it just wasnt what we wanted to see. I do think the demise of ECW and WCW filtered in a lot of fresh faces post 2000 so the in ring product improved on Wrestlemanias 17 and beyond |
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Post by HHH316 on Apr 9, 2015 22:11:33 GMT -5
I clearly remember Saturday nights in 2000. WWF Metal, ECW Hardcore TV, WCW, & WWF Jakked. 4 straight hours of wrestling on the same channel. I'd grab my wrestlers & put on shows. Memories.
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Post by BrIaNMeRcY on Apr 10, 2015 11:51:36 GMT -5
I clearly remember Saturday nights in 2000. WWF Metal, ECW Hardcore TV, WCW, & WWF Jakked. 4 straight hours of wrestling on the same channel. I'd grab my wrestlers & put on shows. Memories. Living in New York City, I remember watching WWF Metal on WLNY (TV-55), Livewire on USA Network, the last days of WCW Saturday Night, and ECW Hardcore TV on MSG Network. Of which came on at 2:30 AM, late-Saturday, early-Sunday. |
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