WWE 2000

[gentlemanjeff]

WWE Sunday Night Heat
January 23, 2000
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Your commentators are Jim Ross & Jerry "The King" Lawler.

The show opened by recapping the major stories of the past two weeks--the announcement that the WWE would be undergoing a brand extension and, as a result of such, the subsequent WWE Draft that resulted in the following rosters:

Raw 2000
General Manager: Vince McMahon

Men:
Terra Ryzing (WWE Champion)
Micky Mankind
Jericho Irving (WWE Intercontinental Champion)
The Outlaws: Brody James & Kip Montgomery (WWE Tag Team Champions)
Jacob Callous
Walt Michaels
The Agency: Layton Jonas & Ron Montego Bay
Mark Henry
Bulldog Smith Davis
B&M: Baldo Bloomfeld & Martin Andrews
Aldo Sorvino & Stephen Black
Caleb Wright & Ace Conners
Nelson Mabel
The Headbangers: Glendolen Ruth & Chaz Warrington
Rick Stevens

Women:
Joan
Stephanie McMahon (WWE Women’s Champion)
Stacy Carter
Jackie Moore
Trish Stratus
Tori

Stables
The Generation - Terra Ryzing, Brody James, Kip Montgomery, Walt Michaels, Joan, Tori

Smackdown 2000
General Manager: Shane McMahon

Men:
John Dwayne
The Great Paul
Curtis Olympic
Sonny Fatu
Alexander Edge & William Christian
Allan Valiant (WWE European Champion)
Taz Sinister
The Harley Boys: Jayden Harley & Mason Harley
The Delta Boys: Devo Huge & Marcus Monaco
The Holly Cousins: Blake Holly & Chase Holly
Too Much: Sebastian Taylor & Brayden Christopher
Boss Rogers & Big Buck Cannon
Taka Noku & Funaki
Heath Davison

Women:
Lita
Eliza Moretti
Hailey Holly
Terri

Ross and Lawler speculated on what would happen when popular jean-short wearing redneck hunter Steve Williams and nasty piece of business Mark Callous return from injuries.

The lineup for tonight's Royal Rumble was hyped:

Undefeated versus Undefeated:
Taz Sinister vs. Curtis Olympic

WWE Intercontinental Title:
Jericho Irving vs. Joan vs. Blake Holly

WWE Tag Team Titles:
The Outlaws vs. The Agency

Street Fight for the WWE Title:
Terra Ryzing vs. Micky Mankind

And of course, the first-ever 40-Man Royal Rumble Match!

Ohhhh man.

[LillaThrilla]

WOZWing the peak of WWF eh?

I'm actually a little disappointed: this circuit could be pretty amusing (WOZW certainly was*) but I rather enjoy historical circuits too, especially starting near the time period in which I most closely followed wrestling.


* My favorite parts were digging up "Cowboy" Bret Harte (since it was a legit gimmick of Bret's really early in his career) and the running joke about Gorilla Monsoon.

[gentlemanjeff]

I'm hopeful of bringing WOZW back.

This is close to WOZWing the WWF but not quite. WOZW was about having fun wallowing in the best of the worst of professional wrestling's history; I imagined it as the Finnegan's Wake of ridiculous moments in pro wrestling. WWE 2000 is imagined almost more as a protest statement--here, awful modern-day WWE bookers, here is how different your current booking/creative habits would have made one of the best periods in WWF history.

[gentlemanjeff]

Oh, and I appreciate the kind words regarding WOZW. I'm from West Palm Beach originally, btw.

[LillaThrilla]

Feb 17, 2011 0:38:11 GMT -5 gentlemanjeff said:

I'm from West Palm Beach originally, btw.

Small world!