Top 10 Wrestling Pay Per Views of 2000

In terms of the money the company made, the roster who was working at the company, the quality matches were provided, the stories that got people engaged, and the customer satisfaction, this is without a doubt the greatest year in WWE history. This is without the doubt WWE’s most successful year considering that they were also kicking the ass of WCW and every other promotion in the world. Anyone who thinks otherwise is completely ignoring the ratings and the amount of audience interest gathered into one wrestling promotion. Even though this was Mick Foley’s last full-time run with the company (before he starts a series of returning form semi-retirements) and Stone Cold Steve Austin wasn’t wrestling full-time again until Fall that year, WWF was able to utilize their new stars that were all able to capture interest. From the romances going on (Steph & HHH/Angle, Eddie & Chyna, Lita & Matt), to the intense rivalries, to the quality matches, to even the new stars given great material to work with, WWE in 2000 was kicking ass. If you wanted good wrestling in the year 2000, WWF was the only one that was providing the goods. WCW was having the absolute worst year of all time because Vince Russo’s booking went completely bonkers to the point where fans’ intelligence were being insulted on a weekly basis. As the booker, Russo threw everything on the wall and nothing stuck. WCW had too many vaccant titles, World champions that didn’t serve it (Russo, Arquette, & Jarrett), horrible gimmick matches, and storylines that make no sense whatsoever. It got so bad that Hogan left the company and ratings plummeted. ECW struggled to keep themselves alive considering that they lost so many of their top stars and many bad injuries occurred. The new faces that Paul Heyman tried to push were pushed too soon, plus he’s cut pay on his employees. ECW wasn’t going to around much longer because their network TNN doesn’t promote their programs and pay-per-views and many of their midcards were never ready to enter the main event. All-Japan Pro Wrestling went to a dramatic downturn under Giant Baba’s widow’s leadership (after his passing) which got Mitsuharu Misawa to leave the company and start his own promotion, Pro Wrestling NOAH. New-Japan has entered the dark age as Antonio Inoki tried to mix pro wrestling and MMA into one and going back to NJPW from 2000 – 2006 absolutely sucked. Thankfully, WWF at the year 2000 was the best company to watch. It’s one of those years where I love to go back and watch the entire year of the WWE and just feel completely satisfied as I was when this stuff first-came out. I won’t lie that it’s absolutely nostalgic for me to watch WWF 2000, play my PS1, and listen to 2000 Nu Metal to feel like I’m back in these times. 2000 was certainly a great start of the new millenium, now let’s see what was the best night in wrestling in this year. 

 

The Year 2000 Wrestling Rewards

• Wrestler of 2000: Kurt Angle
• Underrated Wrestler of 2000: Kid Kash
• Feud of 2000: Triple H vs The Rock
• Wrestling Match of 2000: Kurt Angle vs Rikishi vs Steve Austin vs The Rock vs The Undertaker vs Triple H – 6-Man Hell in a Cell – Armegeddon 2000
• Underrated Match of 2000: Steve Corino vs Tajiri – Hardcore Heaven 2000
• Wrestling Promotion of 2000: World Wrestling Federation

Top 10 Greatest Wrestling Pay Per Views

The one thing that every wrestling fan is always looking forward to is a wrestling show that ends storylines, establishes a star, change championships, and a card filled with great matches. Wrestling is a unique form of entertainment because their storylines are done in real-time. From the attendance at the event, the audience watching at home, and the booking to where each wrestler’s spot is at is always occurring. There’s just no way that a show should feel the same as the last because as real-time storytelling occurs, variety is in demand. It’s not like movies where you can simply pump out sequels and remakes or sitcoms that never change the formula without ever worrying about filming in one take. Different opponents and storylines are expected to fresh things up and continuously give different opponents to square off, stipulations to give a different level of tension, and a purpose. It’s not enough to have a good guy to be the bad guy all the time. And you also have to worry if the wrestler is fit to compete/perform. As a real-time storytelling structure, an injured wrestler will affect scheduling and upcoming shows or backstage politics gets in the way of fulfilling any potential. That’s why we don’t always get the wrestlers that we want on a certain show. Now that we discussed what’s expected in a wrestling show, these are the factors that need to be warry of when making a show. As thetoplister ranks ten of the best wrestling Pay Per Views of all time, these cards have to have the right wrestlers, the right booking, the right decision making, the right mindset, the right production, and the right timing to have the show to deliver. Take a look at what are the ten wrestling events that did just that.