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Post by ICW on Apr 28, 2008 20:01:16 GMT -5
The year 2000 was one of my favorite years while watching the WWF.
It's funny, if you look at the WWF Tag Team Division back then, they had:
The Dudley Boys
The Hardy Boys with Lita
Edge and Christian
Too Cool with Rikishi
The New Age Outlaws
HeadCheese
The APA
T&A with Trish
The storylines seemed so interesting too. The Undertaker returning as the American Bad Ass, the rise of Kurt Angle, the very first TLC match, the McMahon-Helmsly Faction, the popularity of Chris Jericho...
I love the storyline leading up to King of the Ring 2000. Three legit title contenders for Triple H's WWF Championship (Undertaker, Rock, and Kane).
Everything seemed better back then, more enjoyable. I just miss it. If you look at the current WWE product now, it screams... Hollywood. Doesn't have the same feel to it when I watched back then
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Post by Rant Casey on Apr 28, 2008 20:04:54 GMT -5
My all time favorite feud culminated in 2000, Triple H vs Mick Foley, their matches from the Royal Rumble and No Way Out were both incredibly intense and showed that Mick could still put on a hell of a match, and it helped establish Triple H as the main heel for the decade.
Plus the rest of the year was amazing too, but my fondest memories of 2000 come from the first two months.
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Post by ICW on Apr 28, 2008 20:06:31 GMT -5
The Triple H/Cactus Jack match at Royal Rumble 2000 had such tremendous build to it.
I remember on the Smackdown! when Mankind said he couldn't face Triple H at the 'Rumble for the WWF Title in a street fight... then removes his mask and t-shirt to reveal the Cactus Jack t-shirt.
"But I know one man who can... and his name is CACTUS JACK"
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Post by Rant Casey on Apr 28, 2008 20:07:45 GMT -5
That was one of my favorite promo's of all time, everything about those two matches was great, aside from Mick retiring.
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Post by ICW on Apr 28, 2008 20:10:31 GMT -5
Fully Loaded 2000:
The Rock vs. Chris Benoit for the WWF Championship.
Rock is screwed, DQ'ed, loses his Championship to Benoit... until Commissioner Foley says that The Rock isn't DQ'ed and orders for the restart of the match. Rock wins.
Excellent main event.
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Post by fattic on Apr 28, 2008 20:13:27 GMT -5
2000 was my favorite year ever in the WWF. Just looking back on it is so nostalgic, everything was just so perfect (atleast to me) that year, I love watching all the PPV's over again.
I wish they would put out Raws and SDs on DVD or something, they had some great episodes.
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Post by ICW on Apr 28, 2008 20:23:17 GMT -5
2000 was my favorite year ever in the WWF. Just looking back on it is so nostalgic, everything was just so perfect (atleast to me) that year, I love watching all the PPV's over again. I wish they would put out Raws and SDs on DVD or something, they had some great episodes. That would be amazing if that happend. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2008 20:27:37 GMT -5
Yeah, 2000 was my first full year of watching WWF, and one of my favorite years, if not my favorite. I really liked Backlash that year, with Stone Cold coming out and The Rock winning the heavyweight title in the main event.
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Post by ICW on Apr 28, 2008 20:28:46 GMT -5
Triple H was a great, great heel back then.
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Post by Rant Casey on Apr 28, 2008 20:29:45 GMT -5
I'd buy that DVD the second it was released.
Just thinking back on all the events from 2000, Summerslam comes to mind, the 2 out of 3 falls match with Jericho and Benoit, the triple threat for the title.
Every PPV from 2000 had either a good card, or an amazing card, just a great year to be a wrestling fan. It makes me feel bad for the kids growing up with the product as it is now.
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Post by ICW on Apr 28, 2008 20:31:23 GMT -5
The product now... it just isn't pieced together as well as WWF:2000 was.
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Post by The Dude on Apr 28, 2008 20:31:49 GMT -5
1999 - 2002 were the modern day golden years of pro wrestling.
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Post by ICW on Apr 28, 2008 20:36:46 GMT -5
1999 was really good too.
I loveddddddddddddd the Corporate Ministry angle.
WHO IS THE GREATER POWER...
*Vince removes the hood*: IT'S ME AUSTIN!
JR: AWW SON OF A BITCH!
Vince: IT WAS ME ALL ALONG, AUSTIN! YOU ALL BOUGHT IT! HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER! YOU ALL BOUGHT IT, EVEN MY FAMILY, MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY BOUGHT IT!
Linda and Steph come out. Vince tells Stephanie it wasn't "personal, it's just business."
Linda: Well Vince let's talk business. Earlier today, I stepped down as the C.E.O. of this company.
The look on Vince's face was PRICELESS. She picks Austin as the new C.E.O.
Classic.
It also sets up for Stephanie joining HHH at Armageddon.
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Post by stratusfaction23 on Apr 29, 2008 0:26:04 GMT -5
Agreed. 2000 was a hell of a year.
99-00 are some of my all-time favorites. I'm proud to say that I have almost every episode from Raw/SmackDown from 2000 recorded on tape.
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Post by Mark on Apr 29, 2008 1:02:32 GMT -5
bubba powerbominbg Mae was awesome
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Post by Too Sweet on Apr 29, 2008 1:39:42 GMT -5
I don't think the WWE will ever be as good as they used to be in 98-2000.
The roster was packed full of great talent, Main Eventers were awesome all had great character to them and all of them had a huge fanbase, Mid Card was great, while there were some guys who I reckon should have gotten a better push they still did a good job and the Tag Division kicked ass probably the best they'll ever have ( Just look at it now ).
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Post by hbk4champ on Apr 29, 2008 1:49:32 GMT -5
2001 was a better year though.
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Post by spawnsyxx9 on Apr 29, 2008 1:51:14 GMT -5
Did you seriously just bring up headcheese?
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Post by Too Sweet on Apr 29, 2008 1:57:32 GMT -5
2001 was a better year though. At the start yes, but they f*cked up the Invasion thing soooo badly. They should have gone down the brand route, instead of doing the RAW and Smackdown stuff, WWF didn't know what to do with WCW and its talent i reckon, sure while most of the big names weren't there because of the Contracts they could have at least made some stars out of what they had, having a WCW brand would have been great because the Roster was jammed pack which led to some talent being jobbed/misused ( Raven especially, they could have done alot with him IMO ). |
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Post by martel on Apr 29, 2008 2:33:35 GMT -5
1999 & 2000 WWF blew ass, called out. Nothing remotely stands out other than a handful of Foley matches. The wrestling was horrible, and it had one of the worst Wrestlemanias in the history of the show. Just my opinion. 2001 was much more entertaining. Give me 1996 or 1997 over 1999 and 2000 any day. Give me 1992 over those years too.
Tag division in the Late 80's was better than in the 2000's though regardless. Hart Foundation, Demolition, Bulldogs, Rougeaus, Powers of Pain, Demolition, Rockers, Twin Towers, Colossal Connection, Bushwackers, Strike Force, blah blah blah. I dunno, nothing about the "Attitude Era" is appealing to me.
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