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Welcome to my first review. Welcome to WRESTLEMANIA 2000!
Lets begin with a little bit of background/history on this PPV. My cousin ordered Wrestlemania All Day Long. I was 15 at the time. We watched 12 hours straight of WWE. By watch, I mean we had it on in the background while we performed our own Ladder Match with his dads ladder in the living room. Probably why my back is fucked up to this day, but thats another story. This is my first time revisiting this PPV in 14 years. When I was 15, this was one of the best PPV ever. It had naked girls, hardcore matches, and cursing.
Returning to the scene of the crime 14 years later as a 29 year old, and this PPV is just painful to watch. It makes me embarrassed for my 14 year old self.
Lets get this party started. Witness my slow descent into madness.
We are live from the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, CA! Home of Wrestlemania XII 4 years ago, but for some reason we are back in this dump during the hottest time in the companys history because Vince probably brokered this deal while the company was flopping during the New Generation Era.
We head straight to the ring for the National Anthem, performed by our favorite future ring announcer and singer, Lilian Garcia! Remember Clan Tags?
Respectful Anaheim fans stand for our National Anthem.
SIGNS! Were back in the Attitude Era, baby!
Video Package: Wrestlemania is Important, Damn it!
But that was then
THIS IS NOW (unfortunately)
A MCMAHON IS EVERY CORNER! Because this is why we watch wrestling! Thanks Austin for giving us this fucking match.
Time to start this show! Our announcing team, Jerry I Still Care Lawler, and Jim He should still be doing this today Ross! JR announces 19,776 fans are in the Arrowhead Pond! Lets pretend we wish we booked this WM at this tiny ass shithole!
First match of the night! Godfather and DLo Brown vs Big Boss Man and Bull Buchanan! Exciting.
Godfather and DLo Brown hit the ring with a bunch of skanky ass hos and Ice T saying PIMPIN AINT PIMPIN AINT EASY MAN over and over and over and over and over again. GRAB YO BITCHES, proclaims Ice-T.
HO DOWN!
This entire gimmick just makes me embarrassed now. I was a total Godfather mark, but now it just feels lame as fuck. 2014 mentality!
Oh well, lets move on to their opponents! BIG BOSS MAN AND BULL BUCHANAN!
Apparently they have a relationship going back to Cobb County, Georgia. I want to know more about this, but JR moves on and King is mesmerized by the hos.
KISS MAH ASS!
DLo kicks off WM with the first glimpse of offense on Bull! Punches! Shoot into the ropes! Heel kick! DLo tags in Godfather, they perform some standard tag team moves.
Godfather just looks sloppy, cheesy, out of shape, and just nasty. DLo deserved better than this. Standard offense to start the match. Later in the match DLo gets some corner punches in, then shoots Bull into the opposite corner
but Bull counters it nicely!
Its already obvious DLo will be the guy who gets his ass kicked the entire match. This match is getting boring. Feels like a Raw match. This entire WM feels like a Raw because its in god damn ARROWHEAD POND! Seriously, Vince?! Ooooooh Bull did something again! I like this guy.
Match slows down again. I swear most of this match is just DLo getting his ass kicked while Godfathers fat ass stands in the corner. Bull continues to kick DLos ass, and now has him in a bear hug. DLo breaks out, and is knocked down again. Boss Man is tagged in, and continues the DLo beat down. JR makes an XFL joke. Bull is tagged in, continues to beat DLo down. This match is so fucking boring. OMG DLo did something! HURRICARANA!
Godfather is hot tagged! INSTANT OFFENSE! Its like hes been out of the match for 90% of it! HO TRAIN! Immediately tags in DLo, who is somehow completely fresh now. Nevermind, Boss Man side slam, Bull top rope leg drop. Match over. Boss Man and Bull now stalk the hos like some GAF creeps.
Cut to Steph and Triple H. Déjà vu.
Next up is the Hardcore Battle Royal! Rules? THERE ARE NO RULES. Nah, there are rules. We have a conference with the participants. 24/7 rule is over for the night, as Crash Holly puts the belt up in the Hardcore Battle Royal. In the 15 minute time limit, there can be an unlimited amount of title changes. Whoever is the champion at the end of the 15 mins is the new Hardcore champion!
The participants are in no particular order, but in the order they were introduced: Taz, Viscera (R.I.P.), MEAN STREET POSSE (GUZIM!), Hardcore Holly (P.O.S.), Kai En Tai, Headbangers Mosh and Thrasher, Acolytes, and our current Hardcore Champion Crash Holly (R.I.P.).
Its complete and utter boring mayhem! Everyone is either completely out of shape or completely wasted (or completely both!) Taz is the new champion 20 seconds into the match! But we miss it because of incompetent producers.
Boring ass mayhem continues! Viscera is the new champion because Tazs dumb ass decides to jump out of the ring and fight Viscera on the outside.
MAYHEM! So. Fucking. Boring. People beating the shit out of each other with speed signs, baking sheets, tennis rackets, trash cans, and Japanese flags at the speed of a Hogan/Warrior WCW match. Everyone is blown up. Everyone just wants to go to the back and watch the rest of the PPV. Viscera has been champion for 3-4 minutes now. Iron Man. BRADSHAW GOES OFF!
P.O.S. and one of the Headbangers get near falls on Viscera. Viscera is still the champion! 10 minutes left! More boring mayhem, nothing amounting to anything other than backyard wrestling.
Lets fight! Nah I change my mind
8 minutes and 30 seconds left. Viscera is still champion. GOING TO THE TOP ROPE! Moron.
Acolytes kick his ass, and then
push Kai En Tai on top of him!? Funaki is now Hardcore Champion! Taka is pissed as fuck and kicks his ass. Funaki is taking off! WERE GOING TO THE BACK!
Rodney pins Funaki! NEW CHAMPION!
Joey Abs pins Rodney! NEW CHAMPION!
Thrasher pins Joey Abs! NEW CHAMPION!
Pete Gas pins Thrasher! NEW CHAMPION!
5 minutes remaining!
Taz pins Pete Gas! NEW CHAMPION!
Thank you Mosh! *clap clap clapclapclap*
3 minutes left! Holly cousins begin to double team Taz in the ring! Random ECW chant for the first time of the night. Taz keeps going for pins WHILE HE IS THE CHAMPION. No one gives a shit in this god damn match! 2 minutes remaining! Crash and P.O.S. are fighting over who pins Taz in the ring. Taz continues to try to pin people while he is the god damn champion. Less than a minute remaining!
Crash Holly pins Taz with 30 seconds left! NEW CHAMPION!
Taz is back up! TAZMISSION! Wait, no. Fuck you P.O.S.
Are you fucking kidding me? P.O.S. is the new Hardcore champion. No time remaining. Fuck this shit.
Lets take a look back at WWE Axess! We get random interviews from Val Venis, Chyna, and Jericho. KANE FANS! SOULPLAYA!
Marlena, Big Show, Trish Stratus. All the big stars are here! WAIT! SHAWN MICHAELS! Probably high enough to not remember a single thing about this weekend (or year).
Young Coach! Young Cole!
Bikertakers streak is on hold this year
Its time for Al Snow and Steve Blackman vs Test and Prince Albert with Trish Stratus!
HEAD CHEESE! Apparently Wrestlemania is a special day, so time to introduce a new gimmick. Chester McCheeserton.
LOL GET IT? HE HAS ASS CHEEKS! OMG VINCE YOU GENIUS!
T&A is coming out. I said GOTDAM.
Teddy Long is our referee, playa! WE GOT A TAG TEAM MATCH! JRs headset goes out, so King has to carry the show. Dear god. Kings jokes with no one to play them off. Match is boring. Punches. Clotheslines. Shoulder blocks. Punches. Some kicks. Meh. I give no shits about this match right now after that Chester McCheeserton thing just happened. Seriously, Vince? What is wrong with this old man? I mean, I know, but I still have to ask. Match continues with punches, kicks, clotheslines. Now apparently Chester is trying to grab Trishs ass, or something. Attitude era is not being well represented tonight. Crowd is completely dead. Test is tagged in, no reaction.
Test pins Snow, even though hes not the legal man. Of course, Teddy counts the pinfall. Near fall. Fans are having air horn wars. Match looks like a bowling shoe, according to JR. I agree. Al Snow is slammed, and then immediately stands up because of reasons.
Test elbow drop on Blackman. Match is over. Thank god. Bowling shoes.
Time for the hilarious post-match promo by Al Snow. More hilarious Chester McCheeserton jokes. King just said Chester McCheeserton with the most racist Mexican accent. God damn this show. ITS TIME TO CUT THE CHEESE.
We cut to the back where Kat and Mae Young discuss Kats match later that night.
Lots of Austin Powers-esque sight gags.