Mayhem (2000)
Promotional poster featuring Midajah and Scott Steiner
PromotionWorld Championship Wrestling
DateNovember 26, 2000
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
VenueU.S. Cellular Arena
Attendance3,800
Tagline(s)The Genetic Freak Of Sports Entertainment UNLEASHED
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The 2000 Mayhem was the second and final Mayhem professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on November 26, 2000 from the U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Storylines

The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[1]

Event

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
Commentators Tony Schiavone
Mark Madden
Stevie Ray
Interviewers Gene Okerlund
Pamela Paulshock
Referees Scott Armstrong
Mickie Jay
Mark Johnson
Charles Robinson
Billy Silverman
Jamie Tucker
Ring announcers Michael Buffer
David Penzer

Twelve matches were contested at the event. The main event was a straitjacket steel cage match between Booker T and Scott Steiner for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Steiner won the title by knocking Booker out with a Steiner Recliner after hitting him with a steel chair. Other prominent match on the card was Goldberg versus Lex Luger, with the stipulation that Goldberg would be forced to leave WCW if he lost. The event featured many title matches including a WCW World Tag Team Championship match, in which Perfect Event defended the titles against The Insiders in a rivalry stemming from the New Blood versus Millionaire's Club angle from earlier in the year.

Reception

In 2015, Kevin Pantoja of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 2.5 [Very Bad], stating, "I’ve seen worse from WCW around this time but not by much. Nothing on the entire card cracked three stars, with the three way tag match and WCW World Title being the best. The Tag Titles aren’t bad, but they aren’t really good either. Too many people just seemed to not care and it hurt the quality of most of the matches. You can kind of tell that this was a company ready to close their doors soon."[2]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Mike Sanders (c) defeated Kwee Wee (with Paisley)Singles match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship07:50
23 Count (Shane Helms and Shannon Moore) defeated Evan Karagias and Jamie Knoble, and The Jung Dragons (Kaz Hayashi and Yun Yang) (with Leia Meow)Triple threat tag team match10:53
3Mancow (with Al Roker Jr., Freak, Jim Jesus and Turd, the Bartender) defeated Jimmy HartSingles match01:38
4Crowbar (c) defeated Big Vito and RenoHardcore match for the WCW Hardcore Championship07:50
5The Filthy Animals (Billy Kidman and Rey Misterio Jr.) (with Tygress) defeated KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) and Alex Wright (with Disqo)Handicap match07:46
6Ernest Miller (with Ms. Jones) defeated Shane Douglas (with Torrie Wilson)Singles match08:00
7Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Sgt. A.W.O.L.Singles match05:41
8Gen. Rection defeated Lance Storm (c) (with Major Gunns)Singles match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship06:25
9Jeff Jarrett defeated Buff BagwellSingles match11:10
10The Insiders (Diamond Dallas Page and Kevin Nash) defeated The Perfect Event (Chuck Palumbo and Shawn Stasiak) (c)Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship14:55
11Goldberg defeated Lex LugerSingles match
Had Goldberg lost, he would have been forced to leave WCW.		05:53
12Scott Steiner (with Midajah) defeated Booker T (c) by technical submissionStraitjacket Caged Heat match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship13:10
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

  1. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  2. ↑ "411Mania".
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