Fall Brawl (2000)

Fall Brawl (2000) was the eighth and final Fall Brawl professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on September 17, 2000 from the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. It would be the final Fall Brawl event before the company folded and was purchased by rival promotion World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in March 2001.

Fall Brawl (2000)
VHS cover featuring Goldberg and Scott Steiner.
PromotionWorld Championship Wrestling
DateSeptember 17, 2000
CityBuffalo, New York
VenueHSBC Arena
Attendance8,638
Tagline(s)Unedited. Unpredictable. Unbelievable.
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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:
Commentator Tony Schiavone
Scott Hudson
Mark Madden
Interviewer Gene Okerlund
Referee Mark Johnson
Nick Patrick
Charles Robinson
Billy Silverman
Ring announcer Michael Buffer
David Penzer

The main event was a Caged Heat match, in which Kevin Nash defended the title against Booker T. Booker defeated Nash to win the title. Notable matches on the undercard were Scott Steiner versus Goldberg in a no disqualification match, Mike Awesome versus Jeff Jarrett in a Bunkhouse Brawl and Sting versus The Great Muta and Vampiro in a Triangle match and a ten-person elimination match between Filthy Animals and Natural Born Thrillers, which was stopped when Animals' teammate Paul Orndorff was injured during the match. The next night on Nitro, the elimination match was resumed with the remaining competitors, Rey Misterio, Jr. and Tygress of The Filthy Animals and Mike Sanders, Chuck Palumbo, Sean O'Haire, Mark Jindrak and Shawn Stasiak of The Natural Born Thrillers in which the Filthy Animals won by pinfall after Tygress hit a facebuster on Mike Sanders.

Results
No. Results Stipulations Times
1 Elix Skipper (c) (with Major Gunns) defeated Kwee Wee (with Paisley) Singles match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship 11:03
2 The Misfits In Action (Cpl. Cajun, Lt. Loco and Sgt. AWOL) defeated 3 Count (Shannon Moore, Evan Karagias, and Shane Helms) Six-man tag team match 10:25
3 The Harris Brothers (Ron Harris and Don Harris) defeated KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) First Blood match Chain match 06:37
4 Lance Storm (c) (with Major Gunns) defeated Gen. Rection Singles match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship with Jim Duggan as special guest enforcer 06:46
5 The Filthy Animals (Disqo, Rey Misterio Jr., Juventud Guerrera, Konnan, and Tygress), Big Vito and Paul Orndorff fought The Natural Born Thrillers (Mark Jindrak, Sean O'Haire, Mike Sanders, Chuck Palumbo, Shawn Stasiak, Reno and Johnny the Bull) to a no contest Elimination match 16:34
6 Shane Douglas and Torrie Wilson defeated Billy Kidman and Madusa Scaffold match 05:01
7 Sting defeated The Great Muta and Vampiro (with Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope) Triple threat match 05:12
8 Mike Awesome defeated Jeff Jarrett Bunkhouse Brawl 09:04
9 Scott Steiner defeated Goldberg No Disqualification match 13:50
10 Booker T defeated Kevin Nash (c) Caged Heat match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship 09:02
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Filthy Animals vs. Natural Born Thrillers eliminations
Elimination no. Wrestler Team Eliminated by Elimination move Time
1 Konnan Filthy Animals Sean O'Haire Chartbuster by Disqo 06:00
2 Disqo Filthy Animals Reno Snake Eyes 06:53
3 Big Vito Filthy Animals Reno Snake Eyes 08:43
4 Reno Natural Born Thrillers Rey Misterio, Jr. Diving leg drop low blow with Guerrera 10:45
5 Juventud Guerrera Filthy Animals Sean O'Haire Seanton Bomb 12:08
6 Johnny the Bull Natural Born Thrillers Paul Orndorff Spike piledriver 13:28
7 Paul Orndorff Filthy Animals Sean O'Haire Pinned after Orndorff suffered a stinger while piledriving Jindrak 16:34
8 Rey Mysterio, Jr., Tygress Filthy Animals and Natural Born Thrillers N/A The match was cancelled due to Orndorff's injury N/A
Mike Sanders, Chuck Palumbo, Sean O'Haire, Mark Jindrak, Shawn Stasiak
Survivor: None

Aftermath

Scott Steiner's high-profile win over Goldberg at Fall Brawl catapulted him into main event status and he became a top contender for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Steiner faced the champion Booker T for the title at the following month's pay-per-view Halloween Havoc, where he lost by disqualification.

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References
  1. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
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