WCW 2000: THE YEAR OF THE COPYCAT 

Booker t was great but they gave him the rocks finisher and tried to make him like the rock

King 🤴 Bookkkaaahhhh

@@kassimparekh1639 Yeah, as dumb WWE tried to do that Booker T surpassed judgment and really showed his own style and character.

Yeah booker should achieved so much more greatness

@@criticalmass500 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

The only reason I can't believe that is because WCW were making stupid decisions way before Russo...It just got completely out of control by the time Vince showed up. As a kid I couldn't see it but as a adult looking back I see that WCW shot themselves in the foot on plenty of occasions.

They did the Fingerpoke of Doom in the apex of their popularity. wCW had no shortage of crappy ideas.

Lol no it's just what happens when you have ppl that dont know or dont care in charge.

@KingLeo80 sorry but no...especially with tna

@james Nas yes they are.

You ever see a pot head run out of weed lol some look like that 😂

Bad weed lmao

@@jordangurney3448 yup, I know lots of dudes that are just as pissed as kronik anytime they aren't stoned out they minds

Well, he was the book back then so...

Come on bro, nothing is worse than being a Knicks fan. At least WCW died off, Knicks been struggling since then.

Wow you have to take a jab at the Knicks huh

Yes...🤦🏾‍♂️

Corny lol

@@wildsidetv313 most slogans are lol

I don’t dig it... Sucka!

@Tenticle Ass that was his absolute best he knew he screwed that up right away 🤬😓

I'm with you on that

I just hope they weren't serious with any of this...

@@myguychris7739 Me too. I felt embarrassed for them watching this.

Didn't they even have a Viagra on a pole and buffs momma on pole match talk about desperate

@@leejames1839 😂 wow smh

I never knew he said that during that Jericho debut promo

Love that Rocky promo!

Juventud is way more talented than the Rock

@@kellymcquay2626 and less of a star, draw or entertainer so whats your point?

@@oneyewitness3823 are you blind or stupid, my point is that Juventud is more talented than Rocky

Norman did it better though lol

@@alexbrannon Both of these comments make me sad because I loved Crash Holly's run with the hardcore title and i loved every second of tv time that Norman Smiley was given. So I will remain vigilant that the big wiggle was not a rip off of Crash Holly and the two were different characters, even if you're probably right. :(

as a young kid I remembered Norman Smiley hardcore run. It was hilarious..

The thing is that both of them were entertaining.

Except, iirc, Norman did it first

The worst part is the Goldberg fought hard to distinguish himself from Austin and he made a name for himself as one of the best. But then this whole bullshit just nullified that

The look was similar but the characters where very different.

@@cf2228 the real difference is that Steve could actually wrestle n bill was terrible in the ring that's why most of Bill's matches were squash

@@johnbush5347 Goldberg was a power wrestler so he didn't need to be Bret hart in the ring.

He showed up, destroyed his opponent and left. THAT was how he was booked, how is that ANYTHING like Steve Austin? Austin only did that in segments, he didn't do that in matches. The only similarities (prior to his Russo feud) was that they were both bald men with goatees and black trunks. The wrestled different, they talked different, their themes were vastly different, they were BOOKED NOTHING alike...again, prior to the feud with Russo, but to be fair EVERYONE feuded with Russo.

Kanyon was just awesome back then.. R.I.P to him..

Word and he could pull it off

I think you mean Kanyon Cut

Kinda like Randy Orton did years later 😏

Who betta than Kaynon

The only person I've ever saw say that is Vince Russo I've never seen anyone agree with him 😂

Who are these supposed people saying this? I've never in youtube comments, videos or anywhere seen someone write or say Russo made the attitude era.

@Bryan Mack Well I'm not going under boulders to find these supposed people that are difficult to find. Just like the first reply, ive never seen someone say anything like this. Not if I google, RU-vid or ask personal wrestling fans I know. And no not everyone has an absolute mindset, not even close. That is just a blanket statement with no backing.

Is there a docu actually called "WCW 2000" or are u referring to the show in general? I miased this entire era of WCW amd wouldnt mind seeing some of what happened, like the works that seem like Live shoots (with Russo being the Heel Boss like McMahon was at the same time)

Cybele Ophis For the old-time wrestling fans it’s the “Diamond Cutter” and DDP even taught Randy Orton this move.

He's trolling bro, duh lol

RKOs were mostly telegraphed. DDPs cutter was the shit though. Could literally come out of nowhere.

Diamond cutter

“Who he hell is Juvie??” MJF, AEW Dynamite (11/13/19)

Eh I think he's kinda an overrated spot monkey. The thing that always held him back was his attitude. Why would you go out your way to spotlight a guy who's constantly trying to have the match to be 95% about him, mediocre mic skills but demanded extended mic time and hated every story you have lined up for him because he either wasn't going over every night or wasn't in the main event

Juvie n la parka were my favorite cruiser weights

Love the Juice 🔥🔥

He was an asshole in real life though

@@Myunsolicitedthoughts looks like an asshole lol

WWE fucked up by not knowing how to use him. Juventud Guerrera, Psychosis, & Super Crazy deserved much better than being part of the lame ass mexicools. Then again after WCW died, WWE went straight to 💩.

@@Myunsolicitedthoughts so we're many other countless wrestlers. Believe me there are a lot of em you wouldn't expect.

No offense but if you were still watching WCW over WWF in 2000 it goes without saying that you weren't too bright😁

@@blueblur2273 he was 12 you dolt

@@hsm6485 and i prefer wcw back than so i guess am not bright too.. i don't know i like the arena and the style of wcw. My main draw for me was the cruiser weight division they could certainly bring it. but than as time went bad and one bad idea after another i started to flip to wwf on occasion and started to watch both program as wcw had a rerun around midnight. had to wait for the tv show (mortal kombat for the longest time) to end. but i work late so it wasn't a huge deal i was often up at those hours

Gordon solie

Good Ol Oklahoma was better, tho

I always like Jim Ross and jerry the king Lawler both were the best jerry coming in at #2

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

No... He isn't.

Disco Inferno also called himself Dim Shady at one point.

What the hell did FUNB stand for anyway?

@@Hullstarr April 24, 2000 _Nitro_ - "the N.B. stands for New Blood, you figure out what the F.U. stands for".

@@Gloryosky thanks for clearing that up

Disco still wrestles on impact

Kinda of like WWEs stupidity for the past five years

I've had this theory before and people called me crazy 😂😂😂😂

Yea Vince Russo sabotaged the fucc out of WCW hoping that Vince McMahon would give him another run in WWE creative which didn't happen at all

That's why they had to say it out loud whenever possible

I dint think they were copycats of APA either. even looking back. Similarities but not that much

@Reefer Dude they were good but for whatever reason Undertaker and Kane didn't like them so when they join the company they were split up and one was sent packing the other was sent to help development

Hunter they are the fiend stoners that rage out when they ain't high, I know lots of guys like that

It's based on cronic pain not the drug as stated here there are two different meanings.

one of the problem with stasiak is you couldn't picture him as being perfect.

Good point on polumbo and stasiak. Stasiak has zero ring technique, much like Luger.

@Michael Price Cause it was clear that the WWF was actually mocking Goldberg with Gillberg, talking about the pipped in chants, the ridiculous win streak and the little pyro's they would use for the entrance. Juventud was not so clear and straight up looked like he was jacking the Rock. I mean how is using the Rock's catchphrases and move and just inserting you're name/nickname insulting? All it did was make the Juice look like a clown which is dumb considering he is an actual wrestler on the roster unlike Gillberg

@Michael Price Actually I'm not a WWE fan you mark. But congrats on showing your a WCW one so clearly you have no objectivity. I haven't watched wrestling since I was a kid you clown so I could give a dam about either company. And why the hell would I be insulted because Hoovie is impersonating the Rock? Stop bitching about why 1 angle gets heat over the other and then go into denial once you get the oh so obvious answer.

@Michael Price Do yourself a favor buddy. Take your head out of your ass so that you might be able to think clearer or at the very least stick it up someone else and let them do the thinking for ya

@Michael Price 😂 You really are a mark. Wrestling is dead you clown AEW ain't doing shit. I knew you were a WCW mark! Why else would you bring up the fact that WCW destoryed the WWF every week for 3 years as if that was relevant to the conversation or if I cared. 2ndly there's a little something called the network. All anyone has to do is watch that to witness how awful WCW was in 2000 which I've done. So I'm not just going off memories of 20 years ago. And when the WWF was doing the Gillberg gimmick they were beating WCW in the ratings and that's a fact not a dream you mark which means your claims that it made the WWF look stupid is just as baseless as everything else that's come out of your mouth.

“Neither of those two factions are shameless ripoffs... “ *rethinks that statement* “... but neither of those two factions are AS shameless as...” Nice comment, do you even think things out entirely before you start writing ?

@@VI_V2 Yeah nice attempt at trying to cover that one. The writing could have been much better in that segment.

@@rennotstimpy449 His voice inflection was too similar for both statements, so it was a bit distracting for me as if it was a rewrite. Imo lol.

@@rennotstimpy449 you really got to him bro 😂

Apparently being a woman is a rip off now

Um no dude. Just no.

i watch it that night on nirto ,, I was like wtf he this said

They were probably pissed at WWE mocking them with segments on their pay-per-views with old ppl as the hulkster vs nacho Man with schem Gene and billionaire Ted 😂

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Is that why he didn't get over? There were some funny elements to it like the imitation of DDP's walk down the ramp but for the most part it was annoying.

@@blueblur2273 exactly! He sucked…god rest his soul. But he was a jobber. That was the issue with wcw 2000. They wanted to push new stars. But it was all a bunch of jobbers with no charisma at all. Kidman, stasiak, morrus, Jarrett, David flair, palumbo, they were horrendous in their promos. Kanyon, the misfits in action, the cat, kronik were all jobbing for years and then all of a sudden are threats? They were either really stupid or intentionally trying to run themselves out of business. Wwe sucks bad in 2021. But even they can still do better than this crap. Granted it was entertaining at times bc it was so terrible.

@@kendall6515 You're one of the few fans that actually get it. That's exactly why the New Blood storyline was doomed to fail. Because there simply wasn't enough talent from the new blood that was good enough to be main event level. The only ones who really had the potential to move up to main event status was Scott Steiner and Booker T. Unfortunately by the time they decided to execute, it was a year too late and booking was horrendous. All the booking did in 00 was rehash old angles, gimmicks and stories from WCW or the WWF and constantly remind fans that wrestling wasn't real. They didn't get their audience at all. It was really mind boggling to see just how far under WCW had gone in 00 especially compared to the height of their success that was only 2 years earlier. As fast as they became successful is as fast as they ended up crashing and burning. If they only had a little clue about what they were doing in 00 they could have competed with the WWF as fans wanted WCW to be great again even though it was a complete dumpster fire.

And that's why your opinion is irrelevant

Positively Kanyon was fucking hilarious, Diamond... I mean, Kanyon Kutting everybody randomly., abducting Buff's mom, calling everyone (including women) "bro." Entertaining stuff. People just like to shit on all things WCW 2000 but didn't live through it, or even watch it.

Facts

@@HooglesonInc I lived through it and thought it sucked. DDP was one of the bright spots of WCW when they started doing stupid crap and I don't recall their feud going anywhere. I guess in the end Kanyon did his job, but it doesn't help that there were so many copycats during this time. Juvetude was my favorite cruiserweight in WCW and I absolutely HATED his The Juice gimmick. And when Booker started acting and dressing like The Rock I had completely given up on WCW. I was a WCW stan at the time holding out because I knew they were going to get their shit together. Then one day I woke up and asked why am I still doing this to myself lmao. WWF was better in every way by this point and I just stopped watching that garbage product all together.

That and he's talking bout ripoffs of dx, when they're an NWO ripoff

CoachMikesFilmRoom not much of an nwo rip off when best members of nwo and dx were all best friends

@@jayvionwilliams4061 yeah ppl seem to miss that part. A big difference between the groups is that even tho they shared similar attitudes and characteristics their agendas were completely different. NWO was an outside force seeking to takeover WCW and become the authority whereas DX were WWE homegrown talent that broke the rules and went out their way to pick on those in positions of authority.

@@emanuelmartinez7267 exactly and they seem to forget nwo was just a rip off of a new japan angle

@@jamalwalker I love this uneducated post.. WCW and NJPW had a working partnerships at the time and Both NWO Japan and WCW showed up in both promotions.. Several NWO Japan members were on Nitro multiple times..

I was a huge shannon Moore mark back in the V1 days. remember the book of DILLIGAF 😂😂

He was “The Reject” Shannon Moore in WWE-ECW. www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiVgIGh4sHrAhVLlXIEHSf9BvoQjhx6BAgBEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D4SNBKeklfOU&psig=AOvVaw2UzJMf9cugyWsEqY2koth6&ust=1598837024267624

@Ethan k he wasn’t a Juggalo at the time.

Who??

That's Jeff Hardy's stoner friend for ya

so true lol but next time just combine all four of your comments. Unnecssary to write 4 separate when you can easily put them in 1 comment

Don't know if it's true or not but people have said that WWE people wouldn't Jim Ross was not there to hear it thought that what Ed Ferrara was saying was funny even the bells palsy stuff I of course do not

English please

@@tomwigal8856 as Stone Cold said "WHAT?"

@@josephwilson5509 sorry didn't check my voice text before sending what I meant was people in the WWE would listen to him do JR and they thought it was funny as hell probably did not add the Bell's palsy while he did it for them it was in bad taste

I don't know, they had Dustin Rhodes as a child abductor named 7

2020 the year of wwe copycatting wcw copycatting them in 2000

He wasnt a ripoff tho. Terrible crosspromotion, but a relatively new, crappy, idea.

Hell that's a GOOD thing.

Lol

nah, more like Michael Jackson

Maybe after she had a shit ton of plastic surgery done. Look at early attitude era Chyna in comparison with Playboy Chyna. It looks like 2 different women. She got off the gas and had her jaw and cheeks shaved down. So her look became more "feminine" in that respect. At least Asya looked like a woman while gassed up...

Whoo whoo whooo this isn't a competition they both have lovely bottoms

@Bryan Mack That's the era he's talking about, as apposed to 1997 or 1998 Chyna.

I'd rather drink piss than eat shit but that doesn't mean I want either for dinner

Considering it was bestowed upon Flair after Flair’s near death plane crash incident, when he was no longer a mountain of beefy man, with the approval of Buddy Rogers, which Flair noted, he only accepted to adopt the “Nature Boy” gimmick as a tribute to one of the, if not THE greatest wrestler in the history of the business. Meaning, Flair didn’t steal shit bub. If you’re gonna act like an advocate to wrestling history, learn more than just what Grunge has to say about wrestling.

@@venomizedcarnage6532 Buddy Rodgers, or Bruno Samartino, or Gorgeous George. Take your pick

@@blackflagsnroses6013 did you not read what I said? Flair took on the persona after Buddy Rogers gave it to him. Bruno and George have nothing to do with this.

Every cloud has a silver lining

You have taken the right decision twice in ur life already

Just stop watching. Everything sucks.

Marks

That was Vince Russo's homeboy, Ed Ferraro.

Jim Cornette spit in Ed's face.. LOL! He didn't like the Oklahoma character one bit.. Mocking JR illness was below the belt though..

Wcw did well before this but wwe buying it messed itself too because now there's no one else competing except AEW so there's a stagnant point for wrestling since 2006 at the latest so wcw did well for 5 yrs or so until russo got there

Tony Schiavone admitted in a shoot that he believes that to be the problem with WCW in 2000, why watch a duplicate when you can watch the original.

1995

Yeah booker was booker waaaaaay before rocky was the rock

named "Paisley", a point to Prince's Paisley Park.

He definetly left that out not sure how he missed that.