CyberSlam (2000) was the fifth and final CyberSlam

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produced by

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(ECW). The event took place on April 22, 2000 at the

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. The scheduled

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of CyberSlam saw ECW mainstay

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defeat

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to win his first

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. Taz, who had signed with the

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earlier that year, won the championship from

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, who had signed with

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. As Dreamer celebrated his victory,

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attacked him before challenging him to an impromptu match. Credible defeated Dreamer after

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turned on him, ending Dreamer's title reign just a few minutes after it had begun.

Storylines

The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed

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, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches played out on ECW's television program '' Hardcore TV''. The event featured continuation of several rivalries including the feud between

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and Da Baldies (

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and

Vic Grimes Victor Grimes (born January 3, 1963) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Grimes began his wre ...

) which had been going on since late 1999. On the April 14 episode of ''ECW on TNN'',

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defeated

Super Crazy Francisco Islas Rueda (born December 3, 1973), better known by his ring name Super Crazy, is a Mexican ''luchador'' (or professional wrestler). In Mexico, Islas has worked for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and made appearances f ...

and

Little Guido James Maritato (born March 12, 1972) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the ring names Little Guido and Nunzio. A high-school footb ...

in a

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to win the World Television Championship. After the win,

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announced that Tajiri would hand over the title to

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at CyberSlam.

Event

Preliminary matches

In the opening match,

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and

2 Cold Scorpio Charles Bernard Scaggs (born October 25, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name 2 Cold Scorpio (sometimes spelled Too Cold Scorpio). He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling, Extrem ...

returned to ECW to compete against each other. Tanaka nailed a ''Diamond Dust'' to Scorpio for the win. Next,

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and

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took on

Lance Storm Lance Timothy Evers (; born April 3, 1969), known professionally by his ring name Lance Storm, is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Extreme Championship Wrestling (EC ...

and

Dawn Marie Dawn Marie Psaltis (born November 3, 1970) is an American actress, nurse and a retired professional wrestler and professional wrestling valet. She is perhaps best known for her appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and the Smac ...

in a mixed tag team match.

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and

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got involved in the match and began brawling with each other. Nova attempted to execute a ''Kryptonite Krunch'' on Storm but Credible

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ed Nova and then Nova and Storm both fell on the mat and Storm's neck landed badly. Jazz attempted a kneeling reverse piledriver on Marie but Credible caned her and Marie pinned Jazz for the win. Next, a

took place between

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and

. Crazy hit a

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to Kash to cause the first elimination of the match. After a back and forth match between Crazy and Guido, Sal E. Graziano got involved who launched Crazy on a

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and Guido drove Crazy through the table by diving from Graziano's shoulders onto the table outside the ring. Guido then hit a ''Maritado'' for the win. Next was a tag team match, pitting

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against The New Dangerous Alliance (

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and C. W. Anderson). Roadkill was about to hit an '' Amish Splash'' on Wiles but Anderson clocked him with Lou E. Dangerously's cell phone to knock him out. Anderson then hit an ''Anderson Spinebuster'' to Doring for the win. After the match, Roadkill ripped off Elektra's coat, revealing her undergarments and Roadkill was about to hit an ''Amish Splash'' on Elektra until Da Baldies ( DeVito and

) attacked Roadkill and shoved him from the top onto the table.

then made the save and brawled with Da Baldies. After a back and forth brawl, Jack hit a '' 187'' on DeVito for the win. After the match, Angel attacked Jack until

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returned to ECW and made the save.

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and

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conducted an interview with

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and

Jack Victory Kenneth Rinehurst (born July 3, 1964) is an American professional wrestler and manager, better known by his ring name, Jack Victory. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with the Universal Wrestling Federation and the World Class Wrestli ...

in the ring.

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then attacked Corino to begin a match between the two. Victory hit a cowbell in the head of Rhodes and Corino wrapped the bullrope around his elbow and nailed an

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to Rhodes for the win. After the match, Victory set up tables in the ring and

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showed up to fight Corino and Victory.

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came to Sandman's rescue after he was being assaulted by Corino.

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stormed to the ring and drove both Sandman and Peaches through a table with a Spinebuster.

then came and demanded that

hand over the World Television Championship to

. Tajiri refused and Rhino attacked Tajiri to begin a match for the title. Tajiri thwarted Corino and Victory's interference, allowing Rhino to hit two consecutive Piledrivers to Tajiri to win the title. After the match,

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attacked Network members and cleared the ring of them. Cyrus then announced that RVD would face

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Main event match

In the main event,

defended the World Heavyweight Championship against

. Dreamer pinned Taz with a sunset flip. After the match, Taz applauded Dreamer and presented him with the title belt and cut a promo in which he praised Dreamer and congratulated him on winning the title. Several wrestlers congratulated him on the title win and then left.

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and

remained in the ring to celebrate the win until Justin Credible came along with Jason and attacked both Dreamer and Raven. He then threw down the

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belt and challenged Dreamer to an immediate match for the World Heavyweight Championship, which Dreamer accepted. Dreamer was about to deliver a '' Dreamer Driver'' to Credible until Jason distracted the referee and Francine turned on Dreamer by low blowing him, allowing Credible to nail a ''

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'' to Dreamer to win the title.

Aftermath

Lance Storm confronted Justin Credible on disrespecting the World Tag Team Championship on the May 5 episode of ''ECW on TNN''. This would lead to a title match between the two at

, where Credible defeated Storm to retain the title. Storm then left ECW and Credible moved onto a feud with former champion Tommy Dreamer, who faced Credible for the title in a

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, where Credible retained the title against Dreamer.

Results

References

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