Fall Brawl (2000) was the eighth and final
Fall Brawl professional wrestling
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pay-per-view (PPV)
event
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produced by
World Championship Wrestling
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(WCW). The event took place on September 17, 2000 from the
HSBC Arena
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in
Buffalo, New York
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. It would be the final Fall Brawl event before the company folded and was purchased by rival promotion
World Wrestling Federation
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(WWF) in March 2001.
Storylines
The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and
storylines. Wrestlers portrayed
villains
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,
heroes
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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.
Event
The
main event
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was a
Caged Heat match, in which
Kevin Nash
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defended the title against
Booker T. Booker defeated Nash to win the title. Notable matches on the
undercard
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were
Scott Steiner
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versus
Goldberg in a
no disqualification match
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,
Mike Awesome
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versus
Jeff Jarrett
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Beginning his career in his father ...
in a
Bunkhouse Brawl
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and
Sting versus
The Great Muta
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and
Vampiro
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in a
Triangle match and a
ten-person elimination match between
Filthy Animals
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Concept
The plan for the stable was to be WCW's version of the World Wrestling Federation's D-Generation X.Guerrero, Eddie. ''Cheating ...
and
Natural Born Thrillers
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, which was stopped when Animals' teammate
Paul Orndorff
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was injured during the match. The next night on ''
Nitro
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'', the elimination match was resumed with the remaining competitors,
Rey Misterio, Jr. and
Tygress of
The Filthy Animals
The Filthy Animals were a professional wrestling faction in World Championship Wrestling from 1999 until 2001.
Concept
The plan for the stable was to be WCW's version of the World Wrestling Federation's D-Generation X.Guerrero, Eddie. ''Cheatin ...
and
Mike Sanders,
Chuck Palumbo
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,
Sean O'Haire
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,
Mark Jindrak
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and
Shawn Stasiak
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of
The Natural Born Thrillers
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History
The Natural Born Thrillers were made up of seven young wrest ...
in which the Filthy Animals won by pinfall after Tygress hit a facebuster on Mike Sanders.
Reception
In 2019, Thomas Hall of Wrestling Rumors gave the event a rating of C-, stating, "Overall, this is the best pay per view they’ve done in a long time because they’re getting closer to having a balance between the insanity and an actual show. The show is still far from actually good, but at least they’re not making me spend an hour going on about how horrible the show was or how it broke the rules of wrestling. Somehow, that’s a major step forward for them, which is really sad to think about."
Results
Filthy Animals vs. Natural Born Thrillers eliminations
Aftermath
Scott Steiner's high-profile win over Goldberg at Fall Brawl catapulted him into
main event
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status and he became a top contender for the
WCW World Heavyweight Championship
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. Steiner faced the champion Booker T for the title at the following month's pay-per-view
Halloween Havoc
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It was originally produced as an annual pay-per-view ...
, where he lost by
disqualification.
References
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Events in Buffalo, New York
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September 2000 events in the United States
2000 World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events