The 2000 Great American Bash was the 10th

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(PPV)

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produced by

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(WCW), and 14th Great American Bash event overall. It took place on June 11, 2000, at the

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. This was the eighth and final Great American Bash held at this venue after the

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, and

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

events. This was the final Great American Bash event produced by WCW as in March 2001, WCW's assets were acquired by the

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(WWF); the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002. In

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, WWE revived The Great American Bash as their own annual PPV event. It was also the final non-WWF PPV held at this arena until

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(AEW) held Full Gear in 2019.

Production

Background

The Great American Bash The Great American Bash is a professional wrestling event held during the summer and has been produced by the American promotion WWE since 2004; since 2020, it has been held as an annual event for WWE's developmental brand, NXT. Created by Dus ...

is a

event established in 1985. It was first produced by the

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's (NWA)

Jim Crockett Promotions Jim Crockett Promotions, at times branded as Eastern States Championship Wrestling and Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, is a Family business, family-owned professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United Sta ...

(JCP) and aired on

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before becoming a

event in 1988; JCP was rebranded as

(WCW) later that same year. WCW then seceded from the NWA in 1991. The 2000 event was the 10th Great American Bash event promoted by WCW and 14th overall. It took place on June 11, 2000 at the

. This was the eighth Great American Bash held at this venue after the

, and

events.

Storylines

The event featured

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that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Professional wrestlers portray

villains A villain (also known as a " black hat", "bad guy" or "baddy"; The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.126 "baddy (also baddie) noun (pl. -ies) ''informal'' a villain or criminal in a book, film, etc.". the feminine form is villai ...

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, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Event

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put

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through three tables at the same time to win. The first wrestler to put their opponent through three tables would win the match.

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pinned

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after hitting him with

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to become number one contender to the

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. If Hogan had lost, he would have had to retire. If

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had lost his match, he would have had to retire.

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set

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on fire to win the match.

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pinned

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after a

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from Goldberg.

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was guest bellringer, Rey Misterio Jr. was guest timekeeper, Disqo was guest beltkeeper,

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was guest ring announcer. After the match, Goldberg joined

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Reception

In 2017, Kevin Pantoja of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 1.0 xtremely Horrendous stating, "I’ve now reviewed half the WCW PPVs in 2000 and the highest score one has gotten was 3.5/10. This was rough. When the best match involves David Flair, you know your show is in trouble. Two DUDs and two matches went into negative stars. That’s never a good thing. Not only was the wrestling bad, but nothing made sense. There were random turns for oreason (Goldberg and Kanyon), stupid stunts (Sting and Booker), overbooking, a lame circle cage match and stipulations that were wrongly done (Tables match). A giant mess."

Aftermath

The 2000 Great American Bash was the final Great American Bash held by WCW, as in March 2001, the

(WWF) purchased WCW. In 2002, the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and in

, WWE revived The Great American Bash as their own annual PPV. This was also the final non-WWF/E event at this venue until 2019 when startup promotion

held Full Gear at this venue, which was then renamed to Royal Farms Arena, now known as the CFG Bank Arena.

Results

References

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