5 Worst Wrestling Matches Of 2000

#4 Kevin Nash vs. Goldberg vs. Scott Steiner – WCW New Blood Rising 2000

Have you ever wanted to see a match that completely destroys the credibility of wrestling as entertainment? Well look no further. This dreadful match was one of many Vince Russo ‘worked/shoot’ style matches where the line between reality and kayfabe was blurred. The problem was that the line wasn’t only blurred here; the actual realism of the action was thrown completely out the window.

The entire contest was made to look like a ‘shoot’ but only ended up making a mockery of wrestling altogether. Not only did Goldberg enter the arena after the match had already started (this was intentional), but he also dead-weighted Goldberg on the Jackknife Powerbomb (also intentional) and left the ring, flipping off Vince Russo (who was on-stage) as he left.

As if this attempt to show ‘realism’ wasn’t bad enough, the commentators tried to explain to the fans that Goldberg was being unprofessional for not taking Nash’s finisher. Tony Schiavone even said that the powerbomb ‘was by design’, and then later praised Scott Steiner for being ‘professional’ when he took the Jackknife.

In summary, WCW booked a match that made it as explicit as possible that wrestling is fake. While most people knew this by 2000, no wrestling company had ever made that truth so blatantly obvious.

That decision destroyed WCW’s credibility even further, as it left more people wondering what the point of WCW programming was if everything was fake and they as fans had nothing to cheer for if all the moves were ‘by design’.

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