Armageddon was legit the biggest PPV of 2000. Back then wrestlemania was a lot less hype, and the other PPVs of the year could be and often were much bigger and better than wrestlemania. It was at X7 they began this big hype train of "omg it's the Superbowl/world series of wrestling" and having black and white shots of Freddie Blassie and Gorilla Monsoon etc. And after 20 years of that leading up till today, it's made wrestlemania this absolutely awesome amazing giant event that is the hypest moment of my year every year. But it's come at the cost of every other PPV now feeling no bigger than a Raw or Smackdown. They're all throwaway, even ones like Summerslam. Well all of them except royal rumble, but that's mainly hype because it's directly connected to wrestlemania so it absorbs that hype. But in 2000 both Armageddon and Backlash felt much bigger than Wrestlemania that year. I think it's a shame. It's definitely a good thing that wrestlemania feels so epic now, but I wish the other PPVs didn't feel so throwaway The Hell in a Cell with 6 men inside felt like the absolute biggest match I'd ever seen in my life. The 2 men HIAC matches already were huge deals but this one was gonna be the biggest match I'd ever see. And it was, until a couple years later when Hogan v Rock happened. But yeah to 10 year old me, Armageddon 2000 was hands down my favourite PPV
12:36 - I just learned today by looking it up that after getting canned by the WWF in early 2001, Road Dogg showed up backstage at WCW looking for a job... on _March 26,_ the day of the last Nitro. Apparently he had no idea the WWF had bought the company 3 days prior.
"For the first time in twenty years, I'm going to watch this show..." No, dummy, it's from the year 2000. That was only...*does math*...oh god...*re-checks math*....oh no...
Rikishi said in an interview that they did the spot in rehearsal, but the truck didn't have sides on it. So when the truck comes down on the PPV with sides, he became horrified but did the spot anyway
For a big guy Rikishi actually has two pretty iconic high spots under that large belt of his. His superfly splash against Val in the steel cage, and getting choke slammed onto the truck here. Respect to him for taking those bumps.
By the way, Rikishi's spot was still dangerous. A foot to the left or the right and he hits the side of that truck, which I imagine would at best hurt like hell.
@PolarisCastillo huge risk for sure. But I guess if I was gonna do something like that I'd feel better with Undertaker being the guy up there with me. He'd have done everything he could to guide Rikishi as safely as possible. The two had been close friends for years.
11:14 It was a Bulldog onto the table but the table didn't break. So like a big Indy Geek they just repeated the spot but with Jericho on the other side. Hence the switch in the edit
It's kind of crazy to me that they would cut that out, because in my opinion those sorts of botches just makes the match feel even more violent and visceral.
IDK this use of Hell in a Cell felt pretty flat. And we had the WrestleMania dud with Undertaker and Big Boss Man prior, and a couple of random Raw Cell matches so...I don't think it had as much meaning back then either.
@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 What meaning did Triple H vs. Nash have? What meaning did Jericho vs. Triple H have? Nash fought for the World Title literally at the next PPV at SummerSlam and Triple H vs. Jericho was a crap feud more focused on Stephanie McMahon than anything Jericho related.
Road Dogg really needed to leave. Not only did he look out of place with the younger, more vibrant stars coming up the ladder, but his schtick was old to WWF fans. He just wasn’t getting it done anymore.
@@kevinchadwick9644 You're correct that X-Pac was also out of place AND Road Dogg having a drug problem that cost him his job. As for Billy Gunn, he slowly fell into the trap of "the more you stay in this company, the more you will de-value yourself".
I like both Road Dogg and X-Pac but I've always felt that Road Dogg had overstayed his welcome by July of 2000, and X-Pac I felt could slot in almost anywhere but also overstayed his welcome by 2002 maybe even late 01
@@theghostofthomasjenkins9643 simple, the matchtype hides his severe shortcomings in the ring. I simply dislike punch kick shite. You already got rock for that in there. Give me eddy, jericho, benoit, regal
@@theghostofthomasjenkins9643 simple, the matchtype hides his severe shortcomings in the ring. I simply dislike punch kick shite. You already got rock for that in there. Give me eddy, jericho, benoit, regal
@@Neithan02 so you'd take out the biggest star ever in wrestling for a midcarder? again, that's just silly. it's a good thing you don't book wrestling for real.
They didn’t care about him until they heard he was from Mobile, then they were pretty hot for him throughout the match - so it’s kinda a belated pop for Holly, but ultimately about Mobile, Alabama either way.
This wasn't a climatic payoff to anything. Triple H & Austin still feuded after this, Kurt was still the heel champ after this, Rikishi was still heeling it up after this. This cell settled nothing!
"Always Pounding Ass" Probably dozens of people signed off on that shirt before it went into production, and not a single one of them picked up on that? Man, dudes can be oblivious to innuendo sometimes.
@@JM1993951 Same. I think promoters should only do those 1 fall finish matches in 3-6 way dances if there's stipulations involved like loser leaves town or if wrestler #4 loses he can't use a rematch clause.
Just got hip to wwe subscription last nite. Watching all the matches I can. Went on a LA Parka binge last nite and can't wait to watch more action in the squared circle.
The fact that WWE still has 6-man Hell In A Cell matches in their video games says something, in my opinion... 20-something years later & you can still partake in creating your own 6-man craziness in this type of pro wrestling match.
I found it weird that Vince wanted to protect “investments” all of a sudden, but he was ok with putting out hits on the Texas Rattlesnake, one of the biggest draws of all time, every single week.
Its a simple concept in kayfabe...... Heel Vince had his favoured guys that he wanted on top, but in a 6 man HIAC with all his top stars; if they all got hurt at once there'd be no main enters to promote the following month.
This was my first PPV! It aired on free TV in my country, and I stayed up all night on a school night to watch the whole thing... AND THEY DIDN'T AIR THE MAIN EVENT.
My first PPV I watched was WM17 and I watched the entire thing at a friends house and my mom called ny friends house on the 11th hour to get are asses home because the next night was a school night, needless to say the last match was Austin vs Rock 2 and we obviously missed it😭😭😭😭😭
Hell in a Cell, Armageddon 2000. Still up there as the greatest match I've ever watched as a rabid 9 year old WWF fan. The image of SCSA dragging HHH's face on the cell walls, bloody and iconic.
its tied with ecws born to be wireds no rope barbed wire match between sabu and terry funk for the ecw world championship on august 9th 1997 as my all time favourite hardcore style match the wwf armageddon 2000 6 way hell in a cell for the wwf title between HHH, Rikishi, Kurt angle (Champion), Undertaker, The Rock And "Stone Cold" Steve Austin on sunday december 10th 2000, though one of my favourite non hardcore matches has to be the four way dance at ecw heatwave 2000 july 2000 between little guido, psychosis, tajiri and i can't remember the 4th guy thats such a match check it out its a classic
"Stephanie McMahon took over from Chris Kreski as Head of Creative." And things have never been the same since. This is basically the end of WWE's golden era.
I'm not surprised Rikishi didn't last much longer , because he didn't take just one dive off the top of the cage, he took TWO in the same year. This and the splash he gave Val Venis at Fully Loaded. Absolute madman and mad respect to Papa Uso!
I will always love the opening package for this particular PPV. It combined the vocals of Jim Johnston with archival war footage to really sell the six-man HIAC as something truly devastating and almost apocalyptic. WWE did know how to produce some quality video packages back in the day.
I'm kinda glad Brian was honest about the HIAC match. I remember being completely disappointed by it at the time and found Rikishis 'chokeslam' by Taker to be the softcore version of Foleys Fall. I was furious Angle won too. He had go away heat with me back then. I was even bored by the last man standing match too. I enjoyed the 6 person opener alot more than later matches if I'm honest
man i wish you would do these once a week instead of 2 a month.....i know it takes researching but i watch this playlist every single day....please do more!!!! lol!! best wrestling channel out there.
Flying into a truck bed that was padded with hay (and probably an air bladder underneath) was probably a lot cushier than taking a bump in the ring. All Rikishi had to do was not get impaled. Lol
Time flies man. I requested my dad to buy this ppv for me. I was huge taker fan and was hoping he will win the gold. Kurt won the freaking match. Next day conversation at school was gold.
They only do Smackdown here. The last events I attended was when AJ and Daniel fought in the concession stands. Devon was holding fans back and he pushed me out of the way, which was kinda cool, and when the fiend cut Daniel's hair off!
0:21 - WWE has a Doors knockoff song already in their library and they don't make it the entrance music of the guy literally named after Jim Morrison, smh
The HIAC is remembered so fondly because you have arguably the 2 biggest baby faces ever, along with the greatest character ever (not this biker version, but still Taker, along with 2 legends in Angle and HHH... and I mean hey, Rikishi
King calling Ivory Butterface such a weak insult. I get it she's a heel he's doing face? commentary but Ivory was underrated for her work imo 1 of the most attractive members of roster at the time. Ivory was great and could work.
Ivory was underrated in her day, in more ways than one. And King always had to go to women’s looks to insult them. It got really tiresome after awhile.
@@michaelsinger4638 I agree I just laughed hearing that it was silly and I'm probably a little biased since I had a crush on Ivory/Tina Ferrari since her days in GLOW and LLPW.
I am looking forward to the No Way Out review. Ever since last time when Brian announced he was doing Armageddon 2000, I was hoping for No Way Out. After that we will have a six month stretch of Classic PPV Reviews from Survivor Series 2000 to Backlash 2001. I kinda want to make a chronological order playlist for each company to help see storylines play out.
I think they probably spent a bit too much time brawling around ringside early on in the Cell match. Also Rikishi aside, there weren’t any particularly memorable spots or bumps here either. I will say Triple H was bumping his ass of for most of this match so, kudos to him.
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I remember the next day at school everyone was mad kurt angle won. No one predicted it
"OH IT'S TRUE!"
Spoiler lol jk
Haha was so annoyed he won. Really wanted Rock to win
Yup, that was me 😄
Same here, he had go away heat with me at the time until I grew up a bit n appreciated his actual talent n skill lol.
The fact that they have yet to take out the Armageddon Hell In a Cell option in WWE games is a testament in itself to that era.
It has to stay. That'd be like removing the Shelton Benjamin ladder spot from the games.
"I'm gonna drink a big glass of milk, eat some chocolate chip cookies, and then maybe take three Viagra!" That is one of my all time favorite promos 😂
Look up “the rock ytp” and watch the videos by “The TH-cam Pooper” if you’ve never seen them... you won’t regret it
@@NewNormalWorldOrder “I’m gonna drink a big ass glass of Viagra!”
"I did it for the Rock. I did it for the People. I did it... shut up you thong-wearing fatty!"
@@Bobcat205YES THE YTP
“The Rock with a Him Bottom......”
I’m dead.
21:37 “The Rocky Flop”
That was corny
@@sykosteve777 NGL, I didnt get it at first lmao, but now I chuckled
It would be an awesome name for a finisher used by someone with a himbo gimmick.
I dont get it
I love these trips down memory lane.
Or call it Memory Zane for these.
@@kevaninthe4135
No.
Bad.
These Reviews are fun to enjoy
Truth, I haven't watched any reviews past 2012 with an exception of a few lol
Definetly not the person I expected to see in the comments
Armageddon, with the main event that's the culmination of every wrestlers story though the year.
Past couple of years if you think about it; all of the intertwined stories, all the rivalries past and present. It's awesome.
Or in Rikishi's case, two months...
@@anthonylayton724 nbbbbhbb
@@JeremyBearimy913 rikishi really sticks out loke a sore thumb compared to everyone else
Armageddon was legit the biggest PPV of 2000. Back then wrestlemania was a lot less hype, and the other PPVs of the year could be and often were much bigger and better than wrestlemania. It was at X7 they began this big hype train of "omg it's the Superbowl/world series of wrestling" and having black and white shots of Freddie Blassie and Gorilla Monsoon etc. And after 20 years of that leading up till today, it's made wrestlemania this absolutely awesome amazing giant event that is the hypest moment of my year every year. But it's come at the cost of every other PPV now feeling no bigger than a Raw or Smackdown. They're all throwaway, even ones like Summerslam. Well all of them except royal rumble, but that's mainly hype because it's directly connected to wrestlemania so it absorbs that hype.
But in 2000 both Armageddon and Backlash felt much bigger than Wrestlemania that year. I think it's a shame. It's definitely a good thing that wrestlemania feels so epic now, but I wish the other PPVs didn't feel so throwaway
The Hell in a Cell with 6 men inside felt like the absolute biggest match I'd ever seen in my life. The 2 men HIAC matches already were huge deals but this one was gonna be the biggest match I'd ever see. And it was, until a couple years later when Hogan v Rock happened. But yeah to 10 year old me, Armageddon 2000 was hands down my favourite PPV
12:36 - I just learned today by looking it up that after getting canned by the WWF in early 2001, Road Dogg showed up backstage at WCW looking for a job... on _March 26,_ the day of the last Nitro. Apparently he had no idea the WWF had bought the company 3 days prior.
@Ethan k which one was that?
@Ethan k Thanks, I will need to go back to it, I've seen most of those shows, but....I don't remember that story off hand. That's wild.
Talk about an awkward situation.
"For the first time in twenty years, I'm going to watch this show..."
No, dummy, it's from the year 2000. That was only...*does math*...oh god...*re-checks math*....oh no...
21.
typo time.
@@BenDowdy happened dec 10, so closer to 20.
@@BenDowdy it was probably recorded in 2020 though
He may have last watched it in 2001. But yeah, we're getting old.
An Army of Hebners... think of the amount of T-Shirts they could sell.
I see what you did there
@@thesfdoctor3603 If this is about:" selling" then I didn´t intend to do that
*mainly from Hebners car*
A band called Army of Hebners could call their first album "I screwed Bret"
I pity the fans who don’t get this joke.
Rikishi said in an interview that they did the spot in rehearsal, but the truck didn't have sides on it. So when the truck comes down on the PPV with sides, he became horrified but did the spot anyway
That's so typical WWE too.....reckless honestly.....lucky he didn't die.
For a big guy Rikishi actually has two pretty iconic high spots under that large belt of his. His superfly splash against Val in the steel cage, and getting choke slammed onto the truck here. Respect to him for taking those bumps.
@@KingKhanate1997 pushed, not chokeslammed.
I think I heard from an interview that Rikishi shoot broke his hip from that truck bump.
By the way, Rikishi's spot was still dangerous. A foot to the left or the right and he hits the side of that truck, which I imagine would at best hurt like hell.
Not only that...but he did it without looking. He had to completely trust Taker, who couldn't possibly know how he'd land.
@PolarisCastillo huge risk for sure. But I guess if I was gonna do something like that I'd feel better with Undertaker being the guy up there with me. He'd have done everything he could to guide Rikishi as safely as possible. The two had been close friends for years.
J.R. saying Benoit has an "NFL linebacker mentality" is all kind of poorly aged yikes
XFL*
@@adaptivegaming5794 Yeah sure, because that makes it A WHOLE LOT BETTER
>:(
Big CTE vibes oof
Vince sacrificed the benoits. That's why sketchy things went on.
@@daedaethomas47 no one sacrificed him he was a drug addict that snapped people do it all the time
THE END IS HERE.......on a Wednesday of all days
@Jim Cornette Are you finally here to forgive your Kayfabe son?
When I hear The End Is Here, I think of Armageddon and Karrion Kross.
"Valentine's Day. Bummer."- Peter Venkman
Who could forget when Undertaker "chokeslammed" Rikishi off the top of the cell
I don't care if it was meticulously planned... Rikishi was NUTS to do this. If something goes even slightly wrong, he is DEAD.
I looked at it as him going back into his '90-'92 Deadman bag and choking the soul out of Rikishi and letting gravity do the rest.
The American Bad-Ass put chokeslam on rikishi on top of the Cell? Get the Shit out of Here!!!!!!
I can't , I was there , it looked rough
It was more of a push... let’s be honest
This PPV is mostly remembered for the Rock mocking all his opponents in one promo.
And let’s be honest it a great promo.
@@frozyre7854 I’m gonna drink a big ass glass of viagra
@@adamuber41219 Drink some milk and take three viagra. That’s the line.
@@logd27 not the TH-cam poop line lmao
That promo is amazing "I'm going to drink a big glass of milk, bake some cookies and then I'll take 3 viagra"
It was a great promo but I believe this PPV is mostly remembered for what happened in the thumbnail, in my opinion.
Gotta give HHH props for taking a lot of bumps too. He sold them well
“The straw that ruptured the camel’s spleen.” I don’t know why that made me laugh so much 😂
I mean at this point, you might as well do No Way Out 2001 to connect all the ppvs from here to Mania 17.
He also reviewed Survivor Series 2000 and Backlash 2001, so from Survivor Series to Backlash, 6 PPVs.
Thats literally what he said at the end of the video.
I want to Trish Stratus VS Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley match tell me who's the dominate female in the WWF? 👩🏻👱🏻♀️😾😾
That main event was probably one of my top 3 favorite matches of all time.
@@BostonsF1nest The last great Hell in a Cell match. Not single one in 20 years since came close to Foley's "swan song".
11:14 It was a Bulldog onto the table but the table didn't break. So like a big Indy Geek they just repeated the spot but with Jericho on the other side. Hence the switch in the edit
Thank you
It's kind of crazy to me that they would cut that out, because in my opinion those sorts of botches just makes the match feel even more violent and visceral.
Did you read it in his book?
I was there ..I remember the barrels getting knocked over early
fan: why did you threw Rikishi from the top of the cell
undertaker: i did it for the Rock
When “Hell in a Cell” meant something and brought excitement ..
I mean, they had two on episodes of Raw with no build. How much did it mean then?
@Kelltron Probably talking about the stipulation in general rather than the individual match.
IDK this use of Hell in a Cell felt pretty flat. And we had the WrestleMania dud with Undertaker and Big Boss Man prior, and a couple of random Raw Cell matches so...I don't think it had as much meaning back then either.
@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 What meaning did Triple H vs. Nash have? What meaning did Jericho vs. Triple H have? Nash fought for the World Title literally at the next PPV at SummerSlam and Triple H vs. Jericho was a crap feud more focused on Stephanie McMahon than anything Jericho related.
@@SteRDLKcope
Road Dogg really needed to leave. Not only did he look out of place with the younger, more vibrant stars coming up the ladder, but his schtick was old to WWF fans. He just wasn’t getting it done anymore.
I agree also did he have a problem with drugs at the time I felt that x pac also felt out of place billy Gunn should of worked more
@@kevinchadwick9644 You're correct that X-Pac was also out of place AND Road Dogg having a drug problem that cost him his job.
As for Billy Gunn, he slowly fell into the trap of "the more you stay in this company, the more you will de-value yourself".
@Ethan k that's hilarious, how did you respond to the phone call?
I like both Road Dogg and X-Pac but I've always felt that Road Dogg had overstayed his welcome by July of 2000, and X-Pac I felt could slot in almost anywhere but also overstayed his welcome by 2002 maybe even late 01
In the end, Road Dogg needed to leave WWF, because its mid-card division was not going to grow with him still there.
That Dudley's/RTC promo is a hidden gem: "then I don't want to be right!"
“We love right to censor” such a gooder
Nia should wear that "Always Pounding Ass" shirt next week.
"I'm pretty sure Chyna's had worse bumps than that"
I mean Jericho smashed her fingers with a hammer that one time lol
Just Imagine these 6 WWF Superstars in a Elmination Chamber Match. Would have been great to see Rock and Austin waiting to be released from a pod
Replace kish and austin with workrate wrestlers and maybe
@@Neithan02 of all people, why take austin out? that's just silly.
@@theghostofthomasjenkins9643 simple, the matchtype hides his severe shortcomings in the ring. I simply dislike punch kick shite. You already got rock for that in there. Give me eddy, jericho, benoit, regal
@@theghostofthomasjenkins9643 simple, the matchtype hides his severe shortcomings in the ring. I simply dislike punch kick shite. You already got rock for that in there. Give me eddy, jericho, benoit, regal
@@Neithan02 so you'd take out the biggest star ever in wrestling for a midcarder? again, that's just silly. it's a good thing you don't book wrestling for real.
“A flying nothing “ brilliant
OSW said it first
@@andrewphillips6241 They definitely didn't.
I remember the crowd popping for "Mobile Alabama" and not for Hardcore Holly.
They didn’t care about him until they heard he was from Mobile, then they were pretty hot for him throughout the match - so it’s kinda a belated pop for Holly, but ultimately about Mobile, Alabama either way.
I was scrolling to find this, I was like damn that's kinda sad
Rock's promo was iconic
I did it for The Rock
When The Rock wore Austin's hunting cap, I lost it. :)
@@kenterminateddq5311 same here
What’s more iconic are the YTPs that were made out of it.
I’m gonna drink a big glass of milk.
"The Rock with a Him Bottom". LOVE IT!!!
Member when Hell in a Cell was used for climactic payoffs and not just a forced timed event every year 🙃
Yes like Undertaker vs Big Bossman, and Kane vs Mankind on an episode of Raw.
This wasn't a climatic payoff to anything. Triple H & Austin still feuded after this, Kurt was still the heel champ after this, Rikishi was still heeling it up after this. This cell settled nothing!
The 6 man hell in a cell is one of my favourite matches of all time
2000 was such a good year, Rock absolutely bossed that year. My favourite ever year and wrestler in wrestling
Personally think that 2003 rock is the best rock
Lol you mean triple h bossed 2000
@@meatypatte7125 rock barely wrestled in 2003
@@JK-hu4lu yeah the only rivalries that are better imo is rock vs Austin Undertaker vs Kane Triple h vs Shawn Michaels and randy orton vs John cena
@@beasting678 the promos tho
"Always Pounding Ass"
Probably dozens of people signed off on that shirt before it went into production, and not a single one of them picked up on that?
Man, dudes can be oblivious to innuendo sometimes.
In your endo
Oh, trust me they were not oblivious
You kidding? That dumb idea probably got someone promoted.
Bet they knew so that is why the did it lol
I'm still begging WWE to release the Sweet Home Alabama cover they did for this event. IT'S BEEN 21 YEARS!
Release the theme on Uncaged already, WWE!
It’s 20 years. December 2021 would then make it 21 years
So? You round up in wrestling.
@@rustedthunder6488 Yes, where 6ft 6 Test is billed as 7ft and 5ft 6 Adam Cole is billed as 6ft
"Calls Ivory a butterface"
Not the woman who still looks great in her 60's. 🤣
Ivory has aged amazingly. If anything she's better looking now compared to 20 years ago.
She was too old for him...
I haven't watched wrestling for about 21 years, but I absolutely LOVE these classic reviews. Great job!
That fake The Doors song has been in my head for 20 years
Was the lack of structure to this match what led to the creation, ultimately, of the Elimination Chamber? Because that's basically HitC+Structure.
Personally, I don’t like 6 man matches with only one fall. I much prefer an elimination format.
Probably lol. He could've just had Wargames but ya know... Vinnie doesn't like things he didn't make from his grapefruits 😂
@@JM1993951 Same. I think promoters should only do those 1 fall finish matches in 3-6 way dances if there's stipulations involved like loser leaves town or if wrestler #4 loses he can't use a rematch clause.
I think the chamber was a sort of response to the War Wargames but maybe
@@seinenwax94jr9 That makes no sense.... If you did a loser leaves town in a 1-fall, 6-man match then 5 people would have to leave.
Just got hip to wwe subscription last nite. Watching all the matches I can. Went on a LA Parka binge last nite and can't wait to watch more action in the squared circle.
The ole LA Parka binge huh......it happens to the best of us!
@@brianwhitt5331 haha. Yep. A Good ol fashioned LA Parka binge.
@@lordswine7962 better get nbc premium before it’s to late
La Parka? Niiiiiice
Hell yeah!! I'm about to binge too lol
The fact that WWE still has 6-man Hell In A Cell matches in their video games says something, in my opinion...
20-something years later & you can still partake in creating your own 6-man craziness in this type of pro wrestling match.
I found it weird that Vince wanted to protect “investments” all of a sudden, but he was ok with putting out hits on the Texas Rattlesnake, one of the biggest draws of all time, every single week.
In three months time he puts together two of his biggest stars to try and end the career of The Rock.
Its a simple concept in kayfabe...... Heel Vince had his favoured guys that he wanted on top, but in a 6 man HIAC with all his top stars; if they all got hurt at once there'd be no main enters to promote the following month.
Rikishi going splat into the flatbed full of hay was another memorable hell in a cell moment
The armageddon hell and the cell match will always be in my top 5 cell matches damn I miss my childhood
This was my first PPV! It aired on free TV in my country, and I stayed up all night on a school night to watch the whole thing... AND THEY DIDN'T AIR THE MAIN EVENT.
Wow... what a ripoff.
My first PPV I watched was WM17 and I watched the entire thing at a friends house and my mom called ny friends house on the 11th hour to get are asses home because the next night was a school night, needless to say the last match was Austin vs Rock 2 and we obviously missed it😭😭😭😭😭
Hell in a Cell, Armageddon 2000. Still up there as the greatest match I've ever watched as a rabid 9 year old WWF fan. The image of SCSA dragging HHH's face on the cell walls, bloody and iconic.
The face rake cell lap is also one of the funniest spots ever, fight me. The amount of spite it would take to do that to a person just slays me.
@@reloadpsi don't forget how Austin stepped over others to continue dragging triple h 🤣😭
its tied with ecws born to be wireds no rope barbed wire match between sabu and terry funk for the ecw world championship on august 9th 1997 as my all time favourite hardcore style match the wwf armageddon 2000 6 way hell in a cell for the wwf title between HHH, Rikishi, Kurt angle (Champion), Undertaker, The Rock And "Stone Cold" Steve Austin on sunday december 10th 2000, though one of my favourite non hardcore matches has to be the four way dance at ecw heatwave 2000 july 2000 between little guido, psychosis, tajiri and i can't remember the 4th guy thats such a match check it out its a classic
Even a half decent William Regal match is better than many wrestlers manage in their whole career. So underrated and his selling is brilliant.
"Stephanie McMahon took over from Chris Kreski as Head of Creative." And things have never been the same since. This is basically the end of WWE's golden era.
Omg the no way out 2001 was the bomb.
Yeah Triple H vs Stone Cold Steve Austin in a three stages of hell match and The Rock vs Kurt Hurt for the WWF championship were great matches.
Armageddon 2000 has the absolute best intro theme of all time regardless of what you think about the show.
To each to their own Brian. The HIAC was absolute chaos and I loved it
I'm not surprised Rikishi didn't last much longer , because he didn't take just one dive off the top of the cage, he took TWO in the same year. This and the splash he gave Val Venis at Fully Loaded. Absolute madman and mad respect to Papa Uso!
Rikishi was already a 15 years veteran at that time, he started in the mid 80's, so his best years were already behind him.
"Champaign, Dean?!" - I bartend and we watch wrestling at the bar all the time...anytime somebody orders a mimosa...
This ppv is the definition of a One Match Show
6:02 Nah, the greatest wrestler from Mobile has to be the master of the tornado DDT, Fuego Del Sol! 😂
Fun fact. This was the first PPV i ever watched live
Always did like the shot of Austin and Rock watching and reacting to Rikishi going off the Cell.
That pre-Armageddon Rock promo is still gold. It also happened over 20 years ago and it's another reminder I'm getting old.
Would you rather be young and grow up w/ today's wrestling instead?
Holy shit, Malenko still had the Light Heavyweight Championship at this point! It's like he held that belt the entire year!
Pretty much did. Other than Essa Rios and Scotty 2 Hotty there weren’t many other credible light heavyweights.
@@MGSBlackCat17 There was Taka Michinoku.
Taka Michi-no-clue-what-to-do-with-him.
-WWF booking
I'll never forget that HIAC hype package because they aired that thing on every Raw and SD in the build-up for the ppv
I will always love the opening package for this particular PPV. It combined the vocals of Jim Johnston with archival war footage to really sell the six-man HIAC as something truly devastating and almost apocalyptic. WWE did know how to produce some quality video packages back in the day.
Man... Bubba's backdrops back then were godly. Also Hardcore Holly's backflip dropkick was inhuman as always.
Angle dissing the trashy people of the town they were in was a fixture of the Attitude Era.
@wrestling with wregret thank you for the upload. I wait for these classic ppv reviews. I love them.
Am I the only one who's in their early 30s and inexplicably have more good feelings of nostalgia for this PPV above all others?
Me 2 man!!
This was Chyna at her hottest!!
Why wasn’t right to censor val venis’s money shot renamed the holy diver.....
13:43 When Stevie was in RTC he went by Steven Richards,so the "Stevie kick" got renamed to "Steven kick" to fit the gimmick change.
I could watch The Rock take the stunner all day. It's always hilarious
I'm kinda glad Brian was honest about the HIAC match. I remember being completely disappointed by it at the time and found Rikishis 'chokeslam' by Taker to be the softcore version of Foleys Fall. I was furious Angle won too. He had go away heat with me back then. I was even bored by the last man standing match too. I enjoyed the 6 person opener alot more than later matches if I'm honest
This was held in my hometown. I wish I was a wrestling fan back when this happened, but one of my friends went and had a cool shirt from the event.
My favorite ppv opening package. THE END IS HEERRREEEEEE
This is first PPV I remember watching so I’m glad Brian is reviewing it
Love the nostalgia
This PPV along with Backlash 2000 are a couple of the PPVs that stick in my mind till this day.
man i wish you would do these once a week instead of 2 a month.....i know it takes researching but i watch this playlist every single day....please do more!!!! lol!! best wrestling channel out there.
So glad you got to review this! I wanted to get my piece in on Patreon, but money got tight. By the way, I was there in Birmingham for Armageddon!
As an Alabamian, there's (probably) a good reason there's only been one ppv take place in Alabama
ive waited years for you to review this ppv and now that you did it has made my serotonin skyrocket. thank you
Later on Chyna didn't miss a money shot.
The best part of that Rock promo are the YTPs
Also love the end song for armageddon
Oh man the main event brings me back memories.
Apparently Shane did rikishi’s bump to show him it was safe. Legend
Flying into a truck bed that was padded with hay (and probably an air bladder underneath) was probably a lot cushier than taking a bump in the ring. All Rikishi had to do was not get impaled. Lol
Love the nostalgia.....1st time I've saw this PPV.
I remember this live, feel old haha
Lol i feel you. I feel like this on a lot of Brian's uploads...
+J.B. Gruber III Esq
Same here!
Time flies man. I requested my dad to buy this ppv for me. I was huge taker fan and was hoping he will win the gold. Kurt won the freaking match. Next day conversation at school was gold.
I remember this main event so fondly, and as an adult my cousin and I still crave rewatches simply for the star power of the main event.
They only do Smackdown here. The last events I attended was when AJ and Daniel fought in the concession stands. Devon was holding fans back and he pushed me out of the way, which was kinda cool, and when the fiend cut Daniel's hair off!
0:21 - WWE has a Doors knockoff song already in their library and they don't make it the entrance music of the guy literally named after Jim Morrison, smh
Underwhelming HIAC? Really? It's one of my favourite matches of all time. It had everything.
The HIAC is remembered so fondly because you have arguably the 2 biggest baby faces ever, along with the greatest character ever (not this biker version, but still Taker, along with 2 legends in Angle and HHH... and I mean hey, Rikishi
2 reviews in 1 week? You do spoil us Master Zane.
hahahahaha ''holly goes for a flying, nothing....'' A Plus for effort spark plug holly.....
no other thumbnail would have done this review justice 🤘🏻
King calling Ivory Butterface such a weak insult. I get it she's a heel he's doing face? commentary but Ivory was underrated for her work imo 1 of the most attractive members of roster at the time. Ivory was great and could work.
Ivory was underrated in her day, in more ways than one.
And King always had to go to women’s looks to insult them. It got really tiresome after awhile.
@@michaelsinger4638 I agree I just laughed hearing that it was silly and I'm probably a little biased since I had a crush on Ivory/Tina Ferrari since her days in GLOW and LLPW.
This was one of my first PPV experiences as a wrestling fan! So many great memories
Ah man I have been waiting for this one for a long time now. Since you started doing this I have been hoping for this one. Love it
Bam Bam Bigelow = Good name for a Rockabilly band.
BAM BAM
I am looking forward to the No Way Out review. Ever since last time when Brian announced he was doing Armageddon 2000, I was hoping for No Way Out. After that we will have a six month stretch of Classic PPV Reviews from Survivor Series 2000 to Backlash 2001. I kinda want to make a chronological order playlist for each company to help see storylines play out.
I think they probably spent a bit too much time brawling around ringside early on in the Cell match. Also Rikishi aside, there weren’t any particularly memorable spots or bumps here either.
I will say Triple H was bumping his ass of for most of this match so, kudos to him.