Please do the return of the undertaker’s American badass in judgment day 2000.

Bruh we didnt care about "great matches" in that era

Bret and Angle would've put on clinic after clinic.

Bret doesn’t fit with that era.

@@thighslaps to me that's my ultimate dream match

and imagine if Owen didnt pass... He mightve gotten a few title runs or shots.. Imagine Owen, Bret, Angle and Benoit...Fatal 4 way matches

me too... wish we could have known it was the good old days before they ended

bret the hitman heart best damn wrestler to ever exist i was so loyal and bitter to the point i refused to watch every shawn Michaels match for years and years i didnt hate him because he was heel i hated him as a human being i was still in my early 20s when that hatred finally went away some people still hate him for it as well they would of been kids watching it and be in there early 40s now.

same here! born in 1986!

@andy rooney I was the same age and knew it was special as well. By the time 2004/2005 rolled around, the magic was gone

I was only 9. But 2000 was the best year for me watching wrestling. I’ve always thought because I was young that it felt even better. But even now seeing it; it was soooo much more exciting back then. The storylines and wrestlers were at their peak

FACTS

Hardcore division and divas division were on their pinnacle too.

WrestleMania 2000 really sucked

@GrimJester82 Wrestlemania 2000 only sucked cuz of Triple H playin politics. The main event shoulda been The Rock vs Triple H for the title like at Backlash. Everybody in the audience (including an 8 yr old me watching at home) felt cheated that The Rock didn’t win.

Even mid card was over! Didn’t matter who you had put out there from that roster

“Can you hang Rock…”(HHH before their Judgement Day match). Classic

not according to dave meletzer

That was a top 5 Pop of all time. Not seeing Austin Since fall of the previous year.. Chills.. His return at unforgiven had a pretty big POP too

@@SylloMedia the good thing was that his return wasn’t spoiled, unlike today, people usually know about someone’s return 1-2 months before the actual return…

One of the coolest matches in WWE history. Great work from HHH and Rock and plenty of shenanigans from outside interference. That crowd was lit.

not sure if this was a retrospective on the year 2000 for wwf or HHH LOL XD

​@@V-95Kwe all knew he was coming back at BACKLASH 2000 but the McMahon regime made it seem like he wasn't. Good storyline. When Rock finally one the place came unglued. We had never seen the Rock win as a face until then.

Just curious why you skipped 99..I thought 99 was legendary too..

1999 to me was just status quo. It was immensely watchable but nothing groundbreaking like 1997-98. And it wasn't as AMAZING as 2000-WMX7.

2002 is the best in my opinion, especially the debut of Lesnar, Cena, Orton & Batista

I think 1999 was the peak

@@manman3792 I disagree. I actually think the quality of the product went down in 1999 as the year went on, and rose back up in 2000.

@@sodasopa2088 agreee to disagree. Wrestlemania 2000 was a bust in comparison to wrestlemania 1999.

@@manman3792 Both shows were equally as bad. And regardless, PPV quality was still the best in 2000.

@@manman3792 More like 1998 imo because all corners of wrestling did well. ECW, WWF and WCW producing constant bangers of shows.

No, it was the WWF 's peak and also the year it began to decline. Wrestling' peak was in 98

I was 22 in the year 2000, was a big fan as a kid in the 80’s, and I agree.

I was 12 and you speak facts

I agree. I think 2000 and 2002 with the peak years in terms of creative storylines and wrestling for WWE’s. But that time period that you mentioned, you could argue that whole time was WWE at its best!

I have my personal feelings on Hulk Hogan the person. But I will never take away from his career. And yeah, I get the yellow and red is a signature but I think keeping the Hollywood look would’ve kept him more up-to-date.

​@@dontmatterbecause1009 lol very true. We were so burnt out after Rock/Hogan. The crowd was so loud/insane throughout, never heard/seen anything like it. No one cared about HHH and Jericho at that point, even though I was big fan of both. Rock/Hogan should have closed the show. I remember leaving the skydome with thousands of people in tow. Everyone was doing Rick Flair "Woooo's". What a great memory.

Top 5 would most likely be 2000, 2002, 2003, 1999, 2004. You have to factor WCW into the equation because they were part of the wrestling world and making an impact even when the wheels were beginning to fall off it was still very interesting and also those stars that would end up making the transition to WWE shortly after, made a huge impact on the WWE adding the likes of Hogan, Nash, Flair, Goldberg, Steiner, Booker.

@@Ballout60s I completely agree with that list. But I’d argue that they botched the WM main event by not having Rock complete the year victorious at WM and also having a fatal four way when it should’ve been Rock and Triple H mono e mono because although it was Rock’s year, Triple H was right there with him and their feud had been one of the all time incredible feuds ever and they messed it up even more by adding big show and especially mankind who was supposed to be retired. That’s my only gripe with the year. Other than that, it was splendid even without someone the likes of Austin.

Same, in fact I just want the late 90s back generally. A better time to be alive

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Same. That was the only ppv that year that I had to watch live lol

Totally agree. Mid 97' to the 98' King of the Ring was my favorite stretch. By 2000 it was starting to get stale in my opinion.

@@NattiMuzic it's amazing how much the WWF changed from 96-98

I do too. Plus WCW was actually still good.

A Good Comparison Is WCW 1998 & WWE 2000. WWE Roster In The Attitude Era Was Best In 1999. And 1997-1998 Didn't Have That Much Shitty Edgy. Most Of The Sh!tty Storylines Were In 1999. The Second Hlaf Of 1998 Had 4-DX Black Faces, Hawk Tries To Commit Suicide, I Choppy Pee Pee And Beaver Cleavage Chaz. WWE In 2000 Had The Least Built Heavyweights Than Any Year In Their History Up Until That Point. Most Of Time The Rock, Triple H, Kane, Kurt Angle,Hardcore Holly, Faarooq, Test, Steve Blackman & Bull Buchanan. Steve Austin & Billy Gunn Were Absent Most Of 2000. The British Bulldog Left In The Late Spring. WCW 1998 Seems A Lot More Memorable Than WWE 2000. The McMahonHelmsleyFaction Was So Overrated. The FactionNew Blood Was Far Superior. The Problem Was Vince Russo Pushing Billy Kidman & Vampiro Instead Of Scott Steiner And Demon. And He Taking Many Top Stars Off Television Ric Flair, DDP, Sid Vicious, Lex Luger & Firing Hulk Hogan. And Mike Awesome Who Was A Main Eventer And Filled A Void With Scott Hall Absent, Vincr Russo Putting Him In The Midcard. It's Like Vince Russo Said The WWE Has 9 Built Muscular Heavyweights At This Time So IfI Tale Lex Luger, Sid Vicious & Hulk Hogan Off TV, WCW Will Still Have More Built Heavyweights Than The WWE, & It Won't Hurt The Company. WCW Had More, But Russo Should've Wanted To DOMINATE WWE Not Just Beat McMahon. WWE In 1997 Had More Built Heavyweights Than In 2000. Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Late 1997 Kane, Early 97 Psycho, Steve Austin, British Bulldog, Owen Hart, Ken Shamrock, L OD, Faarooq, Bobby Holly, Billy Gunn, Late 1997 Jeff Jarrett, Littoe While FAKEs Diesel & Razor Ramon, Bart Gunn & Dan Severn. WCW In November & December 1998 Was Better Than The WWE In July(Feuds-Thriple H vs Chris Jericho, The Rock vs Chris Benoit & The Undertaker vs Kurt Angle). & September/October 2000(The Rock vs Kurt Angle,, Triple H vs Chris Benoit & Austin vs Rikishi). 1997 Is More Favored Over 2000.

And American Badass character was actually a good fit for that time/era. Because there were no cartoon like characters.

I don't believe the deadman character ever really got stale because he altered it over the years, it just didn't fit this particular period here.

The year 2000 is my favorite because it was LESS Austin. The roaster was at its best under Rock.

Undertaker was out for a while too.

Facts

@Vanonymous Games. Batista vs Triple H Hell In A Cell match was in 2005, the Vengeance 2005 PPV.

The Armageddon match is one of my favorite matches ever.

You probably mean Batista vs Undertaker not Triple H in 2007.

That HHH/Batista HIAC match is really good.

Balanced view. I needed the insight into the match quality. I came up off the high flyers in WCW and eventually got really into TNA because of match quality. In hindsight 2000 gave me a window where WWF was my absolute favourite due to the in-ring class.

Agreed

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I liked it too, I felt the Deadman gimmick needed a break plus the early 2000s didn't really have any cartoony gimmicks

I liked it too, I felt the Deadman gimmick needed a break plus the early 2000s didn't really have any cartoony gimmicks

Amazing how many legends they made in the space of a year. Long before Vince lost his mind

I would go with 97, 98, or 99 over 2000. In 2000 you didnt really have Austin, Undertaker went badass(which is ok in retrospect but can't beat 97-99 Taker(and Kane for that matter), and I'm really not as big fan of Jericho at all, not too big a fan of Angle, and the Radicalz TO ME, sucked outside of their initial debut. Above all WWF was the HHH and Stephanie McMahon show in 2000

@@Tony-fq5bn THANK YOU... couldn't have said it better myself!

Good thing I'm not the only one who agrees that 1997 was the best and most exciting year due to the drama alone and 2000 was a watered down Attitude era.

@@Tony-fq5bn 98 was the worst year of the attitude era. The quality of matches were better in 2000 honestly.

You not including the first 3 ppv’s of 2001 ? That’s the greatest 3 ppv stretch ever.

00 definitely enjoyed the benefits of the year prior, which is why the WWF started the year with strong ratings. By the end of the year, however, they were losing steam which is why ratings right from the beginning of 01 were weak. 00 may have been thr peak for the WWF but it was also when it started to decline. I'd say they were overall hotter in 99 while the wrestling business as a whole was hotter in 98

Over these guys ? I don’t see that happening

I partially agree.

Agreed. Also, Kane was at his best in 98-99 and his storylines with Undertaker and winning the tag titles with X-Pac were great too.

1998 was really good I agree on that. But 2000 wwf was miles better than the second half of 1999. 1998 and 2000 was two great years. And 1999 was worst except the first half.

Completely agree! Creative was better in 98-99 because everyone had their own story to be invested in. They went away from that in 00. Also, the roster was hotter in 99 as practically everyone was using their hottest gimmick and at their most over. By 00, a lot of wrestlers began cooling off either because they changed their gimmicks or utilized them incorrectly. Thats partially why the WWF started cooling off later in the year. I'd say the wrestling industry as a whole was at its hottest in 98 when both companies were red hot.

Yeah HHH was made out to look stronger than the average non-monster type heel, it became even more blatant during the reign of terror era.

98,99,00,01. 02 didn’t get good until late 02 and smackdown was the show to watch

@@Modeek6 02 was still a great year overall.

@@Modeek6 For '02 I strongly disagree.

2006 > 2002

@@cameo1013 Strongly disagree

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