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2000 R.S.P-W Awards | Best Major Show |
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Best Major Show Award Description: To be given to the best major event. This could be a pay-per-view, a TV special, or any big arena event. In 1994, TV shows and major shows were given separate award categories. Previous Winners: 1991: 03/21/91: WCW & New Japan Supershow (aired on tape) 1992: 01/18/92: WWF Royal Rumble 1993: WWF Monday Night RAW weekly TV 1994: 03/20/94: WWF WrestleMania X 1995: 08/27/95: WWF SummerSlam 1996: 03/31/96: WWF WrestleMania XII 1997: 04/14/97: ECW Barely Legal 1998: 03/24/98: WWF WrestleMania XIV 1999: 08/22/99: WWF SummerSlam **2000**: 01/23/00: WWF Royal Rumble 483 first place votes 453 second place votes 439 third place votes 100 86 70 898 01/23/00 WWF Royal Rumble 90 72 55 776 08/27/00 WWF SummerSlam 70 53 57 623 04/02/00 WWF WrestleMania 2000 52 51 38 489 04/30/00 WWF Backlash 42 50 48 456 05/21/00 WWF Judgment Day 27 38 29 307 07/23/00 WWF Fully Loaded 26 31 34 291 02/27/00 WWF No Way Out 9 8 22 113 10/22/00 WWF No Mercy 6 7 6 63 11/07/99 ECW November to Remember 9 1 2 52 03/17/00 EMLL PPV 2 5 13 51 11/14/99 WWF Survivor Series 3 4 7 41 04/09/00 Michinoku Pro Super J Cup (finals) 5 2 3 37 12/12/99 WWF Armageddon 2 4 6 34 05/14/00 ECW Hardcore Heaven 4 2 3 32 05/14/00 GAEA 5th Anniversary Show 4 0 1 22 02/??/00 AJPW Excite Series 0 4 4 20 08/05/00 NOAH Debut show 1 2 3 17 07/09/00 WCW Bash at the Beach 0 2 5 16 06/25/00 WWF King of the Ring 2 1 0 13 09/15/00 GAEA Double Destiny 2 0 1 12 06/04/00 Toryumon 1 2 0 11 01/04/00 Osaka Pro 1 0 1 7 10/09/00 AJPW v. NJPW Tokyo Dome 1 0 1 7 07/16/00 ECW Heat Wave 1 0 1 7 04/16/00 WCW Spring Stampede 0 1 2 7 10/01/00 ECW Anarchy Rulz 0 2 0 6 01/23/00 AJPW New Year's Giant Series 1 0 0 5 08/25-26/00 ECW Hammerstein Ballroom 1 0 0 5 08/13/00 WCW New Blood Rising 1 0 0 5 05/05/00 FMW at Komozawa Gym 1 0 0 5 01/04/00 New Japan Annual Dome Show 0 1 1 5 09/24/00 WWF Unforgiven 0 1 1 5 04/??/00 Michinoku Pro Super J Cup (third round) 0 1 1 5 04/01/00 Michinoku Pro Super J Cup (first round) 0 0 2 4 01/09/00 ECW Guilty As Charged 0 1 0 3 ??/??/00 Triple Crown 2000 Tournament 0 1 0 3 08/15/00 NWA Florida Return to Tradition 0 1 0 3 07/28/00 FMW Korakuen Hall 0 1 0 3 07/05/00 AAA Triplemania 0 1 0 3 06/11/00 WCW Great American Bash 0 1 0 3 03/19/00 WCW Uncensored 0 1 0 3 02/27/00 EWF 0 1 0 3 02/02/00 Battle Station Osaka Puroresu 0 0 1 2 AJPW Champion Carnival 0 0 1 2 NJPW G1 Finals 0 0 1 2 King of the Death Match 0 0 1 2 06/29/00 Battlarts (P-Mix Grand Prix finals) 0 0 1 2 06/23/00 WWF Fully Loaded 0 0 1 2 05/21/00 WWF SummerSlam 0 0 1 2 05/07/00 WCW Slamboree 0 0 1 2 04/29/00 SPWC 0 0 1 2 01/16/00 WCW Souled Out REJECTED - not between 11/02/99 and 11/01/00 18 14 14 Various television shows (ineligible) 1 1 0 8 11/19/00 WWF Survivor Series 1 0 0 5 ??/??/95 Super J Cup 95 0 1 0 3 06/28/98 WWF King of the Ring 0 0 1 2 War Games (?) 0 0 1 2 "Tie" votes HIRO: This was another tough call. The WWF had at least 8 shows worthy of being in the top three, eclipsing shows from other feds easily. SummerSlam had two Match of the Year candidates which I really really like, so it takes the top spot. The other WWF shows are awesome as well, but these three are simply the best among the best. JASON: No PPV's for me. Small town Canada sucks, man. J3R CR0WE: Judgement Day was just amazing... the WWF had a great streak of pay per views going before King of the Ring came along. ROBERT STRUPP: The WWF had such a great run of Pay Per Views from Royal Rumble through Judgement Day, that any one of them could have qualified, and been a deserving winner. I picked Judgement Day, because the expectations were a little lower with the Rock-HHH Iron Man Match. DEVON: I picked Fully Loaded because the feuds leading up to it had great heat behind them, and the matches at Fully Loaded were great. I also liked how the WWF gave Jericho, Benoit and Angle chances to work feuds and PPV matches against their main eventers. ALEX GIPSON: WWF Backlash was, top to bottom, a terrific show that I don't recall seeing one bad review about. With great matches (Malenko-Scotty, Guerrero-Rios, Benoit-Jericho), entertainment (The Big Show as the Showster), and the textbook "send-em-home happy" ending (Rocky finally ends Triple H's reign, guest starring a still-injured Steve Austin), Backlash was the crown jewel in a series of consitently outstanding WWF pay-per-views this year. EDC: Best Show I beleive was WWF's Royal Rumble. Taz's Debut, the Tables match between the Hardyz and the Dudleys, and of course the MOTY HHH/Cactus Jack match and the Royal Rumble itself. all this in New York as well. Shows like that come once a decade, folks. I put Backlash there because I was there! Austins Return, along with the incredible Malenko/Scotty 2 Hottie match, HHH/Rock mixing it up again, and Benoit and Jericho beating each other to a pulp. (Hi April!) The Crowd pop in the MCI center when Austin came out though, was the POP of the year, Bar none. EMLL's first PPV gets on here for have the Emotional Atlantis/Villano 3 Mask match. A Legit ***** Lucha match between two for the oldest and most beloved wrestlers. SCOTT W.: WWF put on a few good ppv this year. SummerSlam was my personal fav, with BackLash and WM2000 coming in a close 2nd and third. BEANS: I don't think I've watched enough PPVs (about 4 this year) to comment on this. JOHN C.: Probably the toughest category to pick of them all. I'd say that at least eight of the WWF's PPVs this year alone were better than anything last year so it was tough to choose just three. In the end I went with Summerslam first basically because it was solid from top to bottom with a terrific TLC match, a great submission match and a solid main event. Royal Rumble gets my second spot for its magnificent main event and solid Royal Rumble match. Finally, Judgment Day beat out Backlash for the final spot because it was a wrestling heavy PPV that was capped off by the fabulous HHH/Rock Ironman match. REISMARK: Backlash & Judgment Day both featured excellent cards and excellent wrestling. But Judgment Day was missing something: the entertainment bit. In that department, I don't think anyone will ever top the "Showster Promo" match at Backlash. DAN: OF COURSE ROYAL RUMBLE WAS THE BEST SHOW. VLADIMIR WAS THERE!! AL RITCHIE: I haven't watched enough PPVs to render an honest judgement. I know you're disappointed. CHRIS BURKE: Royal Rumble 2000 gave fans everything they could want…great action between the Hardys and Dudleys, who both started the use tables in truly imaginative fashion, an intriguing Royal Rumble with the “finish” between the Big Show and Rock, and arguably the Match of the Year between Foley and HHH. Great brawl. MSG didn’t hurt, either. JAMES HOWARD: I don't watch Pay-Per-Views, personally. I mean, think of all the Jolt you can buy with that money! :) LCDRKODIAS: Don't get to see PPV's since I work on Sunday nights. JOE GAGNE: The WWF put on a ton of great shows this year, but the 3/17/00 CMLL show was the best PPV I?ve seen all year, being entertaining from start to finish. I?ve watched it ten times, and it never gets old. Lots of WWF shows could make the cut, but Royal Rumble and Summerslam were the two best outings. RICK SCAIA: "Nobody does pay-per-view like the World Wrestling Federation" has long been a tagline used by the WWF to promote their events.... but it's never been more true than it was this year. For whatever reason, only the WWF was able to consistantly merge the sizzle and spark of a genuine big show atmosphere with top level efforts from their stars to churn out top level events worth paying for on a near monthly basis. On the strength of an hour long main event Match of the Year and a very good supporting undercard, I'm giving Judgment Day my PPV of the Year honors. January's Royal Rumble was a show that was just red hot and a lot of fun (Tazz's debut, Miss Royal Rumble contest, and other amusing sidebars all contributed), with the Hardys/Dudleys table match and Cactus/HHH brawl also standing out as very good wrestling matches. Third place goes to June's Fully Loaded, where the focus was back to a lot of flat-out great wrestling (including back-to-back **** matches on the top of the show). BILL LEHECKA: Summerslam had everything. Summerslam had interesting matches, a couple of good matches, and one blowaway great match. You cvan't ask for more out of your Summerslam than that. MATT SPAULDING: Judgment Day had wrestling off the charts, and Backlash had some surprisingly good matches and hot angles. But Fully Loaded was just that - this show had it all. Find five bad matches among those three shows. You can't. Royal Rumble gets an honorable mention. BLAZEJ SZPAKOWICZ: There's about ten different shows I could easily vote for here (most of them from the WWF), so you'll have to forgive my choice coming down to the fact that I was at SummerSlam live, and am thus voting it into the top slot. The Royal Rumble gets second, as the start of the WWF great PPV hot streak this year, and Backlash gets third for being a great top-to-bottom card with absolutely no holes. More like these please! KEVIN SMITH: The WWF had the testicular fortitude to let HHH keep the title at Wrestlemania. *Now we won't necesarily know the winner of the huge Wrestlemania XVII main event weeks before it happens!* What a concept! Also - Judgement Day was big for Jericho, Benoit and Angle - despite their being skunked. COLIN MacKINNON: 3/17 EMLL PPV: Excellent from top to bottom. Besides the aforementioned Atlantis/Villano III match, there was also a very good Torneo Cibernetico elimination match, and a wicked Ricky Marvin/Sangre Azteca match. The other two six-man tags weren't as bad as I thought they would be, either. A strong PPV on the whole. Summerslam didn't really have any classic matches, except the TLC match where everybody died. But the crap was kept to a bare minimum, and there was enough to keep everyone happy. And the GAEA 5/14 show had some crap, but as soon as you got into the last four matches in the show, you were in for some fun. A fast-paced tag match (Nagashima/Sato vs. Uematsu/Bloody), a fun hardcore match (Ozaki/KAORU), a pretty brutal Kong/Satomura match, and the return of the Crush Girls. Plus the production values on the show were amazing, as well. JEFF "FRO" WAHLMAN: Hard to pick a favorite between 3-4 great WWF PPVs this year. ROB "R2K" EVANS: Best Major Show - Gotta be the Rumble. Something about that MSG atmosphere and two stellar matches (Hardyz v. Duds and HHH v. Foley), not to mention the Rumble itsself. C McMURTRY: From top to bottom, Judgment Day was the best card I've seen all year. The 60-minute Ironman match was much better than anyone thought it could ever be, and probably better than it had any business being. Benoit-Jericho was great, the six-man opener was hot hot hot, and even though the crowd in Louisville couldn't have cared less about the three-way between Eddy, Malenko, and Saturn, the work in the ring was real good. JBELL55146: I'll go as far to say that Royal Rumble 2000 was the best wrestling card probably since Wrestlemania 14. Maybe even farther back then that. From the Hardyz/Dudleyz table match [Swanton from the balcony thru the Table!!!], to the classic HHH/Cactus Jack War, to the actually descent Royal Rumble, this show kicked many forms of ass. SummerSlam was almost just as awesome with the triangle match for the world title and tag team titles also. And Judgment Day had the Iron Man match and the kick ass Benoit/Jericho sumission match |
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