Mosh thrasher1/17/2024 ![]() The challenger followed with a devastating elbow drop to regain the Hardcore Championship.Southern 6 issued an open challenge and it was answered. Blackman nailed the prodigal son with his kendo stick and sent Shane plunging to the floor in a shocking fall. The challenger gave chase, and climbed alongside his foe 40 feet in the air. ![]() Blackman fended off the interfering Test & Albert and Shane attempted to dodge his opponent’s dangerous kendo stick by running from the ring and dashing up the set’s scaffolding. Watch Shane's spectacular fall off the entrance set scaffoldingĪfter Shane won the Hardcore Title from the martial artist on Raw a week before SummerSlam, the two faced off at the pay-per-view in a career-defining encounter. During the dog days of 2000, the brash and entitled Boy Wonder instigated a rivalry against his antithesis: the cold and calculating Steve Blackman. Visit Pat Patterson’s Hall of Fame profile | Visit Gerald Brisco’s Hall of Fame profileįor all of The Attitude Era’s brutal hardcore competitors, Shane McMahon emerged from under his father’s shadow as the most unlikely daredevil of them all. He nailed Patterson - now stripped down to red lingerie - with a trash can and pinned him to win the title and end the absolutely ridiculous (and unbelievable) matchup. Thankfully, former champ Crash Holly took the Boston crowd out of their misery and inserted himself in the contest. With the Montreal native clad in an enormous wig, shades and crimson ball gown (and white sneakers, natch), and Brisco outfitted in a more subtle black number, the two WWE Hall of Famers battled in perhaps the most bizarre bout in WWE history. Watch the bizarre encounter with the legendary Patterson and Brisco wearing dresses And so, the first-ever Intercontinental Champion faced the multi-time NWA title-holder in … an Evening Gown Match? Somehow, 53-year-old mat great Gerald Brisco managed to amass the longest title reign of the year up to that point, bringing intense jealousy from his longtime friend Pat Patterson. In mid-2000, Hardcore Championship title defenses descended from the wild and wacky to the downright surreal. Visit Alumni profiles: Crash Holly | Jeff Hardy | Matt Hardy | Perry Saturn | Tazz But by the end of the night, Crash had somehow once again escaped as champion. His brother Jeff followed by executing a dazzling hurricanrana onto Saturn, using the swinging set for leverage. After the Elroy Jetson lookalike was tugged off by the other competitors, Matt performed a precarious dive off the structure onto a brawling cluster of the other competitors. Watch the wild brawl with the competitors leaping off the show's setĪs expected, the action spilled out of the ring, with Crash scaling the massive hooks of the show’s set and Matt Hardy close behind. At Backlash, all five - along with Matt’s brother Jeff - tangled in a wild scene. At WrestleMania 2000, the so-called “Houdini of Hardcore” Crash Holly had lost the title to his older cousin Bob, and during the ensuing weeks, the Hardcore Championship was held by Matt Hardy, recent WCW defector Perry Saturn and former ECW Champion Tazz. In the days of the 24/7 rule, a motley crew of challengers attempted to snatch the Hardcore Title. Finally, Big Show fended off the attack by nearly the entire roster by pinning Rios against the wall backstage. ![]() Meanwhile, the chaotic atmosphere was exacerbated by Angle, Perry Saturn and Albert, who were all triple-teaming The Rock back in the ring. Brawling with Big Show en route to the backstage area, Billy Gunn, Hardcore Holly, Steve Blackman, Essa Rios and Crash Holly were all manhandled by The World’s Largest Athlete. The Raw main event was a brutal and wild affair, but just as the action was reaching its zenith, a gagglel of Superstars entered the ring to take advantage of the title’s 24/7 rule. Watch The Rock's only Hardcore Championship Match descend into absolute anarchy The Rock had just won the WWE Championship, and what better way to celebrate than for The Great One to compete in his very first Hardcore Championship Match? The bout was set as a Triple Threat encounter against reigning champion Big Show and The Rock’s rival, Kurt Angle. One night after No Way Out in 2001, The Road to WrestleMania was officially underway.
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