New Blood Rising
Promotional poster featuring Vampiro
PromotionWorld Championship Wrestling
DateAugust 13, 2000
CityVancouver, British Columbia
VenuePacific Coliseum
Attendance6,614[1]
Tagline(s)Our Time is Now!
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New Blood Rising was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on August 13, 2000 from the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia.[2] The name is a reference to the New Blood faction within WCW (which dissolved before the pay-per-view). The event replaced WCW's August PPV event Road Wild held from 1996 to 1999 and was held on a Sunday instead of a Saturday. Despite never being announced before or during the show, every match on the card was contested under no disqualification rules. In 2014, All WCW pay-per-views were made available on the WWE Network.

Storylines

The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3]

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
Commentators Tony Schiavone
Scott Hudson
Mark Madden
Interviewer Pamela Paulshock
Referees Mickie Jay
Mark Johnson
Charles Robinson
Billy Silverman
Jamie Tucker
Ring announcers Michael Buffer
David Penzer

Reception

In 2007, Arnold Furious of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 2.5 [Very Bad], stating, "One good spotfest, nothing else doing. Fire Russo *clap clap clapclapclap*. It’s now gotten to the point where I can’t watch any more shows Russo has booked. So this is my final WCW flashback. I was planning on going all the way through but it’s such a waste of my time and energy and it’s so depressing I think I’ll do something else instead. Anything else. Thanks for the memories WCW…rot in hell."[4]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
13 Count (Evan Karagias, Shannon Moore, and Shane Helms) (with Tank Abbott) defeated The Jung Dragons (Kaz Hayashi, Jamie-San, and Yun Yang)Gold Record Ladder match11:32
2Ernest Miller defeated The Great MutaSingles match06:47
3Buff Bagwell defeated Chris KanyonJudy Bagwell on a Forklift match06:45
4KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) (c) defeated The Perfect Event (Shawn Stasiak and Chuck Palumbo), Sean O'Haire and Mark Jindrak, and The Misfits In Action (Gen. Rection and Corporal Cajun)Four Corners match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship with The Filthy Animals as special guest referees12:22
5Billy Kidman defeated Shane Douglas (with Torrie Wilson)Strap match08:22
6Major Gunns defeated Ms. HancockMud Rip off the Clothes match06:43
7Sting defeated The DemonSingles match00:52
8Lance Storm (c) defeated Mike AwesomeCanadian Rules match* for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship11:28
9The Dark Carnival (Vampiro and The Great Muta) defeated KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) (c)Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship09:06
10Kevin Nash defeated Goldberg** and Scott SteinerTriple Threat match10:48
11Booker T (c) defeated Jeff JarrettSingles match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship14:54
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

*"Canadian Rules" means that, instead of a traditional three-count, the referee must administer a five-count. Following the five-count, the competitor has to stay down for ten seconds. If both men are down for a ten-count for any reason, the first man who gets to his feet wins the match. In addition, there are no submissions and no count-outs.

**After being absent from the pay-per-view due to a (kayfabe) mysterious motorcycle accident, Goldberg did not show up until the middle of the match. Then, in a worked shoot, Goldberg walked out on the match, apparently refusing to take Kevin Nash's Jacknife Powerbomb.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "WCW New Blood Rising 2000". WrestlingData.com.
  2. ↑ "WCW August Calendar". wcw.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2000. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  4. ↑ "The Furious Flashbacks – WCW New Blood Rising". 411Mania. 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
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