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• Actors: Diamond Dallas Page, Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Mike Awwsome, David Arquette
• Format: Full Screen, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Turner Home Ent
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004RESR
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #287,705 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Action Overshadowed By Questionable Booking, September 20, 2008

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This review is from: WCW Slamboree 2000 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

More of my "WCW memories" here at Slamboree 2000. Around this time, WCW was revolving around the "New Blood" young wrestlers lead by Eric Bischoff & Vince Russo against the "Millionaries Club" of established wrestlers. However during the past month, some of the New Blood members became disgruntled & didn't see eye to eye with Bischoff & Russo so they ended up siding with the Millionaires Club. The biggest story around this time involved the actor known as David Arquette (who starred in the WCW movie "Ready To Rumble" two months earlier) getting involved in the DDP/Jarrett feud which resulted in him winning WCW Championship in a move that backfired so bad that WCW's ratings drop around a million viewers in less than a week & this PPV got one of the worst buyrates in the history of the company. Keep in mind during this time that WCW instituted a new policy where the referee's "relaxed" the disqualification rule so you'll get an ECW-like atmosphere where wrestlers are able to to do more than they can usually get away with as some of the matches heavly showcased.

WCW Crusierweight Champion Chris Candido vs. The Artist Formely Known As Prince Iaukea - Pretty good opening match here with Candido taking some good bumps on the outside floor but the bigger story here was the eventual catfight between Tammy & Paisley.

WCW Hardcore Champion Terry Funk vs. Norman Smiley & A Mystery Partner - This was a rematch from their Spring Stampede match with the difference being that Norman said he had a mystery parter to help him take care of Terry Funk. This match was almost an exact copy of their last PPV match (even down to the same opening gag) with both men fighting backstage for most of the match using weapons with the exception that Norman got in more offense than he did last time with the mystery partner just really standing around & having no effect in the match. They eventually made their way to ringside when the mystery partner was revealed to be Ralphus (Chris Jericho's former bodyguard) with more comedic moments before Funk finally got the win to retain his championship. This was a very comedic match.

Curt Hennig vs. Shawn Stasiak - Shawn Stasiak was doing a copy of Hennig's old "Mr. Perfect" gimmick even down to having similar entrance music. The match itself was average as Hennig made this match better than a normal Stasiak match is before Shawn picked up the win in Hennig's last WCW PPV match as he would leave around a month later.

WCW United States Champion Scott Steiner vs. Captain Rection - Earlier, I mentioned that various wrestlers were disgruntled with the direction of the "New Blood" and ended up siding with the Millionaries Club. One of those wrestlers turned out to be the former "Hugh Morris" now known as Hugh G. Rection a.k.a. Captain Rection, who also formed an alliance with other disgruntled ex-"New Blood" members in Chavo Guerrero, Van Hammer, and Lash Leroux...later to be known as the Misfits In Action. This was a very good match here as Rection was always a very "underrated" big man in his career and was able to hold his own very well with Steiner, who's freaks caused an occassional distraction. In the end, Steiner was able to retain the U.S. Championship before there was a huge brawl between the M.I.A. & security before Booker T came out for the save afterwards. One moment to look out for was when Rection went for the moonsault but Steiner moved out of the way too late & ended up getting nailed in the back of the head.

Chris Kanyon vs. Mike Awesome - I concider this to be the sleeper match of the night as these two wrestlers were heavily underrated as well (Kanyon more than Awesome). This was both men just wrestling & beating on each other into exaustion with their trademark moves of power moves (Awesome) & innovative offense (Kanyon) with some ECW elements of a chair & brawling outside coming into play as well. The ending resulted in a huge brawl between the Millionaries Club & New Blood members but that didn't take away from what was a good contest.

Lex Luger vs. Buff Bagwell - The backstory behind this match was that Vince Russo had Ms. Elizabeth, Luger's valet & real life girlfriend, "held hostage" because he owned Liz's WCW contract. This was real better than their lackluster Starrcade '97 match with Buff using various submission & wear down holds against Luger before Liz came out with Russo's bat to help Luger get the victory. Afterwards, Chuck Palumbo came out to attack Luger (dressed in the same ring gear as Luger to absolute silence from the crowd) & help Bagwell bring Liz back to Russo.

As a side note, the aftermath of this match perfectly illistrated one of WCW's major problems that always existed with the company from the start & what made this "New Blood" angle not work. Chuck Palumbo was someone who was never seen or heard from before past WCW Saturday Night (which was the equal to "WWE's Shotgun Saturday Night" at that time, nobody watched it when compared to the top shows of Nitro/Thunder) and they all of a sudden expect him to be a legit threat to a main eventer in Lex Luger? The crowd reaction showcased how that thinking got over.

Ric Flair vs. Shane Douglas - This was the match based off Shane Douglas' 7 year hatred towards Ric Flair for feeling like he tried to ruin his career. Before I get started for those who don't know the story behind this, Douglas was getting a big push in WCW as part of the tag team champions with Ricky Steamboat in a main event feud against the Hollywood Blondes (Steve Austin & Brian Pillman) but when Douglas got injured during the feud, Flair was one of the men in charge of WCW & had Douglas released which Douglas took personally & called Flair out in ECW for years.

This was still around the time where Ric Flair was still wrestling in this street clothes (polo shirt, slacks, dress shoes) & the pre-match stipulation was that if Vince Russo got involved (which he promised that he would) then Flair gets 5 mins. with Russo after the match. The match itself went back & forth and was really good between both men. However, the ending did show a masked Vince Russo come out to help Douglas get the victory. Russo tried to run away before Luger threw him back in the ring before the real Vince Russo appeared & helped attack Flair before the masked man revealed himself as David Flair, Ric's son.

Sting vs. Vampiro - This was the most "unique" feud during the New Blood storyline as this didn't involve Bischoff or Russo as keyplayers in the storyline & took on a dark/gothic twist as well. Unfortunally, this match didn't live up to the weeks worth of hype between the two as it was very similar to their Spring Stampede match in that it was too short to really become anything special but it was better in that they brawled on the rampway & on the outside and went a little hardcore with bats & pipes being used.

Hulk Hogan vs. Billy Kidman with Eric Bischoff as the referee - The Hulk Hogan character at this time was completely different than we've ever seen him before as it Hogan was a "John Wayne" type character as it wasn't "Hulk Hogan" fighting but Terry Borela fighting for his career and was dressed in his street clothes with "F.U.N.B." labeled on the back (The N.B. stood for New Blood, you can figure out for yourself what the F.U. stands for). Anyways, this was the more most unique Hulk Hogan match you'll ever see as Hogan was more intense than he's known for and with Eric Bischoff as the referee along with the relaxed rules of WCW at this time...it was a glorified hardcore match with chairs & tables being used as Kidman's speed went against Hogan's power. Again, the most unique Hogan match you've ever seen & I think because of that fact, it was one of Hogan's best during his WCW run.

Ready To Rumble Cage Match: WCW Champion David Arquette (still can't believe I just typed that) vs. Diamond Dallas Page vs. Jeff Jarrett - This was a three tear cage with each high level of the cage being smaller than the previous one. The first one was a cage that not only covered the ring but the outside area as well (similar to WWE's Hell In The Cell) with the next level up being the size of a normal ringsize steel cage with hardcore weapons inside and the final level being a small room with four gutiars hanging inside. Anyways, I don't want to explain the story behind Arquette being the WCW Champion because I feel so stupid for remembering how it happened so the less said, the better. Arquette wasn't even a major factor here as Jarrett was chasing him in the beginning only for DDP to catch him & lay into Jarrett while Arquette sayed out of the way & headed to the top of the cage to hold off anyone else from the New Blood getting the belt for Jarrett. Eventhough DDP & Jarrett have good chemistry together, this match was mostly a brawl with them fighting it out on the first level & getting hardcore on the second level with a scary moment happening when they broke through one of the cage walls. Mike Awesome interfeared but was taken out by DDP before they went to the third level gutiar room...and had David Arquette hit DDP with a gutiar to help Jarrett win back the WCW Championship with Kaynon coming out in the end to help DDP only for him to take a dive off the top of the cage similar to the one that Mankind took off Hell In The Cell 2 years earlier. In the history of WCW, they've used this cage structure around 4 times (check out my Listamania to know when) and this was the best match in that enviroment as was actually a very good main event.

In the end, this was actually one of WCW's strongest PPV's efforts but will always get overshadowed by the overload of bad & poor booking. In the end, I would still recommend overall.

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5.0 out of 5 stars cage 3 awesome, July 31, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: WCW Slamboree 2000 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I would buy this just for the main alone, the cage 3 was awesome. There are some good blood shots and when Mike awesome throws kanyon of the top of the cage that sealed it as a great ppv. It also has other matchs are ric flair vs shane douglas, sting vs vampiro and hulk vs kidman. A big thumbs up.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best wCw videos of all time!, January 11, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: WCW Slamboree 2000 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a great video. The only thing I didn't like about wCw at this time, was that they made David Arquette the champ. I mean, give me a break, the fact we have to hear Jarret's big mouth is one thing, but that we have to endure Arquette as a wrestler scared to death (much less dress as elvis) is the worst move by wCw of all time. Anyways, this is a great video. My Pen pal was telling me about how he threw up after seeing Ralphus' [...], and I just laughed. Kaynon's bump at the end (off the cage) is my favorite bump of all time. The Triple cage is a great idea. Redy to Rumble is a great movie and started the Triple cage era (I'm suprised WWE hasn't stole this idea yet, it would be awsome to see Undertaker choke slam somebody through all three cages!) Seeing the Francise against the Nature Boy and David undercover as Russo was a great storyline. Buy this one for sure, instead of SuperBrawl 2000!