# Fall Brawl (2000)

The 2000 Fall Brawl was the eighth and final Fall Brawl professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on September 17, 2000 from the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. It would be the final Fall Brawl event before the company folded and was purchased by rival promotion World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in March 2001.

## 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.

## Event

Other on-screen personnel :
| Role: | Name: |
| Commentators | Tony Schiavone |
| Commentators | Scott Hudson |
| Commentators | Mark Madden |
| Interviewers | Gene Okerlund |
| Interviewers | Pamela Paulshock |
| Referees | Mickie Jay |
| Referees | Mark Johnson |
| Referees | Charles Robinson |
| Referees | Billy Silverman |
| Ring announcers | Michael Buffer |
| Ring announcers | David Penzer |
The main event was a Caged Heat match, in which Kevin Nash defended the title against Booker T. Booker defeated Nash to win the title. Notable matches on the undercard were Scott Steiner versus Goldberg in a no disqualification match, Mike Awesome versus Jeff Jarrett in a Bunkhouse Brawl and Sting versus The Great Muta and Vampiro in a Triangle match and a ten-person elimination match between Filthy Animals and Natural Born Thrillers, which was stopped when Animals' teammate Paul Orndorff was injured during the match. The next night on Nitro, the elimination match was resumed with the remaining competitors, Rey Misterio, Jr. and Tygress of The Filthy Animals and Mike Sanders, Chuck Palumbo, Sean O'Haire, Mark Jindrak and Shawn Stasiak of The Natural Born Thrillers in which the Filthy Animals won by pinfall after Tygress hit a facebuster on Mike Sanders.

## Reception

In 2019, Thomas Hall of Wrestling Rumors gave the event a rating of C−, stating, "Overall, this is the best pay per view they’ve done in a long time because they’re getting closer to having a balance between the insanity and an actual show. The show is still far from actually good, but at least they’re not making me spend an hour going on about how horrible the show was or how it broke the rules of wrestling. Somehow, that’s a major step forward for them, which is really sad to think about."

## Results

| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Elix Skipper (c) (with Major Gunns) defeated Kwee Wee (with Paisley) | Singles match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship | 11:03 |
| 2 | The Misfits In Action (Cpl. Cajun, Lt. Loco and Sgt. AWOL) defeated 3 Count (Shannon Moore, Evan Karagias, and Shane Helms) | Six-man tag team match | 10:25 |
| 3 | The Harris Brothers (Ron Harris and Don Harris) defeated KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) | First Blood Chain match | 06:37 |
| 4 | Lance Storm (c) (with Major Gunns) defeated Gen. Rection | Singles match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship with Jim Duggan as special guest enforcer | 06:46 |
| 5 | The Filthy Animals (Disqo, Rey Misterio Jr., Juventud Guerrera, Konnan, and Tygress), Big Vito and Paul Orndorff vs. The Natural Born Thrillers (Mark Jindrak, Sean O'Haire, Mike Sanders, Chuck Palumbo, Shawn Stasiak, Reno and Johnny the Bull) ended in a no contest | Elimination match | 16:34 |
| 6 | Shane Douglas and Torrie Wilson defeated Billy Kidman and Madusa | Scaffold match | 05:01 |
| 7 | Sting defeated The Great Muta and Vampiro (with Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope) | Triple threat match | 05:12 |
| 8 | Mike Awesome defeated Jeff Jarrett | Bunkhouse Brawl | 09:04 |
| 9 | Scott Steiner defeated Goldberg by technical submission | No Disqualification match | 13:50 |
| 10 | Booker T defeated Kevin Nash (c) | Caged Heat match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship | 09:02 |
| (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match ||||

### Filthy Animals vs. Natural Born Thrillers eliminations

| Elimination no. | Wrestler | Team | Eliminated by | Elimination move | Time |
| 1 | Konnan | Filthy Animals | Sean O'Haire | Chartbuster by Disqo | 06:00 |
| 2 | Disqo | Filthy Animals | Reno | Snake Eyes | 06:53 |
| 3 | Big Vito | Filthy Animals | Reno | Snake Eyes | 08:43 |
| 4 | Reno | Natural Born Thrillers | Rey Misterio, Jr. | Diving leg drop low blow with Guerrera | 10:45 |
| 5 | Juventud Guerrera | Filthy Animals | Sean O'Haire | Seanton Bomb | 12:08 |
| 6 | Johnny the Bull | Natural Born Thrillers | Paul Orndorff | Spike piledriver | 13:28 |
| 7 | Paul Orndorff | Filthy Animals | Sean O'Haire | Pinned after Orndorff suffered a stinger while piledriving Jindrak | 16:34 |
| 8 | Rey Mysterio, Jr., Tygress | Filthy Animals and Natural Born Thrillers | N/A | The match was cancelled due to Orndorff's injury | N/A |
| 8 | Mike Sanders, Chuck Palumbo, Sean O'Haire, Mark Jindrak, Shawn Stasiak | Filthy Animals and Natural Born Thrillers | N/A | The match was cancelled due to Orndorff's injury | N/A |
| Survivor: | None | None | None | None | None |

## Aftermath

Scott Steiner's high-profile win over Goldberg at Fall Brawl catapulted him into main event status and he became a top contender for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Steiner faced the champion Booker T for the title at the following month's pay-per-view Halloween Havoc, where he lost by disqualification.