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| New Blood Rising | |||
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 Promotional poster featuringVampiro | |||
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | ||
| Date | August 13, 2000 | ||
| City | Vancouver, British Columbia | ||
| Venue | Pacific Coliseum | ||
| Attendance | 6,614[1] | ||
| Buy rate | 85,000[2] | ||
| Tagline | Our Time is Now | ||
| Pay-per-view chronology | |||
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New Blood Rising was aprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV)event produced byWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on August 13, 2000 from thePacific Coliseum inVancouver, British Columbia.[3] The name is a reference to theNew Blood faction within WCW. The event replaced WCW's August PPV eventRoad 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.[citation needed]
The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds andstorylines. Wrestlers portrayedvillains,heroes, orless distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[4]
| 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 |
The match between Buff Bagwell and Chris Kanyon was originally slated to have Bagwell's real-life mother Judysuspended above the ring on a pole. However, she was placed on a forklift, as Kanyon claimed there was not a pole big enough to hold her as ajoke about her weight. During the match,David Arquette made a one-night return to WCW, aligning himself with Kanyon and attacking Bagwell.[5]
The match between Miss Hancock and Major Gunns ended when Hancock began clutching her stomach, in an impliedmiscarriage, allowing Gunns to pin her. Hancock's storyline boyfriendDavid Flair came to her aid and she was helped to the back in aworked shoot (an event in professional wrestling which is scripted but designed to appear unscripted).[5]
The match between Kevin Nash, Goldberg, and Scott Steiner was marked by another worked shoot incident. Goldberg did not enter the match until it was partially completed, which the commentators stated was the result of a motorcycle accident. After Goldberg arrived, Nash attempted to perform theJackknife Powerbomb on him, but Goldberg pushed himself off. This was treated as a break from the script and an unprofessional act by Goldberg, and Goldberg was involved in a televised argument withVince Russo, who had been acknowledged on-screen as the company's booker. In storyline, Nash and Steiner improvised an ending to the match in which Steiner would take Nash's finishing move; the commentators lauded Steiner for his professionalism.[5]
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."[5]
*The altered rules were as follows: 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.
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