| November to Remember (2000) | |||
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| Promotion | Extreme Championship Wrestling | ||
| Date | November 5, 2000 | ||
| City | Villa Park, Illinois, US | ||
| Venue | Odeum Expo Center | ||
| Attendance | 4,600 | ||
| Buy rate | 50,000[1] | ||
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November to Remember (2000) was the eighth and finalNovember to Rememberprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV)event produced byExtreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It took place on November 5, 2000, from theOdeum Expo Center inVilla Park, Illinois, US. This was the fourth November to Remember pay-per-view and the ante-penultimate ECW pay-per-view. The commentators for the event wereJoey Styles,Joel Gertner andCyrus.
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 played out on ECW's television programs,Hardcore TV andECW on TNN.[2]
AtAnarchy Rulz,Steve Corino defeatedC. W. Anderson to become the #1 contender for theWorld Heavyweight Championship. Later that night,Jerry Lynn defeatedJustin Credible to win the World Heavyweight Championship. On the October 6 episode ofECW on TNN, Lynn cut apromo on his title win untilFrancine and Credible attacked him. On the October 15 episode ofHardcore TV, Lynn interrupted Credible's promo untilRhino struck Lynn with aGore and Crediblecaned Corino. Corino received his title shot against Lynn on the October 22 episode ofHardcore TV until Anderson interrupted the two and demanded a title shot as well, with Lynn then defending the title against the two in athree-way dance and retained the title. A week later onHardcore TV, it was announced that Lynn would defend the title against Corino, Credible andThe Sandman in aDouble Jeopardy match at November to Remember. On the November 5 episode ofHardcore TV, Corino andNew Jack defeated Credible and Rhino in a tag team match. After the match, Credible and Rhino attacked their opponents until Sandman made the save and offered Corino a toast of beer but Corino slapped it away.
On the October 22 episode ofHardcore TV, it was announced that Super Crazy would make his return from injury to ECW at November to Remember. A week later, C. W. Anderson proclaimed that he would ruin Crazy's comeback at November to Remember.
On the October 29 episode ofHardcore TV, it was announced that Rhino would defend theWorld Television Championship against New Jack at November to Remember.
At Anarchy Rulz, Da Baldies (Angel andTony DeVito) defeatedBalls Mahoney andChilly Willy in a tag team match. On the October 15 episode ofHardcore TV, Da Baldies attacked Willy inNew York. The following week onHardcore TV,The F.B.I. (Little Guido andTony Mamaluke) attacked Mahoney during his match againstYoshihiro Tajiri until Willy made the save only for Da Baldies to come back and attack him again. Da Baldies then put Mahoney through a flaming table with adouble powerbomb. As a result, CommissionerSpike Dudley announced that Da Baldies would face Mahoney and Willy in aflaming tables match at November to Remember.
As the event kicked off,Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger interrupted the introduction of the event byJoey Styles andJoel Gertner on not mentioning that Diamond was responsible for endingTommy Dreamer's career and then he punched Gertner until Dreamer made the rescue, only to get attacked byC. W. Anderson.The Bad Street Boys (Christian York andJoey Matthews) then made the save, leading to the two competing against Diamond and Swinger in a match York and Matthews gained momentum until Anderson interfered and nailed anAnderson Spinebuster to Diamond, leading toProblem Solver to York. Anderson, Diamond and Swinger continued to assault Bad Street Boys after the match untilKid Kash made the save and began a match with Anderson. Kash hit atornado DDT to win the match.
Next,Danny Doring and Roadkill took on Hot Commodity (Chris Hamrick,Julio Dinero andE.Z. Money) in ahandicap match. Hot Commodity gained advantage due to their strength untilSpike Dudley showed up as Doring and Roadkill's third partner to make it an evenly contestedsix-man tag team match. Dudley and Roadkill delivered aBuggy Bang andAcid Drop combination on Hamrick for the win.
Next,Nova took on his former tag team partnerChris Chetti in aloser leaves town match. Despite repeated interference byLou E. Dangerously, Nova nailed aKryptonite Krunchfrom the top rope on Chetti to win the match, forcing Chetti to leave ECW.
The following match was aflaming tables match, pitting the team ofBalls Mahoney andChilly Willy against Da Baldies (Angel andTony DeVito). After a back and forth match, Mahoneypowerbombed Angel through a flaming table for the victory.
This was followed by the first title match of the night in whichRhino defended hisWorld Television Championship againstNew Jack. Jack hit Rhino with a guitar but it did not affect Rhino, who then executed aGore to Jack to retain the title.
In the penultimate match,The F.B.I. (Little Guido andTony Mamaluke) defended theWorld Tag Team Championship against theUnholy Alliance (Mikey Whipwreck andYoshihiro Tajiri). Whipwreck executed aWhippersnapper to Mamaluke from the top rope but injured his shoulder in the process and thenSuper Crazy returned to ECW to substitute for Whipwreck as Tajiri's tag team partner. Crazy brawled with Mamaluke outside the ring until Sal E. Graziano got involved, leading to Crazy executing aMoonsault onto Graziano from the top of a pay-per-view board in the audience section. Tajiri then applied aTarantula on Mamaluke in the ring and Guido hit abulldog to Tajiri to retain the titles.
Jerry Lynn defended theWorld Heavyweight Championship againstThe Sandman,Justin Credible andSteve Corino in aDouble Jeopardy match. Corino and Credible hit adouble superkick to Sandman, followed by Credible delivering aThat's Incredible to Lynn and Corino hitting anOld School Expulsion to Sandman at the same time and then both men pinned Lynn and Sandman simultaneously to eliminate them.Dawn Marieturned on Corino bylow blowing him andJack Victory and then she left. Credible hit Corino withSingapore cane but Corino still managed to execute anOld School Kick on Credible to win the title.
Arnold Furious ofWrestling Recaps wrote "Far too much crap, not enough good stuff. But on the upside the tag title match was good and there were a lot of entertaining spotty matches on the 1st half of the card. I think the problem ECW was suffering from was repetition coupled with weak main events. They didn’t have any big name stars left after WCW and the WWF had done plundering their ranks. It’s this that led to their eventual demise (that and lack of backing). So the shows were starting to wind down and fizzle out around the end of 2000, which was too bad. ECW was a great company while it lasted."[3]
The feud between the new World Heavyweight Champion Steve Corino, former champion Jerry Lynn and Justin Credible continued as the three competed in athree-way dance for the title atMassacre on 34th Street.[4]
Bad Street Boys began feuding with Simon and Swinger after the event, leading to a rematch between the two teams at Massacre on 34th Street.[4]
Super Crazy continued his alliance with the Unholy Alliance as the trio took on Hot Commodity on the November 19 episode ofHardcore TV, where Unholy Alliance turned on Crazy, culminating in Tajiri beating Crazy with the help of Whipwreck. Crazy teamed with Kid Kash to take on the Unholy Alliance at Massacre on 34th Street.[4]
| Elimination no. | Wrestler | Eliminated by | Elimination move | Time | |
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| 1 | The Sandman | Steve Corino | Old School Expulsion | 16:21 | |
| 2 | Jerry Lynn | Justin Credible | That's Incredible | 16:21 | |
| 3 | Justin Credible | Steve Corino | Old School Kick | 24:07 | |
| Winner: | Steve Corino | ||||