10 Ridiculous Things You Learn Binge-Watching WCW's Worst Year Ever

10. 2000 Started With A WWF Ripoff

"It's me, it's me. It's that B-U-Double-Z!".

Doesn't sound right, does it?

In late-1999/early-2000, Brad Armstrong poked fun at his brother's Road Dogg gimmick over in the WWF by working a lame knockoff called Buzzkill on WCW telly. Believe it or not, this character is the first thing fans saw when Nitro's 2000 kicked off.

Sure, it was probs supposed to be deliberately hammy, but it's ridiculous that World Championship Wrestling chiefs thought this garbage was the right way to jump start the new millennium. Hey, nothing says 'welcome to the new year' like WCW parodying successful characters from the competition and making everyone think about changing the channel.

This was a gift to yours truly - this writer couldn't believe his eyes when Buzzkill was the first wrestler through the curtain on the 3 January Nitro. That'd be like Triple H starting the first Raw of the year with a wrestler called Ron Noxley and expecting ratings to skyrocket for the quarter hour.