10 WCW Fates Worse Than Death

10. Doing The Job To Vince Russo

Booker T made the most of being thrust into the main event spotlight come Bash At The Beach 2000. He was handpicked late in the day to replace Hulk Hogan against Jeff Jarrett, and he ended the night by winning his first WCW World Title. However, if you thought it was all sunshine and rainbows for Book after that, you’re sorely mistaken.

He actually did the J.O.B to none other than Vince Russo on the 25 September Nitro. In fact, Booker lost to Russo twice in successive weeks. The authority figure became number one contender when Scott Steiner placed him on top of an unconscious Booker during a funky tag bout on the 18 September flagship. One week later, Goldberg speared Russo through the side of the steel cage on the following show, thus giving Vince the top prize in WCW.

Keep in mind that this happened mere months after actor David Arquette had been champ, so fans weren’t best pleased with everything that was going on. They'd viewed Booker's win at BATB as a soft reset for the championship, then Vinnie Ru ran roughshod over their hopes and dreams.

Oh, and Russo vacated the thing a week later, because of course he did. Spare a thought for poor Booker though - his very first World Title win (the same year he was bizarrely re-cast in his old G.I Bro gimmick!) was quickly snuffed out by Russo's bid to play Mr. McMahon in another company.

After that, he had to sit and watch the belt get vacated for the millionth time anyway.