9. WCW Champion David Arquette Turns Heel - Slamboree 2000
Thousands of words have been written in books and online about David Arquette winning the WCW championship and the damage it did or didnt do to the company and the industry as a whole, as Vince Russo has shifted blame to Tony Schiavone while trumpeting that it landed them coverage in USA Today. You know what else garners a ton of media coverage? ISIS beheadings. But that doesnt make them stories we actually want to happen. In 2000 during Russos reign of terror he had fighting champion Dewey from Scream defend his belt against Jeff Jarrett and DDP in a Ready To Rumble triple cage match, which was a structure straight out of the mega-blockbuster hit movie that featured Oliver Platt and a bunch of WCW wrestlers. As of Arquette as champ wasnt bad enough, we had the ultimate swerve with David turning hell and helping Jarrett win the title from himself when he hit DDP with The Chosen Ones guitar. We should probably be thankful because it got the belt back around the waist of a wrestler at least, but the ending was so hokey, and absent any logic just for the sake of tricking the fans that It was abysmal.
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