New Blood Rising was unquestionably bad, but it had nothing on a worked-shoot carried out at the previous Pay Per View. Bash At The Beach 2000 saw a title match between Jeff Jarrett and Hulk Hogan descend into absolute farce, a result of head booker Vince Russo's attempts to address genuine backstage politics via the dubious medium of a worked shoot. Unlike many incidents on this list, Jarrett vs Hogan did legitimately confuse fans with regards to its legitimacy. Rather than making this a more effective example of a worked shoot, however, it merely rendered it even less decipherable than before. Jarrett, acting under the instructions of Russo, lay down and surrendered the World Heavyweight Championship to Hogan as soon as the match started. Russo then came out and lambasted Hogan for his backstage politicking, while the Hulkster blamed Russo for the state of the company. The whole thing was pre-planned, but only Hogan and Russo knew this. The announcers repeatedly insisted that the incident "wasn't part of the script", and were just as confused as everybody watching at home. Ironically, Hogan actually did take offence at Russo's promo, and later attempted to sue the head booker for defamation of character. He refused to work for WCW despite still being under contract, and the whole incident is often rightfully regarded as the prime example of a worked-shoot gone wrong - both in theory and execution. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfotjg_hulk-hogan-vs-jeff-jarrett-bash-at-the-beach-2000_sport
