10 Worst WWE Moments Of 2000
9. King Of The Ring’s Evening Gown Match
Right, you knew this would be here somewhere.
Obviously, the 'Hardcore Evening Gown Match' between stooges Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco was played for laughs, and commentary from Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler did provide a fun soundtrack, but putting this on pay-per-view was certainly bold. People were charged actual cash to see Patterson and Brisco roll around in their frillies in between belting one another with weapon shots.
Woe betide anyone who dared to watch this in the living room with parents, siblings or even pets around. The family cat was definitely judging you for laughing at these ex-wrestlers dressed up to the nines and making literal arses of themselves in front of the world. Little Gillberg the cat was not amused, let's be honest.
Sure, it was a send up and a rib to see just how far the aging veterans would go with it, but this had to be here. It qualifies as one of the worst pay-per-view bouts of the entire year, and some would rank it as one of the worst PPV matches period. Things might've been slightly less alarming had the WWF stuck this on a random episode of Raw or SmackDown, but no. It was on pay-per-view, and a tentpole one at that.
King Of The Ring 2000 is memorable for Kurt Angle's win and a main event 6-man involving the WWF Title. It's also remembered for this 'Evening Gown' nonsense, but maybe not in the same way. At points, it seemed like this only made it onto the card so JR could make jokes about Pat's sexuality.
Patterson was surely all for those gags, for the record, but still. They charged people money for this!