10 Worst WWE Set Designs
5. No Mercy 2000
WWE managed to get four monster buyrates out of Stone Cold Steve Austin getting mowed down by an unknown assailant in November 1999.
The sold the Survivor Series itself as a show he was set to main event. They flogged Backlash the following April on the strength of his partial return. They promised that he'd figure out exactly was behind the wheel at September 2000's Unforgiven. The guaranteed he'd beat the f*ck out of revealed driver Rikishi one month later at No Mercy.
The story already started to feel botched, but it was undeniably the biggest one in the company when the company presented the October show. That was reflected in a video clip of the hit-and-run being played on a loop all night onto the stage. A novel idea, but did the screen really need to be some tacky corrugated plastic?
This was the year of taxis hanging atop the Madison Square Garden tunnel, the swinging blades of Backlash or a SummerSlam structure big enough for Shane McMahon to be in the air for an eternity when he fell off it. Much like the Rikishi payoff itself, this was shockingly low on inspiration.