26 Times Wrestling Titles Have Been Disrespected
5. Bash At The Beach 2000
Was it a work? Was it a shoot? Was it a bit of both? Varying stories claim varying things.
The general consensus is that the initial plan was for Jeff Jarrett to retain his WCW World Heavyweight Championship at 2000's Bash at the Beach PPV. Some point during the day of the show, Hogan decided to play his "creative control" card that was in his contract (silly, silly WCW) and instead chose to beat Jarrett. Vince Russo wasn't happy with this and wanted Jarrett to go over.
What happened live on PPV was that Jarrett would literally lie down for Hogan before quickly heading to the back. As Hogan said himself, "That's why this company's in the damn shape it's in; because of bullsh*t like this"... and he had a point. Whilst Hogan left the building with the World Title, Russo immediately announced that there would be a new champ and booked Jarrett vs. Booker T for later that night.
Whether Bash at the Beach was a shoot or not, it made WCW and its World Championship look like an absolute joke. Less than a year later WCW would be out of business.