TIMELINE Wrestling | 2000 | Vince Russo (WCW), Rikishi (WWF), Justin Credible (ECW)

Dive into the turn of the millennium with 2000, a year that stands as a monumental chapter in the saga of professional wrestling, navigated by the controversial strategist Vince Russo in WCW, the charismatic behemoth Rikishi in WWF, and the hardcore champion Justin Credible in ECW. This timeline is your gateway to a period marked by seismic shifts in storytelling, athleticism, and the very culture of wrestling.
Embark on a month-by-month odyssey through intense rivalries, epoch-defining events, and the ascendancy of figures who would leave an indelible mark on the industry. The year 2000 was a crucible of innovation and tradition, where WCW attempted to reclaim its glory, WWF solidified its dominance with unforgettable storylines and characters, and ECW continued to redefine the limits of in-ring action.
Whether you're a die-hard aficionado or a curious newcomer, this retrospective offers an unparalleled view into the drama, the spectacle, and the evolution of wrestling at the dawn of a new era. With detailed timestamps at your side, immerse yourself in the groundbreaking moments that defined the year 2000 in wrestling, through the experiences of three of its most pivotal figures.
0:00 WWF 2000 INTRODUCTION
01:53 WWF January 1st 2000
04:16 WWF January 2nd 2000
04:49 WCW 2000 Introduction
06:19 WCW January 3rd 2000
07:33 WWF January 4th 2000
09:28 WWF January 5th 2000
10:04 WCW January 6th 2000
11:35 ECW January 9th 2000
16:16 WCW January 10th 2000
20:51 WCW January 12th 2000
23:14 WCW January 14th 2000
29:49 WCW January 16th 2000
35:14 WWF January 19th 2000
36:33 WWF January 23rd 2000
40:13 WCW January 26th 2000
42:12 ECW January 27th 2000
43:17 ECW January 29th 2000
47:03 WCW January 31st 2000
50:54 WWF January 31st 2000
54:19 WWF February 1st 2000
55:21 WCW February 3rd 2000
58:06 WWF February 3rd 2000
59:36 ECW February 4th 2000
01:01:34 WWF February 7th 2000
01:04:10 WWF February 8th 2000
01:06:01 WCW February 11th 2000
01:09:45 ECW February 12th 2000
01:10:36 ECW February 17th 2000
01:12:13 WCW February 18th 2000
01:13:08 WWF February 18th 2000
01:14:17 WCW February 20th 2000
01:14:41 ECW February 26th 2000
01:15:50 WCW February 26th 2000
01:19:41 WWF March 2nd 2000
01:20:54 ECW March 3rd 2000
01:21:58 ECW March 4th 2000
01:24:27 WCW March 12th 2000
01:32:59 ECW March 12th 2000
01:36:36 ECW March 15th 2001
01:41:23 WWF March 18th 2000
01:42:54 WWF March 28th 2000
01:43:31 WWF April 2nd 2000
01:50:06 WCW April 7th 2000
01:50:44 ECW April 10th 2000
01:53:59 WCW April 10th 2000
01:58:15 WWF April 13th 2000
01:59:46 ECW April 13th 2000
02:02:50 WCW April 16th 2000
02:04:58 WWF April 17th 2000
02:07:13 ECW April 20th 2000
02:08:38 ECW April 22nd 2000
02:14:27 WCW April 26th 2000
02:17:56 ECW April 29th 2000
02:19:02 WCW May 3rd 2000
02:19:55 WCW May 7th 2000
02:21:58 WWF May 12th 2000
02:22:49 ECW May 14th 2000
02:27:05 WCW May 17th 2000
02:29:46 WCW May 24th 2000
02:30:27 WWF May 25th 2000
02:31:28 ECW May 26th 2000
02:34:46 WCW May 29th 2000
02:35:50 ECW June 2nd 2000
02:36:30 ECW June 3rd 2000
02:38:42 WCW June 5th 2000
02:43:39 WWF June 7th 2000
02:44:03 WCW June 12th 2000
02:55:28 WWF June 20th 2000
03:07:10 WCW June 24th 2000
03:08:38 WWF June 26th 2000
03:14:17 ECW June 30th 2000
03:16:03 WWF July 6th 2000
03:17:11 ECW July 7th 2000
03:19:02 ECW July 8th 2000
03:21:38 WCW July 9th 2000
03:33:17 ECW July 16th 2000
03:35:44 ECW July 22nd 2000
03:37:38 WWF July 23rd 2000
03:40:37 WWF July 27th 2000
03:41:14 WWF August 2nd 2000
03:42:25 ECW August 4th 2000
03:45:38 WCW August 7th 2000
03:46:39 WWF August 7th 2000
03:47:16 WCW August 13th 2000
03:48:41 WCW August 14th 2000
03:51:52 WWF August 25th 2000
03:52:28 WWF August 27th 2000
03:55:53 ECW August 29th 2000
03:57:32 WCW September 4th 2000
03:58:57 ECW September 9th 2000
04:00:22 WCW September 11th 2000
04:04:29 WWF September 13th 2000
04:05:36 WCW September 17th 2000
04:06:42 WWF September 25th 2000
04:07:50 WCW September 25th 2000
04:15:27 ECW October 1st 2000
04:17:06 ECW October 6th 2000
04:22:07 WWF October 9th 2000
04:25:05 ECW October 20th 2000
04:26:04 ECW October 21st 2000
04:27:41 WCW October 23rd 2000
04:30:28 WWF October 23rd 2000
04:37:46 WCW October 25th 2000
04:38:31 WCW October 31st 2000
04:39:22 WCW November 4th 2000
04:42:34 ECW November 5th 2000
04:55:48 ECW November 11th 2000
04:57:45 WWF November 16th 2000
05:01:15 WCW November 22nd 2000
05:02:58 ECW November 23rd 2000
05:04:18 ECW December 3rd 2000
05:05:08 WWF December 10th 2000
05:09:13 WWF December 12th 2000
05:10:40 ECW December 23rd 2000
05:12:26 WCW December 24th 2000
05:17:22 WWF December 26th 2000
05:19:46 ECW December 30th 2000
05:20:53 WCW December 31st 2000
05:31:34 ECW January 13th 2001
05:32:32 ECW March 15th 2001
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[@LukeD-Always]

‘Infamy infamy infamy they’ve all got it in for me’ - Vince Russo, every interview he does

[@congressoflife5913]

Russo's portion of this was filmed in 2013. Rikishi's portion of this was filmed in 2008.

[@CLuvTravels]

Russo reminds me of the chewly's gum salesmen from Clerks

[@pythonbyte]

Vince Russo "this is my last interview....". Guess what folks, it wasn't his last shoot interview.

[@MaynardOwns]

Lmao now he’s got his own fucking stupid podcast right ?

[@freshcoastfreak7408]

Listen Mark I’m doing it for you dawg bc I respect you dawg

[@TheAlteredState]

Editor in charge of cuts racking up rails with Tony Khan.

[@jonbourgoin182]

Seriously, even an amateur could edit these better

[@jonbourgoin182]

1:41:35 $20-30 could buy you ton of food at McDonald's in 2000...24 years later you'd be lucky to get two big macs, a large fry, and large drink for $30.

[@billblaski9523]

I dont know, do people like this edit, the way it switches from person to person? Instead of just showing each interview in its whole one after another?

[@craigwilson5660]

Russo misuses the word "literally" far more than a writer should

[@PhilMiCoochie]

Wow, literally bro, bro…… just literally bro

[@DavysFlicks]

Good old Russo. Says he wanted to give Jericho a chance in WCW....Chris was in WWE by the time Russo joined WCW. Says Sid and Tank would face off at the end of a 1hr Battle Royale when "Tank comes down at Number 30" - that's a Royal Rumble, Vinny, and heavily trademarked. You wouldn't have been able to do it. He BELIEVES his own crap...

[@PhilMiCoochie]

Battle royals aren’t trademarked. Royal Rumble is but that’s just a name. Plenty of other companies have done battle royals before and since Royal Rumble

[@MaynardOwns]

Lmao. Yeah he’s a liar. Dubya cee dubya did have battle royals but there weren’t called royal rumble like you said. Russo is really such a fuckin tool.

[@masonclark4770]

Russo wasn’t necessarily wrong when he spoke on Lance Storm. I mean, WCW was arguably his best run ever. Even more so than ECW.

[@TheLordHighXcutioner]

Paul E was such a charlatan.

[@dismothafuka405]

"I never drank or did drugs" "I was drunk maybe two times"?

[@DavysFlicks]

Rikishi saying WWE tried to stop him getting over is such BS. He got a shot at the upper midcard and blew it. There's only so much dancing and stinkfaces can do. He had his run but wasn't gonna get better or more over. Then his attitude was so bad that even TNA let him go for thinking he should be "the guy".

[@PhilMiCoochie]

I did it… I did it for duh Rock. His promos were ass too, no pun intended

[@Rschr101]

He was lazy, it's well known. Just look at him.

[@MaynardOwns]

He was never the guy. Never could be. Couldn’t even be the other guy. Talented sure. But I don’t see him ina 4 month feud with Austin leading to a WM or a summer slam where he wins the title. The fact his highest point was taking a bump off the cell into a hay truck with a mattress and hitting Austin with a limo “I did it for the rock” that was his peak. Lmao.

[@PhilMiCoochie]

@@MaynardOwns and being a dancing fool

[@chrisconnell8464]

Yeah, I remember he got released for milking an eye injury back in like 2005

[@nichhodge8503]

20:37 Russo: “Jeff Jarrett is the only wrestler I know who doesn’t get hurt as he takes care of himself that well” A few sentences later Russo tells us Jeff’s wife calls him to say Jeff has suffered a concussion 😂😂

[@Brunosbud]

Credible looks methed up ....

[@-CONSIGNED_TO_OBLIVION-]

You clearly know nothing about Narcotics if you think it's meth

[@MaynardOwns]

Nah he’s cooked but not meth. To me sounds like pain pills. Possibly Xanax. Maybe somas since they all love them but idk the effects of those so I can’t say.

[@mechagojira6951]

I love listening to Vince Russo man!!! Let's face it if it wasn't for him ( and obviously the talent) who knows if WWF would have made it. McMahons smartest move WAS getting rid of CORNETTE. I respect Cornettes respect for " the biz " but w/o the Attitude Era WcW would of possibly put them out of business....facts.

[@PhilMiCoochie]

Not facts. WCW was on a self destructive path the minute they signed the Outsiders.

[@Rschr101]

Facts bro. Cornette is a creepy weirdo who pays wrestlers to sleep with his wife.

[@PatFussy069]

Yeah WWF would've made it because Vince let sign his top talents to inflated wrestling contracts that would force them to pay back a high part of their revenue into. Not to mention the Turner executives were trying to run WCW out for having to pay back everyone who bought '98 Halloween havoc for going over it's allowed time. Vince also was signing talent for less money than the contracts he was letting go.

[@-CONSIGNED_TO_OBLIVION-]

Lol

[@MaynardOwns]

Would have been fine without Russo i would bet money on it. Maybe cornys old school southern rasslin writing wouldn’t have gotten the same results but Russo was not needed.

[@kerpal321]

Vince Russo turned Mike Awesome into that 70s guy, I just can’t get over it

[@handsolo1209]

Mike Awesome is viewed by some weirdos as more than a charisma vacuum jobber. I just can't get over it.

[@kerpal321]

@@handsolo1209 well then you know exactly how i feel

[@handsolo1209]

@@kerpal321 Yes, I thank Russo for trying to give that turd a gimmick.

[@Rschr101]

You'll feel better if you let it go bro

[@kerpal321]

@@Rschr101 i cant, thats how bad of a creative idea it was, he made mike drive the patridge family bus and also team up with gary coleman at a ppv, what a disgrace, every single idea and gimmick he came up with was something he saw on tv like that 70s show or different strokes or jerry springer and howard stern

[@jameswesten2018]

Ok i gotta ask, if Russo had all these concussions and was really afraid of dying why tge bloody hell was he continuing to get in the ring, and making himself world champ on top of it. What the hell man

[@ganglabesh]

he wore a football helmet

[@jameswesten2018]

​​​@@ganglabesh..as he got speared thru a steel cage wall by goldturd.. football&hockey players wear helmets cmon

[@emfs9522]

Editor needs to be fired.

[@HombreGermany]

The editing is amazing again 🙄

[@mecha2001]

these mashups are worthless. I know they're being put out for free but the flow is complete garbage going back and forth.

[@supergosc9910]

Can't expect people to pay for membership with poor editing such as in this video. I still appreciate what they do, bro

[@LTKK]

"Oh this is an interesting story Rikishi is telling about WrestleMa- ok nevermind let's hear Russo talk about Bash At The Bea- oh ok.....I wonder what Justin has to say about Barely Lega- ok I guess we're going back to Rikishi..."

[@Rschr101]

Amazing bro

[@Required-c9j]

I personally loved the fart sound effects in between rikishi segments.

[@masonclark4770]

Regarding the WCW merger, what a lot of people may not realize is this little thing here: In 1995, Turner and his company were talking with Time Warner on a merger. It happened around Halloween Havoc. One year later, that merger officially happened, becoming Turner-Time Warner. Fast forward to August of 1998, that was when everything changed. Listen to Eric Bischoff tell the story of when he went to a meeting, where a bunch of suits, who had NO BUSINESS being there, were telling him how HE should run WCW, and to start appealing to kids and families. Then, not too long after, that’s when AOL and Time Warner merged, becoming AOL-Time Warner. And AOL didn’t want anything to do with wrestling.

[@seanmcclure]

Big Kish!

[@MikeH18899]

Russo has to be lying when he said he didn't realise it was the same building that Owen died in

[@Rschr101]

No and it doesn't matter. Two completely different spots. Nobody cares or cared

[@ducklife420]

How come every wrestler says I been in this business for X number of years

[@PatFussy069]

Because they were in the business for X amount of years

[@Coaks88]

Rikishi just comes cross as a horrible person and has a very inflated image of himself, very hard to watch this due to him, make Justin look great

[@shepcon7892]

Bro, shut, bro, up bo

[@yjhova]

Just saw a clip of taker talking about that turkey tail

[@andrewnagavelli1215]

Justin was off them 80s

[@devong5699]

Justin credible is wasted

[@DanielClark-ix8bc]

Bro. Literally. I swear to gawd bro. Now you have to understand bro. This is the thing. Mark.

[@matthewsmith5374]

Russo gave Bobby cancer as a SWERVE BRO.

[@mechagojira6951]

Once again the description is so thorough and shoot w all 3 is 😃....why can't u put the date of the interview??? Now it was said a few times " what's that..13 yrs ago?" So ok 2013...but plz start putting dates of the actual interview!!!!!! Great shoot tho...the 14.99$...whoo..although if I can pay 14.99 for you tube frickin premium why not pay it for this??

[@timrobinson6573]

All of the Vince Russo haters are crying because they want the Godwinns and Gobbledy Gooker back on TV. You're automatically over if you come out of a box.

[@Rschr101]

Bunch of virgin Cornette fans.

[@PatFussy069]

Yeah because incest was better

[@jonbourgoin182]

@@Rschr101 I've been determined to remain neutral on Cornette vs Russo and I have to say I find myself agreeing with Russo far more than Cornette even though I like both guys

[@nichhodge8503]

My favourite Russo comment on this video is he tells us how Jeff Jarrett never gets injured then 2 sentences later tells us that Jeff’s wife calls Russo to tell him Jeff has suffered a concussion 😂

[@davidfraser6950]

Fast forwarding past the Russo parts...

[@matthewsmith5374]

Tbf he’s kinda the bacon in this breakfast to their grits and toast.

[@edwells4769]

I'll never understand the salty Jimcels

[@matthewsmith5374]

@@edwells4769 you don’t think someone couldn’t dislike the guy or his work without Jim telling them that? I was 15, had no idea who Russo was until he made himself a character on the show, and I changed the channel and never turned back.

[@NLaBar]

Bro … Russo ain’t the bacon

[@matthewsmith5374]

@@NLaBar by that I mean he’s the most “entertaining” of the 3 here, or at least the loudest.

[@DavysFlicks]

BTW, the tag team that Russo says will never have a career? "Generation Me" - they changed their name to The Young Bucks. Another great Vinny Ru call!

[@EarthdogGFX]

THEY DID GREAT WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TOO IN AEW

[@PhilMiCoochie]

But do they deserve the career they’ve had? Have they made the wrestling industry better?

[@Rschr101]

No idea who they are. Nobody outside of AEWs small audience knows who they are either.

[@oscart3]

The fact that you even know what AEW is, means they had an Impact on wrestling you mark.

[@BruceMichaelFilms]

@@oscart3no, it doesn’t. They’re known for how terrible they are. Is that a legacy?

[@jameshenderson4668]

When was this recorded? Justin went from eating pills to just eating

[@dirtmarc4436]

Wow

[@davidfraser6950]

Justin part from 2013.

[@matthewsmith5374]

Justin fed-able

[@LTKK]

Just Inflatable

[@MaynardOwns]

Has anyone seen tank abbot recently? Shrank abbot.

[@DirtyDadDingus]

Why can’t you put the belt on Tank? Look at him….aw yeah definitely a draw 🙄

[@handsolo1209]

The company put the belt on crap like Benoit, so...

[@PhilMiCoochie]

1:25:51 “Linder”

[@Rschr101]

😂