Ups And Downs For WWE Judgement Day 2000 - Retro Review!

[@The_Gamers_Gamer]

WOW Simon just invoked my memory. When talking about Chyna using flowers as a weapon, I remembered that you could use them as a weapon in the No Mercy N64 game! That game truly is the best ever ha.

[@Bonesaw_McGraw]

I'm 99% sure they had them in wresltlemaina 2000 game too. So funny

[@superhakker3198]

No Mercy was the best WWF game ever! I wish I knew what happened to mine

[@buttholeweeb621]

@@superhakker3198 im playing mine right now lol

[@raynardbrown2817]

Didn't the rose have the ring bell sound when you hit someone with it?

[@buttholeweeb621]

@@raynardbrown2817 no it doesnt im playing it now. It kind of just has a loud THWACK

[@JRJigsawyer]

You often hear about the "loudest pops ever", but go back and watch when Taker comes out. It is COMPLETE HYSTERIA!!! The chokelsam he gives XPac is insane too lol. So glad Simon mentioned Vince's hilarious stumble away too

[@seanhinds3480]

I’m glad you said that about Kane at the start! I had this on VHS and never understood why he was on the cover

[@Reacher85]

The whole Gerald Bresco hardcore title thing was so hilarious 😂

[@tomkw732]

Given the sad news about Scott Hall, it seems only fitting that Simon takes the finger of power to Wrestlemania 10 and that LEGENDARY ladder match

[@leeeckerson2728]

Survivor Series 2003 Severely underrated Seeing Vince McMahon getting busted open spattering blood all over the announcers desk then almost 2 decades later he says he would never televise that kind of stuff Triple H Bounty storyline on Goldberg, then watching the match where it’s semi awkward

[@SaraBlade]

And now 4 months later they do away with the PG era

[@Reacher85]

WCW Halloween Havoc 1997 Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero (Best cruiserweight match ever) Hogan vs Piper (cage match)

[@brianhickey14]

Simon you should do a special series just on the hardore title and work your way through all the shenanigans right up until it was retired. It's still retro after all!

[@daviddurnin3542]

The pops Too Cool received in the attitude era insane going back watching it today

[@thebranchise]

I was at this PPV. I had fun, but an iron man match wasn't the most fun thing to watch live.

[@paulytfromgc]

Me too! I remember the 6 man opener and the undertaker returning. That’s about it😕. Fond memories though.

[@tyrone5969]

Lucky you, and I mean that sincerely. I would've loved to be there, it was one of my favorite PPV back then. I loved Biker Taker and think he's still underappreciated. It helped extend his career and made his other gimmick that much more beloved when it returned. It's also when he was allowed to expand his moves, start doing submissions, and add more realistic striking to his moves. It's when he truly started evolving towards becoming one of the greatest ring workers WWE has ever had. For the better part of the first decade of his career they didn't let him show he could wrestle and when he was allowed to he progressed into being an all time great ring workers ever.

[@Devin0835]

@@tyrone5969 Like Shawn Michaels, the second half of the Undertakers career is what solidified him as one of THE ALL TIME GREATS and in that Mount Rushmore conversation.

[@machinedhead1108]

This was hands down one of the very best Taker returns. That crowd was nuts

[@hatethegamejackson1923]

Only one id have ahead of this one was the survivor series one when he came out the burning casket

[@The_Gamers_Gamer]

One of if not the best return/saves period

[@omegaman6494]

Bikertaker was awesome

[@machinedhead1108]

@@The_Gamers_Gamer I don't disagree. Those chokeslams were mammoth.

[@riotd.r.8363]

Dude, my brother and I have watched this VHS at least 10 times. Almost as many times as WWF No Mercy 1999.

[@Iandres92]

This is one of the first ppv that i saw, the return of the undertaker was mind blowing as an 8 year old.

[@SalemArc]

Its Judgement Day Ups and Downs, folks! *"Are you scared?"* *"He's here."*

[@Groudon0199]

Promoting the pay-per-view at the beginning of the event makes sense. Some PPV outlets let you watch the first 10-20 minutes without paying, just in case you're not entirely convinced to fork over your money.

[@GonKillua85]

I think I remember this lol

[@Blackbeard0531]

Can you please do Summerslam 2000? First TLC match!! Shane’s huge fall!

[@eddykaye8618]

That pop when Undertaker came down the ramp on that bike is probably the biggest crowd reaction in WWE history

[@joeymcbrayer]

In honor of Vader being inducted into the Hall of Fame, I think his 1993 Starrcade match against Ric Flair was a great match! Think you should review that PPV

[@tyrone5969]

Epic match! They matched up so perfectly and the energy was incredible.

[@Pinkie277]

Please do Mania X! It was my first PPV as a kid and still some of the best matches

[@beesly01]

And would be a appropriate tribute to Scott Hall

[@joechops90]

WrestleMania X for next retro ups & downs! One of Scott Hall's best moments and just a great show all around

[@PranjalVyas1507]

Love this retro series. Once again Simon thank you !!!

[@frankrappa4765]

Kurt Angle was hilarious on the mic

[@The_Gamers_Gamer]

Perfect thumbnail. The chokeslam is my favorite move ever and that 1 maybe my favorite 1 ever. The one hand top floor chokeslam was the best and nobody sold or took it better than X-Pac.

[@sebom141]

Thanks a lot for doing this awesome work and review! Your old school reviews are so cool, so much fun, we feel passion from you that's great!

[@BigMacDaddy]

WCW ROAD WILD 1998 WCW ROAD WILD 1998 WCW ROAD WILD 1998 WE WANT TO SEE SIMON HATE

[@mikeharless4596]

The pure distraction of HBK's tight attire and Cole's frosted tips is absolutely side splitting! UP! ⬆️

[@tyrone5969]

Seriously, he genuinely looked like a male stripper for about 75% of his first run! 15% too high to put on his ring gear and 10% was when he was still in The Rockers. They were still extremely flamboyant, but not in a "professional male stripper" type of way.

[@Deadline63]

Wrestlemania X...(Macho Man vs. Crush, Bret vs. Owen, HBK vs. Razor Ramon ladder match IC Titles, Luger vs. Yoko / Yoko vs. Bret. Doink/Dink vs. Bam Bam/Luna And MORE!)

[@sassytroy8282]

Honestly when they first aired those Taker vignettes I at first thought they were promoting a Freddy movie or him vs Jason....Undertaker didn't cross my mind until closer to the PPV.

[@CollectWeMust]

Its WM season and my all time favorite is 10. With the sad news about Hall we need to tribute him as well and his match with HBK is a damn classic. So please Simon give this show a review. Thanks.

[@stephenrobinson6452]

I never understood towards the end why the McMahon's and DX beating up The Rock wasn't a DQ but Undertaker choakslaming & tombstoning HHH was lol.

[@KatDJZ]

Ah, I remember being one of those high-pitched screaming girls. I was SO into Edge and Christian back in the day.

[@Geneticlyinsane1]

It's sad to think that this was only 22 years ago and how many guys on this PPV are no longer with us

[@johnalbent]

So right. I watch the Smackdown after 9/11 every year on the anniversary and feel the same way. When Lillian Garcia sings the National Anthem and it focuses on the wrestlers....Time flies.

[@T-RexLaFlair64]

I’ve been watching all the retro ups and downs.. they’re cool from time to time

[@HiHello-Opd]

Please do the time Rick Rude was on both Raw and Nitro in the same night

[@Unitenotfight]

Yesss!!! I was there!! Only PPV I ever attended. Most memorably because my buddy and I hung out behind the arena before the show and were able to meet several people. Kurt Angle, Hardy Boys, Lita, Brian Christopher, Scott Taylor, Tito Santana, and my bud nearly was ran over by The Godfather trying to pull in the gate high out of his mind lol. We even seen Taker in his biker gear playing with his motorcycle before the show. Still was completely mind blown when he came flying to the ring on it later in the night. We tried yelling through the gate for him to come talk to us, but he ignored us. I decided then to yell out his real name “Mark Calloway!!!”. From nowhere Harvey Wippleman jumped out and yelled at me “Hey, nobody wants to hear that 💩!” Highlight of my life 🤣😂🤣

[@akshaykotian3063]

Thanks for keeping us entertained dude

[@victoryusmc]

I remember watching this episode live on PPV, it was amazing!

[@Disciple_of_Cthulhu]

With both Undertaker and Vader going into the WWE Hall of Fame this year, I nominate a Retro Ups and Downs for an event featuring one of their matches against each other.

[@beesly01]

Canadian Stampede would have worked, but he just did it a while back

[@waynetaylor1025]

Never stop doing these!! KOTR 2000 or 1993

[@canuckj8382]

Great choice, i had this ppv on vhs and remember it fondly. The ending of the iron man match was so confusing that the vhs featured a special segment with the coach where he shows why the rock got disqualified right as time expired. I think you should do wrestlemania 2, only one ever done from 3 locations

[@jeffanderson3962]

Big Show/the Giant literally fell off a skyscraper in WCW and was in the arena an hour later with no significant effects. What do you expect a puny cinder block to be able to do to him?

[@luisterral3187]

The first WWF video cassette i checked out !

[@millenialliving748]

Barely legal; the first ECW PPV since we haven’t done an ECW retro ups and downs yet.

[@timrenken9213]

This was the first wrestling PPV I saw, and it was hook, line and sinker for me.

[@j.b.gruberiiiesq6582]

Same

[@imjusthere750]

I think backlash 2000 would also be a good retro as well.

[@lukebutler3299]

Wrestlemania 21, 2000, 14, 3, 6, Royal Rumble 2010

[@22five5]

Even if the matches weren't as good as they are now they were so entertaining, that's why people loved attitude era.

[@static_gmedina]

Woot woot i asked for this one last weekend!!! This took place on my 10th bday! I was so sad i missed it.

[@RAZmainianDareDevil]

The DQ finish makes sense because the chokeslam was a DQ anyway.

[@howwesurvive767]

I was confused too when Undertaker returned with the ABA gimmick as a kid, Lord of Darkness Undertaker was my favourite at the time.

[@MirkoBalda]

I'd like to see Simon review the highest rated ECW on TNN episode.

[@dustinsensenig9798]

Saint Valentine's Day Massacre 1999 if y'all haven't already

[@gorgusan]

It's WM season, we need WrestleMania X review!

[@Ryan01224]

Review summerslam 1999 was on of my faves as a kid but hasn't aged well

[@nujabeez6573]

I just wished “Ministry” Undertaker lasted a little bit longer I know he got hurt around the summer of 99 and was taken off TV in late September, but had he not had gotten hurt I wish he could have carried the gimmick until at least WM 2000

[@thebigbop5866]

5:25 You should take over the Nailz gimmick man 🤣

[@blerdbuffetpodcast8730]

unforgiven 2000!! Stone cold returns, great matches, attitude era at its peak. According to dave meltzer there is like three four star matches.

[@ashleyw6728]

Biker taker was my favourite because its what i grew up on, is buried alive match with vince was my favourite of all time

[@JonathanThomasEMP]

Wwf ppvs were great in 2000!

[@j.b.gruberiiiesq6582]

Simon: Now my neighbors think that I'm an idiot again. Me: I'm dead from laughing as I know all too well 😂😂😂

[@phillipreed6599]

Triple threats are no DQ, Simon. Just a reminder, mate

[@Rayzersword]

I actually know a guy who supposedly once survived having a cinder block thrown at his head. The guy was a tank, not as tall as the Big Show but possibly just as wide with just as thick of a neck.

[@thelittlelebowski66]

It would be cool if Retro Ups and Downs had a theme song like regular Ups and Downs

[@shudson1367]

I would love to see Summerslam 1995… Razor Ramon v Shawn Michaels Ladder Match in honor of Scott Halls passing.

[@dazedandalittleconfused]

Here's an idea for Retro Ups and Downs. The first PPV Simon watched.

[@martinrubio3084]

The iron man match was awesome and the undertaker showing up as a biker good stuff

[@kickflipdemon]

gotta love when a title changes over a dq finish inadvertently by the American badass

[@rhysmoreby1605]

Wouldn’t the triple threat Euro Championship match have no DQ, though?

[@dontask6541]

Armageddon 2006. It has an Inferno match and a Last Ride Match!

[@AcoylteKraven82]

If you haven’t already please do the “buried Alive” PPV!!!

[@mr.mimikyu2342]

And do backlash 2009

[@MegaZombieDeath]

Why does the hands on the ups and downs signs have 6 fingers?

[@Bsmall666]

Hey Simon, would you do Judgement Day 05 it's one of my favorites 🎉

[@Hawkeye26]

My birthday is coming on the 21st and I'd like to suggest either WWE Unforgiven 2006, WWE Unforgiven 2008 or WCW Uncensored 1995

[@DookieSh0es]

I love how Simon couldn't get through this video without laughing literally the entire time at the absurdity of WWE in the 2000s.

[@seanm2600]

I remember the Vince head bob part. Was hilarious

[@otmthewave]

That Undertaker return went crazy

[@johnalbent]

"Find a way for every match to have a title being defended." 5.50 Introduce a brand split and have two sets of titles. Job done 🙂

[@beesly01]

So, since Scott Hall passed, why not Wrestlemania X for the ladder match between him and HBK?

[@DannyDenay]

christ I'm early. And always when I've nothing to say.

[@fredos4323]

LOL

[@j.b.gruberiiiesq6582]

My first ppv I ever ordered. Took much convincing of my parents at that age. 😂

[@AcoylteKraven82]

Like I’ve said before, I am a huge Undertaker fan! At first I thought the “Biker Undertaker” was ok. I didn’t hate it but I also wasn’t a huge fan of it either. But it grew on me at some point! And now I still think it was a good idea. I’ll add my pick for what you should do in a different comment but I doubt it will even be read let alone happen

[@johnalbent]

I was 15 and this was the ppv I came back to wrestling. The iron-man match was brilliant.

[@kickflipdemon]

10:33 yess Jericho does look 20 years younger lol

[@TheGreatDiabeto]

why do the hands holding the respective ups and downs have 6 fingers on each hand?

[@kingmoyakamela8087]

Taker gave one of the biggest chokeslam that night😄😄

[@arnaldomedina3961]

WWE Fully Loaded 1999

[@brantnelson7625]

Please please please for the love of Simon do Summerslam 2011!!!

[@dragongod796]

Judgement day 2003 please

[@Bonesaw_McGraw]

Halloween havoc 95 or RR 92

[@travissnell3191]

Simon Miller- I always thought WWF(E) created the European championship as their counter to WCW's TV title belt

[@arielljasonmalanog4201]

Hey simon unforgiven 2006 retro ups and downs 😁

[@badbooking3221]

What would, for my money, be a GOLDEN UP PPV!

[@jamesmikulait9818]

simon i dont get why you dislike biker taker, i think it allowed him to look cool asf and show he has mic skills

[@taylorspares5511]

You should review TNA Hard Justice 2007

[@ASSAMain]

I would be for the first Raw episode. Where it all began.

[@thribs]

I always preferred Biker Taker. He had more of a character

[@lizzybethmarie4204]

You should go super retro and up those downs for a wccw ppv lol

[@FloydsHighHeels]

Better than anything WWE or AEWs produced in the last 15 years

[@rluna4350]

AEW is 3 years XD

[@franklingoodwin]

@@rluna4350 He knows, that's why he included WWE 🤦

[@foreverunsaved6661]

@@rluna4350aew will never see the 15 year mark.

[@rluna4350]

@@foreverunsaved6661 Such a nice guy! only good vibes

[@foreverunsaved6661]

@@rluna4350I call it as I see it - and that's how I see it. Can't wait for aew to go away - like a fart in the wind.

[@luisromanjr192]

Simon your laugh is just so wholesome....he'd be dead....you can't brain someone with concrete.

[@Tender.fiddles]

My step brother went to this and I was so jealous.