Mike Awesome Vs. Jeff Jarrett (Fall Brawl 2000)

It's weird that his match even happened. Jarrett had come over from the WWF when his contract ran out and he got a big push since he was friends with Vince Russo (head booker at times for WCW during their dying years.) Mike Awesome had jumped ship while still the ECW World Heavyweight Champion, a bridge burning like we haven't seen to many times in pro wrestling, although not uncommon. Awesome did okay but he was given the horrible gimmick of "That 70's Guy" and a "Fat Chick Thriller" which really sounds like someone was ribbing him. These guys feuded for a month for god knows why and it culminated at this show, which was one of that last 7 pay-per-views the company produced.

-Mike Awesome, Pamela Paulshock, and Gary Coleman have a ridiculous interaction before the intros.

-Some of The Buffalo Bills are in attendance, Jeff Jarrett is wearing a Tennessee Titans jersey and disparages them, basically cheap heat 101.

Jeff Jarrett has some good mic skills, but he barely addresses why he's fighting Mike Awesome. Why are they feuding? Was Awesome a Bills fan? There's nothing at stake here. You could put any body in Mike Awesome's place.

We get dueling chairs & a nearly botched back body drop (from the top rope) through a table. ECW Lite.

The Bills jump on the apron and taunt Jarrett, one guy hangs Jarrett on the ropes, helping Mike hit the Awesome bomb. Jarrett is supposed to be the heel, but he's got people interfering against him (which only happens to babyfaces traditionally) so the alignment is all off.

So, we get yes, a GARY COLEMAN RUN-IN. He low blows Jarrett and plays to the crowd before eating a guitar shot, which is hilarious to watch. Even that doesn't save this match, though. It's just so random and you already have like eight NFL players ringside.

If that wasn't enough, Sting interferes and hits his finish on Jarrett, giving Awesome the win in (9:04.)
This is where the match just goes into negative stars territory. You have like 10 people interfering against the heel, a complete absence of basic booking logic. It's a clusterfuck.

There's something entertaining about these bad matches for me personally (it's like watching an Ed Wood movie,) but this match just breaks some very basic booking rules. It's not a good match by any standard. It's Diet ECW and there's no storyline, no reason to invest in either of these men. Just crummy booking.