Survivor Series (2000 TV Special) User Reviews

loved it

[ricky_says_hi · 8/10 · 20 September 2009]

while it isn't the best PPV of all time, Survivor Series is always my favourite PPV of the year and this one is a personal favourite of mine. plus it is from the best era of WWF ever.

1) 6-PERSON INTERGENDER TAG MATCH - T&A and Trish Stratus Vs Crash, Steve Blackman and Molly Holly: a fun opening match and it's good how Test and Albert's brute strength contrast with Crash and Molly's speedy style. then there's Trish's non existent wrestling ability. who knew that next year she'd be a great wrestler and win the title? Molly gets the win with a sunset flip on Trish (her first televised victory). 6/10 2) SURVIVOR SERIES MATCH - The Radicalz Vs Road Dogg, K-Kwik, Billy Gunn and Chyna: one of my favourite matches to watch, we have a mini DX reunion here with some impressive moves from Chyna and Billy Gunn. too bad that the Radicalz win when they have only two decent wrestlers on their team. however those two decent wrestlers (Benoit and Saturn) are the only two who survived this match. special props to Billy Gunn for pwning Eddie Guerrero and Dean Malenko.8/10 3) Kane Vs Chris Jericho: longer than i expected but quite impressive. Y2J does put in a lot of effort here and god i miss masked Kane. the match gets really good when it moves to ringside. Jericho keeps pounding on Kane who just takes it and eventually gets the win like it's no trouble at all. 6/10 4) The Rock Vs Rikishi: sadly this is really out of place. i never liked Rikishi being a villain, he just didn't fit. if he ain't the fun dancing Rikishi he ain't worth watching. these two put up a decent fight with The Rock coming out on top as usual. it was a bit too long for my liking. 5/10 5) WWF European TITLE - Hardcore Holly vs William Regal (c): sadly the worst match of the night. i have never liked Hardcore Holly, his style has always seemed off to me and he would have been better off teaming with his cousins to face T&A. Regal starts working on Holly's injured knee and Holly hits him with the belt to get a DQ. 4/10 6) WWF WOMEN'S TITLE - Lita Vs Ivory (c): fantastic. two of the top female athletes in the company in one match together. Ivory is very underrated in my opinion and she proves she's just as tough as Lita who puts up a good fight. Steven Richards buts in to help Ivory pick up the win. overall, solid match. 7/10 7) WWF TITLE - Kurt Angle (c) Vs Undertaker: although Kane came out victorious, his bro wasn't as lucky. i can never really see Taker with the title but he does work hard here. Kurt is brilliant as always standing up to the American Badass but things look tough so he hides under the ring. Taker pulls him out and pins him but the ref notices it isn't Kurt. the real Kurt comes back in and rolls up Taker for the win and gets out of there with his brother. 7/10 8) SURVIVOR SERIES MATCH - Bull Buchanan, The Goodfather, Edge, Christian Vs Hardy Boys and Dudley Boyz: i really love these matches and Team X-Treme get one back for Lita since she didn't win the title. Matt is first eliminated then the Goodfather thanks to Val Venis (oops). the action is quite fast paced but good overall and Jeff is the only one to survive. afterwards the Dudleys put their enemies through a table, as you do. 8/10 9) Stone Cold Vs Triple H: it's supposed to be a no DQ match but that is to be expected. the action doesn't stay confined to the ring for long and the two move backstage with the Radicalz interfering but Stone Cold gets rid of them. they wind up in the parking lot, Triple H gets in a car but Stone Cold gets into a forklift and drops the car from a height in the air to make a really confusing ending. 7/10

Weaker one

[amanwhorocks · 6/10 · 8 April 2015]

1. T&A/Trish Stratus Vs. Crash Holly/Steve Blackman/Molly Holly - Quite good mixed tag match. Molly pinned Trish. 7/10

2. Road Dogg/K Kwik/Chyna/Billy Gunn Vs. Radicalz - Yeah, Radicalz won, but in a cheap way... 8/10

3. Chris Jericho Vs. Kane - I was a little bit angry they put Kane over Jericho. 6.5/10

4. WWF European Title Match: Champ-William Regal Vs. Hardcore Holly - Holly DQed himself.... Pity, I like Regal's old school style 6/10

5. Rikishi Vs. The Rock - Simply match for Rock to end the feud. 6.5/10

6. WWF Women's Championship: Champ-Ivory Vs. Lita - Lita juiced hard and Ivory retained. Decent Women's match! 7/10

7. WWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Champ-Kurt Angle Vs. The Undertaker - Kurt Angle had got a doubler in the end, HA! 7.5/10

8. Edge & Christian/Champs-Right To Censor Vs. Hardy Boyz/Dudley Boyz 7.5/10

9. Stone Cold Vs. Triple H - Better than average match but with stupid ending. And then the forklift thing. 6.5/10

"Mediocre" is a kind way of putting it

[gridoon · 5/10 · 24 March 2006]

1) T&A and Trish vs. Crash and Molly Holly and Steve Blackman. Short and a bit messy, like most six-person tag team matches, but it's fun to watch Molly and Trish in this early stage of their careers, and Crash finds time to pull off one good headscissors takedown. **1/2

2) Road Dogg, K Kwik, Chyna and Billy Gunn vs. The Radicalz. Survivor Series Elimination Match. A couple of nice moves (K Kwik, Benoit), otherwise mostly punching and kicking. **

3) Kane vs. Chris Jericho. A standard match between these two, where they hit almost all their trademark spots. **1/2

4) William Regal vs. Hardcore Holly (European title). A filler match with a terrible DQ ending. I've heard a more enthusiastic crowd at the church. **

5) The Rock vs. Rikishi. Poor. Rikishi is a repulsive fat guy who can't wrestle, and The Rock's "devastating People's Elbow" sucks. *1/2

6) Ivory vs. Lita (women's title). As a match, pretty poor. But Lita gets a bloody cut over her left eye and not only does she continue the match, but she also takes all her usual risks. Admirable. **

7) Kurt Angle vs. The Undertaker (WWF title). Two highlights give this match its high rating: Kurt's awesome figure-four leglock around the ringpost (!), and one of the funniest and most imaginative endings I've ever seen. ***

8) Edge & Christian and RTC vs. The Hardy Boyz and The Dudley Boyz. Survivor Series Elimination Match. The only team I cared about in this one were the Hardyz. The bad news: Matt is the first man to be eliminated! The good news: Jeff wins! **

9) Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. HHH (no DQ). What a lame excuse for a main event! Just a long, draggy brawl that ends with a cliffhanger. Only thing I found amusing was the crowd's reaction ("yeah!") when Stone Cold placed a steel chair around The Game's throat and threatened to jump on it! *1/2

BORING

[marlbrolights17 · 7 July 2002]

This WWF pay-per-view, was just OK which is not good considering the WWf is a billion dollar corporation. Now i know is kinda nerdy to analyze something like a video but nobody as a review for the one so i thought what the hell! The weird thing about this video is that the highlighted matches were the most boring ones. For example the Triple H and Stone Cold match. What the hell?? It ended with Triple H being smashed to death in a car?? No winner, no explanation, nothing. Also the Rock and Rikishi match was pretty stupid too. Some good matches are The Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle for the WWF title. Ending is a little bit shaky but pretty funny and entertaining. I also liked the Women's title match between Lita and Ivory just because i think Lita was stoned during it. hehe. The traditional Survivor Series tag matches were good. The first one was Chyna, Billy Gunn, Road Dogg, and K-Kwik vs. The Radicalz. Only bad thing about that match was that Chyna got pinned very quickly. The other and more entertaining match was The Hardys and Dudleyz vs. Right to Censor, and Edge and Christian. Overall i would give this pay-per-view and B-

Mediocre Event Rendered Even Worse By Abrupt Ending

[zkonedog · 3/10 · 18 February 2022]

I've never been a huge fan of the Survivor Series mixed tag format, so on one hand it was good to see the WWE start to move away from that format here (only two true elimination matches). That being said, this card is pretty weak from top to bottom and really leaves a sour taste with the odd ending.

Some further thoughts...

-Kane vs. Jericho is a technically fine match, but what an odd pairing. Seemed like a "hey, these guys haven't feuded yet" more than anything else.

-The Rock vs. Rikishi has a bit of energy to it (two electric performers). Yet, I couldn't help but think it is a bit embarrassing for a wrestler of Dwayne Johnson's caliber to be put with a guy most notable for his rear end.

-The "American B-A" Undertaker never does it for me, so his match with Kurt Angle is "just okay" from an engagement perspective unless you are really into biker-Taker.

-As per the usual for the company at this time, the Dudleys and Hardys put on the best beginning-to-end match, what with their high-flying antics and overall energy.

-For the finale, HHH & Stone Cold put on a solid and engaging 30+ minute match. Easily the best of the night. Yet, inexplicably, it ends with an out-of-the-arena stunt that provides no resolution. This is the type of thing perfect for Raw or Smackdown cliffhangers--not the end of a major PPV!

With that bad taste in my mouth, I can only give this show 3/10 stars. Some okay matches, a few real stinkers, one great one, and a final bow that looks to be great but blows it in the end.

Pretty lackluster show in a strong year for PPVs

[morantjavonte · 5/10 · 8 June 2023]

Survivor Series 2000 Thoughts

Survivor Series 2000 was the 14th annual Survivor Series PPV event produced by the WWF. It took place on November 19, 2000 at the Ice Palace in Tampa, Florida. Attendance was at 18,602 with a buyrate being 400,000.

The main story feud of the show featured Steve Austin's rivalry with Triple H. One year earlier at Survivor Series, Austin was taken out when a car ran him over in a parking lot. In reality, it was set to write him out as he had major neck surgery and missed 11 months of in-ring action until he returned in October 2000 at No Mercy. It was later revealed that Rikishi was the driver of the car, so Austin took him out and then we found out Triple H was the accomplice that put Rikishi to do it. This led to Austin renewing his rivalry against Triple H. We also had The Rock face Rikishi which was Rikishi not feeling the respect he should have gotten after "what he did for The Rock". Kurt Angle faced the Undertaker for the WWF Championship and Kane battled Y2J in one of the dumbest setups for a feud at the time.

The Good - Well...I highly enjoyed The Rock vs. Rikishi. A lot of people would agree that Rikishi's attempted push was a silly idea but it was worth a try. He overall wasn't the guy to be put in the main event spotlight with the likes of The Rock, Stone Cold and Triple H. His match here with The Rock still was really good and the best match of the night. The Survivor Series match featuring The Hardys, Dudleys, Edge & Christian and RTC was fun. I don't think the match deserved to be placed in the spot it was in which was pretty much bathroom spot. It would explain heavily of why the atmosphere for the match was not that great. I think that did a number on it. I mean come on, you see the talent in the match? Kane and Y2J had good match. I mentioned earlier the story of why these 2 were having a grudge with each other earlier was dumb. Y2J spilled coffee, Kane now is mad. Kind of lame. But they had a good match. I believe they had a better one later though.

The Meh - The WWF Championship match was somewhat of an okay match. It was mostly Taker beating the crap out of Angle. The biggest issue with it was the cheap ending for Kurt as champion. It wasn't Kurt Angle but a stunt double (I guess) that some how cut in to take the shots from Taker. In reality it was Kurt Angle's brother who looked a hell of a lot like him. Main event was good and it made sense to book HHH/Austin in a NO DQ. No doubt it wasn't a classic like the No Way Out encounter they would have months later. The ending though I will get too.

The Bad - Well Lita & Ivory unfortunately had a botch that got their match to be blown. Lita was cut open and moved in slow pace. Props to her for continuing even though she didn't have to. Regal vs. Holly was a waste of time and heck so was the belt at the time. European Championship was dead at this point and had no purpose in the company. However one major negative on this show was the ending. It was cringy and kind of stupid. The pre-taped camera cuts just didn't work and it really didn't lead to anything (looking at it from a later date). I didn't seem crowd we're too keen on it either.

Overall - 2000 is probably the greatest year in quality among PPVS in WWF/WWE history. I mean it's almost a fact based on critic & fan reviews and the numbers. Unfortunately this was at the bottom of the categories. It almost seemed based on the ending angles of each match that this was more of a buildup to the upcoming PPV at the time, Armageddon. Not recommended and forgettable among Survivor Series.

Score - 5 out of 10: Mediocre

0 = Terrible : 1 = Bad/Lackluster : 2 = Decent : 3 = Good : 4 = Awesome : 5 = One of the Best of all Time :

1. Test, Albert & Trish Stratus vs. Steve Blackman, Crash Holly & Molly Holly - 2/5

2. Billy Gunn, Chyna, K Kwik & Road Dogg vs. The Radicalz (Elimination Tag) - 2.5/5

3. Kane vs. Chris Jericho - 3/5

4. William Regal vs. Hardcore Holly: WWF European Championship - 1/5

5. Rikishi vs. The Rock - 3.5/5

6. Lita vs. Ivory: WWF Women's Championship - 1/5

7. Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle: WWF Championship - 2.5/5

8. Edge & Christian and Right to Censor vs. The Hardy Boyz and The Dudley Boyz (Elimination Tag) - 3/5

9. Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Triple H (No DQ Match) - 3/5

Best Match - The Rock vs. Rikishi

Worst Match - Hardcore Holly vs. William Regal

Most Memorable Moment - The Car stunt. It was cool but it was not the way to end the show.

Top 5 Performers

1. The Rock - Biggest pop of the night

2. Rikishi - One of his better singles matches

3. Stone Cold - Good Performance

4. Triple H - Good Performance

5. Jeff Hardy - Good Performance.