The Sixer: From the WWE Vault, Vol. 2
Did one of these in September, here’s a second one because there’s always new stuff being added.
In this batch:
Sting vs Kevin Nash from WCW’s 2000 German pay-per-view!
Dark matches! Rhea Ripley vs Dakota Kai from 2018, CM Punk & Seth Rollins vs Antonio Cesaro & Kassius Ohno from 2012, and a Bret Hart vs Hakushi cage match from 1995!
A Free-For-All, pre-PPV Survivor Series elimination match from 1996 with ALL the hot stars of the day like Aldo Montoya and Salvatore Sincere!
John Cena, for Vortexx kids!
Sting vs Kevin Nash
WCW Millennium Final
November 16, 2000 - Oberhausen, Germany
Watch on YouTube
Right at the ass end of WCW, they ran a pay-per-view in Germany, wasn’t aired live in the U.S. and never even made video here as far as I remember, because they didn’t have much time between this running and the company, you know, dying.
This was the main event match of the night, for the “European Cup Title,” with Sting allegedly the “European Cup Champion,” and boxer Axel Schulz as the referee in a ballcap.1
This has no commentary, as the original broadcast had German commentary for obvious reasons, but it’s got TV camera work and stuff. There’s a reported 9,000 or so in the building and the fans are at least paying attention, which must have been a nice change of pace from what WCW had done to its American crowds.
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