Worst in the World: Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000

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The dying days of WCW still fascinate me to this day. It never ceases to amaze me how bafflingly awful pretty much everything that went on in this company in 2000 is just mind-blowing. ECW, which was on its last legs around the same time that WCW was, might have had confusing, inmates running the asylum-style moments sprinkled in during its dying days, but nowhere near as consistently as WCW did. If you want an idea of just how nonsensical and overbooked the Vince Russo-era of World Championship Wrestling was, then look no further than Jeff Jarrett vs Sting. Taking place at Halloween Havoc 2000, a show I've already looked at a match from for this series, Jarrett and Sting, both of whom are talented wrestlers capable of putting on a good match, are forced to work through an incoherent mess of run-ins and interference. Let's get into this.

Before the match starts, Sting throws his jacket at Jarrett. That was rude. Jarrett circles the ring, refusing to enter, so Sting goes out after and takes the fight to him. Sting throws Jarrett into the barricade as the bell rings before hitting Jarrett with a chair. Uhhh...DQ? Nope. Sting beats down Jarrett at ringside before bringing the match back into the ring, where he hits a Stinger Splash. Jarrett avoids a second Stinger Splash but quickly eats an inverted atomic drop before getting clotheslined out of the ring. Suddenly, we hear someone yell, and thus begins the medley of run-ins. Outcomes...Sting! But not just any Sting...Surfer Sting!

Tony Schiavone says it's the same Sting from the first Halloween Havoc in 1989, which is not correct. It's the same gimmick, but not the same attire.

The real Sting runs up the ramp and attacks Surfer Sting. Surfer Sting lands a punch, which leads Mark Madden to question on commentary if you can get DQ'd for beating yourself up. I normally hate Mark Madden, but that was pretty funny, I'll give him that. The real Sting gives the fake a Scorpion Death Drop on the stage, only for Jarrett to jump him while he's distracted.

Jarrett throws Sting into the guard rail, only for Sting to reverse an Irish whip and send Jarrett into the guard rail. Sting beats down Jarrett, forcing him into the crowd where we get another run in from...another Sting!

This one opts for the Sgt. Pepper's inspired look. Once again, Schiavone mentions the wrong Sting attire, saying this is the Sting that won the World Heavyweight Championship at the Great American Bash 1990 aside from the facepaint. For reference, this is Sting at the Great American Bash 1990.

Not quite just the face paint that's different. This Sting politely waits for the real Sting to suplex Jarrett, presumably the man who hired him to attack or distract Sting, on the concrete before revealing himself to the real Sting.

The real Sting quickly beats up Fake Sting #2, taking him into the ring where the brawl continues. The real Sting gets the upper hand, throwing the faker out of the ring before dragging him up to the stage, tossing him around and into the set before hitting another Scorpion Death Drop.

Jarrett & the referee (who has been letting a lot slide in this match) are back in the ring. Sting gets back in the ring, only for the nWo Wolfpack's music to hit.

It's another fake Sting...Wolfpack Sting, aka the worst Sting attire. The real Sting wastes no time beating up Fake #3, using his bat the beat him down before hitting another Scorpion Death Drop on the stage. Jarrett wastes no time attacking the real Sting, smashing the bat across his head. The referee doesn't notice this, because he's ATTENDING TO THE FAKE STING.

You know, the one who ISN'T IN THE MATCH. Even Stevie Ray on commentary points out how dumb that is. WCW, man. But don't worry, the ref gets a clear shot of Jarrett's second bat shot. This match isn't no DQ, I just want to make that abundantly clear.

Jarrett suplexes Sting on the ramp before throwing him into the guard rail multiple times. Jarrett hits Sting with a chair before throwing him back in the ring, where we get our first pin attempt of the match off a back elbow. Sting avoids a second back elbow, but Jarrett quickly locks in a sleeper hold. The referee drops Sting's hand three times, but Sting keeps it up on the third, fights out, and locks in a sleeper of his own. Jarrett quickly counters with a back suplex as Mark Madden goes full-on fanboy on commentary for Jarrett. It's super annoying. Sting kicks out of the late pin attempt and fights back, no selling turnbuckle shots before running wild on Jarrett. Jarrett goes for a dropkick, but Sting avoids it and calls for the Scorpion Death Lock. However, he is interrupted by YET ANOTHER STING! This time, however, he comes from under the ring.

It's another Crow Sting, which explains why I didn't just call the real Sting "Crow Sting" throughout this post because I knew this was coming. This is the best of the random Sting cameos, but that's like saying one stab wound was the least painful of the other five.

Fake Sting #4 drags the real Sting under the ring, only to quickly emerge with the real Sting dragging the bloody faker back up and tossing him out of the ring. He doesn't even get a Scorpion Death Drop, what a nerd. Sting hits two Stinger Splashes before going for the Scorpion Death Drop, only for the lights to go out. Guess what happens next.

That's right, we get YET ANOTHER FAKE STING repelling down from the rafters. This one is the worst of them all. Not only is he wearing a terrible wig that flies off into the crowd the second he hits the guard rail-

but the man is about half the size of Sting.

I'm pretty sure Marko Stunt pulled off a more realistic Sting outfit. Also, why two Crow Stings? Sting makes Fake Sting #5 (how) pay for his lackluster cosplay by giving him the Scorpion Death Drop on top of the announce table. Back in the ring, Sting locks in the Scorpion Death Lock, only for Fake Sting #4/Fake Crow Sting #1/Crow Sting #2 to return and smash a guitar over the real Sting/Crow Sting #1's head. See, that's why you give them Scorpion Death Drops, Sting. Also, that must have been the most confusing sentence I've ever written on this blog. Sting no-sells the guitar shot and finally gives the fake a Scorpion Death Drop. Jarrett quickly cracks another guitar over the real Sting's head, gets the three and the win to end this.

The Verdict

This was pure misery. Absolute, unadulterated misery. Almost all of this match was run-ins from bad Sting cosplayers who instantly got beat up. All of this takes everything away from the match, which is fine in itself but a complete afterthought in the midst of this clusterf*ck. You know what this was? A really shitty version of the Firefly Funhouse match. All the appearances of Sting's from the past to assist Jarrett reminded me of Bray Wyatt using Cena's past to destroy him. The big difference is the Firefly Funhouse match had great storytelling, comedy, and was just entertaining overall. This match felt more like the Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer parody movie version of the Firefly Funhouse match, randomly throwing references to old Stings into the match without making any attempt at telling a story or a joke. They're just there so fans could essentially be like "I understood that reference." It's another match you need to see to believe that it exists. But other than morbid curiosity, there is no reason to endure this trainwreck.

Rankings (Best to Worst)

1. Rick Rude vs Jake Roberts-WrestleMania IV
2. Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
3. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
4. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
5. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
6. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
7. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
8. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
9. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
10. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
11. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
12. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
13. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
14. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
15. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
16. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
17. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
18. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
19. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
20. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
21. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
22. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
23. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
24. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
25. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
26. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
27. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
28. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
29. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
30. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
31. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
32. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
33. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
34. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
35. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
36. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
37. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
38. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
39. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
40. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
41. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
42. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
43. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
44. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
45. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
46. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
47. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
48. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
49. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
50. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
51. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
52. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
53. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
54. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
55. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
56. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
57. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
58. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
59. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
60. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
61. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
62. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
63. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
64. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
65. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
66. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
67. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
68. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
69.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
70. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
71. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
72. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
73. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
74. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
75. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
76. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
77. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
78. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
79. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
80. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
81. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
82. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
83. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
84. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
85. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
86. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
87. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
88. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
89. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
90. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
91. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-RAW (7/8/2002)
92. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
93. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
94. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
95. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
96. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
97. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
98. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
99. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
100. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
101. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
102. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
103. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
104. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
105. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
106. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
107. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
108. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
109. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
110. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
111. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
112. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
113. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
114. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
115. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
116. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
117. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009

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