WCW Pay Per View Events, 2000

Tony Schiavone:
We go back, though, a few weeks ago, the power... the Jackhammer by Goldberg on the back of Hogan through the table, wondering if Hogan could even come back. We have not seen Hogan since that time. We all knew. Scott, I knew, much as you won't admit, Madden, you knew that Hogan would make it back to Bash at the Beach.

Mark Madden:
No, no, I knew he'd never miss a big pay-per-view payday... [As soon as the bell rings, Jeff Jarrett lies down in the middle of the ring] What's Jeff doing?! What's Jeff doing?!

Scott Hudson:
Is it Halloween Havoc all over again?

Mark:
Russo's... I think Russo told Jarrett to lie down.

Scott:
Russo's holding up the belt like, "you want the belt? Pin the man. Jarrett's down."

Tony:
And Hogan is as shocked as we are.

Vince Russo:
There's only one way for me to do this, and that's for me to tell it like it is. You know, three weeks ago, I left WCW.

Crowd:
RUSSO SUCKS!

Vince:
Three weeks ago, I left WCW, and quite frankly, I didn't know if I was gonna come back. And the reason I didn't know I was gonna come back or not is because, from day one that I've been in WCW, I've done nothing, nothing but deal with the bullshit of the politics behind that curtain. The fact of the matter is, I've got a wife, I've got three kids at home and I really don't need this shit. But let me tell you why I did come back. I came back for every one of the guys in that locker room that week in, week out bust their ass for WCW. I came back for the Booker Ts. I came back for every single guy in MIA. I came back for the Animals, I came back for Jarrett, I came back for the guys behind that curtain that give a shit about this company. And let me tell you who doesn't give a shit about this company. That goddamn politician, Hulk Hogan.

Because let me tell you people what happened in this ring tonight. All day long, I'm playing politics with Hulk Hogan, because Hulk Hogan tonight wants to play his creative control card, and to Hulk Hogan, that meant that tonight, in the middle of this ring, when he knew it was bullshit, he beats Jeff Jarrett! Well, guess what, Hogan got his wish. Hogan got his belt and he went the hell home, and I promise everybody or else I'll go in the goddamn grave, you will never see that piece of shit again!

But I also... I sat out there with the people just like you, and I know you paid good money to come here tonight, and nobody is gonna be ripped off here tonight. So Hulk Hogan now has the WCW belt. And Hulk, let's refer to that as the Hulk Hogan Memorial Belt, because from here on in, that belt don't mean shit! Because there will be a new WCW belt, and as far as I'm concerned, that belt still belongs to the one guy that bust his ass week in and week out in the middle of this ring, and you people can love him or hate him, but that guy doesn't screw anybody back there, and that's Jeff Jarrett.

Now hold on a minute. Jeff Jarrett is still the official WCW Champion, but he will defend that title in this ring tonight. He will defend that title against the son-of-a-bitch back there who for 14 years has been busting his ass in WCW and can't get a goddamn break because of the Hulk Hogans - and I'm talking about Booker T! Booker T and Jeff Jarrett are the two reasons why I'm in this damn stinking business to begin with. So tonight in this ring, for the WCW Title, two deserving guys, Jarrett and Booker will compete for the WCW, and they'll tear this goddamn house down. And Hogan, you big bald son of a bitch, kiss my ass!

Tony:
[as Jarrett climbs to the top rope with a guitar] He's doing everything in his power to keep the championship. He's got another acoustic equalizer, Scott. He's got it, and I wanna tell you, he hits it right now, it's over with.

Scott:
Billy Silverman just got Stroked out by the World Champion.

Tony:
Booker doesn't see Jarrett... [As Jarrett jumps, Booker catches him and hits the Book End] BOOK END! BOOK END! [Mark "Slick" Johnson rushes to the ring and counts] There's the referee...two...THREE!

Scott:
WE'VE GOT A NEW CHAMPION!

Mark:
Oh my God! Booker T's the World Champion! Booker T's the Champ!

Tony:
I can't believe it!

Scott:
He came to the building fighting one man, he fought the champion! He won the gold, he is the top man in this sport!

Tony:
He caught him with the Book End! Look at the fans standing! They're raising the roof with Booker T, the World Heavyweight Champion! What a moment in WCW history this is!

Scott:
Hard work pays off! Booker T busted his ass for 14 years, and he is now the heavyweight champion of the world!

Mark:
Hard work paid off for the people who bought this pay-per-view, too. Hard work entertained everybody. This is what it should have been like a long time ago! A long time ago! Finally, the new WCW really is the new WCW!