An Alternate History Spinoff - WWF (1998 and Beyond)

WWF Judgment Day 2000
May 21st, 2000 - Freedom Hall - Louisville, Kentucky

1.) Tag Team Texas Bullrope Match - The APA def. The Nasty Boys
2.) WWF Intercontinental Title - Inferno Match - Kane def. Vampiro (c)
3.) Falls Count Anywhere Match - Shane McMahon def. Psycho Sid
4.) I Quit Match - Shawn Michaels def. Justin Credible
5.) WWF World Tag Team Titles & WWF World Six-Man Tag Team Titles - Elimination Tables Match - D-Generation X (The New Age Outlaws & X-Pac with Tori) [World Tag Team] def. Too Cool & Rikishi [World Six-Man Tag Team]
6.) WWF Title - Sixty-Minute Iron Man Match - Special Guest Referee: Hollywood Hulk Hogan - Triple H (with Shane McMahon, Stephane McMahon-Helmsley, & Vince McMahon) def. The Rock (c)

So there wasn't a ton of turnaround between Insurrextion and Judgment Day (just over two weeks), so there isn't a ton to go over. The one thing that pretty much remains intact from this same PPV in OTL is the Sixty-Minute Iron Man Match for the WWF Title between The Rock and Triple H. The one aspect of that match that does change is the Special Guest Referee. With Shawn Michaels occupied elsewhere, somebody else had to fill that role. That person would end up being Hollywood Hulk Hogan. After his match with Jeff Jarrett at Insurrextion ended in a DQ when Jarrett hit him with a guitar, it was decided that their rematch on the May 10th SmackDown would decide who would be that Special Guest Referee. Hogan won, and the match was fully set. The match itself turn out pretty much the exact same way it does in OTL. Triple H takes a big lead, The Rock makes a comeback, and it's tied up late. D-Generation X came out late and got involved, and that led to the return of The Undertaker (now coming out on his motorcycle as The American Badass), and his interference would lead to Hogan disqualifying The Rock, which gave Triple H a 6-5 victory, and thus, he is the new WWF Champion.

When you take a look at the rest of the card for this version of Judgment Day 2000, it very much resembles the type of card you might see for an Extreme Rules PPV, where every match has some sort of stipulation attached. The semi-main event (just like in OTL) was a Tables Match, but instead of The Dudley Boyz being involved, it's Too Cool and Rikishi. Also, it's a double title bout, with both the WWF World Tag Team Titles and the WWF World Six-Man Tag Team Titles on the line (Too Cool and Rikishi won the titles from The Dark Carnival on the May 17th SmackDown thanks to some involvement from Kane). With the win in this Tables Match, and Triple H's win in the main event, it was a very good night for D-Generation X and The McMahon-Helmsley Regime on the championship front.

Another victory for The McMahon-Helmsley Regime came earlier in the night, as Shane McMahon defeated Psycho Sid in a Falls Count Anywhere Match. Shane was able to secure the victory after some involvement from Dustin Rhodes and Harris Brothers Security, who Shane had paid off to come to his aid at just the right time (these three aren't joining The McMahon-Helmsley Regime, as this was just a one night deal where Shane paid the three of them cold hard cash for their services).

After getting involved in the main event of Backlash 2000, Justin Credible continued his rivalry with Shawn Michaels, and after months and months of fighting between the two, Michaels wanted to end things once and for all, and challenged Credible to an I Quit Match. The match was made, and when the dust settled, Michaels emerged victorious.

While Justin Credible vs. Shawn Michaels served as the end of one rivalry, the opening match of this PPV served as the continuation of another. The APA were looking to get revenge after they fell to The Nasty Boys back at Backlash 2000. Their rematch would very much play into the hands of The APA, as the two teams would fight it out in a Tag Team Texas Bullrope Match. While The Nasty Boys thought they had the upper hand when their newest ally, Luna Vachon, got involved, The APA were prepared for this, and their newest ally Jacqueline would come out to even the odds. In the end, The APA would score the victory, though their rivalry in The Nasty Boys is far from over.

Finally, Kane got the chance to regain his WWF Intercontinental Title from Vampiro in an Inferno Match. The road to this match wasn't easy though, as Vampiro forced Kane to go up against the various members and allies of The Dark Carnival. On the May 8th RAW Is WAR, Kane defeated PG-13 in a Handicap Match where PG-13 was allowed to use weapons, while Kane was not allowed to any sort of weapon. On the May 10th SmackDown, Kane defeated Sick Vick in a Parking Lot Brawl. Finally, on the May 15th RAW Is WAR, Kane defeated Gangrel in a Blood Bath Match, where the only way to win was to toss your opponent into the giant container of "blood" that was set up by the stage. With that, Kane earned his rematch, and also earned the right to pick the stipulation, and he decided on the Inferno Match (which would keep the rest of The Dark Carnival from getting involved). Kane managed to complete his quest at Judgment Day, as he regained the Intercontinental Title from Vampiro after setting one of his legs on fire.

I have nothing else to report on in terms of other title changes, so that pretty much wraps up this post! Tune in next time, as I go over King Of The Ring 2000!