Hardcore Heaven (2000)
Hardcore Heaven (2000) was the sixth and final Hardcore Heaven professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). The event took place on May 14, 2000 at The Rave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The commentators for the event were Joey Styles, Joel Gertner and Cyrus. Nine professional wrestling matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Justin Credible successfully defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Lance Storm. On the undercard, Jerry Lynn defeated Rob Van Dam, who returned to ECW after a three-month absence since vacating the World Television Championship in March. The event also featured Rhino successfully defending the World Television Championship against The Sandman. Storylines The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches played out on ECW's television programs Hardcore TV and ECW on TNN. In a very bizarre moment, the World Heavyweight Champion Mike Awesome jumped ship to World Championship Wrestling (WCW) but ECW booked then-World Wrestling Federation (WWF) superstar and a former ECW superstar Taz to defeat Awesome for the World Heavyweight Championship, with assistance