The first "official" Monster Jam World Finals was held on March 25th, 2000. The event featured a sixteen truck lineup. This event was broadcasted on pay per view the day after the event.
Tom Meents, driving Goldberg, won the first Racing title over Scott Hartsock in Gunslinger.
Dennis Anderson, driving Grave Digger, won the first Freestyle title with a perfect score of 40.
Despite the fact that only Airborne Ranger and King Krunch pulled out, WCW Nitro Machine, Prowler, and Reptoid's freestyles were not shown on the recordings.
The track layout was basic compared to modern standards, but many consider it to be a great track for its age.
The track had two trucks starting beside each other behind the stadium. They drove down the length of the stadium, made a U-turn and hit a car stack, crossing the finish line in the process.
This would be the only World Finals appearance of Reptoid (though he did
Unseen Reptoid Freestyle
compete at the World Finals 0), Prowler, nWo, WCW Nitro Machine, and Airborne Ranger.
Prowler, Reptoid, and Nitro Machine's Freestyles were not seen
Prowler's Unseen freestyle
on TV.
This event also featured freestyle motocross with Mike Metzger and Brian Deegan. Mike would win the three rounds of competition. This was only seen on the PPV broadcast.
Supercross' Robbie Floyd was in attendance, broadcasting the freestyle motocross portion of the show.
Bill Goldberg was in attendance, watching Tom Meents drive his truck. He also joined the broadcast booth twice during racing.
Lyle Hancock said in his interview during the first Minneapolis freestyle stop on the 2001 season that his original plans were to hit the container in reverse and do a 360, possibly meaning a reverse backflip situation.
