Monster Jam World Finals 1 (lost footage of freestyle runs; 2000)

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An image of Nitro's freestyle.

Status: Partially Lost

The Monster Jam World Finals is an event formerly held in Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada since 2000. In 2019, its location was changed to the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida.^[1]

Lost Freestyle Runs

3 of the 14 monster trucks that performed were not included in the pay-per-view broadcast and home media releases of the freestyle portion of the event. The runs were likely cut due to all of them being short in length.

Trucks Performed That Were Not Seen in Broadcast

Prowler, driven by Dave Pezo: The truck hit a car stack and performed a wheelie, only to get caught on a container. Score: 16.
Reptoid, driven by Jim Jack: The truck blew out its motor before it could hit any obstacles. Score: 4.
WCW Nitro Machine, driven by Charlie Pauken: What happened during the run is unknown, though photos show the truck with a flat tire and being towed away. Score: 19.^[2]

Availability

As of April 2021, Prowler's run was found in the end credits of the Crash Madness 1 DVD, while Reptoid's very short run was shown briefly in the into of the pay-per-view broadcast. Images of the runs are also available.

On May 1st, 2019, an email was sent to Feld Entertainment (Monster Jam's parent company) about the footage. They replied, saying that they'll look for the lost freestyles and put them up on monsterjam.tv once they "get it up and running."