WrestleMania 2000

Guide Note

WrestleMania 2000 was the sixteenth installment of WrestleMania - a pay-per-view professional wrestling event held by World Wrestling Entertainment.

Fast Facts

1. Date: April 2, 2000
2. Venue: Arrowhead Pond
3. City: Anaheim, CA
4. Attendance: 18,742¹
5. Commentators: Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler
6. First WrestleMania where a "heel" left as champion²
7. First WrestleMania with no one-fall singles match²
8. Third WrestleMania where Pete Rose is tombstoned by Kane³

With Stone Cold Steve Austin out of action for a year due to neck surgery, Triple H rose to dominance by the time WrestleMania 2000 took place. In the storyline, Triple H married Vince McMahon's daughter Stephanie, thereby starting the "McMahon-Helmsley Era" that tore the McMahon family apart.

In the main event, each McMahon supported a WWE superstar in the "Fatal Four-Way" elimination main event. Shane McMahon backed Big Show, Linda McMahon stood by Mick Foley (who wrestled under his real name), Stephanie accompanied Triple H, and Vince McMahon was in the corner of the favorite to win, The Rock.⁴ Though WrestleMania had a history of "faces" (good guys) always winning the main event, the outcome of this match shocked many of the fans in attendance.¹

Perhaps the most memorable moment of the event happened earlier that night during the tag team triangle ladder match. In the aisle, Jeff Hardy dove off a tall ladder, swanton bombing opponent Bubba Ray Dudley through a table. The move took both competitors out for the rest of the match.¹

• Triple H def. The Rock, Big Show and Mick Foley

• Edge/Christian def. Dudley Boyz and Hardy Boyz
• Kane/Rikishi def. X-Pac/Road Dogg
• Benoit and Jericho def. Kurt Angle for both his Intercontinental and European titles in a 2-fall triple threat
• Sexay/Scotty/Chyna def. Eddie/Perry/Malenko
• Test/Albert def. Snow//Blackman
• Boss Man/Bull def. Godfather/D'Lo
• Terri Runnels def. Kat
• Hardcore Holly won the hardcore battle royal