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Event
Royal Rumble 2000

Date
Sun 23rd January 2000 UTC

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Time
00:00:00 UTC

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24-05-02 17:00 (PST Los Angeles)
24-05-02 19:00 (CST Chicago)
24-05-02 20:00 (EST New York)
24-05-03 01:00 (GMT London)
24-05-03 02:00 (CET Paris)
24-05-03 04:00 (GST Dubai)
24-05-03 05:30 (IST Kolkata)
24-05-03 09:00 (JST Tokyo)
24-05-03 10:00 (AEDT Sydney)

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League
WWE

Season
2000

Round
7

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(19,231 Attendance)

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Royal Rumble (2000) was the thirteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on January 23, 2000, at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York.

The main event was the Royal Rumble match. The undercard included a street fight match between Triple H and Cactus Jack for the WWF Championship, a Triple Threat match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, and the New Age Outlaws defending their WWF Tag Team Championship against The Acolytes.

This Royal Rumble was the first WWF pay-per-view event to air on terrestrial television in the United Kingdom, as Channel 4 had acquired the rights to broadcast World Wrestling Federation programming that year.

The main feud going into the event was between Triple H and Mick Foley. The McMahon-Helmsley Faction began in late 1999, where Triple H and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley had control over the WWF, and scheduling unreasonable matches for the wrestlers. Foley objected to this, and the faction attacked several times before finally firing him. On the January 3 episode of Raw is War, Triple H won the WWF Championship, and mocked Foley with an impersonator. On the January 10 episode of Raw is War, The Rock brought every superstar to the ring, demanding that Foley be reinstated or the entire roster would walk out. Foley was reinstated, and he requested a Street Fight for the WWF Championship at Royal Rumble. Foley and Triple H fought in a four-on-four tag team match later that night. Triple H pinned Foley after using the ring bell, and delivering two Pedigrees. After the match, Foley took off his mask, and attacked Triple H. On the January 13 episode of SmackDown!, Foley returned to his Cactus Jack persona (with a more violent and psychotic character) by taking off his Mankind attire to reveal his Cactus Jack attire.

Buildup towards the Royal Rumble match began on January 10, when The Rock announced his participation in the match and a week later guaranteed victory. The Big Show also declared his intention to win the match. Later that night, The Rock and The Big Show faced the New Age Outlaws. At the end, Big Show attacked The Rock, who then hit Big Show with a steel chair, and a People's Elbow. On the January 20 episode of SmackDown!, a confrontation between The Big Show and The Rock was interrupted by Tori, who declared Kane the favorite, leading to a Triple Threat Over-the-Top-Rope Lumberjack match . In the match, the Big Show eliminated The Rock with a chokeslam, and Kane eliminated The Big Show with a back body drop to win, sparking a fight involving all the competitors and lumberjacks.

Another feud going into the event was between Chris Jericho, Chyna and Hardcore Holly over the WWF Intercontinental Championship. After a title match between Chyna and Jericho on the December 30 episode of SmackDown! ended in a double pinfall, both were declared co-champions. Despite tension between Jericho and Chyna, the two were forced to work together and helped each other retain the title, including in title defenses against Hardcore Holly, who challenged Jericho and Chyna to a Triple Threat match to resolve the title situation.


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Result List


Result Description
Singles Match
Tazz defeats Kurt Angle (3:16)

Tag Team Tables Elimination Match
The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy) defeat The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley) (10:17)
- The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy) eliminated Buh Buh Ray Dudley
- The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley) eliminated Matt Hardy
- Jeff Hardy eliminated D-Von Dudley

WWF Intercontinental Title Triple Threat Match
Chris Jericho (c) defeats Chyna (c) and Hardcore Holly (7:30)

WWF World Tag Team Title Match
The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn & The Road Dogg) (c) defeat The Acolytes (Bradshaw & Faarooq) (2:35)

WWF World Heavyweight Title Street Fight
Triple H (w/Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley) (c) defeats Cactus Jack (26:48)

Royal Rumble Match
The Rock defeats Albert and Al Snow and Bob Backlund and Bradshaw and Chris Jericho and Christian and Chyna and Crash Holly and D-Lo Brown and Edge and Faarooq and Gangrel and Grandmaster Sexay and Hardcore Holly and Kane (w/Tori) and Mosh and Mr. Ass and Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty and Steve Blackman and Test and The Big Bossman and The Big Show and The British Bulldog and The Godfather and The Road Dogg and Val Venis and Viscera and X-Pac (51:48)
- Rikishi eliminated Mosh
- Rikishi eliminated Christian
- Rikishi eliminated D-Lo Brown
- Rikishi eliminated Grandmaster Sexay und Scotty 2 Hotty
- Rikishi eliminated Steve Blackman
- Rikishi eliminated Viscera
- Bob Backlund, Edge, Gangrel, Test, The Big Bossman and The British Bulldog eliminated Rikishi
- Chris Jericho eliminated Bob Backlund
- Chyna eliminated Chris Jericho
- The Big Bossman eliminated Chyna
- The Big Bossman eliminated Faarooq
- The Road Dogg eliminated The British Bulldog
- Al Snow und Val Venis eliminated Edge
- The Rock eliminated The Big Bossman
- The Rock eliminated Crash Holly
- The Big Show eliminated Test
- The Big Show eliminated Gangrel
- Billy Gunn und The Road Dogg eliminated Bradshaw
- Kane eliminated Val Venis
- Kane eliminated Albert
- Al Snow eliminated Hardcore Holly
- The Big Show eliminated The Godfather
- The Rock eliminated Al Snow
- Billy Gunn eliminated The Road Dogg
- Kane eliminated Billy Gunn
- X-Pac eliminated Kane
- The Big Show eliminated X-Pac
- The Rock eliminated The Big Show


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