Though that is true I still believe Yokozuna has that title. I believe triple h has the title of being the first heel to retain as the entering champion.
Wrestlemania24444 Nope. They will just prop up Reign's thoroughly embalmed corpse atop a latched springboard and with his right arm extended. As the bell rings to start the match the springboard will be released for Roman's patented superman punch and his opponent takes the 'bump' falling under the collapsing corpse for the clean victory. Roman's music plays and maybe, maybe finally, someone in attendance will cheer for Roman Reigns.
Nope. Still Roman Reigns. Vince, whom by this point will be a head in a jar and still making every creative decision for the company, will not rest until he has gotten Roman Reigns over.
I've got a soft spot for this Mania. I distinctly remember watching this around a friends house, I was an unashamed HHH mark, my buddy a Rock mark, and another friend a Mick Foley mark (sadly nobody was rooting for Big Show lol). We were all rooting for our boys on the main and needless to say, I left happy. Good times lol
Compare WWE in 1996 to WWE in 2000. Isn't it mindblowing how much WWE changed in only 4 years!? Even the Wrestlemania 12 logo looks so vintage and dated compared to the WM 2000 logo. It seems like WWE was stuck in the 80s until the mid to late 90s
Absolutely. I think a lot of it had to do with the Monday Night Wars and the emergence of ECW. Vince realised that to stay on top, the product had to evolve. He stole the best parts of WCW and ECW, calling it Attitude. WWF took WCW talentsand made them better (Foley, Triple H, Austin, Jericho, Benoit to name but a few). Whilst a short term gain Nash, Hogan and other WWF captures ruined WCW.
Am I the only one who enjoyed Wrestlemania 2000 despite it faults (mainly too many multi wrestler matches and Rock not winning the title match when he should have because HHH)??
yea i always thought that rock should've won a mania clean, retained the title at backlash, and then lost in the iron man match at judgement day. That always made more sense to me than rock losing at mania, he's never had his "wrestlemania moment"
Beating Cena in the Main Event of Wrestlemania 28 in his hometown of Miami was a pretty good "Wrestlemania Moment" in my opinion. I was there for it and the crowd went ballistic for The Rock
X-Pac and Jericho had the best match at Unforgiven 1999. They had chemistry. I wasn't even mad that it ended in a DQ. It was by far the best match of the night. X-Pac and Shane at Mania XV was one of the best of the night, and X-Pac/HHH Backlash 1999 was arguably the best of the night. X-Pac was solid 1998-2000.
Remember when The Rock was the host of SNL on 2000 and HHH, Big Show, and Mick Foley made a appearance with The Rock. So they broke kayfabe within 15 days till Wrestlemania.
Lol this just made me think of how WWE branded Tazz for a bit. Chasing the Hardcore champion just because he was an ECW alumni, when in fact, he was one of ECWs more technical less hardcore gimmick based wrestlers.
I know it wasn't the best but I have a real soft spot for this Mania only because I remember me and a group of friends had an absolute awesome time watching it together live! Brings back some really nice memories whenever I rewatch it.
I was at this WrestleMania and something wwe doesn’t mention is how fans were so disappointed after this they were chanting we want our money back. I saw garbage being thrown everywhere even when I left the duck pond arena. Social Media wasn’t around back then. Imagine what would’ve happened if social media was around in 2000
One thing you missed: At this event, Triple H became the first heel to enter Mania with the WWF title and leave with it. Prior to WrestleMania 2000, the title either changed hands or the good guy won.
The main event of this Mania did have a lot going on with the booking, but it was still entertaining to watch. Would have loved to see Jericho, but you can't go wrong with Foley being involved. The drama was great in the main event. The reason why this Mania stands out though is cause of the TLC classic with Edge&Christian, Hardy Boyz, and the Dudley Boyz. That match changed and set a new standard in tag team wrestling. That match never gets old. Still incredible to watch 17 years later.
Forgot the fact that Triple H winning marks the first time someone went into the main event Heel and win. Stone Cold turned heel in WrestleMania 17, but 2000 established that a heel could defend in the main event.
I agree. I know x7 is viewed as the peak of the attitude era but this one was right in the middle. I think they did a great job considering SCSA and the undertaker were both out.
Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Edge, Christian, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Bubba Ray and D'Von. Yes, one of the best midcard and tag team divisions of all-time. You also had Eddie Guerrero, Kane and Big Show in the mix.
Why does everyone shit on this ppv? it had an amazing triple threat match for the IC and European championship and the triangle ladder match was also really good.
So Foley's fine with being thrown off a cell, thrown through a cell, getting speared on to a burning table and pretty much every other hard core aspect of wrestling but he had ill feeling towards the Rock after those chair shots? That's a strange logic
It was the first Wrestlemania where the final match was won by a heel. 1-15 all had face victories in their final matches (final match being the last match of the night, not necessarily the Heavyweight Title match). It also marks the first Wrestlemania where the Heavyweight Title was in the possession of a heel wrestler at the end of the night.
4:49 what's up with the audio there? Guess that sound file got corruted or lost and they had to drag adam back into the recording booth for that one line.
The Triple Threat TLC tag match was the best match of Wrestlemania that year. And then again was the best match a few PPV's later. The Hardy's, Edge and Christian and Dudley Boyz stole the show when all 3 were in the ring.
HHH was also to be the first heel to finish the show with the championship. and leave the building, and show up the next day still the champ. and....... Sorry Yokozuna.
It seems as though Rock vs HHH was supposed to be the original main event, but the WWE was so unpredictable in those days that plans changed on a weekly basis, and we got the dreadful 4 way match
#11 Triple H became the first heel to retain the WWF title at Wrestlemania, and the first heel to actually win the main event of Wrestlemania for that matter!
I went to this show. My friend had box seats, I think it was my sophomore year in high school. I remember leaving the show and all of us were so bummed.
This was a weird mania but it did have some up points… The Hardcore battle royal was fun to watch. The ladder match was ace. The main event had its moments The post match stuff with Kane and Pete Rose was worth watching However All the tag matches were dull as ditchwater The triple threat was disappointing. The McMahons overshadowed the whole event.
I was there. I'm the guy after The Rock cuts his promo/before the main event starts. I'm holding the 10ft sign that says "The Rock is inVINCEble" The people behind me weren't too thrilled. I was 16 years old.
@WhatCulture Wrestling In reference to 0:20, I wouldn't call WM16 a "fully bad ppv" given that it had both the triangle ladder match & the euro-continental triple threat. At the very least, it was better than that year's KotR.
Slight correction: D-Von Dudley was not the only WrestleMania debuting wrestler who didn't become a future World Champion. Benoit was already a former WCW World Heavyweight Champion...
Another fact is that Triple H was the first ever heel wrestler to enter and then leave Wrestlemania with the WWE title.
Though that is true I still believe Yokozuna has that title. I believe triple h has the title of being the first heel to retain as the entering champion.
@@dmitriymiretskiy717Yokozuna being heel????? Lol
@@Rational_upper_cut i mean against bret hart he was. But against hogan...well
@@dmitriymiretskiy717 nah I was just messing I totally agree dude! That era was something else imo lol love it either way🔥
@@Rational_upper_cut 1994 was definitely a good year for wrestling
Everyone rags on this Mania, but the two falls triple threat between Jericho, Angle and Benoit was one of the best matches I've seen. Period.
Yes and sadly it is forgotten now...
I absolutely love that match.
Garibaldi II ya I love the match! As a huge Chris Jericho I am 😁
Facts
Ben who?
#11: Wrestlemania 2000 will be in the year 4001.
main event of wrestlemania 2000- Roman reigns wins the WWE championship
Zack Sabre Jr. So they put his brain in an artificial body or something?
Wrestlemania24444 Nope. They will just prop up Reign's thoroughly embalmed corpse atop a latched springboard and with his right arm extended. As the bell rings to start the match the springboard will be released for Roman's patented superman punch and his opponent takes the 'bump' falling under the collapsing corpse for the clean victory. Roman's music plays and maybe, maybe finally, someone in attendance will cheer for Roman Reigns.
That would be Ryan Reigns the 7th grandson of Roman Reigns
Nope. Still Roman Reigns. Vince, whom by this point will be a head in a jar and still making every creative decision for the company, will not rest until he has gotten Roman Reigns over.
I've got a soft spot for this Mania. I distinctly remember watching this around a friends house, I was an unashamed HHH mark, my buddy a Rock mark, and another friend a Mick Foley mark (sadly nobody was rooting for Big Show lol). We were all rooting for our boys on the main and needless to say, I left happy. Good times lol
Respect ✊ I miss those days, the late 90s were so great to be a kid.
This was the first Wrestlemania that a heel walked out with the WWE Title
Compare WWE in 1996 to WWE in 2000. Isn't it mindblowing how much WWE changed in only 4 years!? Even the Wrestlemania 12 logo looks so vintage and dated compared to the WM 2000 logo. It seems like WWE was stuck in the 80s until the mid to late 90s
Absolutely. I think a lot of it had to do with the Monday Night Wars and the emergence of ECW. Vince realised that to stay on top, the product had to evolve. He stole the best parts of WCW and ECW, calling it Attitude. WWF took WCW talentsand made them better (Foley, Triple H, Austin, Jericho, Benoit to name but a few). Whilst a short term gain Nash, Hogan and other WWF captures ruined WCW.
Mark M. I think it's because the world changed from 1900s to 2000s. At that time it must be an awesome feeling but I was so young
Internet Bro, Internet..
Am I the only one who enjoyed Wrestlemania 2000 despite it faults (mainly too many multi wrestler matches and Rock not winning the title match when he should have because HHH)??
Didn't Triple H put Rock over a month later in a one on one match? Obviously he had no problem putting Rock over.
Yeah but Rock should have won at Mania because was red hot at that point. He was the biggest star in the company.
yea i always thought that rock should've won a mania clean, retained the title at backlash, and then lost in the iron man match at judgement day. That always made more sense to me than rock losing at mania, he's never had his "wrestlemania moment"
Beating Cena in the Main Event of Wrestlemania 28 in his hometown of Miami was a pretty good "Wrestlemania Moment" in my opinion. I was there for it and the crowd went ballistic for The Rock
Rock beat austin at wrestlemaina 19 that was his moment
Damn California Love for Wrestlemania 2000 would’ve been 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
2000 was a great year for WWE.
Lord of Darkness WWF*
Fact: WrestleMania 16 is the only WrestleMania people don't refer to by it's actual number but instead refer to it as "WrestleMania 2000".
Lord of Darkness yup
El Hajj Malik El. X-Seven??
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Vince wanted Tupac's song ? LMAO.
TheChronicDocumentary DreGame it would of fit the PPV perfectly since it took place place in Anaheim
I'm surprised 😂😂😂 Vince look like a Rockabilly type guy...
It didn't help when he called to ask to use the song he started the conversation with "What up my N****"
Big Daddy V should have won the ECW title during that time period. It was the least they could do for someone so loyal to the company. RIP Viscera
ECW was its own independent promotion in 2000, I think you mean the WWF Hardcore Title.
marie 90 he's talking about 2007/2008 was Viscera was Big Daddy V
marie 90 He means the time when WWE launched their own "ECW"
The Godfather also only held the IC title for a few days and he was in the WWF/E longer than Big V
I really liked the hardcore battle royal though
so who else clicked on this video thinking it was about the N64 video game?
DFA8117 LOL old school shit right there!
DFA8117 me LMAO was my fav no mercy the one after was okay
X-Pac and Jericho had the best match at Unforgiven 1999. They had chemistry. I wasn't even mad that it ended in a DQ. It was by far the best match of the night. X-Pac and Shane at Mania XV was one of the best of the night, and X-Pac/HHH Backlash 1999 was arguably the best of the night.
X-Pac was solid 1998-2000.
@@africaRBG I did
Same here, hahahhaha.
the only thing good that came out of W2000 is the N64 game
That game came out half a year before the PPV though
It wasnt to terrible
I can beat anyone in that game
I like WM 2000. The 2 fall triple threat was a great match, so was the triangle ladder match, the hardcore title match was fun.
Remember when The Rock was the host of SNL on 2000 and HHH, Big Show, and Mick Foley made a appearance with The Rock. So they broke kayfabe within 15 days till Wrestlemania.
Exactly!!
Colin Sheehan yes and no about braking kayfabe. Triple H wish the Rock good luck but he told him after the show he was gonna beat his ass" lol
The rock was everywhere back then. Arguably the most famous athlete of the time period
Lol this just made me think of how WWE branded Tazz for a bit. Chasing the Hardcore champion just because he was an ECW alumni, when in fact, he was one of ECWs more technical less hardcore gimmick based wrestlers.
I loved the Angle-Benoit-Jericho Euro-continental title match. Such awesome wrestling back then!
Wrestlemania 2000 was DEFINITELY my favorite one. X17 is a close second.
I thought it was stupid when they called it WM 2000 when it was clearly WM 16. Just because it was the year 2000 and they were just trying to be cool.
SPac316 there's gonna be some confusion when the real wrestlemania 2000 comes along
Totally Agree!!
The Goat Triggered
They will just call it Wrestlemania 2000 2: End of the Line
At least they didn't call it "Wrestlemania 2000: Once in a Lifetime"....
I lived in Anaheim during the event and we got to watch it for free. The Tag Team TLC match was the best up to the point.
Except it wasn’t called that
I know it wasn't the best but I have a real soft spot for this Mania only because I remember me and a group of friends had an absolute awesome time watching it together live! Brings back some really nice memories whenever I rewatch it.
I was at this WrestleMania and something wwe doesn’t mention is how fans were so disappointed after this they were chanting we want our money back. I saw garbage being thrown everywhere even when I left the duck pond arena. Social Media wasn’t around back then. Imagine what would’ve happened if social media was around in 2000
This WrestleMania made for a great game though. Loved playing it on my N64.
One thing you missed: At this event, Triple H became the first heel to enter Mania with the WWF title and leave with it. Prior to WrestleMania 2000, the title either changed hands or the good guy won.
Am I the only one who thought this was about the N64 game
"Poor smelly baseball man" is forever how I'm going to refer to Pete Rose
i think facts about wrestlemania 17 is next
Wrestlemania 17 never happened, it was replaced with Wrestlemania X-Seven.
For realsies?
Nandores 564 man what makes you think that???hmmm😶
Hmm I had high hopes on Victory Road 2011 facts
Nandores 564 nah. It'll be fastlane
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The main event of this Mania did have a lot going on with the booking, but it was still entertaining to watch. Would have loved to see Jericho, but you can't go wrong with Foley being involved. The drama was great in the main event. The reason why this Mania stands out though is cause of the TLC classic with Edge&Christian, Hardy Boyz, and the Dudley Boyz. That match changed and set a new standard in tag team wrestling. That match never gets old. Still incredible to watch 17 years later.
some of the chair shots in that match were fuckin insane
it was a Triangle Tag Ladder Match not TLC (it was the precursor to it)
Back when chair shots to the head was common place.
That Summer at Summer Slam was TLC I.
Fuck yeah
Forgot the fact that Triple H winning marks the first time someone went into the main event Heel and win. Stone Cold turned heel in WrestleMania 17, but 2000 established that a heel could defend in the main event.
Triple Hearst Hunter H Helmsley 😂
sub39h hilarious m8
How could anyone forget that Ice-T performed “Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy” for The Godfather in the first match
it's crazy that there were 1,999 Wrestlemanias up until this point
A fact more fascinating than any of the ones you listed, Triple H was the first heel to leave wrestlemania as the WWF champion.
Last time I was this early Roman was actually a good wrestler.
In other words. I was never this early.
I love it because it was the first WM I ever watched. The ladder match and the Triple Threat with Jericho & Beniot & Angle where great
This was actually one of my favourite Wrestlemanias.
4:36 ‘poor stinky baseball man’ 😂😂😂
Fact 11 - Had one of the best wrestling games ever named after it!
It will forever be known as Mania 2000 and won't be called Mania 16 till the end of time
my dad spanks me when I watch wrestling
Sauce Factory is that so lol
Some of these comments I read are so strange haha
Sauce Factory Jesus 😂😂😂
You love ittttt......!!!!
Sauce Factory your tinder video is great 😂
You forgot to mention that Wrestlemania 2000 while a lackluster PPV was a kickass N64 game.
Triple H at WM 2000 was the first heel to go over in WM history. Previous 15 years, all faces won.
I have been laughing at "Triple Hearst Hunter H. Helmsley" for the last 5 minutes.
hey man you shouldn't talk so fast some of us are stoned LOL
ROFL true af
Fr man !!
''Vince McMetal'' - I FUCKING DIED! lol
Mr White That's Not Wise!
haven't seen wrestlemainia 2000 but I'm willing to bet it's better than nearly everything the wwe puts out now a days
Weird this was my favourite.
I agree. I know x7 is viewed as the peak of the attitude era but this one was right in the middle. I think they did a great job considering SCSA and the undertaker were both out.
I like how at 2:42 the photos of both Matt Hardy and Bubba Ray were them holding the TNA world title while everyone else had WWE gold.
a video on ten virgil facts please?
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1. He should have ended the Undertaker's Wrestlemania streak.
TheSBleeder i concur, hes actually said that in his documentary that came out about 2 years ago.
Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Edge, Christian, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Bubba Ray and D'Von. Yes, one of the best midcard and tag team divisions of all-time. You also had Eddie Guerrero, Kane and Big Show in the mix.
I miss Plumpy
this makes me want to break out the N64 and play Road to Wrestlemania
Why does everyone shit on this ppv? it had an amazing triple threat match for the IC and European championship and the triangle ladder match was also really good.
So Foley's fine with being thrown off a cell, thrown through a cell, getting speared on to a burning table and pretty much every other hard core aspect of wrestling but he had ill feeling towards the Rock after those chair shots? That's a strange logic
To be fair getting hit in the head that much kinda messed with his judgement
why does cena to puts his alarm in 1:59?
so he can kick out at 2:00
CJay _ go home
CJay _ What did he do when we skipped from 1:59 to 3?
Harvey Tully He overslept?
Harvey Tully HE WOKE UP AT 2 PM
You know what, We're gonna let you try that one again.
I also believe that the Wrestlemania 2000 theme was used as the bases for Teddy Longs theme.
When I was 12 I thought Teddy Long was a genius
It was the first Wrestlemania where the final match was won by a heel. 1-15 all had face victories in their final matches (final match being the last match of the night, not necessarily the Heavyweight Title match).
It also marks the first Wrestlemania where the Heavyweight Title was in the possession of a heel wrestler at the end of the night.
last time I was this early RAW was 2 hours
Ok, so 3 and half years?
Back in the day when, in society, it was cool to add “2000” to everything to make something sound cool and modern.
One more to X7! Damn! I'm excited!
You missed Guerrero, Saturn and Malenko all making their Wrestlemania debut too
WE LOVE CHRIS BENOIT
"Triple Hearst Hunter H Helmsley" lmaooooo
4:49 what's up with the audio there?
Guess that sound file got corruted or lost and they had to drag adam back into the recording booth for that one line.
Happy 20th Anniversary Wrestlemania 2000!!! Just finished watching my dvd copy, one of my favorites from 2000.
Last time I was this early roman reigns was being over-pushed... oh wait...damn
"Benoit and Jericho were each looking for the first chance to escape the WCW Prison System." LOL
2pac probably thought wrestling was stupid and that's why his estate didn't want the song to be used wrestling and thug life just don't mix lol jk
The Triple Threat TLC tag match was the best match of Wrestlemania that year. And then again was the best match a few PPV's later. The Hardy's, Edge and Christian and Dudley Boyz stole the show when all 3 were in the ring.
This was the only Wrestlemania I've attended in person so I will always have a soft spot for it regardless of what the critics say.
My one and only mania and first and last time I attended a wwe show
This was the first wrestle mania I ever watched & even then I didn't think it was an epic one but now uv just proved it so cheers
I really like Adam, but please for god's sake slow down while speaking. It's like you're rushing to be done.
WrestleMania 2000 is still better than the past three years of Raw and Smackdown Live.
HHH was also to be the first heel to finish the show with the championship. and leave the building, and show up the next day still the champ. and....... Sorry Yokozuna.
kevin nash ?
Nash wasn't a heel. He was a babyface at 11.
besides it wasn't the main event
I always enjoy watching Wrestlemania 2000. But thats probably because it was the first Wrestlemania i watched
Wana hear a joke
RAW
Imagine if wrestling lasts 2000 years so there's a second Wrestlemania 2000
Thought it was about the video game.
It seems as though Rock vs HHH was supposed to be the original main event, but the WWE was so unpredictable in those days that plans changed on a weekly basis, and we got the dreadful 4 way match
You missed a KEY fact...
They edited out the Roman Sucks chants.
Dunno how you missed that tbh.
The idea of no traditional one on one matches through the entirety of a Wrestlemania nowadays is insanity.
#11 Triple H became the first heel to retain the WWF title at Wrestlemania, and the first heel to actually win the main event of Wrestlemania for that matter!
Doesn’t hulk hogan beat him in 2 minutes after he wins it though lol
Big daddy cool diesel ?
Not a heel when he did it......
I went to this show. My friend had box seats, I think it was my sophomore year in high school. I remember leaving the show and all of us were so bummed.
#SheamusRuinsEVERYTHING
#SaveRusev
WCW/nWo Revenge still the best Pro wrestling video game ever👏👏🙌
wrestlemania 2000 was a clusterfuck
This was a weird mania but it did have some up points…
The Hardcore battle royal was fun to watch.
The ladder match was ace.
The main event had its moments
The post match stuff with Kane and Pete Rose was worth watching
However
All the tag matches were dull as ditchwater
The triple threat was disappointing.
The McMahons overshadowed the whole event.
the moment you realize undertaker wasn't in wrestlemania 2000
Oh Crap I Forgot About Undertaker Not Being In It
And more importantly, Stone Cold.
I was there as a teenager… I had a blast as a spectator!
How wwe should book roman reigns heel turn
"Triple-Hurst-Hunter-H-Helmsley" 😂😂
I'm early, let me think of a joke
The wrestlemania 33 card
I was there. I'm the guy after The Rock cuts his promo/before the main event starts.
I'm holding the 10ft sign that says "The Rock is inVINCEble"
The people behind me weren't too thrilled. I was 16 years old.
#givesamizaynawwetilterun
Gooner Guy tilte?
@WhatCulture Wrestling
In reference to 0:20, I wouldn't call WM16 a "fully bad ppv" given that it had both the triangle ladder match & the euro-continental triple threat. At the very least, it was better than that year's KotR.
If you can pronounce X-Pac, you can learn to fucking pronounce 2Pac.
Slight correction: D-Von Dudley was not the only WrestleMania debuting wrestler who didn't become a future World Champion.
Benoit was already a former WCW World Heavyweight Champion...