WrestleMania 2000 (also known as WrestleMania XVI) was the sixteenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation. The event was held at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California on April 2, 2000, and had an attendance of 18,742.
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | ||
| Date | April 2, 2000 | ||
| City | Anaheim, California | ||
| Venue | Arrowhead Pond | ||
| Attendance | 18,742 | ||
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Match results
The Big Bossman and Bull Buchanan vs. The Godfather and D’Lo Brown (w/Ice T and The Godfather's Ho's)
Buchanan pinned Brown following a guillotine legdrop (9:05)
15-minute Hardcore Battle Royal for the WWF Hardcore Championship
The participants were Crash Holly (current champion), Hardcore Holly, Tazz, Viscera, The Mean Street Posse (Joey Abs, Rodney, and Pete Gas), Taka Michinoku, Funaki, The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh), and The APA (Faarooq and Bradshaw).
- Tazz pinned Crash following a capture suplex. (0:26)
- Viscera pinned Tazz following a powerslam. (0:59)
- Funaki pinned Viscera following a flying shoulderblock from Bradshaw. (7:14)
- Rodney pinned Funaki after throwing him into a backstage wall (8:10)
- Joey Abs pinned Rodney following a gutwrench suplex. (8:24)
- Thrasher pinned Joey Abs after throwing him into a closed garage door. (8:44)
- Pete Gas pinned Thrasher after hitting him with a fire extinguisher. (9:29)
- Tazz pinned Pete Gas following a T-bone suplex. (10:15)
- Crash pinned Tazz after hitting him with a cookie sheet. (14:19)
- Hardcore pinned Crash after hitting him with a candy jar, and left the match as champion. (14:58)
T and A (Test and Albert) (w/Trish Stratus) vs. Head Cheese (Al Snow and Steve Blackman) (w/Chester McCheeserton)
Test pinned Blackman following a Flying Elbow Drop (7:03)
Three Way Ladder Match for the WWF Tag-Team Championship: The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) (c) vs. Edge and Christian (Edge and Christian) vs. The Hardy Boyz (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy)
Edge ascended the ladder and took possession of the title belts. (22:28)
Catfight: Terri Runnels (w/The Fabulous Moolah) vs. The Kat (w/Mae Young) (w/Val Venis as special guest referee)
Moolah pulled The Kat out of the ring while Venis was distracted (2:25)
Chyna and Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty Too Hotty) vs. The Radicalz (Eddie Guerrero, Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko)
Chyna pinned Guerrero following a Sleeper Slam. (9:06)
Two-Fall Triple Threat Match for the WWF Intercontinental and WWF European Championships: Kurt Angle (c) vs. Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit
- The first fall was for the Angle's Intercontinental Championship. Benoit pinned Jericho following a diving headbutt to win the Intercontinental Championship (7:55)
- The second fall was for Angle's European Championship. Jericho pinned Benoit with a Lionsault to win the European Championship. (13:35)
Rikishi and Kane (w/Paul Bearer) vs. D-Generation X (X-Pac and The Road Dogg) (w/Tori)
Kane pinned X-Pac following a Tombstone Piledriver. (4:13)
Fatal Four Way Elimination Match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship: Triple H (w/Stephanie McMahon-Hemsley) (c) vs. The Rock (w/Vince McMahon) vs. Mick Foley (w/Linda McMahon) vs. The Big Show (w/Shane McMahon)
- Rock pinned Big Show following a Rock Bottom. (4:48)
- Triple H pinned Foley following a Pedigree (19:42)
- Triple H pinned Rock following a chair shot from Vince McMahon. (36:26)
Trivia
- This was the second WrestleMania to be held at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California. The first one was WrestleMania XII.
- There was only one one-on-one match in the entire event.
- There were no standard one-on-one matches with normal rules in the event.
- With thirteen title changes (ten of them among the hardcore title), this WrestleMania holds the record for having the most title changes in the history of the event.
- This was the first WrestleMania since WrestleMania IV that was scheduled to be four hours long. Every WrestleMania since this one has been scheduled for at least four hours.
- Kurt Angle lost both his championships despite not being pinned or made to submit either fall.
- Triple H became the third man (following Hulk Hogan and Diesel) and the first heel to retain the WWF Title in the main event of WrestleMania. He would duplicate this feat at WrestleMania XIX. In all previous main events the heel lost his title, a face successfully defended his title, or the title was not up for grabs.
- This was the second WrestleMania not to feature Undertaker since his WWF debut.
- The first WrestleMania logo to not make use of the classic font used in past WrestleManias (1 - XV) and also the first and only WrestleMania logo to use the font Neo Sans.
- Mick Foley's dream of being in the main event of WrestleMania was realized at WrestleMania 2000. Previously, the closest he had gotten to this point was being guest referee for the main event at WrestleMania XV.
- In the Triangle Ladder Match for the WWF Tag-Team Championship, Edge, Christian, Bubba Ray Dudley, D-Von Dudley, Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy all made their WrestleMania debuts on this event. After that match, it was then noticed as one of the best ladder matches that was ever seen on WrestleMania.