List of All Matches at WrestleMania 2000 (WrestleMania XVI)

D-Lo Brown and The Godfather vs. Bull Buchanan and The Big Boss Man

Tag Team Match — Opening Match | Time: 9:08

WrestleMania 2000 opened with a tag team contest pairing the fun-loving, crowd-pleasing duo of D-Lo Brown and The Godfather — accompanied to the ring by the Ho's, The Godfather's bevy of female companions, with hip-hop legend Ice-T performing The Godfather's entrance music live — against the imposing Law & Order-themed heel team of Bull Buchanan and The Big Boss Man, both members of the McMahon-Helmsley faction. The Godfather's character — a pimp-adjacent personality who invited opponents to 'come on, join the ho train' — was one of the Attitude Era's most gleefully irresponsible character concepts, and his WM2000 entrance with Ice-T performing live was a genuine crowd-pleasing spectacle. Ice-T's presence gave the opening match a legitimate hip-hop celebrity dimension that resonated with the Anaheim crowd. The match itself was functional but unremarkable — Dave Meltzer rated it 1/4 star. Bull Buchanan and Boss Man won with a dominant performance befitting their imposing physical combination. Multiple reviewers noted that the early portion of the WM2000 card was among the weakest in WrestleMania history, with the first several matches generating minimal critical enthusiasm. Result: Bull Buchanan and Big Boss Man win by pinfall. Time: 9:08.

WWF Hardcore Championship 15-Minute Time Limit Battle Royal

Hardcore Championship — 13-Man Battle Royal | Time: 15:00

The second match was a unique Hardcore Championship match format: a 15-man battle royal with a 15-minute time limit — with the Hardcore 24/7 rule governing the match, meaning pinfalls could occur anywhere and the title could change hands multiple times within the allotted period. Defending champion Crash Holly had created the 24/7 rule by declaring he would defend the title at any time in any place, a decision that had led to title defences in laundromats, amusement parks, and Newark Liberty International Airport in the weeks preceding WM2000. At WrestleMania, Crash invited all challengers for the 15-minute battle royal format. The participants included Crash Holly (champion), Hardcore Holly, Bradshaw, Mosh, Tazz, TAKA Michinoku, Faarooq, Joey Abs, Funaki, Thrasher, Viscera, Pete Gas, and Rodney. The match's chaotic nature — with weapons freely permitted and the title changing hands repeatedly throughout the 15 minutes — generated multiple pinfall sequences and frantic action. Hardcore Holly, the veteran rough-and-tumble brawler, emerged as the final holder of the Hardcore Championship at the 15:00 mark, defeating Crash with a decisive throw into a chain-link fence and pinning him to claim the title. The match was functional as chaos entertainment but received mixed reviews for its structural limitations as a WrestleMania championship showcase. Dave Meltzer rated it 1/2 star. Result: Hardcore Holly wins Hardcore Championship. Time: 15:00.

Head Cheese (Al Snow and Steve Blackman) vs. T&A (Test and Albert)

Tag Team Match — Pre-Show and Main Card | Time: approx. 5:00

The T&A vs. Head Cheese match was one of WM2000's least memorable contests — a match that served primarily as a showcase for the debuting Trish Stratus in her managerial role and as a vehicle for both teams to appear on the WrestleMania card. T&A — Test and Albert, managed by the blonde, stunning Trish Stratus in the earliest stage of what would become one of the most significant careers in WWE Women's division history — defeated the comedic tag team of Al Snow (who brought his famous Head puppet) and Steve Blackman (a legitimate martial artist attempting to build an entertaining personality alongside the eccentric Snow). The match was a version of the Sunday Night Heat pre-show match that had been contested before the PPV and was condensed for the main broadcast. Albert's impressive physicality and the presence of Trish Stratus were the most noteworthy elements of a brief and unremarkable contest. Result: T&A win. Time: approx. 5:00.

WWF Tag Team Championship Triangle Ladder Match — Edge and Christian vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. The Dudley Boyz

Triangle Ladder Match — WrestleMania Classic | Time: 22:37

The match that saved WrestleMania 2000's legacy. The Triangle Ladder Match — Edge and Christian vs. Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy vs. Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley — for the vacant WWF Tag Team Championship is the most historically celebrated match in WM2000's history and one of the most beloved tag team matches in WrestleMania canon. The match was the spiritual predecessor to the full TLC matches that would follow at SummerSlam 2000 and WrestleMania X-Seven, and it launched all six participants — Edge, Christian, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Bubba Ray, and D-Von — to sustained main card visibility that defined the Attitude Era's tag team division for the next two years. The championship had been vacated following a disputed finish in the New Age Outlaws' most recent involvement — Edge and Christian had won a previous Ladder Match at No Mercy 1999 against the Hardys, establishing the ladder match as their shared competitive grammar. The six men used a single ladder and subsequently multiple ladders as weapons, bridges, and vertical structures throughout a 22-minute carnival of athletic ingenuity. Jeff Hardy — who was arguably the match's standout performer — executed a Swanton Bomb from the top of a 20-foot ladder to a prone Bubba Ray Dudley on the floor outside the ring, a spot that Cagematch reviewers specifically cited as 'the first thing I think of when it comes to this show.' The Hardys and Dudleys executed devastating team-on-team sequences throughout the match, with ladders being used to deliver Leg Drops, serve as platforms, and be driven face-first into wrestlers on the arena floor. Edge and Christian — working as a cohesive heel unit with superior coordination — eventually executed their signature con-chair-to double chairshot to neutralise the competition and climbed the ladder to retrieve the championship briefcase. Edge and Christian became the new WWF Tag Team Champions. Dave Meltzer rated the match ****. Cagematch reviewers described it as 'outstanding' and 'a blueprint to future TLC and Money in the Bank matches.' A separate WWE.com fact sheet noted it as one of the definitive moments in all three teams' careers. Result: Edge and Christian win the WWF Tag Team Championship. Time: 22:37.

Terri vs. The Kat — Catfight

Catfight — Special Guest Referee: Val Venis | Time: approx. 2:30

The fifth match on the card — and the only one-on-one match on the entire WM2000 broadcast — was a brief Catfight between Terri Runnels and The Kat (Stacy Carter, wife of Jerry Lawler), with Val Venis as the special referee. The match was widely considered the least athletic and most pointless contest on the card, designed primarily to showcase the two women's personalities and appearance rather than any competitive athletic content. The match lasted approximately 2:30. The Kat won via pinfall. Multiple reviewers — including John Powell's widely quoted Canadian Online Explorer review that called WM2000 'a flop' — specifically cited the Catfight as evidence of the event's structural failures: 'The only one-on-one match being the ludicrous Catfight between Terri and The Kat.' The result meant that WM2000 was technically the only WrestleMania in history without a standard one-on-one wrestling match — the Catfight's novelty format not qualifying as a conventional singles contest. Mae Young was in Kat's corner. Result: The Kat wins. Time: approx. 2:30.

Too Cool (Scotty 2 Hotty and Grand Master Sexay) and Chyna vs. The Radicalz (Eddie Guerrero, Perry Saturn, and Dean Malenko)

Six-Person Mixed Tag Match | Time: approx. 10:00

The sixth match was a six-person mixed tag featuring the enormously popular Too Cool — the dancing babyface duo of Scotty 2 Hotty and Grand Master Sexay — alongside Chyna against the newly formed Radicalz stable of Eddie Guerrero, Perry Saturn, and Dean Malenko. The Radicalz had arrived in WWF in January 2000 from WCW, where all four members (also including Chris Benoit, who appeared in his own WM2000 match) had been central figures — their simultaneous departure was one of the most significant talent acquisitions in WWF's Monday Night Wars victory over WCW. Chyna had been feuding with Guerrero for several weeks, providing the match's personal rivalry dimension. Too Cool's involvement — complete with their fan-beloved post-match dance routines — gave the match its crowd-pleasing character element. The Radicalz were the heels, Guerrero and Saturn and Malenko providing genuinely talented villainy to the contest. Chyna's physical power and agility — genuinely exceptional for any performer regardless of gender — made her capable of holding her own against male competitors in a way few valets-turned-wrestlers ever achieved. Too Cool and Chyna won, allowing the post-match dance celebration that was one of the Attitude Era's most reliably joyful regular segments. Result: Too Cool and Chyna win. Time: approx. 10:00.

WWF Intercontinental and European Championship Two-Fall Triple Threat — Kurt Angle vs. Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit

Two-Fall Triple Threat — Kurt Angle Lost Both Titles Without Being Pinned | Time: approx. 14:00

The seventh match was one of the most creatively stipulated and technically accomplished matches on the WM2000 card — a unique two-fall triple threat in which Kurt Angle's Intercontinental Championship and European Championship were simultaneously contested. The stipulation: a pinfall would win the championship held by the man who was pinned, but the competition continued until both championships had changed hands (or the same person was pinned twice). Kurt Angle had been holding both the IC and European titles simultaneously — an unusual dual-championship situation. He defended both against Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit in a simultaneously contested triple threat. The result was one of WM2000's most discussed finishes: Chris Benoit pinned Chris Jericho to win the Intercontinental Championship — then Jericho immediately recovered and pinned Benoit to win the European Championship. Kurt Angle was never pinned in the entire contest, but lost both championships — a first in WWF history. The three men's athletic excellence was evident throughout the contest, despite the match's abbreviated runtime given the card's overall structure. All three performers — Jericho, Benoit, and Angle — were making their WrestleMania in-ring debuts. Dave Meltzer rated the match ***. One Cagematch reviewer described it as 'good from the show and worth watching.' For the first time since WrestleMania VIII (Bret Hart defeating Roddy Piper), the Intercontinental Championship had changed hands at WrestleMania. Result: Benoit wins IC Championship; Jericho wins European Championship; Angle never pinned but lost both titles. Time: approx. 14:00.

WWF Women's Championship: Ivory vs. Jacqueline, Crash Holly, and Tazz vs. Mae Young — Special Conditions Match

WWF Women's Championship — Match Details

The WWF Women's Championship had a presence on the WM2000 card in a brief and comedic format that reflected the division's secondary status in the Attitude Era. Ivory — the champion and Women's division's most technically accomplished competitor — retained the Women's Championship in a match that generated minimal critical discussion relative to the main card events. The Women's Championship match at WM2000 was brief and served primarily to give the title a WrestleMania presence rather than to provide a competitive athletic showcase.

WWF Championship Four-Way Elimination Match — Triple H vs. The Rock vs. Mick Foley vs. The Big Show

WWF Championship — Main Event | McMahon in Every Corner | Time: 35:28

The main event of WrestleMania 2000 was one of the most complexly structured and McMahon-family-saturated championship matches in WrestleMania history — promoted under the tagline 'A McMahon in Every Corner' to reflect the extraordinary insertion of the entire McMahon family as ringside advocates for each of the four participants. Triple H — the WWF Champion and primary corporate villain — was seconded by his on-screen wife and real-life ally Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley. The Rock was seconded by Vince McMahon — a surprise alignment that reflected Vince's self-serving shift away from his previous DX association. Mick Foley was seconded by Linda McMahon — the WWF CEO and real-life wife of Vince McMahon, cast in the role of moral conscience and genuine babyface authority figure. The Big Show was seconded by Shane McMahon — the younger McMahon, whose involvement had been central to several of the build's most controversial moments. The road to this match was the most complicated championship build in WrestleMania history: Rock won the Royal Rumble on January 23, 2000 in New Orleans, earning a title shot at WM. Big Show won the right to enter the match by defeating Rock at No Way Out in February. Triple H retained the title by defeating Cactus Jack (Foley's return character) in a Hell in a Cell match at No Way Out — a match that should have retired Foley per the stipulation. On Raw on March 13, Rock won back his title shot by defeating Big Show with Vince's assistance, making it a three-way. Foley's involvement was added through Linda McMahon's authority as WWF CEO, who reinstated him to the WM match — an act that directly defied the No Way Out Hell in a Cell retirement stipulation. The four-way elimination format meant competitors were eliminated one at a time by pinfall, submission, or disqualification. The match ran 35 minutes and 28 seconds — the longest single match in WM2000's history. The order of elimination was Big Show (by The Rock), Mick Foley (by Triple H after excessive McMahon family interference), and finally The Rock (by Triple H following a Shane McMahon chair shot distraction). Triple H retained the WWF Championship — becoming the first heel to win the main event of a WrestleMania. Dave Meltzer rated the match ***. The finish was universally considered the event's most controversial booking decision — a WrestleMania main event in which the heel champion retained was unprecedented, and the decision to not give Rock the championship win disappointed the majority of the audience who had invested in his championship pursuit throughout the Road to WM2000. One Cagematch reviewer described it as 'an overbooked mess with a flat finish.' Result: Triple H retains WWF Championship — last eliminates The Rock. Time: 35:28.