WrestleMania 2000

This article is about the professional wrestling pay-per-view event. For the video game named after this event for the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color, see WWF WrestleMania 2000.

WrestleMania 2000
Tagline(s)	A McMahon in Every Corner
Theme song(s)	"California" by Ike Dirty and composed by Jim Johnston
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Sponsor	Snickers
Date	April 2, 2000 (2000-04-02)
Attendance	19,776
Venue	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
City	Anaheim, California
Pay-per-view chronology
No Way Out (2000) WrestleMania 2000 Backlash (2000)
WrestleMania chronology
WrestleMania XV WrestleMania 2000 WrestleMania X-Seven

WrestleMania 2000 (also known as WrestleMania XVI) was the sixteenth yearly WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It happened on April 2, 2000 at the Arrowhead Pond arena in Anaheim, California. This WrestleMania is different from others, because it is the only WrestleMania not to feature at least one standard one on one wrestling match. It is also the only WrestleMania to use the year in its name.

Results

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Big Boss Man and Bull Buchanan defeated The Godfather and D'Lo Brown (with Ice-T)	Tag team match	9:02
2	Hardcore Holly won by last defeating Crash Holly (c)	Hardcore battle royal for the WWF Hardcore Championship	15:00
3	T & A (Albert and Test) (with Trish Stratus) defeated Head Cheese (Al Snow and Steve Blackman) (with Chester McCheeserton)	Tag team match	7:03
4	Edge and Christian defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) (c) and The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy)	Triangle ladder match for the WWF Tag Team Championship	22:30
5	Terri Runnels (with The Fabulous Moolah) defeated The Kat (with Mae Young)	Catfight with Val Venis as the special guest referee	2:26
6	Chyna and Too Cool (Grand Master Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty) defeated The Radicalz (Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero and Perry Saturn)	Six-person intergender tag team match	9:37
7	Chris Benoit defeated Chris Jericho and Kurt Angle (c) (fall one) (Intercontinental Title) Chris Jericho defeated Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle (c) (fall two) (European Title)	Two-fall Triple threat match for the WWF Intercontinental and European Championships	13:36
8	Kane and Rikishi (with Paul Bearer) defeated D-Generation X (Road Dogg and X-Pac) (with Tori)	Tag team match	4:14
9	Triple H (c) (with Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley) defeated The Rock (with Mr. McMahon), Mick Foley (with Linda McMahon) and Big Show (with Shane McMahon)	Fatal four-way elimination match for the WWF Championship	36:24
(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match

Hardcore Championship battle royal title changes
Number	New Champion	Method	Time
1	Tazz	Pinned Crash Holly after a Capture Suplex	00:26
2	Viscera	Pinned Tazz after a Powerslam	01:00
3	Funaki	Pinned Viscera after a flying shoulderblock by Bradshaw	07:51
4	Rodney	Pinned Funaki after throwing him into a backstage wall	08:11
5	Joey Abs	Pinned Rodney after a Gutwrench Suplex	08:24
6	Thrasher	Pinned Joey Abs after a Clothesline	08:46
7	Pete Gas	Pinned Thrasher after hitting him with a fire extinguisher	09:29
8	Tazz	Pinned Pete Gas after a T-Bone Suplex	10:17
9	Crash Holly	Pinned Tazz after hitting him with a cookie sheet	14:20
10	Hardcore Holly	Pinned Crash Holly after hitting him with a candy jar	15:00

Fatal four-way match eliminations
Elimination no.	Wrestler	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time
1	Big Show	The Rock	Pinned after a Rock Bottom	04:50
2	Mick Foley	Triple H	Pinned after a Pedigree onto a steel chair	19:40
3	The Rock	Triple H	Pinned after two Chair shots to the head by Mr. McMahon	36:24

Other websites

• The official website of WrestleMania 2000 (XVI) Archived 2008-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
• WrestleMania 2000 (XVI) Facts/Stats Archived 2010-10-21 at the Wayback Machine