Mantis Toboggan M.D.
Drink wolf cola
2011
Was the garbage Main Event of wrestlemania 2000 worth the GOAT payoff at Backlash 2000?
- Thread starter Ed MOTHEREFFING G
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Ed MOTHEREFFING G
Chances make champions
word, yes mania could've and WOULD'VE been better but they effectively got 1.4 million buys out of the same storyline and if rock got the title whats their main the next month? Rock vs. HHH with austin as ref probably, or the same result, Rock vs. HHH with HBK as ref [and taker returns]
backlash 2000 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> judgement day 2000 even with taker returning
I didn't mind it at the time, seeing as how it meant Foley would be in the main event. Yes I was mad at HHH winning but that's because I hated him back then (everyone did).
Still don't mind it
WWF was awesome back then. Backlash gave us an awesome moment.
Still don't mind it
WWF was awesome back then. Backlash gave us an awesome moment.
Kill Dat Noize
Banned
I don't think Vince was comfortable with hhh holding down the main event by himself. Rock was definitely big enough but hhh?
they saw that as a huge mania. wrestlemania 2000. probly wanted to go all out and deliver the biggest match they could. unfortunately by adding in foley and show they diluted it.
One of the greatest reactions of the era...4 all time great pops
seanjohn21276
Pro
It was worth it for me. Was at the Verizon Center to see it 
YakSpiller
Veteran
shyt was fukked.
While HHH was THE MAN in 2000, no. The payoff comes at Wrestlemania. Having said that? The pop when Rock won (and the pop the next night) was straight up 
So yeah, I guess it was worth it.
Also,
to @Riley Escobar for mentioning that Scotty/Malenko match at Backlash. That top-rope DDT finish was bananas 
So yeah, I guess it was worth it.
Also,
to @Riley Escobar for mentioning that Scotty/Malenko match at Backlash. That top-rope DDT finish was bananas 
Nah, WM 2000 should've been Dwayne's Wrestlemania moment. That exact same Backlash finish was what we all thought wanted to happen at WM anyway: Austin to return/interfere and Rock to walkout with the title... namely b/c Rock spent the better part of that year gettin his ass ganged up and beat down by a DX/McMahon screw job every week...
WM should've just been RockvsHHH but they could've still kept that same fatal four way crap, just as long as rock and hhh were the last ones left like they were, before enacting that same ending from backlash. That would've delivered the same pop and would've been an instant/all time WM moment. Always figured HHH didn't want to do the job on that scale (WM, Y2K, height of his rise, etc) and Rock was too nice a guy to force the issue.
WM should've just been RockvsHHH but they could've still kept that same fatal four way crap, just as long as rock and hhh were the last ones left like they were, before enacting that same ending from backlash. That would've delivered the same pop and would've been an instant/all time WM moment. Always figured HHH didn't want to do the job on that scale (WM, Y2K, height of his rise, etc) and Rock was too nice a guy to force the issue.
There next few ppvs did huge buyrates
That's cause the product was on fire, nothing to do with WM2000
Backlash was huge cuz of it and the ratings showed a bigger spike
It was smart at the time since nobody ever saw a Heel win at maina