WrestleMania XVI
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Wrestlemania XVI, sometimes WrestleMania 2000, was the sixteenth annual WrestleMania pay-per-view produced by 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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Results
- The Big Bossman and Bull Buchanan defeat The Godfather and D’Lo Brown (w/ Ice T and the Godfather's Ho's)
Buchanan pinned Brown following a guillotine legdrop (9.05)
- Hardcore Championship, 15-Minute Hardcore battle royal - Hardcore Holly defeats hardcore champion Crash 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 & A (Test and Albert) (w/ Trish Stratus) defeat Head Cheese (Al Snow and Steve Blackman) (w/ Chester McCheeserton)
Test pinned Blackman following a Flying Elbow Drop (7.03)
- World Tag Team Championships, Triangle Ladder Match - Edge and Christian defeat champions (The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) and The Hardy Boyz (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy)
Edge ascended the ladder and took possession of the title belts (22.28)
- Catfight, Guest Referee Val Venis - Terri Runnels (w/ The Fabulous Moolah) defeats The Kat (w/ Mae Young)
Moolah pulled The Kat out of the ring while Venis was distracted (2.25)
- Chyna and Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty Too Hotty) defeat The Radicalz (Eddie Guerrero, Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko)
Chyna pinned Guerrero following a Sleeper Slam (9.06)
- Intercontinental Championship and European Championship, Two-Fall Triple Threat Match - European/Intercontinental champion Kurt Angle vs. Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit
First fall: Benoit pinned Jericho following a diving headbutt to win the Intercontinental Championship (7.55)
Second fall: Jericho pinned Benoit with a Lionsault to win the European Championship (13.35)
- Rikishi and Kane (w/ Paul Bearer defeat D-Generation X (X-Pac and The Road Dogg) (w/ Tori)
Kane pinned X-Pac following a Tombstone Piledriver (4.13)
- WWF World Heavyweight Championship, Fatal Four Way Elimination Match - champion Triple H (w/ Stephanie McMahon-Hemsley) defeats The Rock (w/ Vince McMahon), Mick Foley (w/ Linda McMahon) and The Big Show (w/ Shane McMahon)
Rock pinned Big Show following a Rock Bottom (4.48)
HHH pinned Foley following a Pedigree (19.42)
HHH 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 singles match in the entire 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.
- 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. In all previous main events the heel lost his title, or a face successfully defended his title.
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