Armageddon (2000)
Armageddon | |||
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Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center | |||
Attendance | 14,920[1] | ||
Buy rate | 465,000[2] | ||
Tagline(s) | Lord, I'm Coming Home to You. | ||
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Armageddon chronology | |||
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The 2000 Armageddon was the second
Production
Background
In December 1999, the
Storylines
The central feud heading into Armageddon was between
Another feud heading into Armageddon was between
Event
Role: | Name: |
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English commentators | Jim Ross |
Jerry Lawler | |
Spanish commentators | Carlos Cabrera |
Hugo Savinovich | |
Interviewers
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Kevin Kelly |
Lilian Garcia | |
Michael Cole | |
Ring announcer | Howard Finkel |
Referees | Mike Chioda |
Jim Korderas
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Earl Hebner | |
Jack Doan | |
Tim White | |
Theodore Long |
Before the actual pay-per-view started,
Preliminary matches
The pay-per-view opened with a six-person intergender tag team elimination match between
The next match pitted Hardcore Holly against European Champion William Regal. After cutting Regal's mic work short with his entrance theme, Holly quickly went to work on Regal. After back and forth punches outside the ring, Regal finally got the momentum on his side when he sent Holly into the back of a ring post. When the two came into the ring, Holly replied with a belly-to-back suplex for a near fall. Regal did a superplex on Holly for a two-count as well. Holly took control from that point until late in the bout when Raven interfered and DDTed Holly, thus allowing Regal to take the easy pinfall victory.[7][8]
The third match saw
This was followed by a Last Man Standing match between Kane and Chris Jericho. The match started as Kane attacked Jericho on the aisle and quickly returned him to the backstage area. Mideon was attacked by both men as he was in the way. Kane and Jericho finally made their way to the ring shortly afterwards. The match was a roller-coaster affair, as neither competitor could gain a huge momentum advantage over the other. After connecting with his signature flying clothesline on Jericho, Kane delivered his chokeslam on Jericho. Jericho recovered and low blowed Kane, who was about to hit him with a chair. Jericho had the momentum on his side once more and took advantage with his Top-Rope Moonsault, which Jericho calls "Lionsault", on Kane, who was lying face-down on the chair. Kane took temporary control with a big boot until he dragged Jericho into the tech area. Jericho then knocked a ton of stacked barrels on Kane to keep him down for the 10-second count and the victory.[7][8]
Next,
The Intercontinental Championship was on the line as Billy Gunn defended his title against Chris Benoit. Benoit got the initial momentum with a series of stomps on Gunn until he was thrown out of the ring. Benoit locked in the figure four leg lock when the action returned to the ring, but Gunn managed to struggle his way to the ropes. Forcing Benoit to release the hold. Gunn started to gain some momentum with a jackhammer followed by his "Fame-Asser" which only netted him a near fall. Benoit then caught Gunn in his "Crippler Crossface", but Gunn got his foot on the rope, again forcing Benoit to release the hold. Gunn was showing signs of injury when his knee buckled during a tilt-a-whirl on Benoit. Benoit took advantage by once again applying the "Crippler Crossface" on Gunn, forcing a submission and therefore becoming the new Intercontinental Champion.[7][8]
Next, a
Main event match
The
Reception
In 2017, Kevin Pantoja of
Aftermath
After Kurt Angle retained the WWF Championship against Stone Cold Steve Austin on the January 8, 2001, episode of Raw is War, Vince McMahon announced that Angle would defend his title against his son-in-law Triple H at the Royal Rumble. Triple H claimed that Angle could only have become the champion because Triple H allowed him to, with which Angle disagreed. At the Royal Rumble, Angle defeated Triple H in a singles match for the WWF Championship following interference from Austin.
WWF Commissioner Mick Foley considered resigning due to a promise that he made on Smackdown leading into the PPV, where if anyone suffered a serious injury in the 6-man Hell in a Cell match, he would resign as Commissioner. Instead, Foley chose to keep his job due to support from Steve Austin and the WWF fans. However, on the December 18 episode of Raw Is War, when the board of directors deemed Linda McMahon incompetent to continue being CEO due to a nervous breakdown from Vince publicly requesting a divorce (kayfabe), granted Vince McMahon 100% control of the WWF, allowing him to fire Foley as Commissioner.
The Undertaker also began to feud with Triple H, albeit immediately after HHH's feud with Angle began to wane. On an episode of SmackDown!, The Undertaker had a restraining order placed against him after attacking Triple H's on-screen wife, Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, but The Undertaker would exploit a loophole in his restraining order by assigning his kayfabe half-brother, Kane, to stalk Stephanie. When new WWF Commissioner William Regal refused to grant him a match against Triple H at WrestleMania X-Seven, an event Undertaker had never lost at, he threatened to have Kane throw Stephanie over the balcony above them. Commissioner Regal finally gave Taker his match. Undertaker would go on to up his WrestleMania record to 9–0 with his victory over Triple H.
Stone Cold Steve Austin would go on to enter the Royal Rumble Match at the
The 2000 Armageddon would be the final Armageddon held until 2002, as the originally planned 2001 event was replaced by Vengeance due to the September 11 attacks; the promotion felt that the "Armageddon" name would be offensive to the victims of the attacks.[10] As such, the 2000 event was the final Armageddon held under the WWF name, as in May 2002, the promotion was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).[11] It would also be the final Armageddon held before the introduction of the brand extension in March 2002, where the promotion divided its roster between the Raw and SmackDown! brands where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform.[12]
Results
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times WWF Championship 32:12 | | |||
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Intergender elimination match
Eliminated | Wrestler | Eliminated by | Method |
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1 | Eddie Guerrero | Jeff Hardy | Pinfall
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2 | Jeff Hardy | Perry Saturn | |
3 | Perry Saturn | Matt Hardy | |
4 | Matt Hardy | Dean Malenko | |
5 | Lita | Submission
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Winners: | The Radicalz (Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, and Perry Saturn) |
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- World Wrestling Entertainment Corporate. May 6, 2002. Archived from the originalon January 19, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2008.
- World Wrestling Entertainment Corporate. May 27, 2002. Archived from the originalon October 17, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2008.