10 Fascinating WWE SummerSlam 2000 Facts

10. Almost Half The Participants Were Making Their SummerSlam Debut

When the Monday Night Wars had firmly swung in WWE's favor, the roster experienced a bit of a sweeping turnover as the new millennium dawned. Wrestlers in WCW and ECW saw the prosperous WWE as the place to be, and poaching the best stars from other places is what made WWE programming so damn good in 2000.

Of the 31 wrestlers that took part in a match at the 2000 SummerSlam, 15 of them were doing so at a SummerSlam for the first time. That group included WCW dissidents like Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, and Eddie Guerrero, as well as ECW mercenaries like Tazz and The Dudley Boyz.

Kurt Angle is also on that list, as well as tenured WWE performers in the midst of their best career runs, like Chyna and Too Cool.