10 Fascinating WWE Survivor Series 2000 Facts
Triple H barely even sells for death.
After two straight years of ending the show with a Sharpshooter non-submission, Survivor Series would feature two consecutive years of attempted vehicular homicide. One year after Stone Cold was run down by Rikishi in a premeditated assault (masterminded by Triple H), Helmsley looked to once more run Austin over with a car during their main event battle. That's when Austin turned the tables by using a crane to lift Hunter's car a couple stories off the ground, before letting it drop onto the blacktop.
Some might call that attempted murder, but wrestling fans would call it....well, they'd also call it attempted murder, but they'd also shrug disaffectedly. It was just how things were done back then.
Survivor Series 2000 was mostly an average show, but a vast improvement over the previous year. The Radicalz had spruced up the upper midcard with their crisp wrestling acumen, and the main event scene regained Austin and The Undertaker from injury layoffs. The addition of each wrestler, plus the deservedly-elevated Kurt Angle, boosted WWE's overall product. There was more substance than ever for the style to lean on, but there was still room for the occasional act of vehicular violence. WWE was nothing, if not a flexible artform.
Here are ten facts about the 2000 Survivor Series you may not have known.
10. It Was The New Age Outlaws Last WWE PPV For More Than 13 Years
Three years earlier, Road Dogg and Billy Gunn came together as two aimless midcarders, but would reinvent their careers through boisterous trash talk, creative cheating, and catchphrases galore. The two truly kicked off the new generation of tag teams that would be felt most heavily in 2000 with the successes of Edge and Christian, The Hardy Boyz, The Dudley Boyz, and the APA.
By Survivor Series 2000, Gunn was a singles wrestler and Dogg was partnered with K-Kwik (the future R-Truth) as an upbeat hip-hop duo. They, along with former DX mate Chyna, took the loss to The Radicalz.
Dogg would soon be on the outs with WWE, as he would be suspended the following month, and released in early 2001 to deal with personal issues. The two wouldn't team on a WWE pay-per-view again until they wrestled The Usos at the 2014 Elimination Chamber event. In the interim, they did team on numerous TNA events, beginning in late 2005.