3 Ups & 7 Downs From WWE WrestleMania 2000

By Michael Hamflett / March 13, 2019

2. The Back-End Of The Affair

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Pete Rose ending his WrestleMania career with his head half up Rikishi's cavernous caboose came partly as a result of a ban on Kane's Tombstone, but he'd become such a fun fixture that this 'Show Of Shows' would have been much worse without him.

Decking Kane after using a mystery accomplice in last year's San Diego Chicken outfit, Rose was rapidly outgunned yet again and took his final beating in grand style.

The trifecta didn't get him forgiven by much of the baseball community for the betting scandals that engulfed his career, but did earn him a spot in WWE's 2004 Hall Of Fame celebrity wing. Few inductees were as deserving.

Authored by Michael Hamflett

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. Within the podcasting space, he also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House! and Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett

First Posted On: 13th Mar 2019

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