10 Best TV Wrestling Matches Ever
6. Triple H, X-Pac & The Radicalz Vs. The Rock, Mankind & Too Cool - WWF RAW, February 7, 2000
The absolute peak of the Attitude Era removed from Austin Vs. McMahon, this, lowkey, was a festival of its brilliance.
This was showing off.
This was the most charismatic wrestler alive, the best working heel, the hugely endearing sentimental favourite, the old in-ring standard-bearer, the in-ring standard-bearer's critically-adored successors, and three misfits made good on the combined strength of their charisma, great booking and a true meritocracy all meeting in a purposeful banger that furthered several premium storytelling directions.
Three of its stars had just gotten over. Three had just jumped over, thrillingly, in a multiplied version of the era's biggest thrill. One had just turned into the greatest wrestler on the planet. All 10 showed exactly what had gotten them so over.
This was the WWF at its most endlessly captivating - so much so that it almost didn't work. It was so overflowing with action, star power and excitement that it really could have done with being broadcast in split screen; at one point, as The Rock drilled Triple H with a suplex on the ramp, you could hear the impact a second before. There was no audio sync issue; the camera couldn't pick up a chair shot in the ring because there was too much going on.
And all of it was great.