10 Fascinating WWE Royal Rumble 2000 Facts

7. Hardcore Holly Had To Loudly Yell A Spot To Chris Jericho

Royal Rumble 2000
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Chris Jericho would note the difficulties of working with Chyna, who he said would need the entire match mapped out ahead of time. The triple threat match with them as co-champion, and Hardcore Holly wrangled into it, was fairly average at best, thanks to some notable moments of clunkiness.

Jericho recalls a spot in which he was supposed to give a Chyna a bulldog, but he somehow drew a complete blank. He stood there in the ring trying to remember what the next programmed spot was going to be, and it just wasn't registering. Improv was out of the question.

Finally, Holly managed to bellow, "Bulldog her, dumbass!" in Jericho's direction. As Jericho later wrote, "If Holly hadn't said anything, I'd probably still be there trying to figure out what the hell to do."

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