10 Greatest WWE TV Matches Ever

4. The Radicalz & DX Vs. Cactus Jack, Rikishi, The Rock & Too Cool - RAW (February 7, 2000)

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This ten man tag team match was so frenzied and urgent that the Rikishi and Too Cool waited less than a second after the opening bell to even the odds stacked against Cactus Jack and The Rock, who were booked against the newly-combined threat of DX and the Radicalz.

It would have been difficult to keep up with even if it had been presented in split screen. Rock drilled Triple H with a suplex on the ramp within seconds, but before Trips even connected with the steel, a chair shot rang out in the background. Jim Ross at his passionate best could barely hold himself together at the best of times. He was apoplectic here, overwhelmed by but still masterfully conveying the sense of urgency.

The action eventually slowed down just enough for a cogent story to materialise, but the nuclear reaction was apparently enough to move Grandmaster Sexay into a fit of madness; when Scotty Too Hotty brought the house down with the Worm, Sexay nudged Rock on the shoulder in approval and then sort of hung off the ropes. He was absolutely having the best time of his life out there.

The entire ten minute duration is just a perfectly-timed highlight reel of massive and massively-over moves, counters and break ups, performed in front of a crowd - and even performers - that couldn't believe their luck.

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