Upon its bloodied knees and unable to form a fist to fight with, a beleaguered WCW looked upon the WWE empire and used one of its last breaths to whisper "Mercy." Vince McMahon looked down at them from his Titan Tower and said simply "No". The WWE spent the year 2000 celebrating and showcasing just how they had conquered the wrestling world. A big part of the credit for the success of this year has to go to Triple H whose heated on screen and off screen relationship with Stephanie McMahon propelled him to the top of the card and into the prime of his career. His work during the year 2000 was equal to the greatest work of any champion in wrestling history. That's especially true of his unbelievable feud with Mick Foley and his stellar continued rivalry with The Rock, which included an outstanding Iron Man Match. The funny thing about 2000 WWE, though, was that it was filled with so much talent that you could have hall of fame wrestlers doing curtain jerks only because there were other hall of fame wrestlers filling out the rest of the card. The unbelievable influx of talent that WWE received courtesy of the arrival of The Radicalz, the rise of Chris Jericho and Kurt Angle, the maturation of the company's young tag team division and the eventual returns of The Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Austin meant that your average Raw and PPV looked like a dream match supercard. Never before had the WWE had so many incredible wrestlers to work with and yet they somehow found a way to insert nearly all of them into a series of compelling angles. Containing more classic moments than 2002, more attitude than 1997 and more intelligent booking than 1998, this was the year that the WWE figured out what they did best and provided nothing but the good stuff. Mostly.
