10 Terrible WWE Royal Rumbles With One INCREDIBLE Moment
3. Taka Michinoku Wipes Out (2000)
What was it about awesome weekly shows that accidentally hijacked the quality of beloved WWE institutions?
Both WrestleMania 2000 and the first Rumble match of the new decade were weighed down by expectations set by exhilarating Raws and SmackDowns that perhaps promised more than the events could ever realistically deliver.
Even when things suffered, WWE still absolutely f*cking ruled - Madison Square Garden had been gifted an all-time great WWE pay-per-view before a Rumble that was too much of a formality for its own good. The Rock and The Big Show were the only two from a thirty-strong field that had a chance of winning, to such an extent that a pre-match interview with 'The Great One' mocked the very idea that a Crash Holly or Headbanger Mosh might eliminate him because Show was the only threat of any merit.
Sure enough, it came down to those two, but the show had already been stolen by a brutal Taka Michinoku bump that Jerry Lawler ordered be replayed almost to the point of nauseating cynicism. Almost - it was darkly, darkly amusing and the Kai-En-Tai man thankfully got back to work in short order.