10 Things You Learn Binge Watching Every WWE SmackDown From 2000

7. The Sell Job For DX Express Sucked

Mick Foley Triple H SmackDown 2000
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On 27 April, The Rock welcomed Steve Austin back into the fold days before working Triple H at Backlash. 'Stone Cold' was going to be the pay-per-view's guest enforcer that weekend, but he pre-empted his year-ending feud with Trips by smashing up the DX Express like only he could. It's an iconic moment.

An iconic moment that could've been even better had anyone bothered to sell it.

Vince, Shane and Stephanie McMahon couldn't have looked less annoyed had they tried. Shane's expressions, in particular, were ones of confusion more than outright shock. Triple H's sell job wasn't too energetic either, so this is defo one skit carried by Austin's mojo and Rocky's charisma on the mic.

Being honest, the stunt deserved way better. It's also odd that Triple H's gang were called the McMahon-Helmsley Regime, but they were rolling around in a bus for D-Generation X. Vince McMahon = the ultimate DX member, apparently.

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