10 Things You Learn Binge Watching Every WWE SmackDown From 2000

3. The Sheer Star Power Of This!

Mick Foley Triple H SmackDown 2000
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The humble (ahem) 7 December episode featured a ridiculous wealth of talent in one match.

Get this: The Rock vs. The Undertaker vs. Steve Austin vs. Kurt Angle for the WWF Title headlined SmackDown on free television mere days before that Sunday’s six-man Hell In A Cell bout at Armageddon added the cage, Triple H and Rikishi to the mix. That, dear readers, is epic.

The fact star-laden matches like this one were commonplace on TV back then is the real meat of this entry. Fans and announcers alike didn't treat the aforementioned four-way as anything out of the ordinary. It was just another week of bombastic WWF action. Roll up, roll up! Come see the stars.

WCW had to be crapping their pants seeing this sort of star power on the other channel. No wonder they decided to move Thunder to Wednesdays so it wouldn't get mauled in the weekly ratings. That was a fight the other company couldn't win.

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