25 Lamest WrestleMania Moments Of All Time

19. WrestleMania 2000 - Triple H Retains Title

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Triple H was firmly entrenched as one of the hottest heels in WWE history in March 2000, but all heels get their comeuppance eventually, and WrestleMania was drawing near. A showdown with archival The Rock seemed inevitable, as did Rock's victory and first babyface championship run. Even when Big Show and Mick Foley were added to the bout, making it a four-way elimination match, The Rock was still expected to reign supreme.

Instead, the entire match became a backdrop for the McMahon family feud. Triple H became the first heel to win in the main event of WrestleMania when Vince McMahon turned on The Rock, enabling HHH to defeat him.

The following month, Rock won the title from Triple H in a singles match with help from Stone Cold Steve Austin. That, by all logic, should have been the 'Mania match, but it was decided that Triple H - and the McMahons - had to be front and center at WrestleMania 2000.

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Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried. *Best Crowd of the Year, 2013