3 Ups & 7 Downs From WWE WrestleMania 2000

1. Ladder To Heaven

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The three sides that assembled this instantly iconic triangle ladder match were rightfully credited with reimagining tag team wrestling around the turn of the century, but it's on this show in particular where the collected talents of the competitors are so welcome.

Surrounded by dull multi-man matches, this instead reinvented several takes on the genre all at once thanks to a collection of well-built and bananas bumps from six men desperate to make the mark on the 'Grandest Stage'.

It's all things to all involved. A time capsule for the midcarders still trying to crack a glass ceiling as they tried out characters soon to be fully formed in time for a scintillating summer sequel and an even better WrestleMania effort one year later...

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