WWE made more money than they literally knew what to do with in 2000, and this WrestleMania highlighted the nicest problem to have from the very first entrances.
Ice T accompanied The Godfather and D'Lo Brown to the ring for their opener against The Big Boss Man and Bull Buchanan listlessly reiterating the lyrics from his own interpretation of the babyfaces' popular theme. This itself was one of 10 on 'WWF Aggression', a WWE/hip hop amalgamation that staggeringly sold 500,000 copies around the time of this show.
It was, in fairness to such a shameless cash-grab, an easier sell that this boring, bewildering, meaningless match. And there were more of them to come...
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