50 Things You Learn Binge-Watching Every WWE WrestleMania

The Rock had stellar matches vs. Triple H at Backlash and Judgment Day 2000. That pairing wouldn't have failed had the WWF gone with them for WrestleMania 2000. In fact, that seemed to be on deck once Rock won the Royal Rumble then fought off Big Show's moaning. Instead, Show got his main event after all by joining Rocky, Trips and Mick Foley in a four way explosion.

Being brutally honest, "explosion" makes it sound more thrilling than it turned out. Apparently, putting four huge names in the one ring wasn't enough either. Vince McMahon backed up Rock, Stephanie was in Hunter's corner, Shane represented Show and even Linda was there to cheer on Foley. The "McMahon In Every Corner" thing was overkill. It was then and it defo is now.

Everyone gets that the McMahons wanted to add extra value that'd give fans more bang for their PPV bucks, but Trips and Rock had the most interesting beef. They could've carried 'Mania on their backs like Austin and Rocky had done the prior year, and they should've been given that chance without all the extra bells and whistles.

Big Show being there rendered the Rumble pointless (his No Way Out bitch had been fine, but this was a step too far), and Mick coming out of retirement wrecked February's entire hook in an instant. There was talk about putting Chris Jericho in the match, but Foley fancied headlining. Nobody blames him for that, but a singles showdown would've ruled over everything else.

Backlash alone proved what would've been possible had it been Rock vs. Hunter solo.