7 Things You Should Know About WWE Royal Rumble 2000

2. Triple H And Cactus Jack Had One Of The Best WWE Title Matches Ever

The best kinds of matches are the ones where both competitors have something to prove. For Triple H, he had to prove that he was worthy of the big main event push that he was receiving. For Cactus Jack aka Mick Foley, he had to prove that he still had enough in the tank to put on a great match. It's one of my favorite matches in WWE history. There were several questions going into the match. Was Triple H capable enough to carry his end of a Street Fight against the man that many considered to be the greatest brawler ever? Did Mick Foley have another classic match in him after wrestling very little in the months leading up to this match? The answer to both of those questions was yes. A resounding yes. There were so many things that made this match great. It was a very violent match with barb wire, tables, thumbtacks, steel chairs, handcuffs used to slow down Jack and various other things too. However, it€™s important to realize that this was more than just an awesome brawl. This match was the perfect example of intelligent storytelling meshing together perfectly with two performers that were willing to put their bodies on the line to entertain us. Hunter had a huge gash in his league after getting cut open by a grate of wood. It was also cool to see them tie in the previous year's Rumble match (Rock vs. Mankind) because when Jack was cuffed together, it was reminiscent of when The Rock destroyed him. Just when it looked like HHH was going to injure him, The Rock made the save and then a cop came out to un-cuff him. With Cactus in control, he brought out the thumbtacks. It ended up being a mistake because Triple H gave him a backdrop onto them. You could just hear the crowd go wild as Jack went crashing into the tacks. Hunter hit a Pedigree for two. Cactus kicked out, which was a major shock. Then a bloody Triple H gave him a Pedigree into the tacks and that was enough for the win. It was a definitive ending to a classic battle. What this match did was solidify Triple H as the top heel in the business. He was still a relatively new main eventer, but watching him destroy Cactus in such a vicious way really made people believe in him. This is how you put a guy over clean to make him look like a big star. It's a fantastic match that delivered the goods and then some.