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| Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | ||
| Date | January 23, 2000[1] | ||
| City | New York City,New York[1] | ||
| Venue | Madison Square Garden[1] | ||
| Attendance | 19,231[2] | ||
| Buy rate | 590,000[3] | ||
| Tagline | The Road to WrestleMania Begins | ||
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The 2000Royal Rumble was the 13th annualRoyal Rumbleprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV)event and 100th PPV overall produced by theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on January 23, 2000, atMadison Square Garden inNew York City,New York. Six matches were contested on the event's card.
As has been customary since 1993, theRoyal Rumble match winner received a world championship match at that year'sWrestleMania. For the 2000 event, the winner received a match for theWWF Championship atWrestleMania 2000. Themain event was the 2000 Royal Rumble match, whichThe Rock won by last eliminatingBig Show. Theundercard included astreet fight match betweenTriple H andCactus Jack for the WWF Championship which Triple H won to retain the title.
This Royal Rumble was the first WWF pay-per-view event to air onterrestrial television in theUnited Kingdom, asChannel 4 had acquired the rights to broadcast World Wrestling Federation programming that year. The Royal Rumble aired live, with commercial breaks—a format that was changed for later PPVs on Channel 4. The event has been named as one of "the 15 best pay-per-views ever" by WWE,[4] with the Street Fight match being critically acclaimed among various reviewers.[5][6][7]
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TheRoyal Rumble is an annualgimmickpay-per-view (PPV) produced every January by theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) since 1988. It is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along withWrestleMania,SummerSlam, andSurvivor Series, which were dubbed the "Big Four",[8] and was considered one of the "Big Five" PPVs, along withKing of the Ring.[9] It is named after theRoyal Rumble match, a modifiedbattle royal in which the participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time. The match generally features 30 wrestlers and the winner traditionally earns aworld championship match at that year's WrestleMania. For 2000, the winner earned a match for theWWF Championship atWrestleMania 2000. The 2000 event was the 13th event in the Royal Rumble chronology and was scheduled to be held on January 23, 2000, atMadison Square Garden inNew York City,New York.[10][11]
The event comprised six matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayedheroes,villains, orless distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWF's writers, while storylines were produced on WWF's weekly television shows,Raw andSmackDown!.[12][13]
The main feud going into the event was betweenTriple H andMick Foley. AtArmageddon the previous month,Stephanie McMahon turned on her fatherVince during his match with Triple H, with whom he had been feuding and who (in storyline) had married Stephanie against her will in a drive-through wedding. Vince and his son,Shane McMahon, left the company the next night out of anger. This left Stephanie, who began referring to herself as Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, in control and she and her husband formed the McMahon-Helmsley Era withRoad Dogg,Billy Gunn, andX-Pac, where they set out to make life miserable for all of their enemies in the WWF.
Two of the biggest targets of the group were TheRock 'N' Sock Connection, the team of Mankind (Foley) andThe Rock. Mankind was one of the most vocal of the objectors to what Triple H and Stephanie were doing, and in the December 27, 1999, episode ofRaw is War, Triple H decided that the company was “not big enough” for the three of them and forced Mankind and The Rock to face each other in a Pink Slip on a Pole match later that evening. The Rock won the match, which meant that Mankind was fired from the company. Triple H then began featuring a Mankind impersonator (Dennis Knight) in an attempt to mock him; Foley would eventually confront and beat up the impostor onSmackDown! on January 6, 2000.
On the January 10 episode ofRaw is War,The Rock brought every superstar to the ring, demanding that Foley be reinstated or the entire roster would walk out. Triple H, who had defeatedThe Big Show to regain theWWF Championship the week before, acquiesced and reinstated Foley, who promptly requested aStreet Fight for the WWF Championship at Royal Rumble. Foley and Triple H fought in a four-on-four tag team match later that night. Triple H pinned Foley after using the ring bell, and delivering twoPedigrees. After the match, Foley took off his mask and attacked Triple H.
On the January 13 episode ofSmackDown!, Triple H called out Foley again only to have the Mankind impersonator come out instead. When Foley did come out moments later, he revealed to Triple H that he had been thinking about what Mankind was and declared that “Mankind” was not ready to face him for the title at the Royal Rumble. Instead, he said the fans deserved a substitute; he then took off his mask and shirt and tie to reveal a black “Wanted Dead” shirt underneath and revealed to Triple H that, instead of taking on Mankind, he would be facing instead the much more brutal and violent Cactus Jack.
Buildup towards the Royal Rumble match began on January 10, when The Rock announced his participation in the match and a week later guaranteed victory.Big Show, who had lost the WWF Championship the week before, also declared his intention to win the match.
Bad blood had begun to spread between the two several days earlier onSmackDown! when the two were involved in a tag team match where Big Show abandoned The Rock after claiming he did not think much of him. Later that night, The Rock and Big Show faced theNew Age Outlaws. At the end, Big Show attacked The Rock, who then hit Big Show with asteel chair, and aPeople's Elbow. On the January 20 episode ofSmackDown!, a confrontation between Big Show and The Rock was interrupted byTori, who declaredKane the favorite, leading to aTriple ThreatOver-the-Top-RopeLumberjack match. In the match, Big Show eliminated The Rock with achokeslam, and Kane eliminated Big Show with aback body drop to win, sparking a fight involving all the competitors and lumberjacks.
Another feud going into the event was betweenChris Jericho,Chyna andHardcore Holly over theWWF Intercontinental Championship. Chyna and Jericho had been feuding over the Intercontinental Championship for some time. After Chyna defeatedJeff Jarrett to win the title at No Mercy in October 1999, Jericho began challenging her for it. After coming up short atSurvivor Series, Jericho dethroned Chyna at Armageddon. Chyna then began randomly assisting Jericho in his title defenses, claiming that she wanted to ensure he remained champion so she could take the title back from him.
On the December 30 episode ofSmackDown! Chyna and Jericho wrestled a match that ended in a double pin. Instead of declaring the match a draw and keeping the belt with Jericho, Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley declared Jericho and Chyna to be co-Intercontinental Champions. This meant that both Chyna and Jericho would defend the belt, albeit separately, and if one of them lost a title defense both of them lost the title.
Since neither Chyna nor Jericho wanted to be the one to lose the title, both wrestlers began interfering in each other's matches to make sure they held onto the Intercontinental Championship until a match to settle the dispute could be signed. This ended up drawing Hardcore Holly into the mix, as he challenged both wrestlers for the title only to come up short each time. Holly eventually challenged the co-champions to a match at the Royal Rumble, and a triple threat title match was signed.
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Englishcommentators | Jim Ross |
| Jerry Lawler | |
| Spanish commentatorsist | Carlos Cabrera |
| Hugo Savinovich | |
| Interviewers | Jonathan Coachman |
| Michael Cole | |
| Ring announcer | Howard Finkel |
| WWF New York | Linda McMahon |
| Referees | Jack Doan |
| Earl Hebner | |
| Jim Korderas | |
| Theodore Long | |
| Chad Patton | |
| Mike Sparks | |
| Tim White |
Thepay-per-view was preceded by an episode ofSunday Night Heat, which aired live onUSA Network and included backstage interviews from Madison Square Garden as well as several participants drawing their entry numbers for the Royal Rumble match. An upsetKaientai andThe Mean Street Posse were shown backstage not being able to draw numbers because they were denied entry into the Rumble match.The Big Show also did a live in-ring promo talking about his entry in the Rumble match.[15]
The first match of the event was betweenKurt Angle and an unannounced opponent. Before the match, Angle spoke to the audience, putting down theNew York Knicks, and his opponent.Tazz then made his WWF debut as Angle's opponent. Tazz gained the early advantage, performing aback body drop, sending Angle outside the ring. Angle gained the advantage after performing avertical suplex outside the ring. After performing abelly to belly suplex, Angle climbed the turnbuckles, but Tazz hit the ropes. Angle fell onto the top turnbuckle, and Tazz performed a belly to belly suplex off the turnbuckles. Angle regained the advantage after asmall package, and abridging German suplex. Tazz then countered anOlympic slam into a German suplex. After aT-Bone suplex and aHead and arm suplex, Tazz applied theTazzmission. Angle passed out and Tazz won the match, ending Angle's undefeated streak.[16]
The second match was WWF's first-everTag Team Tables match, between theHardy Boyz (Matt Hardy andJeff Hardy) and theDudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley andD-Von Dudley). Before the match, the Dudley Boyz set up their heel status and insulted the fans (which ironically, the Dudley Boyz are both from New York City), expressing their dislike for the booing ofJohn Rocker, theAtlanta Bravescloser, which had defeated the hometownNew York Mets 4–2 inthe National League Championship Series two months earlier and trashed New York City and its people in what was a heated second-round playoff series. This Tables match was different in that instead of one person having to go through a table to win the match, both members from the same team had to go through a table. The Hardy Boyz gained the advantage with adouble superplex to Bubba Ray, and the use of a ladder. After using the chair, Matt placed Bubba Ray on a table outside the ring. Matt then performed adiving leg drop as Jeff performed adiving splash (known as the Event Omega) on Bubba Ray through the table. The Hardy Boyz then placed D-Von on a table outside the ring. Matt attempted a diving leg drop through the table, but D-Von avoided it. Jeff then attempted asuicide senton, but missed, sending himself into a table. Bubba Ray performed asuperbomb through a table on Matt. The Dudley Boyz then beat down the Hardy Boyz, and stacked tables in the entrance way under a balcony in the seating area. Bubba Ray dragged Jeff to the balcony, but Jeff performed alow blow, and used a chair on Bubba Ray. Matt moved as Bubba Ray fell through the tables. Matt then placed D-Von onto a table, and Jeff sent him through it with aSwanton Bomb from the balcony for the Hardy Boyz to win the match, which ultimately turned out to be a violent and brutal affair- it featured no less than twelve total steel chair shots to the head, including four to Bubba Ray Dudley.[16]
Next was the Miss Rumble 2000swimsuit contest. The contestants wereIvory,Terri,Jacqueline, Barbara Bush,Luna Vachon, andThe Kat, while the judges consisted of comedianAndy Richter andWWF alumniSgt. Slaughter,Tony Garea,Johnny Valiant,Freddie Blassie, andThe Fabulous Moolah. The contestants showed their swimsuits, though Luna refused to take off her coat. As the judges were deciding,Mae Young appeared, and announced her participation in the contest. After showing her swimsuit, sheflashed her breasts. The video wascensored beforeMark Henry covered her up. The judges then unanimously decided Young as the winner, unfortunately Young's actions would end up costing the WWF their deal withChannel 4 in the UK.
The third match was aTriple Threat match for theWWF Intercontinental Championship betweenHardcore Holly, and co-championsChris Jericho andChyna. Before the match, Jericho declared his plans for a celebration after winning the match. The match went back and forth before Holly sent Chyna outside the ring. Jericho then fought with Holly, applying theWalls of Jericho. Chyna returned to the ring, and attacked Jericho. Jericho performed a springboard splash to Holly outside the ring. Back in the ring, Chyna performed ahandspringback elbow, and aDDT to Jericho. Chyna attempted a pin, but Holly returned and threw her out of the ring. All three were outside the ring, and Holly attempted to use a chair, but Chyna performed adropkick to the chair into Holly's face. In the ring, Chyna performed a diving splash onto Holly, and Jericho performed adiving splash onto both of them. Chyna countered abelly to back suplex, and performed a low blow to Jericho. Chyna then performed aPedigree to Holly. Jericho performed adiving crossbody to Chyna, who was on Holly's shoulders. Chyna performed asuperplex to Holly, hit him with a chair, and applied the Walls of Jericho. Jericho then performed aone-handed bulldog, and aLionsault to Chyna, to pin her for the victory. Jericho gained sole possession of the title as a result.[16]
The fourth match was between theNew Age Outlaws (Road Dogg andBilly Gunn) andThe Acolytes (Faarooq andBradshaw) for theWWF Tag Team Championship. Before the match, the New Age Outlaws delivered their signaturespeech to the audience. The Acolytes gained the early advantage after afallaway slam from Bradshaw to Gunn. After avoiding an attack in the corner, Bradshaw performed theClothesline from Hell on Gunn. Faarooq then executed aspinebuster on Dogg. As Faarooq attempted a pin, Gunn pulled the referee outside the ring, and Bradshaw knocked down both Gunn and the referee. After The Acolytes performed anaided powerbomb on Dogg,X-Pac came down to interfere, and performed aspinning heel kick on Bradshaw. Gunn then pinned Bradshaw after aFameasser to retain the title.[16]
The fifth match was betweenTriple H andCactus Jack in a violent and brutalStreet Fight for theWWF Championship. Jack gained the early advantage after repeated punches, and they fought outside the ring, where Triple H hit Jack with the ring bell. Triple H then hit Jack with a chair, but Jack got up, and performed aleg drop with the chair. The fight continued into the audience, with Jack performing a suplex ontopallets (which The Game would sustain a horrific wound to the back of his left leg), and using a trash can. Triple H performed a belly to back suplex, but Jack came back with arunning knee lift into the steel steps. Jack attempted to use abarbed wiretwo-by-four, but Triple H performed a low blow, and used the weapon on Jack. Jack came back, hit Triple H's groin with the weapon, and performed adouble arm DDT. Jack attacked Triple H's head repeatedly with the weapon. Jack attempted aback to belly piledriver through the announce table, but Triple H countered with a back body drop. Jack countered a Pedigree attempt and performed abulldog onto the two-by-four. Triple H performed ahip toss into the steps, and targeted Jack's knees, using the two-by-four. Triple H thenhandcuffed Jack but as he tried to use the steel steps, Jack performed a drop toe hold, sending Triple H's head into the steps. Triple H came back by using the chair.The Rock came out, and struck Triple H with a chair, as apolice officer removed Jack's handcuffs. Jack performed apulling Texas piledriver on the announce table, and spilled a bag ofthumbtacks in the ring. Triple H came back with a back body drop onto the thumbtacks, and a Pedigree for a near-fall. Frustrated, Triple H finally hit Jack with a second Pedigree onto the thumbtacks to win, and retain his title. Mick Foley has claimed that this final pedigree was not agreed with Vince McMahon prior to the event and was decided upon during the match itself.[17] After the match, Triple H was lifted onto a stretcher but Jack caught up to the emergency staff as they left the ringside area, pushed Triple H on the stretcher back to the ring, and hit Triple H with the two-by-four again.[16]
Themain event was the Royal Rumble match. During the match, non-participantsKaientai (Funaki andTaka Michinoku) repeatedly and randomly entered the ring, and attacked the participants. They were thrown out soon after each time.Rikishi, the fifth entrant, dominated upon entering, and eliminated all exceptGrand Master Sexay.Scotty 2 Hotty entered next, and the threeToo Cool members danced in the ring until Rikishi eliminated the other two, and continued to dance. Rikishi eliminated the first to eighth entrants.The Big Boss Man, the ninth entrant, refused to enter the ring untilTest, the following entrant, threw him in. During Kaientai's second interference, Taka was injured when he was thrown out of the ring, and sent to the hospital. Funaki continued to interfere by himself.Bob Backlund made a surprise return at number 14. It took six men to eliminate Rikishi.Chris Jericho entered at number 15 and eliminated Backlund before leaving through the crowd.Chyna entered at number 17 and eliminated Jericho before being eliminated by Boss Man not long after. After Faarooq, the eighteenth entrant, entered, non-participantsMean Street Posse came out, and attacked Faarooq, helping The Big Boss Man eliminate him. Bradshaw, entering twenty-seventh, was attacked by the Mean Street Posse, and eliminated soon after. Faarooq came out and, with Bradshaw, fought with the Mean Street Posse backstage.[16]
The final four participants in the Royal Rumble match were The Rock,Big Show,Kane, and X-Pac. The New Age Outlaws pulled Kane out of the ring, and attacked him. The Rock eliminated X-Pac, but the referees were preoccupied with Kane and did not witness this. X-Pac re-entered the match. Kane hit anenzuigiri, and ascoop slam on The Big Show, but X-Pac then eliminated Kane with a spinning heel kick. X-Pac hit Big Show with aBronco buster, but Big Show eliminated him with agorilla press drop, leaving The Rock and Big Show. The Rock performed a spinebuster and aPeople's Elbow, but Big Show came back with achokeslam. Big Show had The Rock on his shoulder, and attempted to throw him over the top rope, but The Rock hung onto the rope, and pulled Big Show over. The Rock won the match.
In 2011, Jack Bramma of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 8.0 [Very Good], writing, "Easy, easy thumbs up. Triple H-Cactus Jack is a hardcore match with some psychology and tells an awesome story. One of the best brawls you'll ever see. The tables match is a frenzied melee and one of my favorite 10 minute matches ever. Taz's debut and the raucous ovation from the crowd and the rest is good enough to keep up. But please for the love of God, don't watch the Miss Rumble pageant".[18]
Triple H andCactus Jack's feud continued intoNo Way Out, the following pay-per-view. On the January 31 episode ofRaw is War, Jack fought Triple H in a match where Mick Foley beat Triple H down. The following week, Triple H, in an attempt to end their feud, made a match between the two for theWWF Championship at No Way Out, but Foley would have to retire if he lost. Jack then decided that the match would be aHell in a Cell match.
Eight days after the Royal Rumble, the "Radicalz" (Chris Benoit,Eddie Guerrero,Perry Saturn, andDean Malenko) arrived in the WWF fromWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW), supposedly brought in byCactus Jack, then the following week onRaw Is War, they all turned on Jack when it was revealed that Triple H was the one that signed them to WWF contracts. They would make their PPV debut at No Way Out wrestling as a three-man team (Eddie Guerrero was injured and unable to wrestle).
The feud betweenBig Show andThe Rock, which was in its infancy at the time, kicked into high gear after the finish to the Royal Rumble match. While the television cameras never actually showed this to the viewing audience, the sequence where The Rock used Big Show's momentum to eliminate the big man and pull himself back into the ring ended with The Rock accidentally touching the floor with both feet before Big Show's feet hit. The unintentionalbotched move was worked into the feud, where Big Show began claiming The Rock had touched first and that he had indisputable video evidence of his victory (which consisted of a shot from a different camera filming the side of the ring where the elimination took place, and which clearly proved Big Show's statement). Once the evidence was shown to Triple H, Big Show received a match with The Rock at No Way Out for the WrestleMania championship shot. Sixteen years later, The Rock made a special return toRaw and ran into the Big Show backstage; after bringing up the 2000 Royal Rumble match, The Rock admitted that Big Show legitimately should have been declared the winner.
The feud betweenChris Jericho,Chyna andHardcore Holly ended when Holly failed to win theWWF Intercontinental Championship from Jericho, and Chyna aligned herself with Jericho, who moved on to feud withKurt Angle. Angle won theWWF European Championship on the February 10 episode ofSmackDown!, and on the February 14 episode ofRaw is War, Angle challenged Jericho to a match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship at No Way Out.
The feud between theHardy Boyz and theDudley Boyz continued, withEdge and Christian joining the feud. While initially showing respect, the Dudley Boyz attacked the Hardy Boyz during their match on the January 24 episode ofRaw is War. On the January 27 episode ofSmackDown!, Edge and Christian supported the Hardy Boyz and fought the Dudley Boyz, who put Edge and Christian through a table. On the January 31 episode ofRaw is War, the Hardy Boyz put the Dudley Boyz through tables, and, later, the Dudley Boyz put the Hardy Boyz through three stacked tables. On the February 14 episode ofRaw is War, D-Von Dudley defeated Edge and Jeff Hardy to earn a shot at theWWF Tag Team Championship at No Way Out, starting their feud with the champions theNew Age Outlaws. Also during the match, the Hardy Boyz had a confrontation with Edge and Christian, starting their feud. They would also have a match at No Way Out.
Over 25 years later after this event, in 2025, the Hardy Boyz and the Dudley Boyz, the latter going by the name Team 3D inTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), would agree to face one another one last time atTNA Bound for Glory in another Tables match, dubbed as "One Final Table", this time for theTNA World Tag Team Championship and theNXT Tag Team Championship, both held by The Hardys. The match would be won by The Hardys and after which, the Dudley Boyz/Team 3D would give their boots to the Hardys, officially retiring from in ring competition.
| No. | Results[16][19] | Stipulations | Times[16] | ||
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| 1 | Tazz defeatedKurt Angle bytechnical submission | Singles match | 3:16 | ||
| 2 | The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy andMatt Hardy) defeatedThe Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley andD-Von Dudley) | InauguralTag teamtables match | 10:17 | ||
| 3 | Chris Jericho (c) defeatedChyna (c) andHardcore Holly bypinfall | Triple threat match for theUndisputed WWF Intercontinental Championship | 7:30 | ||
| 4 | The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn andRoad Dogg) (c) defeatedThe Acolytes (Bradshaw andFaarooq) bypinfall | Tag team match for theWWF Tag Team Championship | 2:35 | ||
| 5 | Triple H (c) defeatedCactus Jack bypinfall | Street Fight for theWWF Championship | 26:55 | ||
| 6 | The Rock won by last eliminatingBig Show | 30-manRoyal Rumble match for aWWF Championship match atWrestleMania 2000 | 51:48 | ||
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A new entrant came out approximately every 90 seconds.
–Winner
| Draw[16] | Entrant[16] | Order eliminated[20] | Eliminated by[20] | Time[20] | Time to Next Entrant | Eliminations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D'Lo Brown | 3 | Rikishi | 06:08 | 0:00 | 0 |
| 2 | Grand Master Sexay | 4 | 07:42 | 1:33 | 0 | |
| 3 | Mosh | 1 | 03:37 | 1:42 | 0 | |
| 4 | Christian | 2 | 02:08 | 1:37 | 0 | |
| 5 | Rikishi | 8 | Big Boss Man, Bob Backlund, Edge, Gangrel, Test & The British Bulldog | 16:23 | 1:41 | 7 |
| 6 | Scotty 2 Hotty | 5 | Rikishi | 01:02 | 2:03 | 0 |
| 7 | Steve Blackman | 6 | 00:44 | 1:35 | 0 | |
| 8 | Viscera | 7 | 01:25 | 1:57 | 0 | |
| 9 | Big Boss Man | 15 | The Rock | 22:47 | 1:41 | 3 |
| 10 | Test | 17 | Big Show | 26:17 | 1:30 | 1 |
| 11 | The British Bulldog | 13 | Road Dogg | 15:22 | 1:47 | 1 |
| 12 | Gangrel | 18 | Big Show | 23:19 | 1:36 | 1 |
| 13 | Edge | 14 | Al Snow & Val Venis | 14:48 | 1:50 | 1 |
| 14 | Bob Backlund | 9 | Chris Jericho | 02:00 | 1:51 | 1 |
| 15 | Chris Jericho | 10 | Chyna | 03:47 | 1:39 | 1 |
| 16 | Crash Holly | 16 | The Rock | 14:54 | 1:31 | 0 |
| 17 | Chyna | 11 | Big Boss Man | 00:38 | 1:36 | 1 |
| 18 | Faarooq | 12 | 00:18 | 1:31 | 0 | |
| 19 | Road Dogg | 25 | Billy Gunn | 19:02 | 1:31 | 2 |
| 20 | Al Snow | 24 | The Rock | 17:17 | 1:37 | 2 |
| 21 | Val Venis | 20 | Kane | 11:47 | 1:40 | 1 |
| 22 | Prince Albert | 21 | 11:23 | 1:32 | 0 | |
| 23 | Hardcore Holly | 22 | Al Snow | 11:48 | 1:32 | 0 |
| 24 | The Rock | - | Winner | 14:47 | 1:41 | 4 |
| 25 | Billy Gunn | 26 | Kane | 09:38 | 1:39 | 2 |
| 26 | Big Show | 29 | The Rock | 11:12 | 1:30 | 4 |
| 27 | Bradshaw | 19 | Billy Gunn & Road Dogg | 00:25 | 1:44 | 0 |
| 28 | Kane | 27 | X-Pac | 06:11 | 1:31 | 3 |
| 29 | The Godfather | 23 | Big Show[1] | 01:32 | 1:34 | 0 |
| 30 | X-Pac | 28 | 03:32 | N/A | 1 |
^ X-Pac was originally thrown out by The Rock. However, the referees were distracted by the Outlaws beating up Kane, so he got back in the ring. Big Show eliminated X-Pac later.
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