Royal Rumble 2000: January 23, 2000 from Madison Square Garden, New York City
Commentators: Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler
I rate each match on a scale of 0-5 stars, 0 being the worst and 5 being the best.

Kurt Angle vs. Mystery Opponent
Angle comes out and for near 5 minutes he... Read full review »

The McMahon Helmsley era lives!

bysupakrzy Sep 19, 2002

4 Helpfuls 5 Helpfuls

Pros Streetfight, Table match, Debut of Tazz

Cons Bikini contest (the whole thing),Tag title match, Royal rumble match

Recommended it? Yes

This PPV marked the beginning of an era where the WWF would enjoy huge success for the next 18 months. When you watch this video and compare it to the current WWE product that we see today you will clearly understand why.

Tazz vs Kurt Angle. This match was terrific. Many people complain... Read full review »

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Barbed Wire Ballet?

bylansky2000 Aug 6, 2002

20 Helpfuls 21 Helpfuls

Pros The "Rumble" itself was upstaged by the war between Helmsley-Foley...

Cons May be too intense for certain audiences...

Recommended it? Yes

Paul Levesque's climb to the top of the wrestling volcano had never been an easy one. Billing himself as Hunter Hearst Helmsley, his British snob character seemed destined for obscurity. Wrestlers such as Steven Regal, Chris Adams, and Lord Alfred Hayes before them, learned that it didn't make the... Read full review »

Another Great Rumble

byrcwebb Aug 3, 2002

2 Helpfuls 3 Helpfuls

Pros Great Matches, Entertaining Show

Cons Mae Young's "Puppies"

Recommended it? Yes

Royal Rumble has always been my second favorite PPV (next to Wrestlemania of course). This one isn't the best, but it's far from the worst. The Miss Royal Rumble Pageant was great until Mae Young showed up and revealed her "puppies".
That was a moment that has scarred me for life. The opening... Read full review »

Still holds strong after repeated viewings

bywordoftruth Jul 28, 2002

1 Helpfuls 2 Helpfuls

Pros Contains the match that MADE HHH

Cons The Tag Match was only a couple of minutes

Recommended it? Yes

Two and a half years after its initial broadcast, WWF Royal Rumble 2000 still holds strong today. Here is my opinion of the matches:
Tazz vs. Kurt Angle: Short, but good contest that established Tazz as a real threat (too bad nothing came of it).
Hardy Boyz vs. Dudley Boyz: This match... Read full review »

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Let ';The Game'; Begin

bycawthon777 Jan 2, 2002

9 Helpfuls 10 Helpfuls

Pros an overall great show from the world's most famous arena

Cons two lackluster title bouts (tag and IC)

Recommended it? Yes

Triple H is regarded by many within the wrestling industry as the best performer today. A strange hybrid of the ferocity and inner rage of ?Macho Man? Randy Savage along with the professionalism and dedication of ?Nature Boy? Ric Flair, Hunter Hearst Helmsley is that missing link between the best... Read full review »

Tables, 2x4s, What more can you ask for?

byhhhrules666 Nov 5, 2001

2 Helpfuls 3 Helpfuls

Pros Table match, Street fight, Last part of rumble

Cons Some matches too short, Mae Young

Recommended it? Yes

I hope some poor sucker is reading this, because i'm not doing this for nothing. Now, to the matches:

1st match: Tazz vs Kurt Angel. Angle comes out to his ring music and cuts a promo. Big pop for Tazz. Brawling in the ring, many suplexes. The finish: Tazz does his version of the sleeper,... Read full review »

Lost In the Shuffle

bydoctatyrone Jun 6, 2001

4 Helpfuls 5 Helpfuls

Pros Best Rumble since 92, Great title match

Cons Mae Young!!!

Recommended it? Yes

-Live From Madison Square Garden.

-Your Hosts are Good Ol' JR and the King.

-Opening Match. Kurt Angle vs. Tazz. This is the debut for Tazz in the WWF and he gets a huge pop from the ECW regular crowd. Angle is still riding the undefeated streak here but he gets manhandled by... Read full review »

Oh my God! Not the puppies!

byfunky_bezza May 11, 2001

2 Helpfuls 3 Helpfuls

Pros Cactus Jack vs. HHH , The Hardys vs. Dudleyz, great promos

Cons MAE YOUNG!!!! ARRRGGHHH!!!!!

Recommended it? No

Royal Rumble 2000 and the WWF rolls once more into Madison Square Garden. It may be one of the least appropriate venues in the world for a wrestling event, given its claustrophobic seating arrangements and lack of space for a decent sized entryway (with the competitors emerging from a sort of... Read full review »

Yuck...No more swimsuit contests

bybigsteviecool May 5, 2001

3 Helpfuls 4 Helpfuls

Pros Triple H totally tearing Cactus Jack apart.

Cons Mae Young (shudder) and the Rock

Recommended it? Yes

I can summarize this review quite quickly. The main event, Triple H vs. Cactus Jack, was an awesome match. That's the kind of hardcore wrestling that everyone needs to see every once in a while. The Rumble itself was, predictable, I suppose. Rock taking the win was quite depressing, even though we... Read full review »

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Royal Rumble 2000: DVD Version

byroheblius Feb 7, 2001

7 Helpfuls 8 Helpfuls

Pros Two matches really brought the house down.

Cons My boy Y2J has to slow his work down when wrestling Chyna.

Recommended it? Yes

I will rate every match according to the wrestling, drama, pace, story and finish of the match. But my final Epinions rating is solely on the entertainment value of the Pay-Per-View itself.

The Royal Rumble is my favorite PPV of the year. It's not always the best PPV of the year, but it's... Read full review »

A Royal Show

byGr8erthangr8 Feb 3, 2001

2 Helpfuls 3 Helpfuls

Pros Some great moments, and Terri's wonderful swimsuit

Cons Mae "Young" and her moment.

Recommended it? Yes

I saw this a very long time ago, considering the Royal rumble was well over a year ago on the day I write this. But, I recently saw the video. This was one of WWF's best PPV'S of 2000, maybe the best of all. I'll do a match-by-match review.

ANGLE VS. TAZ(z)= Really a big moment, because... Read full review »

Two awesome matches carry the show

byBeek2000 Dec 27, 2000

8 Helpfuls 9 Helpfuls

Pros Table match, Cactus vs HHH

Cons Underwhelming special features, time wasting with the swimsuit competition, tag title...

Recommended it? Yes

Kurt Angle vs Mystery Opponent
Kurt's pre-match promo was okay, but very generic. What we see here is basically the Kurt Angle character in its infancy. The mystery opponent is Tazz, who is debuting since leaving ECW. Angle is still very green and it shows in this match. He looks a bad in a few... Read full review »

WWF is PPV royalty

bykings55 Dec 22, 2000

7 Helpfuls 8 Helpfuls

Pros Lots of great moments, Triple H v. Cactus Jack

Cons you don't have this DVD

Recommended it? Yes

Well the WWF claims to do PPV like no one else. Do they? Yes, They are simply the best. Royal Rumble 2000 was one of the best, if not the best, WWF event of the year. It is filled with intense competition and memorable moments.
The introduction of Tazz to the WWF when he took on Kurt Angle was... Read full review »

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An Evening Almost Shot To Hell By Mae Young & The Rock!

byLoneWOlf316 Nov 27, 2000

7 Helpfuls 8 Helpfuls

Pros most of the show

Cons The Rock and Mae Young

Recommended it? Yes

I, being a loyal wrestling fan for over 10 years, have always loved the night of the Royal Rumble. Some of the best matches of the year happen at the Royal Rumble PPVs. But, this year fell short to the annual standards that I was expecting.

The first match of the night was Kurt Angle... Read full review »

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Rumble 2000

byCoolRob18 May 24, 2000

6 Helpfuls 7 Helpfuls

Pros great ppv

Cons none

Recommended it? Yes

Royal Rumble 2000 was spectacular.Lots of action in matches before the rumble and lots more action in the royal rumble battle royal.This is the 13th Royal Rumble but only the 12th to be on pay per view.

The royal rumble battle royal features top stars-Kane,Chyna,Big Show,Rock,Road... Read full review »

A Wrestling Expert's View of Royal Rumble 2000

bymrsocko316 May 24, 2000

35 Helpfuls 36 Helpfuls

Pros Triple H vs. Cactus Jack, Hardy Boys table match, the Rumble itself

Cons Acolytes vs. The New Age Outlaws is a waste of time

Recommended it? Yes

Now this is what I am talking about. After a two week wrestling layover, I finally get to be the first person to write about a wrestling pay-per-view, and it ends up being one of my recent favorites. The higher-ups of epinions are smiling down on me today. Cheap Plug: READ SHAWNMFAN1'S WRESTLING... Read full review »