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WHAT TOOK PLACE AT WRESTLEMANIA XVI

 

WrestleMania 2000 (chronologically known as WrestleMania XVI) was the sixteenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on April 2, 2000 at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California. The event was the second WrestleMania at the Arrowhead Pond, but the fourth to take place in the Southern California metropolitan area (following WrestleMania 2, WrestleMania VII, and WrestleMania XII).


  • There were no standard one-on-one matches with normal rules in the event.
  • WrestleMania 2000 featured a preshow entitled WrestleMania All Day Long, which went through the history all of the previous WrestleManias. It is the longest WrestleMania preshow in the companie's history, lasting over 8 hours.
  • This WrestleMania's logo was the first to not make use of the classic font used in past WrestleManias (I-XV) and also the first and only WrestleMania logo to use the font Neo Sans.
  • This is the only WrestleMania to be generally referred to by year, rather than a number.
  • Celebrities that appeared at the event included Ice-T, Martin Short, Michael Clarke Duncan, Pete Rose, Dustin Diamond, and French Stewart.

  • Triple H (w/Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley) defeated The Rock (w/Vince McMahon), Mick Foley (w/Linda McMahon) and The Big Show (w/Shane McMahon) in a Fatal Four Way Elimination Match to retain the WWF Championship(36:28)
    • Rock pinned Big Show after a Rock Bottom.(4:41)
    • Triple H pinned Foley after a Pedigree(19:41)
    • Triple H pinned Rock after a chair shot from Vince McMahon. (36:28)