SummerSlam 2000 SummerSlam 2000 was the thirteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . The event took place on August 27 , 2000 at the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena in Raleigh , North Carolina . The main event was a Triple Threat match for the WWF Championship involving champion The Rock , Triple H , and Kurt Angle . The Rock won the match and retained the title after pinning Triple H following a People ' s Elbow . One of the predominant matches on the undercard was Kane versus The Undertaker , which ended in a no contest after Undertaker unmasked Kane . Another featured match on the undercard was the first Tables , Ladders , and Chairs match for the Tag Team Championship involving champions Edge and Christian , The Hardy Boyz ( Matt and Jeff ) , and The Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray and D - Von ) . Edge and Christian won the match by retrieving the belts suspended above the ring . Background . The event featured ten professional wrestling matches with outcomes predetermined by WWF script writers . The matches featured wrestlers portraying their characters in planned storylines that took place before , during and after the event . The main feud leading to Summerslam was a three way feud between WWF Champion The Rock , Kurt Angle and Triple H . Triple H had some tensions with his wife , Stephanie McMahon , over his relationship with Trish Stratus . On the August 3 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Triple H and his wife , Stephanie McMahon , along with Kurt Angle , were booked in a Six - man tag team match by Commissioner Mick Foley , against the Dudley Boyz ( Buh - Buh Ray Dudley and D - Von Dudley ) and Lita , which Triple H , McMahon , and Angle won . After the match , as Triple H left the ring , Angle and McMahon hugged in a victory celebration , frustrating Triple H and marking the beginning of a Triple H - Angle feud . On the August 7 edition of " Raw is War " , Angle and Triple H were booked in a triple threat match , along with Chris Jericho , to determine the number one contender for a WWF Championship match against the defending champion , The Rock . Both Angle and Triple H simultaneously pinned Jericho , which made both Angle and Triple H co - number one contenders ; in frustration , Rock delivered a Rock Bottom on Triple H , Angle , and McMahon , who was at ringside during the match . Later that week on " SmackDown ! " , the match was made official for SummerSlam by Commissioner Foley . He also booked a tag team match , where Angle and Triple H would team up against Rock and The Undertaker . During the match , Angle accidentally attacked Triple H , causing Triple H to walk out on the match and a loss for Angle The following week on " Raw is War " , Angle , Triple H , and Shane McMahon were booked in a Six - man Tag Team match against the Dudley Boyz and Rock , with the stipulation that if Angle or Triple H walked away from the match , they would lose their number one contender status . During the match , Edge and Christian interfered by attacking the Dudley Boyz , which resulted in Angle , Triple H , and McMahon winning the match when Triple H pinned Rock ; as a result of neither Triple H nor Angle walking out on the match , they both were able to keep their number one contender status . Before the match , as Triple H confronted Stephanie about her relationship with Kurt Angle , Vince McMahon made his return and warned both Triple H and Angle about hurting Stephanie . At August 21 , Rock refereed a Women ' s title match between Lita and McMahon , and helped Lita to win the title . The next Smackdown , Stephanie was hurt during a mixed tag match with Kurt Angle against Rock and Lita , prompting Triple H to run and help . However , Angle ran away as the Rock and the Hardy Boyz attacked Triple H . Angle checked at Stephanie in the backstage and then kissed her as the show went off the air . On the August 14 edition of " Raw is War " , Kane interfered in a match between The Undertaker and Chris Benoit and performed a chokeslam on The Undertaker . Following the interference , Kane rode out of the arena with The Undertaker ' s motorcycle , which was at ringside , signaling the beginning of a feud between The Undertaker and Kane , which was the second main feud heading into SummerSlam . On the August 20 edition of " Sunday Night HeAT " , it was made official that The Undertaker would face Kane at SummerSlam . On the August 21 edition of " Raw is War " , the feud intensified during a segment in which Kane attacked The Undertaker with a steel chair , causing The Undertaker to bleed . On the August 10 episode of " SmackDown ! " , the Hardy Boyz ( Matt and Jeff Hardy ) attacked the WWF Tag Team Champions , Edge and Christian , after their championship match against the Dudley Boyz . As the Hardy Boyz attacked Christian with a ladder , the Dudley Boyz powerbomb ed Edge through a table ; this began a three - way feud , the third main rivalry heading into SummerSlam . The feud intensified on the August 14 edition of " Raw is War " , when Edge and Christian attacked Matt Hardy with steel chairs after the Hardy Boyz ' match against Right to Censor . Later that night , Commissioner Mick Foley announced a Tables , Ladders , and Chairs match between the three teams in a WrestleMania 2000 rematch for the WWF Tag Team Championship . On that week ' s edition of " SmackDown ! " , Jeff teamed up with D - Von to face Edge and Christian . During the match , Jeff accidentally delivered a Swanton Bomb to D - Von , which resulted in Edge pinning D - Von for the win . After the match , Matt and Bubba came down to the ring , and the Hardys and the Dudleys brawled until they were pulled apart by WWF officials . Due to the events that occurred that past week , the Hardy Boyz were booked in a match against the Dudley Boyz the following week on " Raw is War " , which the Hardys won . On the final episode of " SmackDown ! " prior to SummerSlam , the Dudley Boyz interfered in a six - man tag team match between the team of the Hardy Boyz and Chris Jericho and the team of Edge , Christian , and Chris Benoit , which resulted in another brawl between the three teams . The interference allowed Jericho to pin Edge for the win . Event . The first match that aired was a six - man tag team match between the team of Right to Censor ( The Goodfather , Steven Richards , and Bull Buchanan ) and Too Cool ( Rikishi , Scotty 2 Hotty , and Grandmaster Sexay ) . Too Cool gained the early advantage , but The Goodfather retaliated by hitting a Big Boot on Sexay . Right to Censor continued with the advantage until midway into the match , when Richards attempted an aerial technique . Sexay , however , crotched Richards on the top turnbuckle and Superplexed him . Hotty was then tagged into the match , where he attempted to deliver a Worm to no avail , as Richards delivered a superkick on Hotty before pinning him to win the match . The next match was the encounter of Road Dogg and X - Pac . Both men fought back and forth in the beginning of the match , but Dogg gained the advantage after countering an X - Factor into a powerbomb . Although Dogg had the advantage , X - Pac retaliated by successfully hitting a low blow and another X - Factor into a pinfall and winning the match . After the match , Road Dogg hit X - Pac with a pumphandle slam and performed some crotch chops . The third match was an Intercontinental Championship Intergender Tag Team match between the team of Trish Stratus and Val Venis against the team of Chyna and the defending champion , Eddie Guerrero . In this match , the wrestler who gained the first pinfall would become the Intercontinental Champion . Guerrero and Chyna gained the early advantage in the match , but as Guerrero attempted a Hurricanrana , Venis countered it into a powerbomb . As the men tagged in the women , Chyna delivered a Military Press Slam on Stratus into a pinfall , winning the match for the team of herself and Guerrero . Due to pre - match stipulations , Chyna became the new Intercontinental Champion . The next match was the encounter of Jerry Lawler and Tazz . The match began as Tazz gained the advantage , but Lawler retaliated by delivering a piledriver on Tazz . As Tazz recuperated , he applied the Tazzmission on Lawler ; in desperation , Jim Ross , the commentating partner of Lawler , hit Tazz with a glass jar , breaking it over his head and allowing Lawler to pin Tazz for the win . The fifth match was a Hardcore Championship match between Steve Blackman and the defending champion , Shane McMahon . Blackman had the advantage over McMahon midway into the match , until Test and Albert interfered on McMahon ' s behalf by double teaming Blackman . Nevertheless , Blackman retaliated as he hit both men with a kendo stick , which allowed McMahon to attempt an escape from the ring . Blackman then chased McMahon until both men were on a high steel structure , which was a part of the stage set . Blackman then hit McMahon with a kendo stick three times , causing him to fall from the steel structure onto the arena concrete floor . After the fall , Blackman performed an Elbow drop and got a pinfall to win the match and the Hardcore Championship . The next match was a Two out of three falls match between Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho . In the midst of the action , Jericho attempted a Lionsault , which Benoit countered into a Crippler Crossface , forcing Jericho to submit and winning the first fall . After the first fall , Benoit retained the advantage , but after he delivered two Belly to Belly suplexes , Jericho countered a third one into the Walls of Jericho , forcing Benoit to submit and allowing Jericho to win his first fall ( the second fall in the match ) . As Benoit and Jericho fought back and forth , Benoit countered a Cradle by Jericho into one of his own , and he pinned Jericho by holding on to the ring ropes for leverage to win his second fall ( the third fall overall ) and the match . The seventh match was the first triple threat tag team Tables , Ladders , and Chairs match for the Tag Team Championship between the team of the Hardy Boyz ( Matt and Jeff Hardy ) , Edge and Christian , and the Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray and D - Von Dudley ) . The Dudley Boyz gained an advantage in the match when they delivered a 3 - D on Christian through a table . Jeff Hardy then attempted a Swanton Bomb on Bubba through a table , but it backfired when Bubba moved and Jeff went through the table . Subsequently , Edge and Christian knocked Bubba off of a ladder outside of the ring , through four double - stacked tables . Lita , the associate of the Hardy Boyz , then came down to the ring , pushing Edge and Christian off a ladder . This allowed Matt to climb a ladder to retrieve the championship belts , but D - Von pushed the ladder , resulting in Matt falling at ringside through two double - stacked tables . D - Von then climbed another ladder , along with Jeff , but Edge and Christian knocked the ladder over , leaving Jeff hanging on the belt , but eventually hit with a ladder by Christian , allowing Edge and Christian to climb another ladder and retrieve the championship belts to retain the Tag Team Championship . The next match was a Stinkface match between The Kat and Terri . After back and forth action between the two women , The Kat gained the advantage after she performed a powerslam on Terri and then threw Terri into the turnbuckle and delivered a Stinkface on her for the win . The final match on the undercard was the encounter of Kane and The Undertaker . Before the match began , Kane attacked The Undertaker on the ring aisle . Kane then attempted to attack The Undertaker with the steel ring steps , but The Undertaker retaliated by avoiding the attack . Kane then performed a low blow on The Undertaker , who retaliated by delivering a Spear and ripping Kane ' s mask off , which resulted in Kane exiting the ring to the backstage area , ending the match with no winner . The main event was a WWF Championship Triple - Threat match between Triple H , Kurt Angle , and the defending champion , The Rock . Before The Rock made his entrance , Angle and Triple H fought at ringside , with Triple H delivering a Pedigree on Angle on the commentator ' s announce table , which broke prematurely , resulting in Angle being injured . After the incident , The Rock made his entrance down to the ring . He wrestled Triple H as Angle was attended by EMTs , who transported Angle backstage . Stephanie McMahon then came down to the ring and attempted to interfere by hitting The Rock with the WWF Championship belt . She accidentally hit Triple H , however , which resulted in Triple H ordering McMahon to the backstage area . Angle returned to the ring midway through the match , alongside McMahon , and attacked Triple H . As Triple H recuperated , Angle called McMahon to give him a sledgehammer , but Angle and Triple H brawled over the sledgehammer , resulting in Triple H accidentally hitting McMahon . This situation allowed The Rock to throw Angle over the top rope onto ringside and deliver a People ' s Elbow on Triple H into a pinfall to win the match and retain the WWF Championship . Aftermath . The Kurt Angle - Triple H feud continued after SummerSlam . On the first episode of " Raw is War " after SummerSlam , Angle interfered in a match between Triple H and Eddie Guerrero by attacking both men with a steel chair . The feud intensified once more , as Triple H and Angle brawled on the September 11 episode of " Raw is War " after a match between Triple H and Chris Jericho . Later that night , Commissioner Mick Foley booked a match between Angle and Triple H at Unforgiven . The following week on " Raw is War " , Foley announced that he would be the Special Guest Referee for the match between Triple H and Angle . On the final episode of " SmackDown ! " before Unforgiven , the feud Escalated when Angle attacked Triple H with a sledgehammer , resulting in Triple H becoming unconscious and allowing Angle to kiss Triple H ' s wife , Stephanie McMahon , who was at ringside . At Unforgiven , Triple H pinned Angle after a Pedigree . After SummerSlam , a feud began between Kane , The Undertaker , The Rock , and Chris Benoit over the WWF Championship . Kane and The Undertaker continued to feud on the August 28 episode of " Raw is War " , where The Undertaker interfered in a WWF Championship match between Kane and The Rock ( the winner of the match ) . The feud between Kane and Benoit began on the September 4 episode of " Raw is War " during a WWF Championship number one contender ' s match , as Benoit attacked Kane with a steel chair . The feud between Kane and The Rock began later that week on " SmackDown ! " , when Kane chokeslam med The Rock through the commentator ' s announce table . The following week on " Raw is War " , the feud between Kane , Benoit , The Undertaker , and The Rock officially began , as Kane , Benoit , and The Undertaker cut promos about how they deserved to face The Rock at Unforgiven for the WWF Championship . The situation resulted in a brawl between all four wrestlers . Later that night , Commissioner Foley announced that a Fatal - Four Way match would take place at Unforgiven for the WWF Championship . At Unforgiven , The Rock retained the WWF Championship after he performed a Rock Bottom on Benoit into a pinfall . The feud between the Hardy Boyz and Edge and Christian over the WWF Tag Team Championship continued after SummerSlam . On the " Raw is War " edition after SummerSlam , the Hardy Boyz and Edge and Christian brawled throughout the night on different occasions . On the September 11 edition of " Raw is War " , The Hardy Boyz defeated the Dudley Boyz in a tag team match to become the number one contenders for the WWF Tag Team Championship . The following week on " SmackDown ! " , Commissioner Foley announced a Steel Cage match for the WWF Tag Team Championship at Unforgiven , between the teams of Edge and Christian and the Hardy Boyz . At Unforgiven , The Hardy Boyz escaped the Steel Cage to win the match and the WWF Tag Team Championship . After the Dudley Boyz were unable to win the number one contender ' s match , they were involved in a short - lived feud with the A . P . A , as the Dudley Boyz defeated the A . P . A on the September 4 edition of " Raw is War " . The defeat led to the A . P . A challenging the Dudley Boyz into a Bar Room Brawl , which ended in a no contest . After the match , The Dudley Boyz and the A . P . A united as they drank beer and attacked Kai En Tai . The Dudley Boyz then began a feud with the Right to Censor on the September 18 edition of " Raw is War " , where after losing a match to the Dudley Boyz , all four members of Right to Censor attacked them . The attack led to the A . P . A coming down to the ring to help the Dudley Boyz . On the September 21 edition of " SmackDown ! " , Commissioner Foley announced an eight - man tag team match between the team of Right to Censor against the team of the Dudley Boyz and the A . P . A at Unforgiven . At Unforgiven , Right to Censor defeated the Dudley Boyz and the A . P . A .