No Way Out 2000 No Way Out 2000 was a professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) , which took place on February 27 , 2000 at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford , Connecticut . It was the first event produced under the No Way Out name , although it was preceded in 1998 by an event named No Way Out of Texas . The main event was a Hell in a Cell match , a match where the ring and ringside area was surrounded by a 20 - foot - high roofed steel cell between WWF Champion Triple H and Cactus Jack ; Triple H won the match to retain his championship . The featured bout on the undercard was a standard wrestling match , also known as a singles match , for a championship match at WrestleMania 2000 in which The Big Show defeated The Rock . Background . The event featured eleven professional wrestling matches with outcomes predetermined by WWF script writers . The matches featured wrestlers portraying their characters in planned story lines that took place before , during and after the event . The Main Feud going into No Way Out was between Triple H and Cactus Jack fighting over the WWF Championship inside a Hell in a Cell . The feud started after Triple H defeated his father - in - law Mr . McMahon at Armageddon in No Holds Barred and also winning the WWF Title from The Big Show on Raw only a few weeks later . These events would start the McMahon - Helmsley Era with his wife Stephanie McMahon . Mankind would rebel against this new era and would receive attacks from D - X and Triple H . Mick Foley would drop the Mankind character to Cactus Jack . At the Royal Rumble Triple H and Cactus Jack would fight in a Street Fight Match for the WWF Championship , which was won by Triple H . The next night on Raw Triple H would grant Cactus another chance at the title at the PPV No Way Out and that the match can be any kind he wants . Cactus would later decide that the match will be a Hell in a Cell . Triple H said that it was deal only if he would put his career on the line , which he would agree to . Over the next few weeks Triple H would start predicting that he would end the fifteen year career of Mick Foley . Another feud heading into No Way Out was between The Rock and The Big Show over who should get the chance to face for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania . The feud began at the Royal Rumble in the Royal Rumble Match , The Rock and The Big Show were the last two competitors in the match both trying to throw each other over the rope . Both wrestlers fell out of the ring hitting the floor , The Rock hit the floor first but the officials thought The Big Show hit the ground first making The Rock the winner of the Royal Rumble . The next night on Raw The Big Show complained that it was no fair that nobody saw what happened so he got evidence and sent it to Triple H . Triple H would later make a match between The Rock and The Big Show at No Way Out where the winner will get the WWF Championship Chance at WrestleMania . Event . Before the event began and aired live on pay - per - view , an episode of " Sunday Night Heat " , one of WWE ' s secondary television programs , was taped live . In a singles match , Mosh defeated WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Essa Rios by disqualification . Following that match , in a mixed tag team match , the team of Ivory and Mideon defeated Jacqueline and Funaki Preliminary matches . After " Sunday Night Heat " , the pay - per - view began with a singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship with Chris Jericho and Kurt Angle . Both Angle and Jericho wrestled inconclusively in the beginning , including an attempt by Jericho to force Angle to submit by applying the Walls of Jericho , but Angle grabbed the ropes surrounding the ring , which forced Jericho to break the hold . While the referee Earl Hebner was ( kayfabe ) unconscious , Jericho attempted to hit Angle with a Lionsault , but was hit in the face with the Intercontinental Championship belt . Angle then covered Jericho for the pinfall , winning the Intercontinental Championship . Following the match , referees White and Hebner argued over the conclusion . The following bout was a tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship , where the champions , the New Age Outlaws ( the Road Dogg and ( Billy Gunn ) , defended their titles against the Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray and D - Von ) . Throughout the match , both teams performed many offensive maneuvers , though The Dudley Boyz were able to gain the upper hand when Bubba Ray struck Billy Gunn with a lead pipe on the outside of the ring did the 3D on Road Dogg inside the ring . Bubba Ray then covered Road Dogg to win the WWF Tag Team Championship for his team . The third contest was Viscera versus Mark Henry in a standard match . Late in the match , Viscera hit Henry with a spinning heel kick and got the advantage . Then Viscera crushed Henry with the ladders on the outside and performed a belly to belly suplex until Mae Young interfered on behalf of Mark Henry . After she distracted Viscera , Mark Henry Spear and then Scoop powerslam him . He then pinned Viscera for the win . The next match was a tag team match where Edge and Christian faced the Hardy Boyz ( Matt and Jeff ) , who were escorted by Terri Runnels . Prior to the match , Terri had ( kayfabe ) hired the Acolytes Protection Agency ( Bradshaw and Faarooq ) as protection , and they were at ringside throughout the match . Both teams attempted to gain the advantage throughout the contest , and Edge and Christian ultimately gained it when Terri turned on the Hardy Boyz , pushing Jeff off the top rope as he attempted a move . As Matt questioned her , Terri slapped him and Christian struck Matt from behind and pinned him for the win . Following his loss , the Hardy Boyz attempted to pull Terri into the ring , but the APA attacked them . The fifth contest was a standard match between Tazz and The Big Boss Man . Soon after the match began , Tazz applied the Tazzmission to Boss Man in an attempt to make him submit , but Prince Albert interfered and attacked Tazz , causing a disqualification . As Tazz was the one attacked , the victory was given to him . Following the match , Prince Albert and Boss Man assaulted Tazz in the ring . Main event matches . The next match was X - Pac , escorted by Tori , versus Kane , escorted by Paul Bearer , in a No Holds Barred match . X - Pac and Kane wrestled extensively on the entrance ramp , and Paul Bearer interfered often , attacking X - Pac . X - Pac gave Kane an X - Factor but he recovered . The match ended when X - Pac dropkick ed the steel ring steps into Kane ' s face and covered him for a pin . The seventh match on the card was a six man tag team match where Too Cool ( Rikishi , Scotty 2 Hotty , and Grand Master Sexay ) faced The Radicalz ( Chris Benoit , Dean Malenko , and Perry Saturn ) . Both teams performed many offensive maneuvers throughout the match , but Too Cool gained the upper hand when Rikishi delivered a Banzai Drop to Malenko . This was followed by a cover for the pin . The featured bout on the undercard was The Big Show versus The Rock for a championship match at WrestleMania 2000 . During the match , referee Tim White was knocked out , and upon recovering he was involved in a fight with fellow referee Earl Hebner , causing referee White to not count the pin when the Big Show covered the Rock . Shane McMahon came to officiate the match . The Rock then delivered the Rock Bottom , one of his finishing manoeuvres , and was attempting to perform the People ' s Elbow on his fallen opponent , when McMahon hit the Rock with a steel chair . The Big Show then covered the Rock and got a pin . The main event was a Hell in a Cell match for the WWF Championship , in which WWF Champion Triple H defended his championship against Cactus Jack , with the added stipulation that if Jack lost he would have to retire from professional wrestling . The match began inside a structure of metal surrounding the ring and ringside area . Throughout the match , many weapons were employed , such as steel chairs and a 2x4 with barbed wire wrapped around it ( the 2x4 was also set on fire later in the match ) . When the ring steps were repeatedly thrown against the wall of the cell , it tore open and Cactus Jack jumped through it to the outside of the cage . The men fought first on the announcers ' table , and later both men wrestled on the top of the cage . While on top of the cell , Cactus Jack attempted a Piledriver , but the move was reversed and Triple H backdropped him onto the cell roof . The move broke the cell roof and Cactus Jack fell through to the mat below , buckling the surface of the ring . After Jack stood up again , Triple H performed the Pedigree on him . He then covered Cactus Jack for a successful pin to win the match . Aftermath . After The Rock lost against The Big Show , they continued their feud the next night on Raw in a match where if The Rock lost he must leave the company . Shane McMahon was made special guest referee , and during the match Shane hit The Rock with a steel chair and tried to get The Big Show to cover him . Vince McMahon ran into the ring , hit his son , and allowed The Rock to perform a Rock Bottom on the Big Show and cover him for the pin . Vince sided with The Rock and promised him a match at WrestleMania for the WWF Championship . Shane McMahon came out the next night on Raw and announced that the match would be a Triple Threat match ( a standard match with three participants ) also including the Big Show . Following this match taking place on a Monday Night Raw preceding WrestleMania 16 , Linda McMahon appeared and announced that the match occurring at WrestleMania would instead be a Fatal Four Way Elimination ( a match with four participants where three must sequentially be eliminated via pinfall or submission ) with Mick Foley whom Triple H had retired , filling the last spot . At WrestleMania Triple H defeated the three other men and thus retained his WWF Title . Both Vince and Shane McMahon betrayed the wrestlers they were backing and joined Triple H and Stephanie McMahon ' s faction , while Linda remained with Foley . The Rock received a rematch at Backlash 2000 and defeated Triple H , thanks to the help of Linda McMahon and Stone Cold Steve Austin . The two would also have an Iron Man Match ( a match lasting sixty minutes where the victor is the performer with the most decisions at the end of the time limit ) with Shawn Michaels as Special Guest Referee , which saw Triple H regain the title after Michaels disqualified The Rock due to interference from The Undertaker giving Triple H the deciding decision . They would finally end their feud at King of the Ring 2000 in a Six - Man Tag Team Match in which the participant on the Rock ' s team who gained the victory would be named champion The Rock would have both Kane and The Undertaker on his team , while Triple H had Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon . The Rock would win his fifth world championship after beating Vince .