King of the Ring 2000 King of the Ring 2000 was the eighth annual King of the Ring professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . The event took place on June 25 , 2000 at the Fleet Center in Boston , Massachusetts . The main event was a six - man tag team match between McMahon - Helmsley Faction ( Triple H , Vince and Shane McMahon ) and the team of The Rock , Kane and The Undertaker . Triple H ' s WWF Championship was defended in the match . Rock pinned Vince to win the title . The undercard featured the 2000 King of the Ring tournament , won by Kurt Angle . The 2000 edition was the largest King of the Ring tournament , with 32 competitors taking part . Other matches featured on the undercard included a three - on - two Handicap Tables Dumpster match between Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray and D - Von ) and the team of D - Generation X ( Road Dogg and X - Pac ) and Tori , a Hardcore Evening Gown match for the WWF Hardcore Championship between champion Pat Patterson and challenger Gerald Brisco and a Four corners elimination match for the WWF Tag Team Championship between champions Too Cool ( Grand Master Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty ) and the challenger teams of Edge and Christian , Hardy Boyz ( Matt and Jeff ) and T & A ( Test and Albert ) . Background . King of the Ring featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre - existing feuds , plots , and storylines that were played out on " Raw is War " and " SmackDown " — World Wrestling Federation ' s ( WWF ) television programs . Wrestlers portrayed a villain or a hero as they followed a series of events that built tension , and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches . The pay - per - view event featured the annual King of the Ring single elimination bracket tournament . The qualification for the tournament started on the May 29 , 2000 edition of " Raw is War " , with Rikishi and Bull Buchanan defeating Shane McMahon and Steve Blackman respectively . The qualification continued on the June 1 edition of " SmackDown " , as Kurt Angle defeated Bradshaw and Crash Holly defeated Albert . On the June 4 edition of " Sunday Night Heat " , Chyna and Val Venis defeated The Godfather and Al Snow in respective matches to qualify for the tournament . On June 5 edition of " Raw is War " , the WWF Intercontinental Champion Chris Benoit and Hardcore Holly qualified by defeating Road Dogg and Faarooq respectively . On the June 8 edition of " SmackDown " , Chris Jericho defeated Test and the WWF European Champion Eddie Guerrero defeated Matt Hardy to qualify for the King of the Ring tournament . On June 11 edition of " Sunday Night Heat " , Bubba Ray Dudley and Perry Saturn defeated Big Bossman and D - Von Dudley in respective matches to qualify for the tournament . On the June 12 edition of " Raw is War " , X - Pac qualified for the tournament by defeating Dean Malenko and Jeff Hardy qualified by defeating Christian . The qualification for the tournament ended on June 15 edition of " SmackDown ! " , as Edge defeated one half of the WWF Tag Team Champions Grand Master Sexay and the other half of the WWF Tag Team Champions Scotty 2 Hotty defeated D - Lo Brown . On the June 18 edition of " Sunday Night Heat " , the tournament started as Bull Buchanan defeated Perry Saturn and Val Venis defeated Jeff Hardy . On June 19 edition of " Raw is War " , the tournament matches continued as Kurt Angle defeated Bubba Ray Dudley , Chris Benoit defeated X - Pac , Eddie Guerrero defeated Chyna , Chris Jericho defeated Edge , Rikishi defeated Scotty 2 Hotty and Crash Holly defeated Hardcore Holly . The main rivalry heading into the event was between McMahon - Helmsley Faction ( Triple H , Vince and Shane McMahon ) and the team of The Rock , Kane and The Undertaker . At Judgment Day , Undertaker returned to WWF with a new biker gimmick after an eight - month groin injury and attacked Triple H during an Iron Man match between Rock and Triple H for the WWF Championship . As a result , Rock was disqualified and Triple H won the match 6 - 5 . On the June 1 edition of " SmackDown ! " , Rock , Kane and Undertaker won qualifying matches to qualify for a WWF Championship title shot at King of the Ring . On the June 12 edition of " Raw is War " , WWF CEO Linda McMahon announced that at King of the Ring , Rock , Kane and Undertaker would team up to wrestle Triple H , Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon in a six - man tag team match . On June 15 edition of " SmackDown ! " , a stipulation was added into the match that if Triple H ' s team won , Triple H would defend the title against the winner of the King of the Ring tournament at Fully Loaded but if any person from Rock ' s team got the pinfall , he would win the title . On the June 19 edition of " Raw is War " , an additional stipulation was added into the match that if a member of Rock ' s team got the pinfall at King of the Ring , he would become the new WWF Champion . Another major rivalry heading into the event was between Too Cool ( Grand Master Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty ) , Edge and Christian , Hardy Boyz ( Matt and Jeff ) and T & A ( Test and Albert ) over the WWF Tag Team Championship . On May 29 edition of " Raw is War " , Too Cool defeated Edge and Christian to win the WWF Tag Team Championship . Edge and Christian invoked their rematch clause for the titles . T & A and Hardy Boyz were feuding at the time , and were added into the tag title match , making it a Four corners elimination match at King of the Ring . On June 19 edition of " Raw is War " , Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco interfered in a King of the Ring tournament match between WWF Hardcore Champion Crash Holly and Hardcore Holly . Hardcore was disqualified after Brisco hit Crash twice with 2x4 and by the 24 / 7 rule , pinned Crash to win the Hardcore Championship . After returning to backstage , Patterson blinded Brisco by tossing a champagne in his head and pinned him via 24 / 7 rule for the Hardcore Championship . On June 22 edition of " SmackDown ! " , WWF Chairman Vince McMahon announced that Patterson would defend the title against Brisco in a Hardcore Evening Gown match at King of the Ring . At Judgment Day , D - Generation X ( Road Dogg and X - Pac ) defeated Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray and D - Von ) in a Double Tables match . On June 19 edition of " Raw is War " , Dudley Boyz cost X - Pac , a King of the Ring tournament match against the WWF Intercontinental Champion Chris Benoit . As a result , DX and Tori demanded a match against Dudley Boyz . The WWF Chairman Vince McMahon announced that at King of the Ring , DX and Tori would wrestle Dudley Boyz in a Handicap Tables Dumpster match at King of the Ring . Event . Before the event aired live on pay - per - view , a live edition of Sunday Night Heat was held featuring several matches . The first match of the pre - show was a standard wrestling match in which Hardcore Holly defeated Gangrel . In the second match , Mideon defeated Mosh . In the third match , Essa Rios defeated Stevie Richards . The main event was a tag team match in which The Acolytes ( Faarooq and Bradshaw ) defeated Perry Saturn and D ' Lo Brown after Faarooq pinned Saturn . Preliminary matches . As the show concluded , the first match that was aired live on pay - per - view was a King of the Ring tournament quarter - final match between Rikishi and Chris Benoit . Rikishi dominated most of the match until Benoit started using submission maneuvers . He applied his finishing move , a Crossface which he called " Crippler Crossface " on Rikishi . Rikishi caught hold of the ropes . Benoit released the hold but hit Rikishi with a steel chair and was disqualified . However , Benoit continued to attack Rikishi with the chair and applied another Crippler Crossface on Rikishi . Next match in the quarter - final was between Eddie Guerrero and Val Venis . Guerrero and Venis got momentum over each other in the match . In the closing moments of the match , Venis tried to hit a Diving Splash , which he called " Money Shot " on Guerrero but Guerrero blocked the move . Venis ' valet Trish Stratus jumped on the apron , prompting Guerrero ' s valet Chyna to prevent Stratus from interfering . Venis took advantage and pin ned Guerrero with a Bridging Fisherman ' s Suplex . The quarter - final continued pitting Bull Buchanan against Crash Holly . Buchanan dominated most of the match and due to his bigger size , Buchanan easily performed his moves on Holly . Buchanan tried to finish Holly with a Scissors Kick but Holly ducked the move and pinned Buchanan with a roll - up to win the match . The final match in the quarter - final was between Kurt Angle and Chris Jericho . Jericho dominated earlier part of the match until Angle got the momentum . Angle continued to perform his moves on Jericho until Jericho regained momentum . In the closing moments of the match , Angle tried to perform an Olympic Slam , which he calls " Angle Slam " on Jericho but Jericho avoided the move and applied an Elevated Boston Crab which he calls " Walls of Jericho " on Angle . The WWF Women ' s Champion Stephanie McMahon interfered in the match and distracted the referee . Angle tapped out to Walls of Jericho but the referee was distracted . Jericho released the hold and knocked out the referee . Stephanie tried to hit Jericho with the Women ' s Championship belt but Jericho ducked and Angle was hit instead . Jericho kick ed Stephanie but Angle got advantage and hit an Angle Slam on Jericho for the victory . Next was a Four corners elimination match for the WWF Tag Team Championship as the champions Too Cool ( Grand Master Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty ) defended the titles against Edge and Christian , Hardy Boyz ( Matt and Jeff ) and T & A ( Test and Albert ) . T & A was the first team to get eliminated when Matt Hardy pinned Test after Jeff Hardy hit Test with a High Angle Senton Bomb , which Jeff calls " Swanton Bomb " . The match went back and forth until Christian eliminated Hardy Boyz by pinning Matt after hitting him with an Inverted Double Underhook Facebuster which Christian called " Impaler " . The match was left between Too Cool and the team of Edge and Christian . Too Cool dominated the challengers and seemed to have the match won when Sexay hit Edge with a Diving Leg Drop which he called " Hip Hop Drop " and tried to pin Edge but there was no referee present . Christian took advantage and smacked Sexay with the ring bell , allowing Edge to pin Sexay for the Tag Team Championship . After the tag team title match ended , the semi - final round of the King of the Ring tournament took place with Rikishi taking on Val Venis . Venis dominated the match by working on Rikishi ' s shoulder that was injured during Rikishi ' s match against Chris Benoit earlier in the night . Venis injured Rikishi ' s arm and continued to damage the arm until Rikishi performed a Belly - to - Belly Suplex on Venis and pinned him for the victory . After the match , Venis ' valet Trish Stratus tried to attack Rikishi but Rikishi countered her attacks . Venis low blowed Rikishi and attacked his injured arm and shoulder with a chair before leaving . The next match in the semi - final was between Kurt Angle and Crash Holly . Angle dominated the match and pinned Holly after an Angle Slam to advance to the final round . Main event matches . The seventh match of the event was a Hardcore Evening Gown match for the WWF Hardcore Championship between champion Pat Patterson and challenger Gerald Brisco . Brisco brought a 2x4 to the ring while Patterson brought a teddy bear to the ring . Patterson suggested that he would lay down for Brisco so that Brisco could pin him for the title . Brisco agreed but Patterson started attacking Brisco . Brisco performed a Bronco Buster on Patterson in the corner . Crash Holly interfered in the match and attacked Brisco with a trash can . Holly used the 24 / 7 rule and pinned Patterson to win the Hardcore Championship . As a result , the match resulted in a no contest . The eighth match was a three - on - two Handicap Tables Dumpster match pitting Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray and D - Von ) against D - Generation X ( Road Dogg and X - Pac ) and Tori . The match started in the ring but the action would move outside the ring . Dudley Boyz dominated most of the match by knocking out Road Dogg through a table . X - Pac battled Bubba Ray with some quick moves but D - Von suplexed X - Pac over the top rope onto the table . Tori hid in the dumpster . Dudley Boyz began chasing Tori until DX took advantage by attacking Dudley Boyz with chairs . Dudley Boyz were shoved into the dumpster and Tori closed the lids of the dumpster . As a result , DX and Tori won the match . After the match , Dudley Boyz came out of the dumpster and pulled Tori out of the dumpster . DX tried to save Tori but Dudley Boyz hit a Death Drop which they call " 3D " on X - Pac . Road Dogg was also hit with a 3D . D - Von brought a table and set it in the ring . Bubba Ray caught Tori and powerbomb ed her through the table . Next was the final round match of the 2000 King of the Ring tournament pitting Kurt Angle against Rikishi . Rikishi dominated most of the match by using his power moves against Angle . Angle took advantage of Rikishi ' s injuries and focused on his injured arm and shoulder . Angle slammed Rikishi into the steel steps outside the ring and threw Rikishi into the ring . As Angle returned to the ring , Rikishi hit Angle with a Samoan Drop , a Neckbreaker and a Stink Face but was unable to defeat Angle . Angle performed an Angle Slam on Rikishi but got a near - fall . Rikishi hit Angle with a Savate Kick and climbed to the top rope . Angle attacked Rikishi and hit him with a Belly - to - Belly Suplex from the top rope to win the 2000 King of the Ring tournament . The main event was a six - man tag team match between McMahon - Helmsley Faction ( Triple H , Vince and Shane McMahon ) and the team of The Rock , Kane and The Undertaker for Triple H ' s WWF Championship . The stipulation was that the person whoever got the pinfall at the end of the match would be the WWF Champion . The match went back and forth with Rock ' s team working on Shane in the beginning . Triple H would later tag in and would battle all the three opponents . The match continued with both teams battling on each other . In the closing moments of the match , Rock tried to hit Triple H with an Elbow Drop , which Rock called " People ' s Elbow " but Kane attacked Rock . Kane hit Triple H with a Reverse Belly - to - Belly Piledriver which he calls " Tombstone Piledriver " and tried to pin Triple H but Undertaker attacked Kane with a chair . Undertaker chokeslam med Shane from the top rope onto the announce table . In the ring , Rock hit Vince with a " Rock Bottom " and pinned Vince to become the new WWF Champion . Aftermath . By winning the King of the Ring tournament , Kurt Angle ' s main eventer push started . After getting his first WWF Championship title shot in a Triple Threat match against The Rock and Triple H at SummerSlam , Angle defeated Rock for his first of four WWF Championships at No Mercy . At King of the Ring , Val Venis injured the WWF Intercontinental Champion Rikishi , starting a rivalry between the two . On July 6 edition of " SmackDown ! " , Rikishi lost the WWF Intercontinental Championship to Venis after Tazz interfered and attacked Rikishi with a television camera . At Fully Loaded , Venis defeated Rikishi in a steel cage match to retain the title . After King of the Ring , Team Xtreme ( Matt , and Jeff Hardy and Lita ) continued to feud with T & A ( Test and Albert ) and Trish Stratus . At Fully Loaded , Team Xtreme defeated T & A and Stratus in a mixed tag team match when Lita pinned Stratus after a moonsault . Tournament brackets . The tournament took place between May 29 and June 25 , 2000 .