No Way Out 2000 Review

Foley's last match...for a month...

Kurt Angle defeated Chris Jericho (w/Chyna) to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship (10:14)
Angle pinned Jericho after hitting him with the title belt.
***
This match mad me an Angle fan. It wasn't anything to write home about but it was still good.

The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) defeated The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Mr. Ass) to win the WWF Tag Team Championship (5:20)
D-Von pinned Road Dogg after a 3D.
*1/4
RAW match. Billy was injured prior to the match so that's why it was so short. He was out for half a year. No wonder this year was so good.

Mark Henry defeated Viscera (3:46)
Henry pinned Viscera after a football tackle.
¼*
Sigh.

Edge and Christian defeated The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff) (15:18)
Christian pinned Matt after Terri Runnels knocked Hardy off the top rope.
***1/2
Really good match. These 2 teams never really had normal matches vs. each other. It was always a gimmick match. This WAS for #1 contendership if you consider that a gimmick.

Tazz defeated The Big Boss Man by disqualification (0:47)
Boss Man was disqualified.
DUD
The beatdown of Tazz lasted like 4 minutes.

X-Pac (w/Tori) defeated Kane in a No Holds Barred Match (7:49)
X-Pac pinned Kane after dropkicking him into the steel steps.
**1/4
Good enough.

Too Cool (Rikishi, Scotty 2 Hotty and Grand Master Sexay) defeated The Radicalz (Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, and Perry Saturn) (12:41)
Rikishi pinned Malenko after a Rump Shaker.
***1/4
Solid stuff.

The Big Show defeated The Rock (7:29)
Big Show pinned Rock to earn a shot at the WWF Championship at WrestleMania 2000 after interference from Shane McMahon
*1/2
At least it wasn't 17 minutes or something.

Triple H defeated Cactus Jack in a Hell in a Cell match to retain the WWF Championship (23:59)
Triple H pinned Cactus after a Pedigree.
Per the pre-match stipulation, Cactus had to retire.
****
I feel this match is overated by many. It really hurts that he crowd wasn't in to it in the begining. Foley said in his book he declared he was going to the top of the cell, and the people didn't pop for nearfalls because they knew it wouldn't be over until they went to the top. Still a really good match though.

~ 3 matches at at least ***1/4 and a **** match? Hell yeah!

~ Bonus match: Raw, weeks later; The Rock defeats The Big Show to earn number one cotendership for the WWF title at WrestleMania. Vince McMahon returned in this match and helped The Roc win by counting the three count. **