Of all the wrestling shows I've watched over the past 15 or so years (I'm not saying I've seen every show from the, just I've seen a fair few) my favourite WWF/WWE one was Royal Rumble 2000. Funnily I've always felt after this Wrestling started to go down hill and it rarely seemed to capture the magic of much of this show, this was also one of the first shows to be caught on British free to air TV (Channel 4).

It was followed by the match that helped fuel the fire of the Hardy v Dudley fued that would help form one of the mainstays of the tag team fued of the early 2000's. The stipulation was a table match, in which you had to put your opponents both through a table. The pairing of the Hardy's (Jeff and Matt) who would later become Team Extreme showed what they would later be known for, dare devil dives whilst the Gimmick of tables, tables and more tables would go on to be part of the Dudleys gimmick. Though it was carried over from ECW and is now part of TNA the Dudleys use of the tables was extreme as the match became a "spot fest" rather than what you would perhaps call a typical wrestling match. For those who aren't "smarts" a spot fest is effectively a hightlight reel fight with falls and flying bodies. Overall a great match for the casual fan, though those who believe wrestlingis about submissions and suplexes may not enjoy it as much as I did.

The Third match of the card was a triple threat fight (a 1 v 1 v1) match for the intercontinental title which at the time was seen as the second level singled title (only behind the "World" title). The match saw Bob "Hardcore" Holly a rather straight toughman type of guy facing co-champions Chris Jericho and Chyna who had managed to share the title. Overall it was a good fight that helped showcase the talents of Chyna (probably the greatest woman Wrestler of all time, definately as far as the WWF/WWE is concerned) and future Undisputed Champion Jericho. Although Holly's never one I was a fan of he helped the fight using the experience in the ring he has to help solidify the match. Despite it being a failry solid contest it fails to stand out in the memory due to what followed it.

The match that followed was arguably the highlight of the night, for the WWF Title the fight would see Cactus Jack versus HHH in a "Street Fight". At the time this was part of the major storyling which saw most the "Faces" (good guys) fighting off against the McMahon-Helmsley faction headed by Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. This fight in particular had been personal seeing the good fun natured Mankind reveal his alter ego Cactus Jack, a violent hell bent sort of fighter, After being pushed to the edge by the actions of Triple H and co. Mick Foley (the man behind the Mankind mask) had snapped feeling Mankind was unable to vent the frustrations he felt he'd brought out Cactus.
The Street Fight rules we're that there was no rules, use what ever was needed to beat your opponent and score a 3-count. Effectively it was a glorified name for a hardcore match but used the set for Royal Rumble, which looked a bit like a dark alley as the street setting. The fight was a brawl with liberal use of weapons, Thumbtacks, handcuffs and chairs. To those wanting a technical "rasslin'" match they should look else where, go find some Jushin Liger, Jericho, Benoit, Maleno or Gurerro stuff from Japan for your technical kicks. This was a brawl, a hard hitting take no prisoners fight that had a great story behind it and was a brilliant to watch contest, that stands the test of time solely as it was the sort of fight that WWF used to be able to do regularly.