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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 was presented by Subway and 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 and The Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane). 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, The 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Live & Televised Entertainment of World Wrestling Entertainment )〕 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, episode of ''Raw is War'', with Rikishi and Bull Buchanan defeating Shane McMahon and Steve Blackman respectively.〔 The qualification continued on the June 1 episode of ''SmackDown'', as Kurt Angle defeated Bradshaw and Crash Holly defeated Albert.〔 On the June 4 episode of ''Sunday Night Heat'', Chyna and Val Venis defeated The Godfather and Al Snow in respective matches to qualify for the tournament.〔 On the June 5 episode 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 episode 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 the June 11 episode 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 episode 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 the June 15 episode 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 episode of ''Sunday Night Heat'', the tournament started as Bull Buchanan defeated Perry Saturn and Val Venis defeated Jeff Hardy.〔 On the June 19 episode 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 episode 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 episode 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 the June 15 episode 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 episode 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, The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff) and T & A (Test and Albert) over the WWF Tag Team Championship. On the May 29 episode 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 the 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 the June 19 episode 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 episode 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 the Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) in a Double Tables match. On the June 19 episode of ''Raw is War'', the Dudleyz 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 the Dudleyz. The WWF Chairman Vince McMahon announced that at King of the Ring, DX and Tori would wrestle the Dudley Boyz in a Handicap Tables Dumpster match at King of the Ring.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「King of the Ring (2000)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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