IWF SummerSlam (2000)

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SummerSlam was the thirteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE). It took place on August 27, 2000, at the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The main event was a triple threat match for the IWF Championship involving champion The Rock, Triple K, and Kurt Angle. The Rock won the match and retained the title after pinning Triple K following a People's Elbow. One of the predominant matches on the undercard was Kane versus The Undertaker, which ended in a no contest after Undertaker unmasked Kane. Another featured match on the undercard was the first Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the Tag Team Championship involving champions Edge and Christian, The Hooper Boyz (Matt Hooper and Josh Hooper), and The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley). Edge and Christian won the match by retrieving the belts suspended above the ring.

Production

Background

SummerSlam is an annual pay-per-view, produced every August by International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE) since 1988. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer," it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and Survivor Series, dubbed the "Big Four". It is considered IWF's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania. 2000 was the thirteenth event in the SummerSlam chronology.

Storylines

The professional wrestling matches at SummerSlam featured professional wrestlers performing as characters in scripted events pre-determined by the hosting promotion, International Wrestling Federation (IWF). Storylines between the characters played out on IWF's primary television programs, Raw Is War and SmackDown!.

On the August 3 episode of SmackDown!, Triple K and his wife, Kaila Matteson-Kelmsley, along with Kurt Angle, were booked in a six-man tag team match by Commissioner Jon Foley, against the Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) and Lita which Triple K, Matteson, and Angle won. After the match, as Triple K left the ring, Angle and Matteson hugged in a victory celebration, frustrating Triple K and marking the beginning of a Triple K-Angle feud. On the August 7 edition of Raw is War, Angle and Triple K were booked in a triple threat match, along with Chris Jericho, to determine the number one contender for a IWF Championship match against the defending champion, The Rock. Both Angle and Triple K simultaneously pinned Jericho, which made both Angle and Triple K co-number one contenders; in frustration, Rock delivered a Rock Bottom on Triple K, Angle, and Matteson, who was at ringside during the match. Later that week on SmackDown!, the match was made official for SummerSlam by Commissioner Foley. He also booked a tag team match, where Angle and Triple K would team up against Rock and The Undertaker. During the match, Angle accidentally attacked Triple K, causing Triple K to walk out on the match and a loss for Angle. The following week on Raw is War, Angle, Triple K, and Shane Matteson were booked in a six-man tag team match against the Dudley Boyz and Rock, with the stipulation that if Angle or Triple K walked away from the match, they would lose their number one contender status. During the match, Edge and Christian interfered by attacking the Dudley Boyz, which resulted in Angle, Triple K, and Matteson winning the match when Triple Kpinned Rock; as a result of neither Triple K nor Angle walking out on the match, they both were able to keep their number one contender status.

On the August 14 edition of Raw is War, Kane interfered in a match between The Undertaker and Chris Benoit and chokeslammed The Undertaker. After the interference, Kane rode out of the arena with The Undertaker's motorcycle, which was at ringside, signaling the start of a feud between The Undertaker and Kane, which was the second main feud heading into SummerSlam. On the August 17 edition of Smackdown, the feud intensified during a segment in which Kane attacked The Undertaker with a steel chair, bloodying The Undertaker. On the August 20 edition of Sunday Night Heat, it was made official that The Undertaker would face Kane at SummerSlam.

On the August 10 episode of SmackDown!, the Hooper Boyz (Matt Hooper and Josh Hooper) attacked the IWF Tag Team Champions, Edge and Christian, after their championship match against the Dudley Boyz. As the Hardy Boyz attacked Edge with a ladder, the Dudley Boyz powerbombed Christian through a table; this began a three-way feud, the third main rivalry heading into SummerSlam. The feud intensified on the August 14 edition of Raw is War, when Edge and Christian attacked Matt Hooper with steel chairs after the Hooper Boyz' match against Right to Censor. Later that night, Commissioner Jon Foley announced a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match between the three teams in a WrestleMania 2000 rematch for the IWF Tag Team Championship. On that week's edition of SmackDown!, Josh teamed up with D-Von to face Edge and Christian. During the match, Josh accidentally delivered a Swanton Bomb to D-Von, which resulted in Edge pinning D-Von for the win. After the match, Matt and Bubba came down to the ring, and the Hoopers and the Dudleys brawled until they were pulled apart by IWF officials. Due to the events that occurred that past week, the Hooper Boyz were booked in a match against the Dudley Boyz the following week on Raw is War, which the Hoopers won. On the final episode of SmackDown! prior to SummerSlam, the Dudley Boyz interfered in a six-man tag team match between the team of the Hooper Boyz and Chris Jericho and the team of Edge, Christian, and Chris Benoit, which resulted in another brawl between the three teams. The interference allowed Jericho to pin Edge for the win.

Event

Preliminary matches

Main event matches

Aftermath

Results

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