2000 Royal Rumble
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Men’s Royal Rumble 2000
Winner
The Rock
entered at number 24
- 1 D'Lo Brown
- 2 Grand Master Sexay
- 3 Mosh
- 4 Christian
- 5 Rikishi
- 6 Scotty 2 Hotty
- 7 Steve Blackman
- 8 Viscera
- 9 Big Boss Man
- 10 Test
- 11 The British Bulldog
- 12 Gangrel
- 13 Edge
- 14 Bob Backlund
- 15 Chris Jericho
- 16 Crash Holly
- 17 Chyna
- 18 Faarooq
- 19 Road Dogg
- 20 Al Snow
- 21 Val Venis
- 22 Prince Albert
- 23 Hardcore Holly
- 24 The Rock
- 25 Billy Gunn
- 26 Big Show
- 27 Bradshaw
- 28 Kane
- 29 The Godfather
- 30 X-Pac
The last five draws are 26 to 30 in this match, and are marked in the chart above. They enter against a field that is already thinning, which is the long-standing argument that a late number is an advantage.
Bar positions are derived, not recorded. No source publishes entry and elimination timestamps; they are solved from entry order, the published times in match and the recorded elimination order. The ring-population curve below reads the same solved times. The times in the table below are as published.
What it led to
Threads that start in this match and pay off later. Editorial rather than computed — each one cites where it comes from.
Both feet down, and a feud out of a botch
The Rock eliminated Big Show to win it, but touched the floor first — a mistake the cameras never showed. Big Show claimed he had proof, and once the evidence was shown to Triple H he was given a match with The Rock for the WrestleMania championship shot.
WrestleMania 2000 70 days later
Source: Wikipedia, retrieved 7 August 2026
Entry and elimination times are derived, not recorded: no source publishes them. They are solved from entry order, published times in match and the recorded elimination order, around a nominal 101-second interval. Times in match are as published.
Sources: wikipedia (primary), darrenswinloss