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SummerSlam (2000) was the thirteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The event was presented by Chef Boyardee and took place on August 27, 2000, at the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2008-03-15 )〕 The main event was a Triple Threat match for the WWF Championship involving champion The Rock, Triple H, and Kurt Angle. The Rock won the match and retained the title after pinning Triple H 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 Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff), and The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von). Edge and Christian won the match by retrieving the belts suspended above the ring.〔〔 ==Background== The event featured ten professional wrestling matches with outcomes predetermined by WWF script writers. The matches featured wrestlers portraying their characters in planned storylines that took place before, during and after the event. On the August 3 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Triple H and his wife, Stephanie McMahon, along with Kurt Angle, were booked in a Six-man tag team match by Commissioner Mick Foley, against the Dudley Boyz (Buh-Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) and Lita which Triple H, McMahon, and Angle won. After the match, as Triple H left the ring, Angle and McMahon hugged in a victory celebration, frustrating Triple H and marking the beginning of a Triple H-Angle feud.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2008-03-14 )〕 On the August 7 edition of ''Raw is War'', Angle and Triple H were booked in a triple threat match, along with Chris Jericho, to determine the number one contender for a WWF Championship match against the defending champion, The Rock.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2008-03-14 )〕〔 〕 Both Angle and Triple H simultaneously pinned Jericho, which made both Angle and Triple H co-number one contenders; in frustration, Rock delivered a Rock Bottom on Triple H, Angle, and McMahon, who was at ringside during the match.〔〔 Later that week on ''SmackDown!'', the match was made official for SummerSlam by Commissioner Foley.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2008-03-14 )〕 He also booked a tag team match, where Angle and Triple H would team up against Rock and The Undertaker.〔〔 During the match, Angle accidentally attacked Triple H, causing Triple H to walk out on the match and a loss for Angle.〔〔 The following week on ''Raw is War'', Angle, Triple H, and Shane McMahon were booked in a Six-man Tag Team match against the Dudley Boyz and Rock, with the stipulation that if Angle or Triple H walked away from the match, they would lose their number one contender status.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2008-03-14 )〕〔 〕 During the match, Edge and Christian interfered by attacking the Dudley Boyz, which resulted in Angle, Triple H, and McMahon winning the match when Triple H pinned Rock; as a result of neither Triple H 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 performed a chokeslam on The Undertaker.〔〔 Following the interference, Kane rode out of the arena with The Undertaker's motorcycle, which was at ringside, signaling the beginning of a feud between The Undertaker and Kane, which was the second main feud heading into SummerSlam.〔〔 On the August 20 edition of ''Sunday Night HeAT'', it was made official that The Undertaker would face Kane at SummerSlam.〔 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2008-03-14 )〕 On the August 21 edition of ''Raw is War'', the feud intensified during a segment in which Kane attacked The Undertaker with a steel chair, causing The Undertaker to bleed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2008-03-14 )〕〔 〕 On the August 10 episode of ''SmackDown!'', the Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff Hardy) attacked the WWF Tag Team Champions, Edge and Christian, after their championship match against the Dudley Boyz.〔〔 As the Hardy Boyz attacked Christian with a ladder, the Dudley Boyz powerbombed Edge 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 Hardy with steel chairs after the Hardy Boyz' match against Right to Censor.〔〔 Later that night, Commissioner Mick Foley announced a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match between the three teams in a WrestleMania 2000 rematch for the WWF Tag Team Championship.〔〔 On that week's edition of ''SmackDown!'', Jeff teamed up with D-Von to face Edge and Christian. During the match, Jeff accidentally delivered a Swanton Bomb to D-Von, which resulted in Edge pinning D-Von for the win.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2008-03-14 )〕 After the match, Matt and Bubba came down to the ring, and the Hardys and the Dudleys brawled until they were pulled apart by WWF officials.〔〔 Due to the events that occurred that past week, the Hardy Boyz were booked in a match against the Dudley Boyz the following week on ''Raw is War'', which the Hardys 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 Hardy 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.〔 〕 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「SummerSlam (2000)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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