Wwf Smackdown | May 4 2000 ^new^

For the first fifteen minutes, this was a standard, hard-hitting tag match. Undertaker manhandled Shane (including a devastating chokeslam). The Rock hit the Spinebuster on Triple H. The referee was losing control.

For modern fans looking back via the WWE Network or Peacock, this episode serves as a perfect time capsule. It captures The Rock at his charismatic zenith and Triple H as one of the most effective heels in wrestling history. The May 4, 2000, episode remains a shining example of why Thursday nights were "must-see TV" for wrestling fans around the world. wwf smackdown may 4 2000

Twenty-four years later, fans still revisit this episode on the WWE Network (now Peacock). The date is forever etched into wrestling history—not for Star Wars , but for the night the lights went out and the Game took over. For the first fifteen minutes, this was a

This episode solidified the "Iron Man Match" stipulation that would eventually happen at Judgment Day. Because Triple H had pinned The Rock (even via cheating), he had the momentum to demand a 60-minute Iron Man Match for the title. The referee was losing control

The show opened not with a match, but with a microphone—the true weapon of the Attitude Era. Triple H and Stephanie came to the ring to a chorus of vitriolic boos. The Game was furious. He claimed that The Rock only won because of a "cheap" roll-up and that the "Great One" was a coward.