10 Best WWE PPV/PLE Endings

7. Backlash 2000

The ending of WrestleMania 2000 was a bit of a downer, as Vince McMahon turned on The Rock at the close of the four-way elimination match for the WWE Title, allowing Triple H to retain the WWE Championship – the first time a heel had retained their title in a WrestleMania main event to that point. 

WWE righted this wrong in some style at the following month’s Backlash where The Brahma Bull and Cerebral Assassin clashed in a one-on-one bout with plenty more McMahon shenanigans. 

A rip-roaring sports entertainment spectacle looked set to finish with The Rock succumbing to the odds, as Triple H, Vince, Shane and stooges Patterson and Brisco conspired against him. 

Just as The Game was about to seal it with the Pedigree, however, glass shattered and everyone lost their goddam minds. 

Then the McMahons and the stooges lost their heads courtesy of a chair-swinging Steve Austin, making his first in-person appearance since undergoing major neck surgery four months prior. 

Austin’s intervention set the table for The Rock to then hit the People’s Elbow and regain the title.