The April 27, 2000 Edition of Smackdown is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWF's Smackdown brand, which took place on April 25, 2000 at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Results[]
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Essa Rios & Val Venis (w/Lita) defeated Chyna & Eddie Guerrero (4:37)
- Dean Malenko defeated Scotty 2 Hotty (c) to win the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (3:51)
- T&A (Albert & Test) (w/Trish Stratus) defeated The Hollys (Crash Holly & Hardcore Holly) (3:20)
- Chris Jericho & Tazz defeated The Radicalz (Chris Benoit & Perry Saturn) (4:17)
- Christian defeated The Road Dogg by DQ (2:54)
- Rikishi Phatu & Showkishi defeated Bull Buchanan, Kurt Angle & The Big Bossman in a Three On Two Handicap Match (1:54)
- Matt Hardy (c) vs. Jeff Hardy ended in a No Contest, meaning Matt Hardy retains the WWF Hardcore Championship (4:32)
- Crash Holly defeated Matt Hardy to win the WWF Hardcore Championship
- The Godfather defeated Steve Blackman by DQ (1:35)
Other Segments[]
- Featured an in-ring promo from The Rock in which he challenged DX and The McMahons to come out.
- Moments later, WWF World Champion Triple H, WWF Women's Champion Stephanie McMahon, Tori, The Road Dogg, Vince McMahon & Shane McMahon appeared on the stage, with Triple H stating that DX and the Rock would have the night off but Road Dogg would face Christian later in the night and if Edge interfered then they would be stripped of the tag team titles.
- Vince then stated that Shane would be the guest referee for the Rock / Triple H match at Backlash.
- Rock then surprised the crowd and DX by stating that Steve Austin didn't want to wait until Backlash and would appear later in the show.
- After the commercial break, DX found foam Stone Cold middle fingers on the outside of the DX Express.
- Later in the show, Triple H's pager went off with it reading "316".
- DX later went on a search around the arena to find Austin, with a paranoid Shane attacking a cardboard cut-out of Austin, thinking it was him.
- Included Kurt Angle telling Stephanie McMahon that he would have to miss next week's Raw because he had been personally invited by Steven Spielberg to attend the premiere of 'Gladiator'.
- Featured Shane and Triple H finding a room backstage full of empty beer cans.
- Included Triple H, Vince & Shane attacking a boombox in frustration backstage after hearing it play Austin's theme from the Aggression CD, thinking Austin was in the room with the boombox.
- Featured a cement truck arriving and telling the McMahons they had an order to pour the cement into Vince's Corvette, with Vince then telling them to leave.
- Included Vince & Triple H confronting Jim Ross backstage, thinking he was talking to Austin on his cell phone when he was actually speaking to his cousin.
- Featured the McMahons and DX finding a rattlesnake in their dressing room.
- Included a closing segment in which the McMahons and DX came out to the ring, with Vince, Shane, and Triple H demanding Steve Austin show himself.
- Moments later, the Rock appeared on the stage, after being challenged to come out by Triple H, and introduced Austin who was shown outside the arena.
- After cutting a promo on his appearance at Backlash, Austin used a crane to crush and destroy the DX Express.
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