Layin' da SmackDown - SmackDown recap for March 30, 2000

Kane and Rikishi Phatu beat The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley).

The DX Express pulls up, with Triple H and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley catch up with Tori, X-Pac and "Road Dogg" Jesse James.

Triple H and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley show up. Triple H says that there are three days left until WrestleMania, when four of the biggest stars in the WWF ever step into the ring for a Fatal 4-Way Match to determine who the true WWF Champion. He then says you would have to be crazy not to say that the intensity has picked up, then talks about how he calls himself "The Game" every week because he eats, sleeps, breathe and thinks nothing else but the business, and because he has bled, sweated and paid the ultimate price to be the best in the business. He then says there is not a man in the back who can tell him that he is not the very best at what he does, as he has no equal in the ring and he will leave WrestleMania as the WWF Championship as he is just that damn good. Suddenly, WWF Chairman Vince McMahon shows up and says everyone is about to find out just how good Triple H is before stating that Triple H is unusually confident and may have found a way to weasel out of the match and stay WWF Champion on a disqualification or a count-out. Vince then announces that the match for the WWF Championship will have no disqualifications, no count-outs and a definite winner. Vince then wishes Triple H luck, then leaves. Triple H then says that as unfair and ridiculous as that is, he is not shaken, and he tells Vince to remember who he is talking to as he is the man that retired Mick Foley and no disqualifications mean nothing to him. Suddenly, Mick Foley shows up, and while he admits Triple H retired him and put him out of the business, he is back in the business for one night at WrestleMania. Now that the match is no disqualifications, he then says it would not hurt to bring a 2x4 with barbed wire wrapped around it. He then admits that he said he would not hurt him with a barbed wire bat, he did promise to take what was most dear to him; however, he sees no reason not to do that and hurt him at the same time, and says the main difference between them is that after WrestleMania, Triple H will have to go back to work while he doesn't, and he is not afraid to let it all hang out this Sunday and it does not matter to him if he is in a hospital bed after he takes the WWF Championship from Triple H. He then says it will be a long time before wrestling fans ever see him again, and says it is an honor to be in everyone's living rooms every Monday and Thursday night and that WrestleMania will be "one hell of a match." He then tells Triple H to get his lip marks off the WWF Championship, as he is coming home with the gold.

Backstage, Kurt Angle is seen talking to an old man named Phil who works in the arena about his match tonight. Big Show finds Kurt Angle and tells him they need to have a conversation.

Tazz vs. Crash Holly for the WWF Hardcore Championship ends in a no-contest. During the match, Viscera shows up as Crash and Tazz fight their way to the back to beat up both men, and The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) also get in volved. The five-man brawl ends up backstage near some company 18-wheelers, where everyone fights over the Hardcore Championship.

We see GTV footage from Val Venis' hotel room, where The Kat shows up and says she will let him decide "who comes out on top" at her match at WrestleMania as a special guest referee. The Kat then gets on the bed, and Val Venis tells her that the less she does, the better her match will be.

We see footage from during the commercial break where Crash Holly gets away from Viscera, Tazz and The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh) only to be attacked by The Mean Street Posse (Rodney, Pete Gas, Joey Abs), who fight each other over the WWF Hardcore Championship yet again. This alerts everyone else, who chases after Crash again.

The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt Hardy) guest on commentary for the next match.

D-Generation X (X-Pac and "Road Dogg" Jesse James) beat Edge and Christian after Edge pushes Road Dogg into referee Tim White to avoid a pump handle slam and The Hardy Boyz attack Edge and Christian while Tim White is down.

Backstage, Mick Foley tells The Rock to keep his eyes open and ears alert backstage before WrestleMania, and offers to watch his back. The Rock declines his help.

Before the next match, Kurt Angle tells his young fans they have his permission to stay up Sunday night to watch him retain the WWF European and Intercontinental Championship, and he is sure that he will repeat as "Euro-continental Champion" as he is sure that the San Antonio Spurs will not repeat an NBA Championship win this year.

The Rock beats Kurt Angle. When the match begins, Triple H and WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley show up to watch the match from ringside, distracting The Rock at the start of the match. Shortly afterwards, Big Show and WWF co-owner Shane McMahon also show up to watch from ringside. Later in the match, Triple H gets in the ring, distracting referee Earl Hebner so that Big Show can hit The Rock with a choke slam. The Rock kicks out, then hits Angle with a Rock Bottom for the win. After the match, The Rock fights off Big Show and Triple H, but Big Show headbutts The Rock to the mat. Triple H and Big Show then gang up on The Rock, then WWF Chairman Vince McMahon shows up with a steel chair. Vince hits Triple H and Big Show with the chair, but Shane hits Vince and The Rock in the face with the WWF Championship before holding it up alongside Big Show. When Triple H gets back in the ring, Shane also hits Triple H in the face with it.

It is announced before the next match that Chris Jericho will host Countdown To WrestleMania this Saturday at 7:30 PM Eastern/6:30 PM Central, which features a preview of the main event, behind-the-scenes footage and Joe C. going one-on-one with WWF superstars.

Before the next match, Eddie Guerrero tells Chris Jericho that he would like to get some things straight with Chyna before he spanks Jericho tonight. He tells Chyna that when he found out he was going to have the opportunity to wrestle her at WrestleMania, he admits that he got excited, and says that she is oozing with excitement judging by the twinkle in her eye and that she wants to dance with him at WrestleMania. He then says that if Chyna thinks he is sexy, all she has to do is let him know.

Chris Jericho beats Eddie Guerrero by disqualification after Chris Benoit interferes. After the match, Benoit and Guerrero attack Jericho in the corner, then Chyna confronts Guerrero and chases him to the back while Benoit attacks Jericho. Kurt Angle then runs into the ring and hits both men with his signature slam.

WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley shows up with a letter in her hand. She says that is a fan letter, and she shares the contents of it with the crowd as she says it echoes their feelings. The letter comes from an 18-year-old fan named Donna McCleary, who calls Stephanie a role model to her and her friends. She talks about how she first saw Stephanie when she started watching, and how she fooled everybody in her family and friends after taking all the abuse that she did. She then says that this is why she admires her so much, and says that everyone is just jealous of a woman with so much power. Donna then says in her letter that she identifies with Stephanie and wants to be just like her before wishing her and Triple H luck at WrestleMania. Suddenly, WWF Chairman Vince McMahon shows up, and he says he has a headache for all the right reasons and that listening to Stephanie would be a headache enough. Vince says he cannot tell if Stephanie wrote a letter to herself or if the youth of America is "going to Hell in a hand basket," then WWF co-owner Linda McMahon shows up and tells Vince that the constant bickering has to stop, as she cannot imagine how much further this can go and that the family is in the situation it is in because of Vince's actions. She then demands that Vince exercise his role as patriarch of the family and fix the situation, then heads back to the back. Vince says he has been asked to fix the situation, and guarantees that this is exactly what he will do at WrestleMania. He then says he will not wait until WrestleMania and that he will start fixing the situation tonight in San Antonio, Texas. He says that since Stephanie likes to slap people around so much, she will be in her very first official wrestling match, and it will be in the ring tonight against Jacqueline.

We see GTV footage where Terri Runnels is in bed with Val Venis at the hotel. Terri tells Venis that she doesn't wanting in their past to cloud his judgment as special guest referee at WrestleMania. Venis tells Terri not to worry, as "fair play" is his middle name.

Backstage, Crash Holly is attacked by Hardcore Holly. He flees into the office of The Acolytes Protection Agency (Faarooq and Bradshaw), and Faarooq, Bradshaw, Kaientai (Taka Michinoku and Sho Funaki), The Mean Street Posse (Rodney, Pete Gas, Joey Abs), The Headbangers (Thrasher and Mosh), Tazz and Viscera all go after him. Crash runs into the ring and says this is getting out of control and that he has to call off the 24/7 rule off. He then says that everyone coming after him deserves a shot, and proposes a 15-minute hardcore battle royal where the last person to get a pinfall becomes the WWF Hardcore Champion. After Crash asks everyone surrounding the ring to give him time to rest for WrestleMania, Hardcore Holly gets in the ring and tells Crash to quit with the whining and belly-aching as he got himself in this mess. He then accepts the challenge on behalf of everyone else, but tells Crash that the issue between them is personal. Hardcore Holly punches Crash, who then flees into the crowd.

Backstage, WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley tries to figure out what to do concerning her match against Jacqueline with Triple H.

Dean Malenko retains the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship against Scotty 2 Hotty. During the match, Perry Saturn pulls Scotty 2 Hotty out of a pinfall and beats him up only for Grandmaster Sexay to come to Scotty's rescue. As referee Tim White is distracted, Scotty 2 Hotty gets Malenko in an inside cradle, but Eddie Guerrero rolls it around so that Malenko is on top of Scotty, giving Malenko the win.

The music video for Know Your Role by Method Man from WWF Aggression is replayed.

GTV footage is played where Val Venis is in the hotel room when Mae Young runs in. Venis tells Mae Young that if she even thinks of taking her clothes off, she will run every chance The Kat has of winning at WrestleMania and that he will have to be on Viagra for the rest of his life if he even sees one spider vein. He then kicks Mae Young out of the hotel room.

The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt Hardy) beat T&A (Test and Prince Albert), then Albert hits Matt Hardy with a powerbomb before Test hits Matt with an elbow drop off Albert's shoulders. As T&A and Trish Stratus leave, Edge and Christian run into the ring, and Chrristian hits Matt with the Impaler before Edge pulls a ladder out from underneath the ring. Edge and Christian then climb up the ladder only The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley) to run into the ring and push the ladder down before hitting The Hardy Boyz with the ladder. The Dudleys then put the ladder back up in the center of the ring, climb up and pose.

Backstage, Trish Stratus talks with T&A (Test and Prince Albert) backstage when Al Snow and "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman attack T&A from behind with Kendo sticks. Blackman then takes a second to admire Trish Stratus' body.

Before the next match, D-Generation X (X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, Tori) wish WWF co-owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley well before the match begins.

Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley beats Jacqueline to become the WWF Women's Champion after Triple H distracts referee Earl Hebner so that X-Pac can trip Jacqueline and Tori can hit Jacqueline with a DDT. After the match, all of DX (Triple H, X-Pac, "Road Dogg" Jesse James, Tori, Stephanie) celebrate, then Kane and Rikishi show up and beat up X-Pac and Road Dogg. Suddenly, everyone participating in WrestleMania runs into the ring and start fighting each other until The Rock and Mick Foley are the only two people left in the ring. Triple H and Stephanie then show back up and hold up their championships on the stage to end the show.