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For Wrestlemania 2000, I'd always use Chris Jericho.
Somewhere in an alternate Universe, the WWE would have spent most of 2000 having Jericho getting the better of Angle and Benoit, and then having Jericho's "phantom" win over Triple H later that year be legit. Jericho holds onto the belt until No Way Out 2001 where he drops the belt to The Rock in a face vs. face match.
Jericho never turns heel and continues to be solid baby face while having "dissension but respect" with The Rock. At Survivor Series 2001, Jericho goes clean over The Rock and the two men shake hands. Austin (heel) defeats Angle, and cheats to defeat Jericho in the finals. Triple H returns in 2002 and after briefly feuding with Angle, goes onto feud with the nWo. Hunter goes up against Hall at Mania. The Rock vs. Hogan still happens.
In the main-event at Wrestlemania 18, Jericho goes clean over Austin to win the title. Attitude era basically continues onwards with Jericho being the alpha. Jericho then passes the torch to Cena in 2006 (instead of Hunter).
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