Pro Wrestling Illustrated Cover of the Week

December 2001

PWI 500

10 Fascinating WWE SummerSlam 2001 Facts

SummerSlam

August 19th 2001

San Jose  CA

Results

No.	Results[1][2][3]	Stipulations	Times
1H	Lita, Jacqueline and Molly Holly (WWF) defeated Torrie Wilson, Stacy Keibler and Ivory (Alliance)	Tag team match	02:55
2	Edge (WWF) defeated Lance Storm (c) (Alliance)	Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship	11:16
3	Test and The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) (Alliance) defeated Spike Dudley and The APA (Faarooq and Bradshaw) (with Molly Holly) (WWF)	Six-man tag team match	07:19
4	X-Pac (c - Cruiserweight) defeated Tajiri (c - Light Heavyweight)	Singles match for the WCW Cruiserweight and WWF Light Heavyweight Championships	07:33
5	Chris Jericho (WWF) defeated Rhyno (with Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley) (Alliance) by submission	Singles match	12:34
6	Rob Van Dam (Alliance) defeated Jeff Hardy (c) (WWF)	Ladder match for the WWF Hardcore Championship	16:33
7	The Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane) (c) (with Sara) (WWF) defeated Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Kanyon (c) (Alliance)	Steel Cage match for the WCW and WWF Tag Team Championships	10:15
8	Kurt Angle (WWF) defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) (Alliance) by disqualification	Singles match for the WWF Championship	22:30
9	The Rock (WWF) defeated Booker T (c) (with Shane McMahon) (Alliance)	Singles match for the WCW Championship	15:19

10 Fascinating WWE King Of The Ring 2001 Facts

10 Fascinating WWE King Of The Ring 2001 Facts

WCW invades, Edge reigns, and Shane struggles to remain among the living.

June 24th 2001

East Rutherford NJ

KING OF THE RING

2001 King of the Ring Winner 

Edge

Edge defeated Kurt Angle to win the crown on 24th 2001 at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, NJ.

10 Fascinating WWE Facts About WrestleMania 17

IWGP Champion

Kensuke Sasaki 

5  time IWGP Champion

1997 - 216 days defeated Shinya Hashimoto

2000 - 279 days defeated Genichiro Tenryu

2001 - 72   days defeated Kawada (tournament final)

2004 - 16   days defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan

2004 - 64   days defeated Kazuyuki Fujita

WE LOVE PRO WRESTLING!

Rolling Stone Magazine 

June 7th 2001

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

PPV Poster of the Week

NO MERCY

October 21st 2001

Results[edit]

No.	Results[1][3][5]	Stipulations	Times
1H	The Acolytes Protection Agency (Faarooq and Bradshaw) defeated Chris Kanyon and Hugh Morrus	Tag team match	05:20
2H	Billy Kidman (c) defeated Scotty 2 Hotty	Singles match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship	07:53
3	The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff Hardy) (c) (with Lita) defeated Lance Storm and The Hurricane (with Mighty Molly and Ivory)	Tag team match for the WCW Tag Team Championship	07:42
4	Test defeated Kane	Singles match	10:09
5	Torrie Wilson defeated Stacy Keibler	Lingerie match	03:08
6	Edge defeated Christian (c)	Ladder match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship	22:16
7	The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) (c) defeated Big Show and Tajiri	Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship	09:19
8	The Undertaker defeated Booker T	Singles match	13:12
9	Chris Jericho defeated The Rock (c)	Singles match for the WCW Championship	23:44
10	Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) defeated Kurt Angle and Rob Van Dam[2]	Triple threat match for the WWF Championship	15:15
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match H – indicates the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on Sunday Night Heat

Today in Wrestling History - October 30th

1978 - Ric Flair and Big John Studd win the NWA Mid Atlantic Tag Team Titles by beating Ricky Steamboat and Paul Jones in Greenville, SC.   They would not be champs long as they lost the rematch on November 5th 1978 in Greensboro, NC.

1999 - Big Van Vader defeats Mitsuharu Misawa in Tokyo, Japan to win the AJPW Triple Crown Unified Heavyweight Championship.

2001 - Test and Booker T defeat The Rock and Chris Jericho for the WWF World Tag Team Titles in Cincinnati, OH during a SMACKDOWN! show.

2001 Royal Rumble

The 14th annual WWF Royal Rumble took place on January 21st 2001 at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisana.

Match of the Day

The match of the day today is from April 12th 2001.   HHH defending the Intercontinental Title against Jeff Hardy on SMACKDOWN!

Today in Wrestling History September 23rd

1968 - WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeats Rocky Fitzpatrick with a backbreaker in the main event of a card at Madison Square Garden. Fitzpatrick is also known as Bob Orton Sr., grandfather of current WWE star Randy Orton.

1987 - WWF taped their twelfth Saturday Night's Main Event show at the Hersheypark Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The show would air on October 3rd, earning a 9.7 rating for NBC.
Here are the results from the televised portion of the show:

- Randy Savage defeated Intercontinental Champion Honky Tonk Man via disqualification.
As the Hart Foundation worked over Savage, Miss Elizabeth brought Hulk Hogan out to help Savage, starting the storyline that would eventually lead to Hogan and Savage teaming as the Megapowers.


- WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Samoan Sika.

- King Kong Bundy defeated Paul Orndorff.



2001 - WWE holds their Unforgiven Pay-per-view in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, highlighted by hometown hero Kurt Angle defeating Steve Austin for the WWF World Heavyweight Title, Angle's second World Title win.
The show also saw Christian defeat Edge for the Intercontinental Title and Rhyno defeat Yoshihiro Tajiri for the United States Title.