WrestleMania X - Seven WrestleMania X - Seven was the seventeenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay - per - view produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) and presented by Snickers Cruncher . It took place on April 1 , 2001 at the Reliant Astrodome in Houston , Texas . The event was the first WrestleMania held in the state of Texas . A record - breaking attendance for the Reliant Astrodome of 67 , 925 grossed US $ 3 . 5 million . The main event was a No Disqualification match between Steve Austin and The Rock for the WWF Championship . The main matches on the undercard featured Triple H versus The Undertaker , the second Tables , Ladders , and Chairs match for the WWF Tag Team Championship , and Vince McMahon versus Shane McMahon in a Street Fight . With WWE ' s acquisition of long - time competitor WCW and " Stone Cold " Steve Austin joining forces with storied rival Mr . McMahon , it is often cited as the conclusion of The Attitude Era . Background . The main feud leading into WrestleMania X - Seven consisted of Steve Austin challenging The Rock for the WWF Championship . This event marked the second time that the WrestleMania main event featured The Rock and Steve Austin for the WWF Championship , the first one being WrestleMania XV . In April 1999 at , The Rock and Steve Austin fought in a WrestleMania XV rematch with Steve Austin retaining the Championship . The Backlash event was originally the last time the two men would wrestle for the WWF Championship until this event . Steve Austin earned his opportunity to compete for the WWF Championship in the main event at WrestleMania by winning the 2001 Royal Rumble match when he last eliminated Kane , while The Rock became the first ever six - time WWF Champion when he defeated Kurt Angle at No Way Out . During their feud , Austin ' s wife Debra , who was trying to get back into managing , was ordered by WWF chairman , Vince McMahon , to be The Rock ' s manager against her wishes as well as both Rock and Austin ' s . As a result , Austin would hold The Rock and McMahon responsible if any harm came to her . On the March 12 episode of " Raw is War " , The Rock was placed in an overlong Ankle Lock hold during his rematch with Kurt Angle . When Debra went to check on The Rock , Angle also placed her into an Ankle Lock hold . Austin soon ran in to save her and knocked Angle out of the ring . Keeping to his word , he immediately gave The Rock a Stone Cold Stunner as punishment . The following week on Raw is War , during a handicap tag team match involving The Rock , Chris Jericho , Kurt Angle , Chris Benoit , and William Regal , Austin made his way down to the ring and ended up getting a Rock Bottom from The Rock as a result of the stunner the previous week . On the March 29 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Debra was relieved from her managerial role by Mr . McMahon after failing to prevent a brawl between Rock and Austin . The secondary feud leading into the event pitted the Brothers of Destruction ( The Undertaker and Kane ) against Triple H and The Big Show . After defeating Steve Austin in a Three Stages of Hell match at No Way Out , Triple H felt that he deserved to be in the WrestleMania main event having defeated everyone in the WWF , including The Rock and Austin . The Undertaker took exception to that and told him that Triple H had never defeated him . Before WrestleMania X - Seven , the two had never faced each other in a one - on - one match on a pay - per - view event . During his entrance for a Hardcore Championship match against The Big Show , Triple H ambushed Undertaker . Kane ran in and saved the Undertaker from a further attack but was met with his own ambush by The Big Show . On the following episode of " SmackDown ! " , Undertaker tried to break into the limousine of Triple H and his wife , Stephanie McMahon - Helmsley , on arrival but ended up being arrested by the police . As a result , Kane requested a match against Triple H later that night but lost when The Big Show interfered on behalf of Triple H . In retaliation , Kane interfered in The Big Show ' s Hardcore Championship match against Raven on " Raw is War " , helping Raven pin Big Show to become the new Hardcore Champion . Undertaker ' s arrest led to a restraining order from Stephanie . To circumvent this , the Brothers of Destruction interfered in Triple H ' s match against Test , with Kane ordered to run after Stephanie . With Stephanie held at ransom on a balcony in the arena , WWF commissioner William Regal gave Undertaker and Kane matches at WrestleMania against Triple H and The Big Show respectively . After being attacked during a Hardcore Championship title defense , Regal would later include Raven into Kane and Big Show ' s match , making it a Triple Threat Hardcore match for the Hardcore Championship . Another major feud that was built up in the lead to WrestleMania was the one involving Vince McMahon and his son Shane McMahon . The feud started with Vince ' s disapproval of Mick Foley ' s job as then - WWF commissioner as well as Foley ' s decision of holding a six - man Hell in a Cell match at Armageddon 2000 , taking into consideration about the well - being of the wrestlers involved in the match . Despite his attempts Foley was given full support by Linda McMahon , Vince ' s wife and the WWF ' s CEO . Not pleased with this result , Vince immediately demanded a divorce from Linda . Shortly after Armageddon , secretly to Vince ' s delight , it was revealed Linda was rushed to hospital suffering with a nervous breakdown . With Linda hospitalized , the Board of Directors appointed Vince as the new CEO of the WWF , allowing him to fire Foley as commissioner . With Linda in a comatose - like state , Vince started to have a public affair with Trish Stratus . Vince ' s daughter , Stephanie McMahon - Helmsley , was at first far from pleased about the turn of events . At No Way Out , Stephanie and Trish squared off , with Stephanie scoring the victory after a in by William Regal . On the February 26th episode of " Raw is War " , however , during a match that placed Vince and Trish against Stephanie and William Regal , Stratus was turned on by the other participants in the match and had sewage dumped over her . In the following shows , Vince continued to demean Trish by having her do such actions as bark like a dog around the ring and stripping down to her lingerie . Despite this , Trish remained loyal to Vince and begged for his forgiveness . On the March 12 episode of " Raw is War " , Shane McMahon made his return to the WWF . Angry with his father ' s actions , Shane started to throw punches at Vince only to be stopped by William Regal . Shane explained his actions on the following episode of " SmackDown ! " as a result of frustrations over the manipulation of his sister , his mother ' s state and Vince ' s treatment of Trish . On March 23 , World Wrestling Federation Entertainment , Inc . purchased their longtime rival promotion , World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) from Turner Broadcasting System , Inc . With it , the purchase brought in an extra twist to the storyline . On the March 26 episode of " Raw is War " , Vince McMahon made a live speech that was also simulcast on the series finale of " WCW Monday Nitro " . In the speech , Vince announced that the signing was not final and that he wanted Ted Turner to come to WrestleMania to hand - deliver the contract for signing . He then promised that with the purchase he was going to bury his rival forever . However , Shane , who was at the venue for " Nitro " , interrupted the speech and made an announcement : To make matters worse for Vince , Mick Foley appeared shortly afterwards that night and announced that prior to his firing , Linda had made multiple contracts for him to sign , one of them was for Foley to referee a match of his choice at WrestleMania . Foley then announced that Vince and Shane ' s match would be a street fight with himself as special guest referee .