SummerSlam 2001 SummerSlam 2001 was the fourteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . It took place on August 19 , 2001 at the Compaq Center in San Jose , California . The main event was Booker T versus The Rock for the WCW Championship , which Rock won by pinfall after executing a Rock Bottom . Another main match on the card was Steve Austin versus Kurt Angle for the WWF Championship , which Angle won after Austin was disqualified for attacking referee s . Another main match on the undercard was a Steel cage match between WCW Tag Team Champions Undertaker and Kane and WWF Tag Team Champions Diamond Dallas Page and Kanyon , which Undertaker and Kane won after Undertaker executed the Last Ride and pinned Page . Background . The main rivalry heading into SummerSlam was between The Rock and Booker T , battling over the WCW Championship . After losing the WWF Championship to Steve Austin at WrestleMania X - Seven , The Rock took a hiatus from professional wrestling to film the movie , " The Scorpion King " . On the July 9 , 2001 edition of " Raw " , campaigning for The Rock ' s return began . Following the campaigning , The Rock returned to the WWF on the July 30 , 2001 edition of " Raw " , where he chose to align himself with the WWF instead of The Alliance for The Invasion . This action was shown by The Rock delivering a Rock Bottom and the people ' s elbow onto Shane McMahon , The Alliance leader . Later that week on " SmackDown ! " , Booker T and The Rock cut a promo , where Booker T challenged The Rock to a match at SummerSlam ; the beginning of the The Rock - Booker T rivalry . Seeking revenge for the attack on the July 30 , 2001 edition of " Raw is War " , McMahon fought The Rock in a Street Fight on the August 6 edition of " Raw is War " , where The Rock pinned McMahon . The rivalry between The Rock and Booker T intensified after the match , where Booker T and Shane McMahon double - teamed The Rock . Later that week on " SmackDown ! " , in retaliation , The Rock accepted Booker T ' s challenge . On the August 13 edition of " Raw is War " , The Rock was involved in a Tag - Team match , where he lost to Booker T and Rhyno , along with Chris Jericho . On the final edition of " SmackDown ! " before SummerSlam , McMahon announced that Booker T would defend the WCW Championship at SummerSlam against The Rock . Later that night , the rivalry continued to intensify during a Light ' s Out match between Booker T and The Rock , after Booker T delivered a Book End onto The Rock through a commentators announce table . The other main match on the card was Steve Austin versus Kurt Angle for the WWF Championship . The previous month at InVasion , Team WCW / ECW ( Booker T , Diamond Dallas Page , Rhyno and Bubba Ray and D - Von Dudley ) defeated Team WWF ( Steve Austin , Kurt Angle , Chris Jericho , The Undertaker and Kane ) . Team WCW / ECW won after Austin turned on the WWF when he executed a Stunner on Angle . On the following night ' s edition of Raw Is War , Austin interfered during six men elimination tables match by assaulting Angle . Then on the July 26th 2001 edition of Smackdown ! , Angle defeated Booker . T to win his first WCW championship his hometown of Pittsburgh , PA , only to loose it back to Booker . T with the help of Austin and Shane McMahon on the July 30th 2001 edition of Raw Is War . Then the feud between Austin & Angle would escalate in the weeks leading up to SummerSlam . Event . Before the event aired live on pay - per - view , a match for " Sunday Night Heat " aired on MTV . The match was originally slated to be a handicap match featuring Lita , and Jacqueline ( representing the WWF ) versus Torrie Wilson , Stacy Keibler , and Ivory ( representing The Alliance ) . Backstage , before this match , Wilson , Ivory and Keibler attacked Lita , weakening her . Matt Hardy checked on her and advised her not to compete in the match , but she insisted that she was fine . Jacqueline was alone in the beginning of the match , until Molly Holly ( from the WWF ) ran to the ring , and became a part of the match , teaming with Jacqueline . Lita eventually came down to the ring and performed the Twist of Fate on Ivory , allowing Jacqueline to pin her for the win . The first match to air was for the WWF Intercontinental Championship , with reigning champion Lance Storm facing off against Edge . Before the match started , Christian and other WWF stars were shown backstage watching the match . The start of the match saw Edge nail Storm with a clothesline and a cross - body splash from the top rope . Storm regained momentum and began the attack on Edge , knocking him off of his feet . When Edge got up , he his a powerslam onto Storm . Storm made his way to his feet and trapped Edge in a single - leg Boston Crab , which Edge broke by grabbing the top rope . As Edge got up , Christian ran down to the ring . Christian tried to spear Storm , but missed and hit Edge instead . Edge hit a DDT onto Storm and covered him to get the pin , and win the championship . The next match was The Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray and D - Von ) and Test versus The APA ( Faarooq and Bradshaw ) and Spike Dudley ( with Molly Holly ) . As the match began , Spike immediately tried to attack Bubba Ray and D - Von , although Bubba Ray quickly threw Spike down . Test took over and attacked Spike while Bubba Ray and D - Von took out a table . Test picked up Spike and prepared to throw him into the table . Before he could , Spike poked his eyes , which caused Test to drop Spike . Test recovered and threw Spike into the table . Shane McMahon then ran down to the ring , and nailed Bradshaw with a steel chair , allowing Test to get the pin and win the match .