WrestleMania X-Seven

WrestleMania X-Seven was the 17th yearly WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view to be made by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It happened on April 1, 2001 at the Reliant Astrodome in Houston, Texas. The event was the first WrestleMania held in the state of Texas. The number of people who went to the event broke the record for total number of people attending at the Reliant Astrodome and was counted at of 67,925. The event resulted in total receipt of $3.5 million. It is often cited as the end of The Attitude Era.

The main event was a No Disqualification match between Steve Austin and The Rock for the WWF Championship. During the match, Austin turned heel after he told Vince McMahon, a man that he had called his nemesis, to give him a chair. Austin hit The Rock with sixteen chair shots, which led to Austin pinning The Rock and becoming the new WWF Champion. The PPV ended with Austin and McMahon shaking hands and sharing beers.

The main matches on the undercard featured Triple H versus The Undertaker, the second TLC match for the WWF Tag Team Championship, and Vince McMahon versus Shane McMahon in a Street Fight.

Matches
#MatchesStipulationsTimesSunday Night HeatX-Factor (Justin Credible and X-Pac) (with Albert) defeated Steve Blackman and Grand Master SexayTag team match2:461Chris Jericho (c) defeated William RegalSingles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship7:082Tazz and The Acolytes Protection Agency (Bradshaw and Faarooq) (with Jacqueline) defeated Right to Censor (The Goodfather, Val Venis and Bull Buchanan) (with Steven Richards)Six-man tag team match3:523Kane defeated Raven (c) and Big ShowTriple threat hardcore match for the WWF Hardcore Championship9:174Eddie Guerrero (with Perry Saturn) defeated Test (c)Singles match for the WWF European Championship8:305Kurt Angle defeated Chris BenoitSingles match14:046Chyna defeated Ivory (c)Singles match for the WWF Women's Championship2:397Shane McMahon defeated Mr. McMahon (with Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley)Street Fight with Mick Foley serving as special guest referee  14:128Edge and Christian defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) (c) and The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff)TLC match for the WWF Tag Team Championship15:479The Iron Sheik won by last eliminating Hillbilly Jim19-man Gimmick battle royal3:0710The Undertaker defeated Triple HSingles match18:5711Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The RockNo Disqualification match for the WWF Championship28:07 (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Battle Royal
EliminationWrestlerEliminated byTime1Repo ManHayes2Gobbledy GookerTugboat3TugboatEarthquake4EarthquakeKamala5Kim CheeKamala6Bushwhacker LukeCornette7Jim CornetteHillbilly8Duke DroeseDoink9The GoonButch10Nikolai VolkoffSlaughter11Bushwhacker ButchDoink12Doink the ClownKamala13Michael HayesGang14One Man GangKamala15KamalaSlaughter16Brother LoveSlaughter17Sgt. SlaughterHillbilly18Hillbilly JimSheikWinnerThe Iron Sheik -

References

Other websites
Official WrestleMania X-Seven website 

Category:2001 in professional wrestling
Category:Sports in Houston
WrestleMania 17
Category:WWF Attitude Era
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