SummerSlam (2001)

SummerSlam (2001) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It was held on August 19, 2001 at Compaq Center in San Jose, California. It was the fourteenth SummerSlam event held by the WWF.

The main event saw The Rock defeat Booker T to win the WCW Championship. The Rock won the match by pinfall after he hit the Rock Bottom on Booker T. Another main match was between Steve Austin and Kurt Angle for the WWF Championship. Angle won the match by disqualification after Austin attacked referees. On the undercard, the main match was a steel cage match between the WCW Tag Team Champions Undertaker and Kane and the WWF Tag Team Champions Diamond Dallas Page and Kanyon. The Undertaker and Kane won the match by pinfall after Undertaker executed the Last Ride on Page.

Matches
#MatchesStipulationsTimes1HLita, Jacqueline, and Molly Holly (WWF) defeated Torrie Wilson, Stacy Keibler, and Ivory (WCW)Tag team match2:552Edge (WWF) defeated Lance Storm (c) (ECW)Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship11:163The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) and Test (ECW/WCW) defeated The Acolytes Protection Agency (Faarooq and Bradshaw) and Spike Dudley (WWF) (with Molly Holly)Six-man tag team match7:194X-Pac (WWF) defeated Tajiri (WWF)Title unification match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship and the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship7:335Chris Jericho (WWF) defeated Rhyno (ECW) (with Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley) by submissionSingles match12:346Rob Van Dam (ECW) defeated Jeff Hardy (c) (WWF)Ladder match for the WWF Hardcore Championship16:337The Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane) (WWF) (with Sara) defeated Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Kanyon (WCW)Steel cage match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship and the WWF Tag Team Championship10:138Kurt Angle (WWF) defeated Steve Austin (c) (WCW) by disqualificationSingles match for the WWF Championship22:309The Rock (WWF) defeated Booker T (c) (WCW) (with Shane McMahon)Singles match for the WCW Championship15:19 (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the matchH – indicates that the match was shown before the pay-per-view on Sunday Night Heat

References

Other websites
Official SummerSlam 2001 website

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