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2001 in professional wrestling

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Calendar of notable live events
January February March April May June July August September October November December
Accomplishments and tournaments
AAA WCW WWF
Awards and honors
Pro Wrestling Illustrated Wrestling Observer Newsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Title changes
ECW NJPW WCW WWF
Debuts
Retirements
Deaths
See also
References

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2001 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Calendar of notable live events

January

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
NJPW	Wrestling World 2001	January 4	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	52,000
FMW	New Year Generation 2001: Day 1	January 7	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	N/A
ECW	Guilty as Charged (2001)	January 7	Hammerstein Ballroom	New York, New York	2,500
WCW	Sin	January 14	Conseco Fieldhouse	Indianapolis, Indiana	6,617^[1]
FMW	New Year Generation 2001: Day 6	January 16	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	N/A
WWF	Royal Rumble (2001)	January 21	New Orleans Arena	New Orleans, Louisiana	17,137
AJPW NJPW	Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular	January 28	Tokyo Egg Dome	Tokyo, Japan	30,000

February

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
FMW	New Year Generation 2001: Day 6	February 6	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	N/A
WCW	SuperBrawl Revenge	February 18	Nashville Municipal Auditorium	Nashville, Tennessee	4,395^[2]
WWF	No Way Out (2001)	February 25	Thomas & Mack Center	Las Vegas, Nevada	15,223

March

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
FMW	Winning Road 2001: Tag 2	March 5	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	N/A
FMW	Winning Road 2001: Tag 7	March 13	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	N/A
WCW	Greed	March 18	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum	Jacksonville, Florida	5,030^[3]
AAA	Rey de Reyes (2001)	March 30	Convention Center	Ciudad Madero, Mexico	N/A
CMLL	Juicio Final (2001)	March 30	Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	16,670

April

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
FMW	Fighting Creation 2001: Tag 2	April 1	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	N/A
WWF	WrestleMania X-Seven	April 1	Reliant Astrodome	Houston, Texas	67,925
CMLL	45. Aniversario de Arena México	April 13	Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico
FMW	Fighting Creation 2001: Tag 3	April 15	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	N/A
WWF	Backlash (2001)	April 29	Allstate Arena	Rosemont, Illinois	15,592

May

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
NJPW	Wrestling Dontaku (2001)	May 5	Fukuoka Dome	Fukuoka, Japan	55,000
FMW	FMW 12th Anniversary Show	May 5	Kawasaki Stadium	Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan	10,500
WWF	Insurrextion (2001)	May 5	Earls Court Exhibition Centre	London, England	15,794
FMW	Neo 2001: Day 1	May 11	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	N/A
WWF	Judgment Day (2001)	May 20	ARCO Arena	Sacramento, California	13,623
AAA	Triplemanía IX	May 26	Plaza de Toros	Mexico City, Mexico	10,000

June

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
FMW	King of Fight 2001: Day 1	June 8	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	N/A
WWF	King of the Ring (2001)	June 24	Continental Airlines Arena	East Rutherford, New Jersey	17,777

July

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
FMW	King of Fight II 2001: Day 9	July 20	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	N/A
WWF	Invasion	July 22	Gund Arena	Cleveland, Ohio	17,964
FMW	Rolling Thunder Riverside Death Match Series In Edogawa Kyotei	July 24	River Boat Race Field	Tokyo, Japan	N/A

August

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
FMW	Super Dynamism 2001: Day 4	August 3	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	N/A
N/A	Fourth Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show	August 9	Oak Hills High School	Cincinnati, Ohio	N/A
NJPW	G1 Climax	August 4-12	N/A	Tokyo	N/A
N/A	Terry Gordy Memorial Show	August 11	Boutwell Auditorium	Birmingham, Alabama	N/A
FMW	Super Dynamism 2001: Day 6	August 11	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	N/A
WWF	SummerSlam (2001)	August 19	Compaq Center at San Jose	San Jose, California	15,293

September

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
WWC	WWC 28th Aniversario	September 8	Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	N/A
FMW	Super Dynamism 2001: Day 14	September 9	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	N/A
AAA	Verano de Escándalo (2001)	September 16	El Toreo	Naucalpan, Mexico	18,000
WWF	Unforgiven (2001)	September 23	Mellon Arena	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	13,855
CMLL	CMLL 68th Anniversary Show	September 28	Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	N/A

October

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
FMW	Power Splash 2001: Day 4	October 9	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	N/A
WWF	No Mercy (2001)	October 21	Savvis Center	St. Louis, Missouri	15,647
FMW	Power Splash 2001: Day 13	October 22	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	N/A
WWA	The Inception	October 26	Sydney Superdome	Sydney, Australia	8,500

November

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
FMW	Iizuka Car Race Special I	November 3	N/A	Fukuoka, Japan	N/A
WWF	Rebellion (2001)	November 3	Manchester Arena	Manchester, England	15,612^[4]
FMW	Iizuka Car Race Special II	November 4	N/A	Fukuoka, Japan	N/A
FMW	Scramble Survivor 2001: Day 1	November 5	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	N/A
WWF	Survivor Series (2001)	November 18	Greensboro Coliseum	Greensboro, North Carolina	10,142
AAA	Guerra de Titanes (2001)	November 23	Plaza de Toros	Mexico City, Mexico	15,000
FMW	Scramble Survivor 2001: Day 1	November 23	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	N/A
World Xtreme Wrestling	Yokozuna Memorial Show	November 29	WXW Arena	Allentown, Pennsylvania	N/A

December

Promotion(s)	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
FMW	FMW PPV	December 9	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	N/A
WWF	Vengeance (2001)	December 9	San Diego Sports Arena	San Diego, California	11,800
CMLL	Sin Piedad (2001)	December 14	Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	10,900
FMW	Year End Sensation 2001	December 21	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	N/A

Accomplishments and tournaments

AAA

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Rey de Reyes	La Parka, Jr.	March 30

WCW

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship Tournament	Elix Skipper and Kid Romeo	March 18

WWF

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won
Royal Rumble	Stone Cold Steve Austin	January 21
King of the Ring	Edge	June 24
Undisputed WWF Championship Tournament	Chris Jericho	December 9

Awards and honors

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Category	Winner
PWI Wrestler of the Year	Stone Cold Steve Austin
PWI Tag Team of the Year	The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)
PWI Match of the Year	The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge and Christian (WrestleMania X-Seven)
PWI Feud of the Year	Shane McMahon vs. Vince McMahon
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year	Rob Van Dam
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year	Stone Cold Steve Austin
PWI Comeback of the Year	Rob Van Dam
PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year	Edge
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year	Kurt Angle
PWI Rookie of the Year	Randy Orton
PWI Woman of the Year	Lita
PWI Editor's Award	Johnny Valentine

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

Inductee
Black Shadow
Diablo Velasco
Lizmark
Bull Nakano
El Satánico

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

Category	Winner
Wrestler of the Year	Keiji Mutoh
Most Outstanding	Kurt Angle
Tag Team of the Year	Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Most Improved	Keiji Mutoh
Best on Interviews	Stone Cold Steve Austin

Title changes

ECW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
ECW World Heavyweight Championship
{{center\|Incoming champion – Steve Corino}}
January 7	Sandman\|The Sandman}}	{{sort\|Guilty as Charged\|Guilty as Charged}}	This was a Tables, Ladders, Chairs, and Canes match also involving Justin Credible.
January 7	Rhino\|Rhino}}	{{sort\|Guilty as Charged\|Guilty as Charged}}
April 11	{{sort\|Deactivated\|Deactivated}}		ECW closed on April 4, 2001, and World Wrestling Entertainment purchased its assets in 2003.

Date	Winner	Event/Show
{{center\|ECW World Television Championship}}
{{center\|Incoming champion – Rhino}}
April 11	Deactivated	N/A

Date	Winner	Event/Show
{{center\|ECW World Tag Team Championship}}
{{center\|Incoming champions – Danny Doring and Roadkill}}
April 11	Deactivated	N/A

NJPW

Date	Winner	Event/Show
{{center\|IWGP Heavyweight Championship}}
Incoming champion – Vacant
January 4	Kensuke Sasaki	Wrestling World 2001
March 17	Scott Norton	N/A
April 9	Kazuyuki Fujita	Strong Style 2001

Date	Winner	Event/Show
{{center\|IWGP Tag Team Championship}}
Incoming champions – Tencozy {{small\|(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)}}
September 23	Osamu Nishimura and Tatsumi Fujinami	G1 World 2001
October 28	{{small>(Keiji Mutoh and Taiyo Kea)}}	Survival 2001: Fighting Destination in Fukuoka

Date	Winner	Event/Show
{{center\|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship}}
Incoming champion – Minoru Tanaka
July 20	Masayuki Naruse	Dome Quake
October 29	Kendo Kashin	Indicate of Next

Date	Winner	Event/Show
{{center\|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship}}
Incoming champions – Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka
March 6	El Samurai and Jushin Thunder Liger	Hyper Battle 2001
July 20	Gedo and Jado	Dome Quake

WCW

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
{{center\|WCW World Heavyweight Championship}}
{{center\|Incoming champion – Scott Steiner}}
March 26	Booker T	Nitro	This was the final episode of Nitro as WCW was purchased by the WWF on March 23, 2001.
After being acquired by the WWF, the title was then defended on WWF programming where it was referred to as the WCW Championship.
July 24	Kurt Angle	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on July 26.
July 30	Booker T	Raw Is War
August 19	The Rock	SummerSlam
October 21	Chris Jericho	No Mercy
November 5	The Rock	Raw
The title was renamed to World Championship on November 19, 2001 after the demise of The Alliance.
December 9	Chris Jericho	Vengeance	After defeating The Rock for the World Championship, Chris Jericho defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin to unify the World Championship with the WWF Championship. The World Championship was retired and the WWF Championship became the Undisputed WWF Championship.
December 9	Unified	Vengeance

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
{{center\|WCW Cruiserweight Championship}}
{{center\|Incoming champion – Chavo Guerrero, Jr.}}
March 18	Shane Helms	Greed
July 3	Billy Kidman	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on July 5.
July 30	X-Pac	Raw Is War
October 9	Billy Kidman	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on October 11.
October 22	Tajiri	Raw	The title became the WWF Cruiserweight Championship when the WWF defeated The Alliance at Survivor Series on November 18 and replaced the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship.
Title was renamed WWF Cruiserweight Championship on November 18 and replaced the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
{{center\|WCW United States Heavyweight Championship}}
{{center\|Incoming champion – General Rection}}
January 14	Shane Douglas	Sin
February 5	Rick Steiner	Nitro
March 18	Booker T	Greed
After being acquired by the WWF on March 23, 2001, the title was then defended on WWF programming where it was referred to as the WCW United States Championship.
July 24	Kanyon	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on July 26.
September 10	Tajiri	Raw is War
September 23	Rhyno	Unforgiven
October 22	Kurt Angle	Raw
November 12	Edge	Raw
November 18	Retired	Survivor Series

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
{{center\|WCW Hardcore Championship}}
{{center\|Incoming champion – Terry Funk}}
January 14	Meng	Sin	This was a triple threat hardcore match also involving Crowbar
January 21	Deactivated	N/A	Meng left WCW for WWF a week after winning the title to compete as Haku in the 2001 Royal Rumble and the title was abandoned

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
{{center\|WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship}}
{{center\|Incoming champions – N/A}}
March 18	Kid Romeo and Elix Skipper	Greed	Defeated the Filthy Animals in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions
March 26	{{small>(Billy Kidman and Rey Misterio, Jr.)}}	Monday Nitro: Night of Champions
March 26	Abandoned	N/A	The World Wrestling Federation purchased WCW and the Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship was abandoned.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
{{center\|WCW World Tag Team Championship}}
{{center\|Incoming champions – The Insiders {{small\|(Diamond Dallas Page and Kevin Nash)}}}}
January 14	{{small>(Chuck Palumbo and Sean O'Haire)}}	Sin
After being acquired by the WWF on March 23, 2001, the title was then defended on WWF programming where it was referred to as the WCW Tag Team Championship.
August 7	{{small>(Kane and The Undertaker)}}	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on August 9.
September 25	Booker T and Test	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on September 27.
October 8	{{small>(Matt and Jeff Hardy)}}	Raw
October 23	{{small>(Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)}}	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on October 25.
November 18	Unified	Survivor Series

WWF

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
{{center\|WWF Championship}}
{{center\|Incoming champion – Kurt Angle}}
February 25	The Rock	No Way Out	After the WWF purchased World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in March 2001, the WCW Championship became a second concurrently active world championship in the WWF.
April 1	Stone Cold Steve Austin	WrestleMania X-Seven	This was a no disqualification match. WWE recognizes Austin's reign as lasting 176 days.
September 23	Kurt Angle	Unforgiven
October 8	Stone Cold Steve Austin	Raw
December 9	Chris Jericho	Vengeance	Earlier the same night, Jericho defeated (WCW) World Champion The Rock for that title. By defeating Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Championship, Jericho unified both titles as the Undisputed WWF Championship.
Title was renamed Undisputed WWF Championship on December 9

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
{{center\|WWF Intercontinental Championship}}
{{center\|Incoming champion – Chris Benoit}}
January 21	Chris Jericho	Royal Rumble	This was a ladder match
April 3	Triple H	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on April 5.
April 10	Jeff Hardy	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on April 12.
April 16	Triple H	Raw Is War
May 20	Kane	Judgment Day	This was a Chain match
June 26	Albert	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on June 28.
July 23	Lance Storm	Raw Is War
August 19	Edge	SummerSlam
September 23	Christian	Unforgiven
October 21	Edge	No Mercy
November 5	Test	Raw
November 18	Edge	Survivor Series

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
{{center\|WWF Light Heavyweight Championship}}
{{center\|Incoming champion – Dean Malenko}}
March 13	Crash Holly	Sunday Night Heat	Aired on tape delay on March 18.
April 29	Jerry Lynn	Sunday Night Heat
June 5	Jeff Hardy	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on June 7.
June 25	X-Pac	Raw Is War
August 6	Tajiri	Raw Is War
August 19	X-Pac	SummerSlam
November 18	Retired	N/A

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
{{center\|WWF Women's Championship}}
{{center\|Incoming champion – Ivory}}
April 1	Chyna	WrestleMania X-Seven
November 1	Vacant	N/A
November 18	Trish Stratus	Survivor Series	This was a six pack challenge for the vacant title also involving Ivory (Alliance), Jazz (Alliance), Jacqueline (WWF), Lita (WWF) and Mighty Molly (Alliance).

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
{{center\|WWF European Championship}}
{{center\|Incoming champion – William Regal}}
January 22	Test	Raw Is War
April 1	Eddie Guerrero	WrestleMania X-Seven
April 24	Matt Hardy	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on April 26.
August 27	The Hurricane	Raw Is War
October 22	Bradshaw	Raw
October 30	Christian	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on November 1.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
{{center\|WWF Tag Team Championship}}
{{center\|Incoming champions – Edge and Christian}}
January 21	{{small>(Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)}}	Royal Rumble
March 5	{{small>(Matt and Jeff Hardy)}}	Raw Is War
March 19	Edge and Christian	Raw Is War
March 19	{{small>(Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)}}	Raw Is War
April 1	Edge and Christian	WrestleMania X-Seven	This was a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match also involving The Hardy Boyz
April 17	{{small>(Kane and The Undertaker)}}	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on April 19.
April 29	{{small>(Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H)}}	Backlash
May 21	Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho	Raw Is War
June 19	{{small>(Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)}}	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on June 21.
July 9	{{small>(Bradshaw and Faarooq)}}	Raw Is War
August 7	Diamond Dallas Page and Kanyon	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on August 9.
August 19	{{small>(Kane and The Undertaker)}}	SummerSlam
September 17	{{small>(Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)}}	Raw Is War
October 22	Chris Jericho and The Rock	Raw
October 30	Booker T and Test	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on November 1.
November 12	{{small>(Matt and Jeff Hardy)}}	Raw
November 18	{{small>(Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)}}	Survivor Series

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
{{center\|WWF Hardcore Championship}}
{{center\|Incoming champion – Raven}}
January 22	Al Snow	Raw Is War
January 22	Raven	Raw Is War
February 3	K-Kwik	House show
February 3	Crash Holly	House show
February 3	Raven	House show
February 4	K-Kwik	House show
February 4	Crash Holly	House show
February 4	Raven	House show
February 6	Hardcore Holly	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on February 8.
February 6	Raven	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on February 8.
February 10	Hardcore Holly	House show
February 10	Raven	House show
February 11	Hardcore Holly	House show
February 11	Al Snow	House show
February 11	Raven	House show
February 17	Steve Blackman	House show
February 17	Raven	House show
February 18	Steve Blackman	House show
February 18	Raven	House show
February 25	Billy Gunn	No Way Out	Pinned Raven during a title defense against The Big Show
February 25	Raven	No Way Out
February 25	Big Show	No Way Out
March 19	Raven	Raw Is War
April 1	Kane	WrestleMania X-Seven	This was a Triple Threat Hardcore match also involving The Big Show
April 17	Rhyno	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on April 19.
May 21	Big Show	Raw Is War
May 28	Chris Jericho	Raw Is War
May 28	Rhyno	Raw Is War
June 12	Test	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on June 14.
June 25	Rhyno	Raw Is War
June 25	Mike Awesome	Raw Is War
July 10	Jeff Hardy	SmackDown!	Aired on tape delay on July 12.
July 22	Rob Van Dam	Invasion
August 13	Jeff Hardy	Raw Is War	Pinned Rob Van Dam during a title defense against Kurt Angle
August 19	Rob Van Dam	SummerSlam
September 10	Kurt Angle	Raw Is War
September 10	Rob Van Dam	Raw Is War
December 9	The Undertaker	Vengeance

Debuts

Uncertain debut date
Chris Pavone
Montel Vontavious Porter
Maven
Nidia Guenard
Drew McIntyre
Beth Phoenix
Sara Del Ray
Heidenreich
June 23 - Damien Sandow

Retirements

Midnight (1999-2001)
Tori (1988-2001)
Hardbody Harrison (1995-2001)

Deaths

January 3 – Kung Fu
January 4 – Villano I
July 16 – Terry Gordy
July 21 – Dennis Coralluzzo
July 27 – Rhonda Sing
October 7 – Chris Adams
December 15 – Russ Haas
December 25 – Mike Davis

References

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2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/wcw/wcwsuper.htm|title=WCW SuperBrawl|access-date=2017-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603015414/http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/wcw/wcwsuper.htm|archive-date=2008-06-03|dead-url=yes|df=}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/miscppv.html#greed|title=Greed|publisher=Pro Wrestling History|accessdate=2009-08-09}}
4. ^{{cite news|title=Historical Cards: Rebellion (November 3, 2001. Manchester, England)|work=PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts|publisher=Kappa Publications|page=156|id=2007 Edition}}

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