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This is a list of various things that took place in 2001.
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Significant Events
March
- March 23 – World Championship Wrestling was bought out by Vince McMahon which would officially be the end of the Monday Night Wars.
April
- April 11 – Extreme Championship Wrestling filed for bankruptcy on April 11th, deactivating all championships.
Births
Deaths
April
- April 23 – Johnny Valentine 72 (Natural causes)
July
- July 16 – Terry Gordy 40 (Heart attack)
- July 27 – Rhonda Singh 40 (Undisclosed Reasons, Possibly Suicide)
October
- October 7 – Chris Adams 46 (Murdered by gunshot)
December
- December 15 – Russ Haas 27 (Heart attack)
- December 25 - Mike Davis 46 (Heart attack)
Debuts
- Chris Pavone
- Emi Tojo (September 2)
- Montel Vontavious Porter
Events
January
- January 13th – XPW New Years Revolution
- January 20th – FWA Unknown Quantity 2
February
- February 3 – XPW Payback's A Bitch
- February 24 – ECWA 5th Annual Super 8 Tournament
- February 24 – XPW My Bloody Valentine
March
- March 17 – XPW The Night XPW Stood Still
April
- April 21 – XPW Scene Of The Crime
May
- May 19 – CZW Best Of The Best
- May 19 – FWA High Potential
- May 26 – XPW Redemption
June
- June 8 – CZW Take 1
July
- July 7 – XPW Rapture
- July 27 – FWA No Surprises 3
August
- August 9 – 4th Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show
- August 25 – XPW Damage Inc.
September
- September 1 – FWA Back 2 School
October
- October 13 – NWA 53rd Anniversary Show "Battle Of The Belts 2001"
- October 13 – XPW Halloween In Hell 2
- October 26 – FWA Trick Or Treat
November
- November 10 – FWA High School Hell
- November 24 – XPW Retribution
December
- December 14 – FWA Lights Camera Acton
- December 15 – CZW Cage of Death 3
Pay-Per-View Events
January
- January 7 – ECW Guilty as Charged
- January 14 – WCW Sin
- January 28 – WWF Royal Rumble
February
- February 18 – WCW Superbrawl Revenge
- February 25 – WWF No Way Out
March
- March 18 – WCW Greed
April
- April 1 – WWF WrestleMania X-7
- April 29 – WWF Backlash
May
- May 5 – WWF Insurrextion
- May 20 – WWF Judgment Day
June
- June 24 – WWF King of the Ring
July
- July 22 – WWF/WCW/ECW Invasion
August
- August 19 – WWF SummerSlam
September
- September 23 – WWF Unforgiven
October
- October 21– WWF No Mercy
November
- November 18 – WWF Survivor Series
December
- December 9 – WWF Vengeance
Title changes
January
- 7 – The Sandman defeated Steve Corino to win the ECW World Heavyweight Championship
February
- 3 – Joey Matthews and Christian York defeated Rick Michaels and David Young to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship
- 10 – Eddie Colón defeated Damian Steele to win the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship
- 28 – John Zandig defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri to win the CZW World Heavyweight Championship
March
- 26 – Booker T defeated Scott Steiner to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
April
- 1 – Chyna defeated Ivory to win the WWF Women’s Championship
- 1 – Kane defeated Raven to win the WWF Hardcore Championship
- 1 – Eddie Guerrero defeated Test to win the WWF European Championship
- 1 – Edge and Christian defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) to win the World Tag Team Championship
- 24 – Steve Corino defeated Mike Rapada to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
May
June
- 8 – Keiji Mutoh defeated Genichiro Tenryu to win the AJPW Triple Crown Championship
- 9 – Nick Mondo defeated Lobo to win the CZW Iron Man Championship
July
- 15 – Vampiro defeated Sabu to win the JCW World Heavyweight Championship
August
- 18 – Mikey Whipwreck and JT Jobber defeated Da Hit Squad (Monsta Mack and Mafia) to win the JAPW Tag Team Championship
September
- 23 – Christian defeated Edge to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
October
November
- 2 – Negro Casas and El Hijo Del Santo defeated Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship
December
- 3 – Loco Max defeated Ricky Marvin to win the Mexican National Lightweight Championship
- 15 – Trent Acid defeated Ruckus to win the CZW Junior Heavyweight Championship
- 15 – Shinya Hashimoto defeated Steve Corino, Dylan Knight, and Gary Steele in a Fatal Four-way match to win the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship
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