2001
From Pro Wrestling
This is a list of various things that took place in 2001.
Contents |
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
October
- October 7 – Chris Adams 46 (Shot)
Debuts
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
- January 7 – The Sandman defeated Steve Corino and Justin Credible to win the ECW Championship
- January 7 – Rhyno defeated The Sandman to win the ECW Championship
- Janaury 14 – Shane Douglas defeated General Rection to win the WCW United States Championship
- January 21 – Chris Jericho defeated Chris Benoit to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
- January 22 – Test defeated William Regal to win the WWF European Championship
February
- February 5 – Rick Steiner defeated Shane Douglas to win the WCW United States Championship
- February 25 – The Rock defeated Kurt Angle to win the WWF Championship
March
- March 13 – Crash Holly defeated Dean Malenko to win the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship
- March 18 – Booker T defeated Rick Steiner to win the WCW United States Championship
- March 26 – Booker T defeated Scott Steiner to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
April
- April 1 – Chyna defeated Ivory to win the WWF Women's Championship
- April 1 – Eddie Guerrero defeated Test to win the WWF European Championship
- April 1 – Steve Austin defeated The Rock to win the WWF Championship
- April 3 – Triple H defeated Chris Jericho to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
- April 10 – Jeff Hardy defeated Triple H to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
- April 16 – Triple H defeated Jeff Hardy to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
- April 24 – Matt Hardy defeated Eddie Guerrero to win the WWF European Championship
- April 29 – Jerry Lynn defeated Crash Holly to win the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship
May
June
July
- July 23 – Lance Storm defeated Albert to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
- July 24 – Kurt Angle defeated Booker T to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
- July 24 – Chris Kanyon was awarded the WCW United States Championship by Booker T
- July 30 – Booker T defeated Kurt Angle to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
August
- August 6 – Tajiri defeated X-Pac to win the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship
- August 19 – X-Pac defeated Tajiri to win the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship
- August 19 – Edge defeated Lance Storm to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
- August 19 – The Rock defeated Booker T to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
- August 27 – The Hurricane defeated Matt Hardy to win the WWF European Championship
September
- September 10 – Tajiri defeated Chris Kanyon to win the WCW United States Championship
- September 23 – Christian defeated Edge to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
- September 23 – Rhyno defeated Tajiri to win the WCW United States Championship
- September 23 – Kurt Angle defeated Steve Austin to win the WWF Championship
October
- October 8 – Steve Austin defeated Kurt Angle to win the WWF Championship
- October 21 – Edge defeated Christian to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
- October 21 – Chris Jericho defeated The Rock to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
- October 22 – Bradshaw defeated The Hurricane to win the WWF European Championship
- October 22 – Kurt Angle defeated Rhyno to win the WCW United States Championship
- October 30 – Christian defeated Bradshaw to win the WWF European Championship
November
- November 5 – Test defeated Edge to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
- November 5 – The Rock defeated Chris Jericho to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
- November 12 – Edge defeated Kurt Angle to win the WCW United States Championship
- November 18 – The WWF Light Heavyweight Championship was abandoned and WWF adopted the WCW Cruiserweight Championship, renaming it the WWF Cruiserweight Championship
- November 18 – Edge defeated Test to merge the WWF Intercontinental Championship with the WCW United States Championship
- November 18 – Trish Stratus won a six woman battle royal to win the WWF Women's Championship
- November 18 – The WCW World Heavyweight Championship was renamed to the World Championship
December
- December 9 – Chris Jericho defeated The Rock to win the World Championship
- December 9 – Chris Jericho defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin to win the WWF Championship and to unify it with the World Championship, making the Undisputed WWF Championship
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