No Mercy 2001

| Date: October 21, 2001 | Venue: Savvis Centre | City: St Louis, Missouri | Attendance: 15, 647 | Buyrate: 325, 000 No Mercy is exactly what “Stone Cold” Steve Austin is going to have for Kurt Angle and Rob Van Dam tonight as he prepares to defend his newly won WWF Championship. Austin beat Kurt Angle for the WWF Championship a few weeks ago on Raw and it was Mick Foley … Continue reading No Mercy 2001

Unforgiven 2001

| Date: September 23, 2001 | Venue: Mellon Arena | City: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Attendance: 13, 855 | Buyrate: 350, 000 The Greatest Battles Are Fought From Within. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin has shown a paranoid side in recent months that have caused him to go over the deep end. After Kurt beat Austin at Summerslam by disqualification, Kurt soaked the whole of the Alliance with a milk bath, humiliating Austin. The … Continue reading Unforgiven 2001

Summerslam 2001

| Date: August 19, 2001 | Venue: Compaq Centre | City: San Jose, California | Attendance: 15, 293 | Buyrate: 565, 000 Finally……The Rock has returned to the WWF! He’s been away since losing his WWF title to Steve Austin at Wrestlemania, suspended by Vince McMahon. Vince lifted his suspension to bring The Rock back to the WWF and although it was up in the air which side The Rock would join, … Continue reading Summerslam 2001

Invasion 2001

| Date: July 22, 2001 | Venue: Gund Arena | City: Cleveland, Ohio | Attendance: 17, 964 | Buyrate: 770, 000 The biggest buyrate in history for a non-Wrestlemania PPV belong to the Invasion of wCw and ECW on the WWF. Since King Of The Ring the Invasion has taken centre stage with Shane McMahons wCw joining together with Paul Heyman and Stephanie McMahon’s ECW. Wrestlers such as DDP and Booker T … Continue reading Invasion 2001

Judgment Day 2001

| Date: May 20, 2001 | Venue: ARCO Arena | City: Sacremento, California | Attendance: 13, 632 | Buyrate: 405, 000 Tonight could be Judgment Day for the two man power trip of Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H. Both men will defend their championships with Austin defending his WWF title in the main event against The Undertaker. This rivalry has been going on since Wrestlemania and took a turn for … Continue reading Judgment Day 2001

Insurrextion 2001

| Date: May 5, 2001 | Venue: Earls Court | City: London, England | Attendance: 15, 794 Insurrextion is one of two annual PPVs held in the UK. What I like about these shows are that you don’t always get matches you expect. They don’t necessarily follow the curve of the storylines that are current. Tonight will probably be no different. No matches have been announced going into this but … Continue reading Insurrextion 2001

Backlash 2001

| Date: April 29, 2001 | Venue: Allstate Arena | City: Rosemont, Illinois | Attendance: 15, 592 | Buyrate: 375, 000 The Backlash of Wrestlemania is always a great time of year as some new feuds get started and some continue from the biggest show of the year. The biggest story coming out of Wrestlemania was “Stone Cold” Steve Austin turning heel and joining forces with Vince McMahon and later, Triple H. … Continue reading Backlash 2001

Wrestlemania 17

| Date: April 1, 2000 | Venue: Reliant Astrodome | City: Houston, Texas | Attendance: 67, 925 | Buyrate: 1, 040, 000 Houston….We have a problem. And that is the biggest show of the year coming to Texas this very evening to the biggest buyrate of all time to this point. And what an incredible line up  we have. It’s going to be a 4 four spectacle with no less than 11 … Continue reading Wrestlemania 17