WrestleMania X-Seven

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WrestleMania X-Seven was the seventeenth annual WrestleMania pay-per-view event held on Sunday, April 1, 2001, by WWE at the Reliant Astrodome in Houston, Texas. It is considered by many to be the greatest WrestleMania of all time. WrestleMania X-Seven is the highest grossing professional wrestling pay-per-view ever with an estimated 3.0 buyrate (or 1,000,000 viewers). Some fans have cited WrestleMania X-Seven as the end of the Attitude Era for the WWF and the peak of the professional wrestling boom of the late '90s, as ratings and attendance started declining following the pay-per-view. Wrestling's popularity in mainstream pop culture also took a deep nose-dive following WrestleMania X-Seven, some believe due to Stone Cold Steve Austin, one of the most popular wrestlers of all time, turning heel and aligning himself with archrival Vince McMahon, the man who Austin feuded with during the late 90's wrestling boom. Also the Rock's move into movies is also a reason often given to wrestling's fall in popularity at this point, plus the decision to keep Triple H heel and align him with Steve Austin despite their history of fighting each other. Another plausable reason is that the WWF wasn't catering enough for former WCW and ECW fans, and that without any major competition the WWF began put on less high calibre shows.

The theme song for the event was "My Way" by Limp Bizkit, which is notable for being played ad nasuem in the weeks leading up to the event. WrestleMania X-Seven was subtitled Houston...We Have A Problem, but it was never mentioned on WWF T.V. However, the subtitle was shown on the pay-per-view posters and in the DVD and VHS cover art.

Results

Chris Jericho pinned William Regal to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship

Tazz & APA (Bradshaw and Faarooq) defeated Right to Censor

Kane defeated Big Show and Raven in a Triple Threat Match to win the WWF Hardcore Championship

Eddie Guerrero pinned Test to win the WWF European Championship

Kurt Angle pinned Chris Benoit

Chyna pinned Ivory to win the WWF Women's Championship

Shane McMahon pinned Vince McMahon in a Street Fight

Edge & Christian defeated the Hardy Boyz and the Dudley Boyz in TLC II to win the World Tag Team Championship

The Iron Sheik won the Gimmick Battle Royal

Undertaker pinned Triple H

Stone Cold Steve Austin pinned The Rock to win the WWF Championship

Trivia

• The only Wrestlemania up to date to be in Houston, TX
• Third time in a row that The Rock was in the WrestleMania main event (WrestleMania XV, WrestleMania 2000). He lost all three matches.
• The second time that the main event for the World Wrestling Federation Championship belt featured The Rock and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (they met each other previously at WWF WrestleMania XV in 1999. The Rock lost then and lost here in this WrestleMania. He won the 3rd time (Wrestlemania XIX).
• Featured an appearance by Motorhead who would play Triple H's theme music as he walked down the ramp to the ring. Motorhead would appear again at WWE WrestleMania 21 to sing Triple H's theme music yet again.
• Former WCW Superstars were present to WWF WrestleMania X-Seven and were in support of Shane McMahon during his match with Vince McMahon
• The Undertaker boosted his record to 9 and 0 wins after the defeat of Triple H
• Was Chyna's last WrestleMania appearance
• William Regal battled Chris Jericho for the WWF Intercontinental Championship in the opening match of WrestleMania X-Seven as the challenger. Ironically, William Regal would appear in the opening match of WWF WrestleMania X8 as the WWF Intercontinental Champion to defend his championship against Rob Van Dam
• In 2001, three matches of the top 10 matches that fans voted as the best of the year came from WWF WrestleMania of that year. They were: Undertaker Vs Triple H at #9, WWF Tag Team Championship TLC II Match: The Dudley Boyz (WWF Tag Team Champions), The Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian at #2 and the WWF Championship no disqualification main event match: "Stone Cold" Steve Austin Vs The Rock (WWF Champion) at #3.
• With his WWF Championship victory, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin has a 3-0 main event record at WrestleMania.
• Holds record for most title changes at a single WrestleMania (5).
  • Steve Austin wins WWF Championship from the Rock.
  • Edge & Christian win World Tag Team Championships from the Dudley Boyz.
  • Chyna wins the WWF Women's Championship from Ivory.
  • Eddie Guerrero wins WWF European Championship from Test.
  • Kane wins WWF Hardcore Championship.
• During the TLC II match, Rhyno helped Christian up the ladder using his head and back. At WrestleMania 21 during the Money in the Bank Ladder Match, Tyson Tomko helped Christian up the ladder in a similar manner.
• During Eddie Guerrero's match with Test, Eddie attempted to throw Test over the top rope, but Test's leg accidentally got caught between the top and second ropes. Eddie had no choice but to try and help the referee free Test from the ropes, but Eddie, used to climbing through the second rope to get down from the ring, accidentally fell through and hit the ground. Eddie then tried to improvise by elbowing Test, but when both the referee AND Eddie could not free Test from the ropes, it took a mighty shake from Perry Saturn (who was ringside, cheering on Eddie) to finally free the near-7-foot wrestler.
• With his victory over the Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin became a 5 time WWF Champion. This tied him with Bret Hart and Hulk Hogan for the second most WWF Championship reigns at the time. At No Way Out, the Rock defeated Kurt Angle to set the all time record with 6. On October 8th, 2001 Austin defeated Angle to tie the Rock. Hulk Hogan then made it a triple tie when he defeated Triple H at Backlash 2002. On July 21, 2002 the Rock broke the triple tie with Austin and Hogan by defeating Kurt Angle and The Undertaker in a Triple Threat match at Vengeance for his 7th title reign.
• The 67,925 fans at the Reliant Astrodome established a new all-time record for that facility
• The Iron Sheik won the Gimmick Battle Royal at WrestleMania X-Seven, marking his first WrestleMania win in nearly 15 years.

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