WrestleMania X-Seven

WrestleMania X-Seven
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Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	April 1, 2001
City	Houston, Texas
Venue	Reliant Astrodome
Attendance	67,925
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WrestleMania X-Seven was the seventeenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on April 1, 2001 and emanated from the Reliant Astrodome in Houston, Texas. The record-breaking attendance for the Reliant Astrodome of 67,925 resulted in gross receipts of $3.5 million USD.

WrestleMania X-Seven is considered as the event that concluded the Attitude Era for the World Wrestling Federation and the pinnacle of the 1990s wrestling boom. The tagline for WrestleMania X-Seven was Houston... We Have A Problem. The theme song for the event was "My Way" by Limp Bizkit.

The commentators for the event were Jim Ross and Paul Heyman. The Spanish language commentators were Carlos Cabrera and Hugo Savinovich. The guest commentators for the Gimmick Battle Royal were Gene Okerlund and Bobby Heenan. Howard Finkel served as the ring announcer for the event.

Results

• Sunday Night HEAT match: X-Factor (Justin Credible and X-Pac) defeated Steve Blackman and Grand Master Sexay (2:46)

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  An attendance record setting 67,925 fans at the Reliant Astrodome for WrestleMania X-Seven

  • X-Pac pinned Blackman
• Chris Jericho defeated William Regal to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship (7:08)
  • Jericho pinned Regal following a Lionsault.
• Tazz and The APA (Bradshaw and Faarooq) (w/Jacqueline) defeated Right to Censor (The Goodfather, Val Venis and Bull Buchanan) (w/ Steven Richards) (3:53)
  • Bradshaw pinned Goodfather after a Clothesline From Hell.
• Kane defeated Raven (c) and The Big Show in a Triple Threat Hardcore Match to win the WWF Hardcore Championship (9:18)
  • Kane pinned Big Show after a Leg drop off the stage.
• Eddie Guerrero (w/ Perry Saturn) defeated Test to win the WWF European Championship (8:30)
  • Guerrero pinned Test after hitting him with the title belt.
• Kurt Angle defeated Chris Benoit (14:02)
  • Angle pinned Benoit with a roll-up using Benoit's tights for leverage.

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    Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit

• Chyna defeated Ivory to win the WWF Women's Championship (2:39)
  • Chyna pinned Ivory after a Gorilla Press Drop.
• Shane McMahon defeated Vince McMahon (w/Mick Foley as special guest referee) in a Street Fight (14:12)
  • Shane pinned Vince after a Coast to Coast.
• Edge and Christian defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) (c) and The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff) in a TLC match to win the WWF Tag Team Championship (15:42)
  • Edge and Christian won after by climbing a ladder and retrieving the belts hanging above the ring.
• The Iron Sheik won a Gimmick Battle Royal featuring: Bushwhacker Luke, Bushwhacker Butch, Duke Droese, Doink the Clown, Nikolai Volkoff, Tugboat, The Goon, Earthquake, Gobbledygooker, Hillbilly Jim, Brother Love, Michael Hayes, One Man Gang, Kamala, Jim Cornette, Repo Man, and Sgt. Slaughter. (3:05)
  • The Iron Sheik won by eliminating Hillbilly Jim last.

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    Edge and Christian vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz for the Tag Team Championship

  • After the match Slaughter locked a Cobra clutch on The Iron Sheik.
• The Undertaker defeated Triple H (18:17)
  • Undertaker pinned Triple H after a Last Ride Powerbomb.
  • Motörhead performed Triple H's entrance music live.
• Steve Austin defeated The Rock in a No Disqualification match to win the WWF Championship (28:06)
  • Austin pinned Rock after hitting him multiple times with a steel chair.

Notes

• This event marked the second time that the WrestleMania main event featured The Rock and Steve Austin (the first was at WrestleMania XV, and a third at WrestleMania XIX).
• This event holds the record for most title changes at a single WrestleMania with 5. The WWF Championship, Tag Team Championship, Women's Championship, European Championship and Hardcore Championship titles all changed hands.

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  Stone Cold winning the WWF Championship

• Motörhead performed "The Game" during Triple H's ring entrance. Motörhead would appear again at WrestleMania 21 to perform the same theme song for Triple H's ring entrance.
• This WrestleMania took place only about a week after the World Wrestling Federation announced the purchase of long time rival promotion WCW.
• This is the only WrestleMania whose title included a combination of a Roman numeral and a number being spelled out as a word (rather than using purely Roman or Arabic numerals).
• This was the first WrestleMania logo to make use of the font Bodega Sans.
• Bobby "The Brain" Heenan called his first WrestleMania match in 8 years alongside "Mean" Gene Okerlund when the two called the Gimmick Battle Royal.

References

• WrestleMania X-Seven Sets Revenue, Attendance Records

External links

• The Official Website of WrestleMania X-Seven