WWF’s 2001 Rebellion show worth seeking out
Though it doesn’t get the recognition it deserves in North America, partly because the WWF...
Category: PPV Reports 2001
Jericho new WWF World champion at Vengeance
After walking away as the ‘undisputed’ World Heavyweight Champion from last night’s Vengeance pay-per-view event in San Diego, you just know that Chris Jericho was tempted to call up...
WWF pulls out Survivor Series win
This year’s edition of the Survivor Series perfectly symbolized the current state the World Wrestling Federation finds itself in. No grand surprises or red hot angles to pique people’s interest. There’s...
McMahons ruin No Mercy
Everything that is wrong with the World Wrestling Federation walked down to ringside approximately eleven minutes into No Mercy’s main event title match. Some call him a brilliant businessman. Some call him a genius...
Angle wins WWF title at Unforgiven
The WWF can prove to be a weird dichotomy at times. Take last night’s Unforgiven pay-per-view event from the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, for instance. Hard to imagine that the same company that booked a classic main event...
Rock wins WCW title at SummerSlam
It only took four months but the WWF finally has a pay-per-view they can be truly proud of...
Austin turns at Invasion
It is the situation Vince McMahon has always feared. One of his own superstars taking the WWF World Heavyweight Title to another wrestling promotion. With the WWF purchase of World Championship Wrestling and the demise of...
Angle and Edge rule King Of The Ring
Once the brassy and bold wrestling organization that trampled WCW in the ratings for a zillion weeks, the World Wrestling Federation is being humbled right before our very eyes. The wrestling bust that everyone knew would...
Triple H loses, Austin wins at J-Day
How do you kill a good angle? The same way you kill a good match, with a lame run-in. Just ask the booking minds behind World Championship Wrestling’s red hot nWo angle. Following in their footsteps, the World Wrestling...
McMahonMania at Backlash
When the nWo angle was the hottest thing World Championship Wrestling had going for it bitter and bored fans rightly complained every time Nitro or a pay-per-view ended with an massive run-in. WCW kept on concluding main...
Austin reclaims WWF gold at WrestleMania X-Seven
HOUSTON — Whenever you get 67,925 fans in one place, it’s an awesome sight. But when you get 67,925 fans all cheering in unison for ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin’s victory over The Rock, it’s a...
Austin turns heel at WM X-Seven
Their rivalry propelled the World Wrestling Federation to the top of the business and...
WCW downplays demise at Greed
In what could have been World Championship Wrestling’s final pay-per-view ever, it was what was absent not what was included that spoke volumes about the state of the promotion. The most striking omission being that there...
Triple H & The Rock winners at No Way Out
A simple question. How do you close come to ruining a perfectly good pay-per-view main event? A simple answer. Have a 7’2″ tall, 500-pound uncoordinated ox carry out a pointless run-in. Such was the case at...
Main event mess hurts SuperBrawl
You read it here before because I’ve written it a thousand times before. More than anything else, World Championship Wrestling needs consistency. To gain the respect and loyalty of the fans again their product must...
WOW unleashes worst PPV ever
Every wrestling fan remembers that cruddy Heroes Of Wrestling pay-per-view from a few years back. You know, the one where Jake “The Snake” Roberts went completely bonzo on and drove the final nail into whatever...
Surprises dominate Rumble 2001
It’s pay-per-view time again and wouldn’t you know it, BIG surprises are promised...
Animal the mystery man at WCW Sin
Another pay-per-view. Another surprise. The thought on every fan’s mind going into the Sin broadcast — those still watching World Championship Wrestling anyway — was who would be the Mystery Man Ric...
Confusion reigns at Guilty as Charged
Paul Heyman’s big surprise turned out not to be such a surprise at all. After haggling with ECW about his contract, searching out offers elsewhere and shooting an action flick, Rob Van Dam returned to the ECW roster...
