Judgement Day 2001 Review

Austin vs. Undertaker...again...

William Regal defeated Rikishi (3:57)
Regal pinned Rikishi after a Regal Cutter.
3/4*
RAW match.

Kurt Angle defeated Chris Benoit in a Two out of three falls match (23:54)
Benoit pinned Angle after a Angle Slam("Pinfalls Only") (1:07)
Angle made Benoit submit with the Ankle Lock("Submissions Only") (12:10)
Angle won the third fall with the help of Edge and Christian(Ladder match) (23:54)
****
As good as last month.

Rhyno defeated Test and The Big Show in a Triple Threat match to retain the WWF Hardcore Championship (9:15)
Rhyno pinned Big Show after a Gore with a garbage can top.
**1/4
It was...OK.

Chyna defeated Lita to retain the WWF Women's Championship (6:29)
Chyna pinned Lita after a Powerbomb. This was also Chyna's last appearance in the WWF.
*1/4
Not bad for a Chyna match.

Kane defeated Triple H (w/Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley) in a Chain match to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship (12:29)
Kane pinned Triple H after Steve Austin accidentally hit Triple H with a steel chair.
**1/2
Just a Whatever type of match. I mean they put over a chain match like it's 100X worse than Hell in a Cell, and nothing happens.

Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho won a Tag Team Turmoil match to become #1 contenders to the WWF Tag Team Championship (25:48)
The APA (Faarooq and Bradshaw) defeated Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko when Farooq pinned Saturn after a Spinebuster (1:32)
The APA defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) when Bradshaw pinned Bubba after a Clothesline from Hell (6:28)
X-Factor (X-Pac and Justin Credible) defeated The APA when X-Pac pinned Bradshaw while Albert was holding Bradshaw's foot (10:13)
X-Factor defeated The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff) when X-Pac pinned Matt after a superkick (13:24)
Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit defeated X-Factor when Benoit forced Credible to submit to the Crippler Crossface and Jericho forced X-Pac to submit to the Walls of Jericho (18:40)
Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit defeated Edge and Christian when Benoit forced Christian to submit to the Crippler Crossface (25:48)
***
Once Jericho and Benoit got in, it was good.

Steve Austin defeated The Undertaker in a No Holds Barred match to retain the WWF Championship (23:07)
Austin pinned The Undertaker after Triple H hit Undertaker with a sledge hammer.
***
Suprisingly good match.

~ Another solid show overall I guess. At least there's a **** match here.

~ Bonus match: Raw, the next night; Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit win the Tag Team titles from Stone Cold Steve Austin and HHH. HHH tore his quad in this match making the save on Austin. ****1/2

The Next SmackDown,
Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho defeated The Hardy Boyz, The Dudley Boyz and Edge and Christian to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship
SmackDown!May 24, 2001,Anaheim, California
****1/4

May 31 SmackDown Steve Austin beats Chris Benoit to retain the WWF Title. ****1/4
I know a lot of people have given this match around *****, but it doesn't hold up. Especially with all the hype.

~ 6-4-01 Steve Austin defeats Jericho to retain the WWF title. ***1/4

~6-11-01 Kurt Angle beats Chris Benoit in a cage match. ****