Vengeance 2001 Review

One company, one champion...for now at least.

Scotty 2 Hotty and Albert defeated Christian and Test (6:20)
Albert pinned Christian after a Baldo Bomb.
**
Good for 6 minutes.

Edge defeated William Regal to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship (9:06)
Edge pinned Regal after a spear.
**
I hated this feud. It was just kicking off.

Jeff Hardy defeated Matt Hardy (w/Lita as guest referee) (12:32)
Jeff pinned Matt after a Swanton Bomb. Matt's foot was on the bottom rope during the pin but Lita didn't see it.
**
Dissapointing.

The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) (w/Stacy Keibler) defeated The Big Show and Kane to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship (6:49)
Bubba Ray pinned Big Show after a Hotshot into an exposed turnbuckle.
¾*
Crap.

The Undertaker defeated Rob Van Dam to win the WWF Hardcore Championship (11:04)
Undertaker pinned RVD after a Chokeslam off the stage through a set of tables.
***1/2
Fun crap (different from the last match).

Trish Stratus defeated Jacqueline to retain the WWF Women's Championship (3:26)
Trish pinned Jacqueline with a Back slide.
½*
Jackie stiffs the shit out of Trish here.

Steve Austin defeated Kurt Angle to retain the WWF Championship (15:01)
Austin pinned Angle after a Stone Cold Stunner.
***1/4
Not their best, but their worst is better than most people's best.

Chris Jericho defeated The Rock to win the World Championship (19:05)
Jericho pinned Rock after a Rock Bottom.
****1/4
The best match these two ever had against one another, IMO.

World Champion Chris Jericho defeated Steve Austin to win the WWF Championship (12:31)
Jericho pinned Austin after Booker T hit Austin with the WWF Championship belt to unify the titles.
Jericho became the first WWF Undisputed Champion.
***
Good stuff.

~ 4 Of the last 5 matches were *** or better. One was a MOTY candidate. First half was mediocre though. Solid enough none the less.