10 Best WWE Pay-Per-Views: 2000 - 2002

Some incredible events
Some incredible events

#6 No Way Out 2001

Epic battles
Epic battles

The 2001 Royal Rumble was a great show. WrestleMania X-7 was a great show, so what about the in between pay-per-view? Yep, No Way Out 2001 was one fantastic show too!

The event opened with The Big Show defeating Raven to become WWE Hardcore Champion. It was a short one at just under five minutes, but it was decent for that time and especially considering the size difference.

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Chris Jericho retained the Intercontinental Championship over Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero and X-Pac in an exciting Fatal Four Way, lots of action here.

Stephanie McMahon and Trish Stratus were up next. This was before Trish actually trained to wrestle (and become the best ever) and Steph was never any good in the ring.

However, this was a pretty entertaining match, especially for two non-workers. Steph pinned Trish following interference from William Regal.

Right To Censor leader Steven Richards pinned Jerry Lawler in a match next. Due to his loss, The Kat had to join RTC because of this.

She was fired later that week and King quit then too, so WWE pretended this match didn't exist less than a week after it happened.

The Dudley Boyz retained the Tag Team titles in a Triple Threat over Edge and Christian and The Undertaker and Kane, following interference from Rikishi and Haku. It was an okay effort.

The Rock pinned Kurt Angle after two consecutive Rock Bottoms in the main event to win his sixth WWE Championship. It was an excellent match.

As good as Rock and Angle was, the best match of the night goes to the first ever three Stages of Hell, which pitted longtime rivals Triple H and Steve Austin finally ending their legendary feud.

Austin won the first fall, a standard match. The Game won the second, a Street Fight and then would also win the third, a Steel Cage. It was an epic battle.

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