• WWF WrestleMania X-Seven began with the promotional commercial and an
unbelieveable fireworks display as Jim Ross and Paul Heyman welcomed us to
the program with Limp Bizkit's 'My Way' playing in the background.
• Intercontinental Championship: Chris Jericho versus William Regal
- After Regal entered the ring, the two competitors exchanged moves back and
forth. Jericho set Regal up for the Jerichosault, but Regal put his legs up
and hurt Jericho. He exposed the turnbuckle in the corner and threw Jericho
into it repeated times. Finally, he hit the Regal Stretch and, as Jericho
was about to tap out, he reached the rope. Jericho was able to come back
with a front facebuster, a supelx, and finally his Jerichosault for the win.
- Winner and Still Champion: Chris Jericho by pinfall
• Backstage: Bradshaw went on a rant with Faarooq and Jackie on how
important WrestleMania actually was, especially in his home state of Texas.
Eventually, they got so fired up that they left the APA office and made
their way to the ring.
• APA/Tazz versus Right to Censor
- A brawl began outside the ring before the match as Tazz suplexed Bull
Buchanan. Tazz was then manhandled by the RTC before making a tag to
Bradshaw. Bradshaw suplexed Val Venis off the top rope as The Goodfather
and Buchanan double powerbombed Faarooq. Bradshaw then hit the lariat to
win the match in his home state of Texas.
- Winners: APA and Tazz by pinfall
• Backsatge: Linda McMahon was shown being rolled through the halls by Trish
Stratus as her daughter stopped her and said that she was the only child
that turned out OK. Stephanie then showed her "Daddy's Girl" shirt and
asked Trish to get strawberries and champagne for her father's victory. She
then gave Trish instructions on how to crush the ice.
• Hardcore Championship: Raven vs. Kane vs. Big Show
- Raven attacked Kane before the Big Show entered the ring. Kane then threw
Raven over the ropes to the Show as he caught him. Kane went to the top for
his flying clothesline, hit it, and then took the other competitors through
the crowd and backstage. Big Show took Raven and threw him into a caged
room and locked the door. Kane soon ripped the locked door open as all
three men continued to fight. Raven was then thrown through a glass window
as Show threw Kane through a metal door and fought with him. The two
behemiths then busted through a balsa wood wall connecting rooms as Raven
got in a golf cart and tried to drive away. Wight stopped him as Kane got
on another golf cart with the referee and partially ran over Raven. The
continued fighting and even went upstairs and out of the backstage area and
onto the stage. Show then picked up Raven to throw him over, but Kane
kicked Show and both men fell into a box. Kane then jumped off the stage
onto them for the pin and win.
- Winner and New Champion: Kane by pinfall
• Backstage: Kurt Angle was shown watching some tape on Chris Benoit as Edge
& Christian entered trying to cheer him up. Angle tried to make sense of
him never officially tapping out to Benoit as Edge & Christian left.
• The WWF went to WWF New York and showed Jimmy Snuka standing on a ledge in
the crowd. Earlier tonight, Freddie Blassie, Afa, and Captain Lou Albano
were at the resturant doing some commentary for Heat.
• European Championship: Test versus Eddie Guerrero
- Eddie Guerrero went for a huricanrana from the top rope, but Test kept his
legs down and stayed up top for a flying, spinning elbow. Test's right leg
then got stuck in the ropes as Guerrero took advantage for a good portion of
the match. Test then caught Guerrero for a spinning powerbomb and took the
advantage. Guerrero distracted the referee so Saturn could get a shot in,
but Test hit the pumphandle slam and knocked Saturn off the apron for only a
two count. Test hit a kick for a pinfall, but Dean Malenko ran in and
pulled hisl eg off. Finally, Guerrero hit Test with the belt for the
pinfall.
- Winner and New Champion: Eddie Guerrero
• Michael Cole Interview: Mick Foley
- Mick Foley explained that he would not be bias even though Vince McMahon
hated him and tried to get rid of him. Foley then took a cheap pop saying
he would do what he needed to in Houston, Texas.
• Chris Benoit versus Kurt Angle
- The match began with both men putting on a fantastic technical battle. It
lasted throughout the match with Benoit getting the crossface partially on a
few times, but Angle got to the ropes. Angle then, after a while, leveled
Benoit and threw him out of the ring. Angle then hit a great belly-to-belly
suplex as Benoit took control once again. Benoit hit his two consecutive
suplexes as Angle took him down for the ankle lock. Benoit reached the
ropes, but put the ankle lock on Angle himself. Angle got out quickly, but
Benoit put him in the Crippler Crossface and Angle reversed it for a
pinfall. He only got a two count as Angle put the crossface on Benoit, but
he reached the ropes. Angle was then thrown into a referee as Benoit put
the Crossface on and he tapped out. The referee, though, didn't see it and
Benoit tried to pick him up. Angle then picked Benoit up from behind and
hit the Olympic Slam for a two count. Angle didn't know what else to do so
he went for a moonsault; Benoit picked his legs up and blocked it. Benoit
then hit his flying headbut and went for a suplex, but Angle was able to
roll him up for the pinfall.
- Winner: Kurt Angle by pinfall
• Michael Cole Interview: William Regal
- Regal told Cole that he did not want to talk as he found Kamala dancing
atop his desk in his office.
• Kevin Kelly Interview: Kurt Angle
- Kelly told Angle he wrestled a great contest and asked if he now respected
Benoit. He said he didn't as Benoit attacked him from behind and put the
Crossface on. Angle tapped once again as referees tried to pry Benoit's
hands off of him.
• Women's Championship: Ivory versus Chyna
- Ivory attacked Chyna at the outstart of the match, but Chyna soon took
over totatly dominating Ivory. Chyna then hit the powerbomb and simply laid
on top of Ivory with a smug look for the pinfall.
- Winner and New Champion: Chyna by pinfall
• Michael Cole Interview: Vince McMahon
- Backstage, Vince McMahon was asking his family (and Trish) if Linda
McMahon was given a double dosage. Vince then began to get riled up as
Michael Cole entered and asked what Vince thought about the whole situation
with Shane and WCW. Vince said he didn't want to talk about it and left the
locker room.
• Shane McMahon Interview.
- Shane McMahon gave a shout out to all of his new found friends at WCW. He
then pointed to a skybox where wrestlers like Lance Storm, Mike Awesome,
etc. were sitting (the WWF gave them a title of "WCW Wrestlers" with the
Monday Nitro fire plating. Shane then introdued Mick Foley as the special
guest referee of the match.
• Street Fight: Vince McMahon versus Shane McMahon
* Special referee: Mick Foley
- As Shane McMahon entered the ring, his name tag was "WCW Chairman." Vince
McMahon began the match punching his son into a corner. Shane came back
with a clothesline and a spear as he beat on his father. Shane then droped
about two elbows on Vince as Stephanie ran into the ring and slapped Shane.
He then hit a baseball slide on Vince as he hit him many times outside with
a steel plate. Shane then went to the top of the railing and hit a flying
clothesline before taking a kendo stick and hitting his father repeatedly
with it on the back. Shane began to jump up and down like a boxer and hit a
few punches and a foru punch combo knocking his father out. he then placed
his father on the Spanish announce table and went on the top rope to jump on
his father. As he lept for the flying elbow, Stephanie pulled Vince off the
table; Foley spoke to Shane as he was on the ground as Linda McMahon was
wheeled down by Trish. Trish began to pick up Vince and relive him, but she
slapped him instead finally getting back at him and began to fight with
Stephanie. Trish tackled her into the ring apron and brought her in the
ring to smack her and beat the heck out of her. Foley then picked Stephanie
up and she slapped him as Trish and Stephanie ran down the aisleway. Vince
then looked at Linda and called her a name as he grouped his fists and
began to walk towards Linda. Foley made it just in time and told Vince
"don't you dare" and told him to "back it up." As Foley turned his back to
wheel Linda away, Vince smacked Foley with a chair twice and threw the chair
in the ring. Vince then picked Linda off the chair and roled her int he
ring as he went over, kicked Shane, and finally entered the ring. He then
picked Linda up and sat her on a chair in the corner as he rolled Shane in
and threw multiple trash cans in the ring. As Vince went to hit Shane with
the third trash can, Linda got up, kicked him in the genitals, and Foley
entered the ring to beat Vince down into the corner. Linda then walked out
of the ring as Foley ran his knee into Vince's face. Shane then placed
Vince into the corner and made him hold a trash can as he hit Rob Van Dam's
Van Terminator on his father for the pinfall and the win.
- Winner: Shane McMahon by pinfall
• TLC II Tag Team Championship: Dudley Boyz vs. Hardy Boyz vs. Edge &
Christian
- A brawl began with a chair and ladder already in the ring. Matt was
placed in a tree of woe as everyone else continued to brawl. Two ladders
were set up as each Hardy hit a splash and guillotine leg drop respectively;
D-Von hit a flying headbut as Buh Buh called for the table. Buh Buh then
powerbombed Jeff onto Edge who was on a table as the Dudleyz set up four
tables in two sets of two. Three ladders were then set up as all six men
went for the belts. Two fell onto the ropes on one side as two fell onto
the ropes on the other side, and Buh Buh and Edge fell off the sides of the
middle ladder. Spike Dudley then ran in and hit the Acid Drop off of a
ladder and another one off of the turnbuckles onto a table on the outside of
the ring. Rhyno then entered the ring and ran the Dudleyz down with a speer
and even ran Matt into a table. Rhyno then set up a table and placed Edge
on it as Lita ran in and pulled him down. Lita hit a huricanrana on Rhyno
as Spike hit him with a chair into Edge who went into the ropes. The Dudlez
then hit a Dudleyville Device on Rhyno and the 3D on Lita as Edge climbed
back in and hit both with a chair. Jeff then climbed an extra tall ladder
outside and did a swanton bomb onto Rhyno and Spike who were laying on a two
tables below. Four ladders (including the extra tall ladder) were set up in
the ring as D-Von and Chrstian hung from the ring and kicked each other just
like last year. Christian then fell without getting the title as Jeff
walked across two ladders onto a third, but fell down. He set up another
ladder and began to hang on the rings as Edge climbed the extra tall ladder
in the corner and speared him off of the rings onto the canvas. As Buh Buh
and Matt were both on the extra tall ladder, Rhyno pushed them over the
ropes and into the four ladders set up outside the ring. As Edge pulled
D-Von down from the ladder, Rhyno pushed Christian up to grab both belts and
win.
- Winners and New Champions: Edge & Christian
• Before the Gimmick Battle Royal began, the special guests at WWF AXXESS,
Bobby "The Brian" Heenan and "Mene" Gene Okerlund entered the ringside area
to do guest commentating for this match.
• Gimmick Battle Royal
- [Order of Elimination: Gobbeldy Gooker, Tugboat, Earthquake, Kimchee,
Luke, Jim Cornette, The Goon, Butch, Doink the Clown, Michael Hayes, One Man
Gang, Kamala, Brother Love, Sgt. Slaughter, Hillbilly Jim]
- The match began. The match ended. Following the match, Sgt. Slaughter
entered and fought the Sheik. Slaughter then knocked the Sheik out and
walked out on top.
- Gimmick Battle Royal Winner: Iron Sheik
• Triple H versus Undertaker
- Motorhead played Triple H's theme song live at WrestleMania X-Seven as The
Game made his way to the ring. The match began oon the outside of the ring
as The Undertaker threw Triple H into the second Spanish announce table.
The Undertaker took advantage of Triple H early on and hit him with a flying
clothesline and went to the top rope for his infamous maneuver, but Triple H
reversed it. Eventually Triple H went outside the ring to get a
sledgehammer, but the referee took it away. Triple H then went for a
pedigree, but The Undertaker reversed it into a slingshot, knocking the
referee out in the corner. The Undertaker then chokeslamed Triple H as the
referee counted a two. The Undertaker got upset and attacked the referee.
Both men then fought into the crowd and eventually to a technical set up
area. With a camera on top, both men fought as Triple H pumelled The
Undertaker with a chair more than ten times. As Triple H went for another
chair shot, The Undertaker grabbed his neck and threw him over the top and
onto the concrete floor (which was actually a huge foam pad.) As an EMT
checked on him, The Undertaker jumped off the technical area and onto Triple
H with an elbow drop. Both men layed spralled out on the foam as EMTs
checked on them. Eventually they made their way back to the ring as The
Undertaker picked up the sledgehammer, but Triple H kicked him in the
genitals. Triple H then went for the sledge, but The Undertaker gave him a
boot to the fence. Triple H went for a tombstone, but The Undertaker
countered it and hit the Tombstone Piledriver for the first time in quite
some time. However, the referee was still out and could not count so The
Undertaker picked him up for the Last Ride. At the same time, Triple H had
the sledgehammer and hit Taker in the back with it for a two count. As
Triple H was punching him in the corner, The Undertaker picked him up and
hit the Last Ride for the pinfall.
- Winner: The Undertaker by pinfall
• No Disqualification Heavyweight Championship: The Rock versus Steve Austin
- Both men exchanged hands as Steve Austin went for a belt shot early on; he
missed. Austin then pounced on The Rock and punched him as The Rock went
for a Rock Bottom, missed, Austin went for a stunner, missed, The Rock went
for a stunner, missed, and The Rock was eventually thrown over the top rope.
The two superstars then entered the crowd for a short while, but returned to
the ring. Austin hit a superplex and took off a turnbuckle pad as The Rock
threw him over the top rope. Austin, while on the outside, hit The Rock
with a ring bell and threw him on top of the commentating booth. Nothing
happened, but as Austin walked away it collapsed and The Rock was busted
open. After Austin beat him for a while, The Rock exploded out of the
corner with a forearm and threw Austin into the exposed corner. The Rock
then used the belt and hit Austin with it as the crowd booed. Austin kicked
out after two as The Rock stalked him and punched him repeatedly. Austin
then did a slingshot into the ring post as The Rock hit it directly with his
head. Austin used a monitor to hit The Rock in the head as he rolled him in
the ring for a two count. Austin then gave The Rock two middle fingers as
he went for the stunner, but The Rock caught his leg and put him in a
Sharpshooter. Austin went for the rope, but got dragged away; he inched
back and hit the rope making The Rock release the hold. Austin then took
The Rock's leg out from under him and put him in a Sharpshooter of his own,
but The Rock got out. Austin put him in it once again, but The Rock got the
rope. The referee told him to release the hold, but Austin gave him the
fingers and kept it on a few seconds longer. Austin then went back to his
Ringmaster roots and used the Million Dollar Dream on The Rock. The Rock
reversed it into a pinning combination as Austin kicked out with almost no
time left. The Rock reversed an Irish whip and hit a Stunner on Austin for
a two count. As this occured, Vince McMahon made his way to the ring and
Austin gave The Rock a spinebuster for two. The Rock hit a spinebuster of
his own and decided to go for a People's Elbow for another two count becuase
McMahon pulled The Rock's leg off. The Rock began to chance McMahon around
the ring and finally into the ring where Austin hit a Rock Bottom for a two
count. As Austin went for a Stunner, The Rock threw him into the referee.
Austin then told McMahon to come into the ring with the chair and hit The
Rock. He did so as McMahon rolled the referee back into the ring for
another two count. As Austin went to hit The Rock with a chair, The Rock
reversed it into a Rock Bottom and pulled himself up to bring McMahon into
the ring and beat on him. Austin then hit a Stunner as The Rock kicked out
and McMahon got up with a chair. Austin took the chair from McMahon and hit
The Rock with it for another two count. Austin then pummelled The Rock with
the chair over and over with McMahon encouraging him. Finally he got the
pinfall to become the new Heavyweight Champion. Following the match he
shook hands with McMahon and raised the belt in all his glory. He then
called for beers for both himself and McMahon who chugged and celebrated
some more. As The Rock got back up, Austin hit him with the title belt and
drank another beer with McMahon.
- Winner and New Champion: Steve Austin by pinfall
