Before the event aired live on pay-per-view,
Matt Hardy defended the
WWF European Championship against
Justin Credible in a match that aired live on
Sunday Night Heat. Hardy's
valet Lita hit Credible with a
Diving Hurricanrana. Hardy
pinned Credible to retain the European Championship.
Preliminary matches As the show began, the semi-final round of the King of the Ring tournament started with
Kurt Angle wrestling against
his teammate Christian. Angle dominated the match earlier on and tried to
finish it quickly but Christian started getting momentum over Angle. Angle quickly regained momentum by hitting Christian with a series of
suplexes. Christian eventually hit Angle with a
Spinning Heel Kick. Christian started dominating the match until
Shane McMahon interfered in the match and prevented Christian from winning the match. Angle took advantage and hit Christian with an
Olympic Slam for the victory. The next match in the semi-final was between
Edge and
Rhyno. Rhyno dominated most of the match and untied a turnbuckle pad. Both men eventually knocked out each other by
Spearing and hitting a Gore on each other. Rhyno tried to hit another Gore on Edge but Edge avoided the move and Rhyno hit the untied turnbuckle. Edge followed by hitting Rhyno with an Edgecution to advance to the final round. The third match was
Dudley Boyz's (
Bubba Ray Dudley and
D-Von Dudley) scheduled title defense of the
WWF Tag Team Championship against
Spike Dudley and a mystery partner. The mystery partner was revealed to be the current Intercontinental champion
Kane. Spike battled the Dudley Boyz for most of the match until Kane was tagged in. Kane dominated the Dudley Boyz until Spike was tagged in again. Spike hit Bubba with a Dudley Dog and tried to pin Bubba for the victory. However, D-Von prevented Spike from pinning Bubba and the Dudley Boyz hit Spike with a 3-D to retain the Tag Team Championship. won the 2001 King of the Ring tournament. The fourth match was the final round of the King of the Ring tournament between Kurt Angle and Edge. Angle focused on Edge's ribs that were injured during his match with Rhyno. Angle dominated most of the match against Edge before applying an
Ankle Lock on Edge. Edge reversed the hold into a pinfall but Christian distracted the
referee to prevent Edge from winning the match. Angle applied another Ankle Lock on Edge and Edge tapped out to the hold but the match continued as the referee was still distracted. Shane McMahon interfered in the match by spearing Angle. Edge followed it by hitting Angle with an Edgecution to win the 2001 King of the Ring tournament. The fifth match pitted
Jeff Hardy defending the
WWF Light Heavyweight Championship against
X-Pac. Hardy dominated earlier part of the match until X-Pac got control of the match. Throughout the match, Hardy and X-Pac did
cruiserweight action. In the closing moments of the match, X-Pac hit Hardy with an X-Factor and pinned him. However, as the match ended, the referee realized that Hardy's foot was on the rope and the match continued. Hardy executed a Swanton Bomb and got the pinfall to retain the Light Heavyweight Championship.
Main event matches Before the
Street Fight between Kurt Angle and Shane McMahon occurred,
Diamond Dallas Page invited
The Undertaker to the ring as videos of DDP's personal life were being aired by Undertaker's wife Sara throughout the event. Undertaker and DDP had a confrontation which quickly turned into a brawl. Undertaker began dominating the brawl until DDP escaped the arena through the crowd, while Sara videotaped him leaving. After that, the Street Fight match between Angle and McMahon began. The match went back and forth as Angle dominated earlier part of the match until McMahon got control of the match. The action spilled outside the ring with both men using weapons and items of the arena on each other. A notable part of the match occurred when Angle failed to suplex McMahon through a plate glass window, which was a part of the set. It took multiple attempts to break the glass, with each failure resulting in McMahon landing on his head and neck. Angle performed an Angle Slam on McMahon
from the top rope to win the match. defended the
WWF Championship against
Chris Benoit and
Chris Jericho at King of the Ring. The
main event was a
Triple Threat match for the
WWF Championship.
Stone Cold Steve Austin defended the title against
Chris Jericho and
Chris Benoit. Benoit and Jericho chased Austin outside the ring and forced him to return to the ring. Austin started attacking Benoit until Benoit and Jericho double-teamed Austin. After Austin was attacked, Benoit and Jericho battled each other. Jericho trapped Austin in the Walls of Jericho until Benoit suplexed Jericho outside the ring. Benoit then locked in the Crossface on Austin. The action continued as all the three men continued to attack each other. At one point in the match, both Jericho and Benoit forced Austin to submit to the Walls of Jericho and Crippler Crossface at the same time. However, since there could be only one winner, the match continued. The
WCW Champion Booker T made his WWF debut and attacked Austin with a Scissors Kick and a belly-to-back suplex through an announce table. Benoit would follow by executing a back-suplex off the top-rope on Jericho, which legitimately broke Benoit's neck. Austin would crawl over to Benoit and pin him to retain the WWF Championship. ==Aftermath==