Speaker 1: What is up, guys. Welcome back to the fall Count.
Speaker 1: I'm your host, he fall In. Today we're hopping into
Speaker 1: our wrestling time machine to revisit one of the wildest,
Speaker 1: most chaotic years in wrestling history two thousand and one.
Speaker 1: We are talking about the peak of the Attitude era's fallout.
Speaker 1: Just months before this show, Vince McMahon did the unthinkable
Speaker 1: and bought out wc W. Then he scooped up the
Speaker 1: remains of ECW, creating a massive, bloated roster of hungry,
Speaker 1: talented fighters. Now this brings us to the fourth annual
Speaker 1: Summer Slam, happening on August nineteenth, two thousand and one,
Speaker 1: at the Kopack Center in Saint Jose. It has massive
Speaker 1: shoes to fill because the giant event in July Invasion
Speaker 1: pay per view did a monstrous seven hundred and seventy
Speaker 1: five thousand buys, the most for any non WrestleMania event
Speaker 1: ever up to this point. SummerSlam kept that momentum alive
Speaker 1: with five hundred and sixty five thousand buys. Business was booming,
Speaker 1: which was great because WWE was losing a fortune on
Speaker 1: the XFL that year. Now, one major star is missing
Speaker 1: from the mix, and that was Triple H who is
Speaker 1: out with a horrific torn quad suffrage back in May.
Speaker 1: In his absence, the entire summer was carried by the
Speaker 1: ultimate family feud, Shane and Stephanie joining forces with the
Speaker 1: Alliance to get control of sports entertainment of WWE from
Speaker 1: their father, Vince McMahon. Now, as the Pyro explodes for
Speaker 1: this event, Jim Ross is on the mic alongside Paul Hayman,
Speaker 1: who is filling in after Jerry Lawler quit earlier in
Speaker 1: the year because his wife at the time the Cat
Speaker 1: was fired. Now, Hayman was incredible on Collar commentary, and
Speaker 1: he was hyped to see one of his Alliance Crown
Speaker 1: Jewels kick off the night. First matchup the evening, it's
Speaker 1: the Innercondinal title. It's Lancestorm the champion taking on Edge. Now,
Speaker 1: the drama peaks when Christian runs down to help his
Speaker 1: brother Edge. At this point, Christian is Edge's brother For
Speaker 1: some strange reason. In the future, Christian is no longer
Speaker 1: a blood relative and he is just a best friend. Craziness. Christian,
Speaker 1: though accidentally spears Edge. Landstorm hits Christian with a super
Speaker 1: kick and covers Edge, who barely kicks out, Edge recovers
Speaker 1: in plant Storm with the devastating educution DDT to score
Speaker 1: the three count and become the new inner Continental Champion. Now, postmatch,
Speaker 1: Christian hands Edge the Intercontinental title, but there's some tension
Speaker 1: lingering looks between both men. Now this match with a
Speaker 1: solid three or four stars if you like that stuff.
Speaker 1: While I thought splitting up edging Christian this early was
Speaker 1: a mistake, it did set up a great robbery where
Speaker 1: Christian would turn heel when the title at unforgiven, and
Speaker 1: then Edge would win it back in a ladder match
Speaker 1: at no mercy. But as WWE celebrated edges win, things
Speaker 1: got tense backstage, where Michael Cole was standing by with
Speaker 1: the Alliance. Michael Cole asks Tests why he turned his
Speaker 1: back on WWE enjoy the Alliance. Test snaps back. He
Speaker 1: says the WWE turned there on him first, and calls
Speaker 1: the Dudly Boys the greatest tag team in the business
Speaker 1: because they actually understand loyalty, do they really now? While
Speaker 1: Test vows to prove his loyalty tonight, the Dudley's just
Speaker 1: stare and just stare. Speaking of backstage talk, Chris Jericho
Speaker 1: was waiting in the wings to deliver a few choice
Speaker 1: words of his own. Now Jericho is with Lily and Garcia,
Speaker 1: who he repeatedly calls Vivian I can understand being confused.
Speaker 1: He hypes up his upcoming match with Rhino before launching
Speaker 1: into classic attitude era jokes about Stephanie McMahon's new implants
Speaker 1: in the long list of guys from her high school
Speaker 1: that want to get back with her. He promises to
Speaker 1: do something to write on that Stephanie has no concept
Speaker 1: of leave him flat my God up next, though, with
Speaker 1: Apa and Spike Dudley representing the WWE taking on the
Speaker 1: Deadly Boys in newly turned Test. Now, Spikedudley tries a
Speaker 1: Dudley Dog on Test, but Test counters launching the little
Speaker 1: guy over the top rope straight through a table on
Speaker 1: the outside. Auchi back in the ring, jbl unleashes a
Speaker 1: brutal clothesline from Hell on Tests, but as he goes
Speaker 1: for the cover, the referee is distracted by Spike Dudley's
Speaker 1: broken dead body on the outside. Shane mcmahonnon slides in
Speaker 1: corrects Bradshaw over the head with a steel chair and
Speaker 1: Test covers one win the Alliance. Now this is fun.
Speaker 1: It's fast page, but Spike taking that table bump was insane,
Speaker 1: like the camera. Then that's backstage and we're just like, oh,
Speaker 1: that's by Tudley's dead. Let's go backstage though, the Edge
Speaker 1: celebrating his win, where Christian gets a call on his
Speaker 1: chunky two thousand and one Nokia break phone. He tells
Speaker 1: Edge it's their grandma Edna, but when Edge takes the phone,
Speaker 1: she has already hung up talking to Edge but not
Speaker 1: to Christian. The arena gets a good laugh out of this,
Speaker 1: but this is clearly the beginning of Christian being much
Speaker 1: much more angry to Edge. Not about the title, it's
Speaker 1: about the grandma hanging up on him. Now we're going backstage.
Speaker 1: Debra is looking over a stone cold Steve Auston's schedule
Speaker 1: when Sean Stasiac, of all people, walks in without knocking.
Speaker 1: Stasiac playing the lovable idiot trying to impress Austin apologizes
Speaker 1: and points out his pink star covered tights that's say
Speaker 1: Mecca on the back. He confesses he doesn't even know
Speaker 1: what mecca means. Deborah tells him she doesn't care, orders
Speaker 1: him to kick some but it reminds him to knock
Speaker 1: next time. With Austin's room cleared, it was time to
Speaker 1: head back to the ring for a historic double title
Speaker 1: unification match. It's to Jerry the late Heavyweight Champion versus
Speaker 1: expoc who is the WCW Cruiserweight Champion. Now, this was
Speaker 1: the final time the WWE Light Heavyweight title was ever
Speaker 1: defended on a pay per view before being retired in
Speaker 1: favor of the cruiseweight title. Now, the ending is when
Speaker 1: Albert runs down to distract to Jerry. To Jerry turned
Speaker 1: sprays Albert directly in the eyes, blinding him for life.
Speaker 1: Wait he doesn't know My notes say he's he's not blind, okay, spies.
Speaker 1: But as to Jerry turns back around, x Pot catches
Speaker 1: him with a lightning fast X Factor facebuster to win
Speaker 1: the match and unify the titles. There you go. If
Speaker 1: you go to a Friday Night Wrestling two thousand and
Speaker 1: one trivia night and they ask you this question, who
Speaker 1: is the last technically rating defending like heavyweight champion, I
Speaker 1: guess you'd say it's xpoc ork to Jerry. After that, though,
Speaker 1: we are going to Chris Jericho versus Rhino, which I
Speaker 1: think is a very very good match, and Rhino is
Speaker 1: with Stephanie McMahon. Now, Jericho had been tormenting Stephanie for weeks,
Speaker 1: talking about her implants, talking about how instead of the
Speaker 1: bodies will hit the floor drowning pool the theme song
Speaker 1: it's the boobies will hit the floor. Who you know?
Speaker 1: Everyone thinks ninety eight ninety nine as oh oh, that
Speaker 1: was crazy. Here we are two thousand and one, still
Speaker 1: doing it. The ending, though, is when Stephanie is screaming
Speaker 1: at the ref on the apron, Jericho decides to pull
Speaker 1: her into a passionate kiss that makes no sense. The
Speaker 1: crowd erupts, Rhino tries to capitalize with the gore, but
Speaker 1: Jericho side steps. Rhino crashes in Jericho immediately locks in
Speaker 1: the walls of Jericho for the submission. Now Jericho wins,
Speaker 1: Stephanie throws a massive temper tantrument ringside in the crowd
Speaker 1: signs like SummerSlam MVP, Steph's breasts and Steph mcjugs are
Speaker 1: proudly displayed by children and grown adults. Repeat that again,
Speaker 1: Steph mcjuggs in SummerSlam, MVP Steph's breasts. Think about that,
Speaker 1: think about the We're going back stays it's the Rock,
Speaker 1: with Commissioner William Regel insisting he is ready for Booker
Speaker 1: t Just as the Rock asks Regal, do you feel
Speaker 1: the electricity? Do you smell it? Sean stays Yat comes in,
Speaker 1: charging out of nowhere to tackle the Rock. The Rock
Speaker 1: simply sidestep, stays the act. He crashes headfirst into a
Speaker 1: metal garbage door. Rock looks down and finishes, do you
Speaker 1: smell what the Rock is cooking? La? La la la
Speaker 1: from comedy. We go to straight high flying carnage because
Speaker 1: we're going to Jeff Hardy, who is the hardcore Champion
Speaker 1: defending his championship against Rob van dam And if he
Speaker 1: didn't do the thumbs when I said the name, I'm
Speaker 1: disappointed in you. I can do it again if you want.
Speaker 1: Here we go, Rob fan Damn. Some of you did
Speaker 1: it good few. It's an absolute classic rematch from Invasion.
Speaker 1: Even though RVD was healing the Alliance, the fan did
Speaker 1: not care. They loved him. Listen. Both men crash and
Speaker 1: burn multiple times in this match. This is the match
Speaker 1: that I think a lot of fans go back and
Speaker 1: remember the most from SummerSlam. Both men, though climb the
Speaker 1: ladder Jeff Hardy grabs onto the title belt dangling high
Speaker 1: above the ring. RVD quickly pushes the ladder out from
Speaker 1: under him, leaving Hardy hanging before he crashes violently onto
Speaker 1: the roofs RVD resets the ladder, climbs up and grabs
Speaker 1: the belt to become the new Hardcore Champion. It's hard
Speaker 1: to argue this is the match of the night. The
Speaker 1: chemistry between these two was pure magic and the pacing
Speaker 1: was flawless. They shared a nod of respect after the
Speaker 1: match as well, which the crowd loved. We're going back
Speaker 1: save Ze Booker t is gifted a broken piece of
Speaker 1: the announced table by Shane McMahon, promising to dedicate his
Speaker 1: match to him. Meanwhile, Undertaker, Cain and Sarah are shown
Speaker 1: walking to the ring. It's the Brothers of Destruction taken
Speaker 1: on DDP and Canyon inside of a steel cage. The
Speaker 1: winner take all steel cage match was for both the
Speaker 1: WWE and WCW titles. The storyline was awful, so we're
Speaker 1: gonna start right there. This storyline was awful. DDP, who
Speaker 1: is the People's Champion in WCW, was booked as a
Speaker 1: creepy stalker filming Undertaker's wife, Sarah Yuck Yuck. Sarah actually
Speaker 1: had the key to the cage around her neck, so
Speaker 1: there was no escaping through the doors as well, but
Speaker 1: they ruined DDP the ending though, realizing that they are doomed,
Speaker 1: Canyon climbs over the cage and escapes, leaving DDP alone.
Speaker 1: Undertaker corners DDP grabs him by the throat delivers a
Speaker 1: massive choke slam off the cage wall, followed by a
Speaker 1: last ride power bomb. Just just huw the pin and
Speaker 1: unify the titles. Why would Canon ever leave if it's
Speaker 1: pinfall too? This was this was just bad? Okay. Backstage,
Speaker 1: Sean Stasiat Trice, who attack the Rock again in the
Speaker 1: trainer's room, only to crash headfirst into the wall. As
Speaker 1: he's laid out, both locker rooms gather around the TVs
Speaker 1: because time for one of the matches of the night.
Speaker 1: Its Stone Colal Steve Auston defending his WWE champion against
Speaker 1: Kurt Engle. Now, the match was born out of Austin's
Speaker 1: shocking heel turn at Invasion. Engele was the intense, proud
Speaker 1: babyface challenger and the crowd was desperate for him to
Speaker 1: shot stole cold Steve Austin up now the ending though,
Speaker 1: Engle hits an angle slam, but Austin kicks out. Realizing
Speaker 1: he can't put Engle away, Austin goes full heel. He
Speaker 1: knocks out the first referee, hits a Lottle blow, starters
Speaker 1: a second referee, and hits a third with the championship bell.
Speaker 1: Engle fights back, hits another angle slam, but the Alliance referee,
Speaker 1: Nick Patrick, slides in instead of counting the pin, Patrick
Speaker 1: disqualifies Austin for attacking the officials. So technically Kurt Engle
Speaker 1: wins the match, but Austin retains the WWE Championship. Let's
Speaker 1: take a moment of silence for all those poor referees
Speaker 1: who took bumps from Stonecall C Boston today. Okay, now,
Speaker 1: it's an absolute masterpiece Austin, He'll work with legendary. Some
Speaker 1: might hate it, but other I love it. An angle
Speaker 1: fall like a true hero. Furious after the bell, Angle
Speaker 1: lock Nick Patrick in the ankle lock to a massive pop.
Speaker 1: This perfectly set up their emotional rematch at Unforgiven, where
Speaker 1: Angle would win the title in his hometown. But now
Speaker 1: it's time to go to the main event of the evening.
Speaker 1: It's the wc W Championship on the line, Booker T
Speaker 1: defending against the Rock. Can you believe it? The Rock
Speaker 1: in the WCW title in the main event of a
Speaker 1: Summer Slam. A year before this never would have called
Speaker 1: it now. The ending that was when Seae mcmhn tries
Speaker 1: to interfere, but APA's Bradshaw runs down and wipes him
Speaker 1: out with a brutal clothesline from hell inside the ring,
Speaker 1: Booker T goes for the sixers kick, but the Rock
Speaker 1: side steps plants them with a thunderous Rock Bottom to
Speaker 1: get the three Cow and become the new WCW champion.
Speaker 1: Now the Rock celebrates with a WCW title as the
Speaker 1: WWE locker room pops some champagne backstage. Hope by share
Speaker 1: some with the Rock. But what an incredible show from
Speaker 1: top to bottom, Austin versus Engle, RVD versus Hardy, and
Speaker 1: the ending on a high note of the Rock winning
Speaker 1: the big one, the WCW Championship. What did you guys
Speaker 1: think though of Summer Slim two thousand and one. Let
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