King of the Ring 2001

2001
King of the Ring 2001 took place on June 24, 2001 at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
 * Sunday Night HEAT match: Matt Hardy (w/Lita) defeated Justin Credible to retain the WWF European Championship (7:03)
 * Hardy pinned Credible after a Diving Hurricarana from Lita.
 * KOTR Semi-Final: Kurt Angle defeated Christian (8:17)
 * Angle pinned Christian after an Angle Slam.
 * KOTR Semi-Final: Edge defeated Rhyno (8:52)
 * Edge pinned Rhyno after an Edgecution.
 * The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) defeated Kane and Spike Dudley to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship (8:32)
 * Bubba pinned Spike after a 3D.
 * KOTR Final: Edge defeated Kurt Angle to win the King of the Ring tournament (10:21)
 * Shane McMahon ran in during the match, attacking Angle.
 * Edge pinned Angle after an Edgecution.
 * Jeff Hardy defeated X-Pac to retain the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (7:11)
 * Jeff pinned X-Pac after a Swanton Bomb.
 * During intermission, Diamond Dallas Page confronted The Undertaker.
 * Kurt Angle defeated Shane McMahon in a Street Fight (26:00)
 * Angle pinned Shane after a Super Angle Slam.
 * Steve Austin defeated Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit in a Triple Threat match to retain the WWF Championship (27:52)
 * Austin pinned Benoit after Benoit hit a back suplex on Jericho off the top rope.
 * Half-way through the match, Booker T made his WWF debut by attacking Austin and putting him through the Spanish announce table.

The tournament took place between June 4 and June 24 2001. The tournament brackets were: