On this day in Pro Wrestling history on June 24th 2001, the WWF aired ‘King of the Ring 2001’ on PPV from the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
This night also marks the WWF Debut of 5 time WCW World Heavyweight Champion Booker T, who interfered in the main event.
Match of the night was easily the street fight between Kurt Angle and Shane McMahon, a match that people still talk about today.
Here’s the full card including the results:
Semi-Final match
Kurt Angle defeated Christian
Semi-Final match
Edge defeated Rhyno
WWF Tag Team Championship
The Dudley Boyz defeated Kane and Spike Dudley
Final match
Edge defeated Kurt Angle
WWF Light Heavyweight Championship
Jeff Hardy defeated X-Pac
Street Fight
Kurt Angle defeated Shane McMahon
WWF Championship
Steve Austin defeated Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho
