Christian stomps a mud-hole into Kurt. Angle comes back with a tilt-a-whirl slam. Kurt stomps on Christian in the corner. Corner-whip and Angle runs to the buckle. Gut shot and a swinging neck-breaker by Christian. Christian gets 2 and applies a choke. "Angle sucks" chants break out. Angle reverses a whip. Christian gets a sunset flip, but Angle rolls out. Christian blocks the Angle-lock and hammers Kurt. Christian blocks a belly to belly suplex, but Angle counters with one. Angle knocks Christian to the outside. Kurt stomps on him outside and slams Christian on the announce table. Christian is able to slam Angle's head to the ring steps. Angle gets tossed in, and Chris climbs up top. Kurt pushes him off, and Christian flies into the wall on the outside.

Angle rolls Christian in and gets a two count. Gut wrench slam by Angle. Backdrop suplex by Angle gets 2. Chris comes back with some rights but Kurt gets a kitchen sink-knee lift. Vertical suplex by Angle gets 2. Christian blocks another one with a small package for 2. Angle gets up first and hits another vertical suplex for 2. Christian reverses an Irish-whip, Angle ducks a clothesline, but Christian nails a leg lariat. Shane McMahon makes his presence known to Kurt at ringside. Angle misses his moonsault, and Christian covers Kurt for 2. Christian's inverted DDT into a backbreaker gets 2. Angle rakes the eyes and gets a waist-lock. Standing switch and Christian goes for the Unprettier. Angle gets a reverse single-leg takedown and applies the Angle-lock. Christian fights to the ropes.

Kurt pulls him up and goes for an Olympic Slam. Christian blocks it and nails the Unprettier. Christian covers. Shane pulls him out before the ref can hit 3. Christian is on the apron. Kurt Olympic slams Christian over the ropes and into the ring for 3. Angle wins and advances to the finals at 8:15.

**1/4. Decent enough opener, match should have been longer. So Shane wants Angle worn out for their street fight later.

Rhino spits in Edge's face, and Edge answers with some rights. Rhino gets a whip, but Edge reverses it and gets a leg lariat. Edge lays it in the corner. Corner whip by Edge, and he gets a reverse elbow from Rhino. Rhino whips Edge and charges. Edge backdrops him over the ropes, but Rhino lands on the apron and tries to slam Edge's head to the corner. Edge blocks it and slams Rhino's head to the corner. Rhino gets a dropkick from Edge and falls to the floor.

Edge goes outside and clubs the back of Rhino. Edge is able to crotch him on the security wall and clotheslines him off. Rhino gets whipped by Edge back-first into the wall, but is able to come back with a hotshot on Edge to the security barricade. Edge gets slammed to the wall, and Rhino goes back in. Rhino pulls of the middle turnbuckle pad and whips Edge ribs-first into the metal bolt. The rookie monster works on Edge in the corner and whips him to the opposite. Running shoulder-thrust to the corner by Rhino. Rhino rams the knee to Edge's face and gets a two count. Irish-whip and an abdomen punch by Rhino. Rhino applies a body scissor hold on Edge. Edge's shoulders go down for 2. Edge gets out of the hold, but Rhino gets a kitchen sink knee lift on Edge. Sit-down front powerslam by Rhino. Rhino goes up top and nails a Big Splash on Edge. Only gets 2.

Edge comes back with a boot in the corner and a hotshot on Rhino. Manhattan drop by Edge, and a clothesline. Edge with a fall behind neck-breaker. Edge is really favoring the ribs, but goes up top anyway. Rhino crotches him and goes for a super-plex. Edge punches Rhino and gets a sit-down sunset flip powerbomb off the top for 2. Rhino reverses a whip and gets a spinebuster and is ready for the Gore. Edge gets up. Rhino goes for the Gore, Edge goes for his spear. They both hit each other and get knocked out. Rhino stirs up after a 6-count and drapes an arm over Edge for 2. Edge gets a waist-lock into a rollup for 2. Rhino goes for the Gore again, but Edge dodges it and slams him to the exposed bolt. Edge nails the Impaler and gets 3. Edge wins and advances to the finals to meet Kurt Angle at 8:50.

**. Decent match. Why do I have a feeling the WWF is going to screw up the tournament yet again? Edge is still favoring his hurt ribs quite heavily.

Kane comes in and double-clotheslines the Duds. Kane knock D-von outside, and Spike Frankensteiners Bubba out of the corner. Kane gets a running clothesline on Bubba, and Spike lays the rights into him. Bubba and Spike will start things out. Bubba reverses a whip and military presses Spike. Kane comes in and catches Spike. Kane cross body blocks Spike into Bubba for 2. Kane gets a big boot on Bubba, and Spike covers for 2. Bubba tags in D-von. Spike gets a drop toe hold, and Kane tags himself in. D-von ducks a clothesline and gives Kane some rights. Kane misses a clothesline but gets a powerslam and an elbow drop for 2. Kane works on D-von in the corner, and Spike tags himself in.

D-von fakes a hurt knee to distract Spike and gets a back hair takedown. Tag to Bubba. Bubba works on Spike in the corner and tags in D-von. D-von whips Spike into a sideslam by Bubba, and D-von goes up to the second rope. Gulliotine legdrop off the second rope by D-von. Kane breaks the count after 2. Tag to Bubba. Whip and big back body drop by Bubba. Spike goes for a sunset flip. Bubba blocks it and misses a butt splash. Bubba comes back with a reverse monkey flip. Snap-mare takedown into a reverse chin-lock by Bubba. Spike gets out of it, but Bubba nails a big sit-down powerbomb for 2.

Tag to D-von. Scoopslam to Spike. D-von goes to the second rope and goes for a diving head butt. Spike moves out of the way. Spike is able to make the hot tag to Kane. Kane comes in and back body drops Bubba. Right to D-von and a corner clothesline to Bubba. Clothesline to D-von and a neck-breaker to Bubba for 2. Kane gets a hip-toss on D-von and a sideslam on Bubba for another 2. Kane tosses D-von out and gives Bubba a front powerslam for yet another 3. Ref doesn't count the 3. Ross says Bubba got a shoulder up but he clearly didn't. D-von wasn't able to break it up in time. Kane punches D-von and Bubba out.

Kane brings in Spike up and tosses him to the outside on the Duds. Spike tosses Bubba back in, and Kane gives him a flying lariat. Spike covers for 2. Bubba reverses a whip and is able to nail his Acid Drop. D-von is able to knock Kane into the ring post and is barely able to break Spike's cover before 3. Kane comes in, but the Duds are able to double-vertical suplex the Big Red Machine. Kane gets the wassup diving head butt and rolls out. Spike hits a double-missile dropkick on the Duds. D-von blocks an Acid Drop. The Duds nail the 3-D for 3, JR called it a DDT. Duds retain at 8:32.

*1/2. Basically just an extended RAW match here. After the match the Dudleyz bring a table into the ring and set it up. Kane comes in and powerbombs D-von and choke slams Bubba into the table. Kane loses the title two days later at the Smackdown! tapings to Albert. That's right Albert to anyone who forgot. Kane wasn't much of an IC champion though either. The Dudley Boyz lose the titles a couple weeks later to the APA who are never even on television and never defend the tag team belts.

Whip and a pancake slam by Edge. Edge stomps on Angle, but Angle punches and stomps on Edge in the corner. Angle ducks a clothesline, but Edge gets a leg lariat. Whip and Edge ducks. Angle football kicks Edge. Edge ducks a clothesline, but Angle belly to belly suplexes Edge over the top rope to the floor. Angle goes outside and whips Edge's ribs to the steel steps. Edge gets his ribs stomped on the outside, and Angle rolls him back in. Angle goes in and backdrop suplexes Edge for 2. Angle clubs Edge's back and gives him a vertical suplex for 2. Angle applies a reverse chin-lock. Edge gets back up to a vertical base and fights out of the hold. Angle is able to crotch Edge back first on the top rope. Edge elbows Angle away and rolls off the top, behind Angle, and into a schoolboy for 2.

Angle reverses a whip and gets a belly to belly suplex for 2. Snap-mare takedown into another reverse chin-lock by Angle. Edge gets out of the hold, but Angle tosses him to the outside. Angle punches Edge and front-suplexes him onto the security wall. Angle rolls Edge back into the ring and climbs up to the top rope. Edge dropkicks Angle, and Angle gets crotched. Edge climbs up and delivers a top rope franken-steiner to Angle for 2. They fight to their feet, and Edge gets a lariat. Edge gets a running clothesline and a back body drop on Angle. Angle reverses a corner whip, and goes for a dropkick. Edge holds onto the ropes and dodges it. Edge catapaults Angle to the corner and pulls him down for 2.

Angle goes for the Olympic Slam, but Edge blocks it and goes for the Impaler. Angle blocks that and gets a reverse single-leg takedown and goes for the Anglelock. Angle grabs both legs, and Edge gets a body scissor rollup on Angle for 2. Edge ducks a clothesline and gets a sit-down back hair takedown. Christian runs out to the apron and distracts the referee while Edge has Angle covered. Edge breaks the cover to see what is up, and Angle surprises him with a waist-lock into a rollup. Edge barely kicks out at 2. Angle whips Edge to the corner but gets a boot. Edge goes for a lariat, but Angle ducks and he knocks out the referee. Angle kicks Edge down by the legs and applies the Anglelock. Edge taps, but the ref is knocked out. Angle tries to revive the ref, but Shane comes in and Spears Angle. Both men get up, and Angle walks into an Impaler by Edge. Edge gets 3 and wins the 2001 King of the Ring Tournament at 10:21.

**1/2. What is the name of this pay-per-view again? Anyway WWF steamrolled over the tournament in favor of the street fight. If they were going to have team WRECK as the final men in the tournament I think the final match should have been Edge and Christian. I also think they could have had a better tournament then team WRECK, and Angle SHOULD NOT have wrestled 3 matches tonight because it put him out of the ring for a couple of weeks.

X-pac gets an armdrag takedown on Jeff to start. He applies a side-headlock into a hammer-lock. X-pac goes down and gets a reverse double-leg takedown and taunts Jeff. X-pac gets another side-headlock. Jeff pushes it off, but X-pac hits a running shoulder-block. Jeff leapfrogs over X-pac and gets an armdrag takedown into an armbar submission. X-pac gets up to a vertical base and reverses a whip. Jeff counters with a spinning head-scissor takedown, and X-pac rolls out.

Jeff goes out and runs up on the security wall. Jeff nails a flying clothesline off the wall into Edge. They go back in. X-pac reverses a whip to the corner, but Jeff springs up to the top and goes for a corkscrew moonsault. X-pac moves out of the way, and Jeff hits the canvas. They move toward the ropes, and X-pac applies an abdominal stretch. X-pac starts to grabs the ropes for more leverage. Jeff is able to reverse it and apply an abdominal stretch on X-pac. X-pac quickly grabs the ropes and is able to hiptoss Jeff over the top rope and to the floor.

X-pac springboards off the second rope and hits Jeff outside with a cross body. X-pac goes bac in. Jeff goes on apron and gets a should block through the ropes. He jumps back in and runs into a roundhouse kick by X-pac. Cover and 2 for X-pac. Reverse chin-lock by X-pac. Jeff gets up to a vertical base and elbows out of the hold. Slugfest. X-pac reverses a whip and gets a leg lariat for 2. X-pac gives Jeff a jumping back kick in the corner and goes for the bronco-buster. Jeff moves out of the way and X-pac hits the turnbuckle. Hardy ducks a clothesline and gets his falling back dropkick. Jeff gets a neck-breaker drop. X-pac reverses a whip but misses a dropkick. Jeff grabs his legs and gives X-pac a double-leg drop. Jeff charges him in the corner, but X-pac goes for a Thesz press. Anyway the spot gets totally messed up and Jeff falls on his face. Yuck.

X-pac whips Jeff to the corner, but this time Jeff hits his springboard dropkick for 2. Jeff goes up top and gets a flying cross body. X-pac uses the leverage and rolls over on Jeff for 2. Jeff takes X-pac to the corner and rips off his shirt. Jeff tries the 10-punch, but X-pac rakes the eyes and pushes him off. X-pac hits the X-factor. Jeff gets his foot on the bottom rope before 3, but the ref counts it anyway. The ref says no before the bell can sound. X-pac thinks he won. He explains to X-pac what happened. X-pac gets pissed and goes for another X-factor. Jeff reverses it into a sit-down jawbreaker. Jeff climbs up top, but X-pac hits the ropes and Jeff is crotched. X-pac goes for a super-plex. Jeff pushes X-pac and nails his Senton Bomb. Jeff gets 3 and retains the title at 7:10.

**. Decent match that was like most matches tonight, way too short. Jim Ross always says they are going to get serious about the Lightweight divisions, but they never do. And these matches are certainly not up to the lucha-libre stuff of WCW, which the WWF wrestlers cannot even dare compete with, utilizing the crappy WWF wrestling style.

Angle gives Shane a waist-lock takedown. Another one. Shane gets to the ropes for a break, and Angle clubs his back. Backdrop suplex by Angle. Irish-whip and a kitchen sink knee lift by Angle. Repeat. Shane grabs Kurt's left leg and gives him some rights. Dragon screw leg whip by Shane. Mexican armdrag takedown by Shane. Waist-lock into a side heel-trip by Shane, and he starts to taunt Angle.

Angle gets in a mounted to bait in Shane. Angle rolls over and clubs Shane's back more. Gutwrench slam by Angle. Belly-to-belly suplex on Shane. Angle's face is dripping with blood. Another belly-to-belly suplex by Angle. Angle goes for a mahistrol cradle, but it gets messed up and Shane falls on his face. Angle starts to slap Shane in the corner. Angle gets in the mounted position again waiting for Shane to strike. This time Shane kicks him in the get and lays in the rights. Irish-whip and a flying reverse-elbow by Shane. Shane gets a weak pair of clotheslines on Angle, but Angle comes back with another waist-lock takedown. Shane is able to maneuver the hold and toss Angle out. Angle's pisses off, and he starts chasing Shane around the ring. Shane jumps onto the security wall and flies into Angle.

Shane stands on the wall behind JR and Heyman and flies into Angle again. Skippy grabs a Singapore cane and whacks Angle with it. Angle goes for a clothesline, but his arm hits the ring post. Shane clotheslines Angle over the security wall. Kurt grabs Shane by the head, but Shane snap-mares him back to ringside. Shane sends Angle's back to the apron and then armdrags Angle into the security wall. Shane repeats the spot and sends Angle's head into the ring steps. Kurt gets shoulder-blocked by Shane into the ring steps, back-first.

They roll back in. Shane covers, but Angle bridges up after 2. Shane covers again, but Angle bridges up again after 2. One more time, but Angle matrix bridges up yet again. Shane elbow drops Kurt. Shane goes under the ring and brings in some trash cans, street signs, and a board. He whacks Angle with a street sign. Whip and a spinning shot to the head by Shane. Shane covers for 2. Angle rolls over and slaps at Shane's head. Shane ducks an enziguri and applies an Ankle-lock, and a darn crappy looking one at that. Kurt quickly kicks out of it. Kurt misses a charge to the corner and Shane gets a bad float-over into a DDT. Shane tries to apply a Scorpion Death Lock and screws it up by falling flat on his face in mid-move. He cinches it on and yes, it looks worse then when the Rock does it.

Angle is able to crawl to the bottom rope. Ref doesn't make Shane break after he pulls Kurt away from the ropes. Angle grabs the Singapore cane and whacks Shane with it to escape the hold. Shane starts to jab at Kurt, and knocks him down. Shane covers and gets 2. He grabs a trash can and starts to smash it on Kurt Angle. He lays it on top of Angle and climbs up top. Shane goes for the Seven Year Itch! Angle moves, and Shane lands on the trash can. Kurt drapes an arm over Shane for 2. Angle gets a fireman-carry takedown on Shane. He picks up Shane in a fireman's-carry and dumps Shane over the top rope to the floor.

They fight down the aisle. Shane blocks a suplex, and gives Kurt a vertical suplex on the floor. Kurt grabs Shane and slams him into the KOTR set. Angle trips over some wiring and falls on the concrete. Now here it is. Kurt tries to suplex Shane through the glass part of the KOTR set. Shane just falls head first to the floor. So what do they do? Try it again. Kurt does it again, and Shane breaks through this time. Angle's shoulder is busted open now from the glass. They are inside the set now, and Kurt wants to suplex Shane through the glass out. It doesn't work. Let's do it again! Kurt tries it again, but he just can't do it. Angle just picks Shane up and rams him through the glass this time. That segment was sick and ridiculous at the same time.

Angle covers Shane, but it is not falls count anywhere. Kurt tries to pull Shane, but he just falls flat on his back onto all those little pieces of broken glass. Angle is a bloody mess and so is this stupid match. Angle grabs an equipment box and stacks Shane on it. JR thinks he is going to use it to run Shane over. Angle rolls Shane back to the ring, when it should just be stopped immediately. At this point when I'm writing this I get a call, and I'm told "HAVEN'T YOU EVER HEARD THE SHOW MUST GO ON?!"

Kurt rolls Shane in and covers him for 2. Shane gets a low blow and is able grabs a trash can lid. He smashes it into Angle. Shane is able to get up and Olympic Slam Angle. Shane gets an arm over Angle for 2. Angle grabs Shane's legs and catapaults him into the corner. Kurt sets Shane up on the top rope and starts whacking his back with a board. He lays the board on the top rope and climbs up on it. Kurt picks Shane up and Olympic Slams him off the mess! Yuck. Angle is able to turn over and cover Shane for 3. 26:00.

***. Well props to both men for going through this sickening match. But why should I give this match 5 stars? It moved very slowly because of the blown spots those two had to go through, and Angle shouldn't have had to wrestle in the tournament and a brutal street fight all in one night. This match puts Angle out of the ring for a couple of weeks, but he is ok. I say to WWF, they are wrestlers, let them f'n wrestle. Anyway after the match, some officials assist Shane in leaving the ring. Heyman and Ross think it will be Shane's last pay-per-view performance, and I hope it is.