10 Fascinating WWE King Of The Ring 2001 Facts

[@allabouttheafc6031]

It was mad how Kurt fought through 3 matches with a concussion. What a man!

[@Manoliskon917]

TheWrestlingChannel #WithABrokenFreakinDick

[@Rockymann27]

hE STILL SHOULDNT HAVE WRESTLED TO MAKE IT WORSE...

[@codeword632]

its kurt angle

[@rokaanalzeer]

It’s Kurt angle. The dude goes lives through pain like no one else can

[@atifqavi2054]

@@rokaanalzeer Mick Foley says hi.

[@ironicugandan5826]

Shane is EXACTLY how you expect a seed of Vince to be

[@kiidampuller97]

4:15 "There goes the money" I'm done 😂😂😂

[@jesseanderson4712]

Shane's the fucking man, that dude did a perfect shooting star press at age 46, by ratio he is easily one of the best performers. Maybe not the best wrestler, but one of the best performers hands down.

[@kyriakoschrist]

Jesse Anderson my man

[@cbfall]

Agreed

[@sherman128]

The fact he doesn't even need to is impressive as fuck aswell. I fully believe that if he'd decided early in life to do this full time he'd have been one of the best.

[@themainevent4698]

What the fuck is the difference between a good wrestler and a good performer? they are the same thing, pro wrestling is fake so there is no such thing as a bad wrestler but good performer, if you are a good performer you are a good pro wrestler.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

The really cool thing about Shane is that he doesn't consider himself a wrestler. He actually won Pro Wrestling Illustrated's "Rookie of the Year" award for 1999 but politely turned it down saying "those things are for the boys, not for me". As far as he's concerned he can work a few matches but that doesn't make him equal to the guys who go out and do it night after night. It's actually quite a shame he's the boss' son because I imagine concerns about nepotism kept him from entering the ring full time, where he could have been one of the best.

[@AngelRodriguez-pp8bu]

Even though this ppv is one of the best in many people's eyes, it sucks that sometime after this event, so many recognizable names were gone, HHH: quad injury, Benoit: spinal/neck injury, Haku: left in July, Rikishi: eardrum injury, Guerrero: fired for drug use

[@TheFrugalVideoGamer]

Agreed with DDP vs. Goldberg being the best match of Goldberg's career. Halloween Havoc '98 was absolutely brilliant by complete accident, and I'd love to see it covered in-depth at some point.

[@mikeawesome9212]

Wasn't that brilliant when the thing goes off the air only seconds into the main event.

[@JTwoH]

"There goes the money" LMAO

[@SBTheBully]

JTwoH There it goes....money walks....there goes the money! 😂

[@youssefmaged8185]

Tomorrow: '10 Fascinating WWE King Of The Ring 2002 Facts'

[@mikeonmic5079]

Youssef Maged how did you know!!

[@pwnzor7922]

know what?

[@sergiomorfo]

Shane may throw the worst punches in history BUT he always gives a 120 percent for every match he is on. And willing to die in the process if needed. He seems like the kindest and toughest guy (with a sprinkle of madness) you will ever met.

[@TigrMchine]

It would make for an interesting timeline if one could graph Benoit's neck injuries with his descent into madness. I was under the impression that it was his Flying Head Butt off the top of a steel cage onto Angle that was the real catalyst for the surgery, but as to his cognitive injuries, the repeated trauma has to be seen as the major culprit.

[@WCWThunderRosa]

Benoit first hurt himself in TLC III on Smackdown and then completely snapped his neck here

[@Glassbarbecue_]

Shane McMahon goes through the glass and Vince wants to walk out and stop the match, Owen Hart FALLS TO HIS DEATH LIVE ON PPV but nah Owen would have wanted the show to go on. Outrageous.

[@dorkfish1275]

They said the wwf would pay dearly, and it sure as hell is now.

[@coolchat18]

In the grand scheme of things, save for his final moments in life, maybe Benoit missing a year of action was for the best since it saw him miss the awful invasion angle.

[@brettpatterson404]

The Tv matches after Judgement Day but before KoTR 2001 were just awesome. Hhh & Austin vs Benoit & Jericho TLC on Smackdown Benoit vs Austin from Edmonton Angle vs Benoit cage match all happened within three weeks of each other.

[@allabouttheafc6031]

Kurt Angle vs Shane McMahon was a great match!

[@thatoneant1267]

Ten things WCPW wants you to forget about Plumpy

[@theligerloverman]

ThatOneAnt His name is not plumpy.

[@ba88y]

He’s a perv

[@TheCluelesspanda]

Bappy 88 ngl chances are so are you in terms of ‘ a perv’ more appropriate is sex pest

[@Dokainin]

Didnt Kurt break his tailbone or something giving Shane a suplex on the ramp during that match as well?

[@vt248]

Dokainin yup, Shane said it on WWE confidential

[@kevinnorwood8782]

Dokainin Yep, and that's actually half the reason why Kurt had so much trouble throwing Shane through that glass. Half of the reason WAS because they had used the wrong kind of glass than what they were supposed to be using, but the other half was because Kurt had broken his tailbone, and as a result, he couldn't get any leverage in his belly-to-belly suplexes.

[@Cobain98]

10 things whatculture want you to forget about Plumpy

[@mattmerideth260]

Pickle Ass 1 greatest whatculture personality ever

[@AnvilPro100]

I don't think there's a man alive at the time that could be concussed in the first of his three matches that night, then in the third have a Street Fight with a guy who isn't mainly a wrestler and it ends up being possibly the best match of either's career. Except for Kurt Angle.

[@capo328]

at any time

[@TheDistantman]

I totally forgot about Jericho vs Stone Cold vs Beniot 187! in seriousness for me, I can only remember Shane vs Kurt. that match as awesome as it was, scared me as a kid

[@imalegend2006]

Always makes me wonder if the Invasion angle would have played differently if Benoit and Triple H never got injured.

[@WCWThunderRosa]

The whole thing would've started later, and Triple H would've joined the Alliance instead of Austin. They started it after KOTR because the main event scene was desperately depleted with Rock, Triple H, & Benoit all gone. And if you look back at Austin's booking at the time, it's clear the role was intended for Triple H. Austin joined McMahon at Mania, and after Judgment Day, the split between the Two Man Power Trip was started but HHH tore his quad on the first night, so there goes that. Then before InVasion, Austin turns face only to switch back at the PPV. It makes no sense, especially since Vince was turning face against the Alliance, and he had just recently aligned with Austin.

[@zanethind]

That match between Shane and Angle was one of Shane's best matches and one of the most brutal yet amazing matches I've ever seen

[@frank-bmtz]

"Plant him through the announce table, SUCKA." I laughed way too hard man😂😂

[@johnackerman6624]

2001was awesome year

[@inactiveaccount1458]

No it wasn't. The Invasion angle made the year bad.

[@movieviewerchrislopez2424]

It was an awesome year. The Invasion angle wasn't that bad. It could have been better but it still gave us great matches and moments.

[@tinotica]

During the attitude era, the quality of the kotr ppv was tied to the quality of the wrestlemania that year. 99 and 2000-weak. 98 and 2001-awesome.

[@makubegysman6160]

Dude shut up

[@katrinagallardo6708]

What the f are u talking bout

[@dxp5393]

Jesus Christ why are you getting all pissed off

[@TenjiBenji]

damn...how did I never notice that benoit missed the whole invasion storyline!?? there was me pissed because triple h missed out. that would've changed everything had benoit jumped to the alliance

[@johnnydelgado8356]

Was that the plan? For Benoit to join the alliance? I think he would've stay on the wwf side with triple h, Jericho, angle, taker, Kane and the rock

[@Songman87]

Please Please Please do 10 Fascinating Summerslam, Survivor Series & Royal Rumble those are going to be as AWESOME as the WrestleMania ones

[@supershmevan9444]

This PPV will always have a special place in my heart, it was at the time of this PPV that I first started really watching WWF. I remember "watching" this on the PPV channel without paying for it, aka I watched static and listened to the commentary. Summer of 2001, not necessarily a period looked back upon with much reverence, but a very nostalgic time for me personally.

[@natev6306]

Triple threat main event is super underrated

[@ftcnickey]

Vince McMahon: Nice video WhatCulture, but who's the dude on the right in the thumbnail

[@ChipThompsonArseCrayonGaming]

Man, it's such a shame Triple H and Benoit got injured around this time. i would have loved to have seen how they would slotted in with the Invasion angle.

[@TheWazperviz]

Undertaker vs DDP should of really happened on this night. It was the perfect setting for the match

[@2Sweeet]

I'm running out of fascinating fact videos...and the outro music promoting that show at the end has become absolutely maddening.

[@josemanzanares3739]

Wait so that King of the Ring match from WWE 2K16 was this one with Chris Jericho and Booker T interrupting ? Man they really wanted to cut off Benoit entirely

[@KrsBrs76]

I really Fucking fucking fucking love these throwback retrospectives of the ppvs. great stuff!

[@jays447]

Another fascinating fact: This was the last babyface winner of the King of the Ring tournament (16 years ago)

[@johnmouris117]

And that move by Lawler totally ruined Austin's heal turn imagine the king and JR switching roles on him after 3 years it would be gold

[@johnwelsh1934]

I don't know why I love the editing on this video so much

[@NickMichalak]

It would've made sense for DDP vs The Rock because in WCW Page was called the People's Champion. I still couldn't see them putting DDP over The Rock on any day of the week, but it would've made some sense.

[@Wurzelknecht]

Benoit might have been one of the best and most crisp performers in the ring of all time, but he couldn't execute Superplexes for shit. Just look at any given Benoit match in which he hits any kind of Suplex from the Turnbuckle and you'll see him ram the back of his head and neck into the canvas with full force, immediately clutching it in pain.

[@MrRiddler6]

for a while i thought the original plans for king if the ring that year was a fatal four way for the WWE title featuring austin,triple h, jericho and benoit

[@johnnybhood7559]

The stuff these guys go through, and finish the match regardless of what’s happened to them is beyond commendable.

[@benconley612]

Nice vid Adam

[@WJSMAIDEN89]

I was at that event live. It was also my first live PPV. Kurt vs Shane definitely saved the show.

[@JeffreyJFerguson]

"There Goes the Money." Brilliant.

[@simplifiedsports6113]

The last digit of the likes is your wrestler 1- aj styles 2 HBK 3 Kurt angle 4 the undertaker 5 triple h 6 y2j 7 KO 8 Seth Rollins 9 Daniel Bryan 0 Roman reigns

[@CoreyPeters]

i hope they do this series again for Summer Slam, Survivor Series and the royal rumble

[@kyriakoschrist]

Corey Peters oh they will

[@TheMOMO11496]

2001 & 2015 were the year of injuries.

[@herox7191]

I was hoping you would do this one

[@kremmen64]

I think the Austin through the announce table injury was mentioned wrong here. I think Stone Cold himself said it was a vertebrae in his neck that got cracked from that spot or something like that, not a broken hand.

[@joethompson6280]

Correct just listened to the podcast today. He also said Booker did everything right but Stone Cold was super sweaty and slid off the table. The injury occurred when he hit a chair on the way down

[@joshualogan84]

The game has changed so much. Mad props to that PPV and those wrestlers. Jesus.

[@thekingjonny100]

Shane is a fucking beast nothing but props

[@dbone3356]

Angle vs Shane is still one of my favourite matches to this day.

[@johnnydelgado8356]

Matt Hardy vs Eddie Guerrero was supposed to happen at king of the ring also but Eddie got sent to rehab a few weeks before the ppv

[@jamescooling]

The Kurt shane match should be as infamous as the hell in a cell between foley and taker

[@Razzrazz90]

Can you just imagine how amazing Shane would've been had he stayed as a full-time wrestler throughout the years? The man managed a damn solid shooting star press at 46!

[@HyperActive7]

King of the Ring 2001 was off the charts! If it wasn't for Shane-O Mac being a hard ass.. He wouldn't have had the reputation he does now.

[@Flukex-ew7yo]

4:14 "There Goes The Money" HAHHAhahahahahahahaha

[@JulioHernandez-wy8nh]

Flukex1001 If it was Stephenie McMahon we could say ''There Goes the Lady Balls"

[@MrMjps77]

Austin also cracked a few vertebrae on that fall

[@chrishinton9209]

Not surprised. We all know Shane is the cool McMahon.

[@unreasonable_chase7179]

When Adam was holding up the Undertaker book and his look that's when he look like that when somebody steal his show.

[@thomasenigma88]

On Prichard's podcast he says they got the right glass but someone (Prop guy maybe?) thought it was too frail and was worried that being so close to the stage area that the pyro/music might shatter it so he put a couple of layers of glue or something to make sure it wouldn't break before it was suppose to but that whatever he put on it caused it to become stupidly strong.

[@mikeawesome9212]

What I heard was that they reinforced the glass because they were afraid it would break when the Pyro went off, so which is it? Thats what I heard in a WWE documentary but I could see them wanting to cover up an employees bone head mistake and just making up something when really it was what this video claims.

[@JerkyD]

Plumpy & I started watching WWE around the same time. That's cool.

[@tharob]

they should do these lists for summerslam too

[@Cammyy20]

Rob Freeman They did.

[@doubleg392]

I was in attendance for this, booker t ran right past me.

[@alyberop1]

Man that dude Benoit was crazy

[@craiggrayson9036]

That one year absence is what started Benoit title run few months after he came back

[@dhruvtrivedi1335]

After 15 days , 10 fascinating facts about SummerSlam 1988. It has already started on whatculture.com. I'm excited about it actually. 30 videos of confirmed Plumpy or soon to Blampied's voice.

[@jliller]

If your job results in you literally breaking your neck is it ever really a good idea to go back to doing that job again after your neck heals?

[@Bryanlbasil]

Just watched this ppv last night

[@anintervention6198]

Angel broke his tailbone delivering the suplex to Shane on the floor just prior to the glass bumps

[@RelaxingGhost]

That Table spot with Booker T and Austin broke a few bones in Austins back, never heard of him breaking his hand. Its why Austin was doing the stuff with Kurt

[@mrdbo510]

I grew up watchimg wwe mostly would love to see some like top ten wcw ppvs or top ten wcw story lines. Or maybe you have way back in the day

[@co81385]

I was at this event! It was the first live WWE event that I had ever been to?

[@crater2001]

What a year

[@Goldenbelmont]

Rip Beniot. Never got to be buried by Cena..

[@burnthetrolls5971]

This is the most I've heard WHATCULTURE talk about Benoit in a video

[@yeahyeahyea7593]

Chrispen Wah vs Hull Cogan vs Ciemp Ank. Dreammatch.

[@hughmungus1501]

Ooh number 1 is akward in retrospect

[@dylanogg347]

"...The Undertaker, who was the only viable Face at the time." - Was Kane invisible at the time?

[@CarlosGarcia-kk2ui]

10 fascinating facts about the Starrcade event

[@salinaember9527]

2001 is my favorite year of wrestling.

[@mattoXexe]

i hate how the pushed chris benoit away even if u go back and add up all the stuff from the scene and reports it doesnt seem right he deserves to be in the hall of fame as a wrestler

[@hofgaming4277]

Now I'm going to watch this on the wwe network for 9.99

[@sapisusu4363]

Final PPV before WWE vs ECW WCW saga

[@amss3955]

Haha the sideburns of Jericho, shave it off mannn!!!!

[@WCWThunderRosa]

You're worried about Austin's hand? HIS HAND?!?! Did you even do ANY research for this? Austin broke THREE FUCKING VERTEBRATES taking that spot!!!

[@jdsisnerozex7190]

Anyone know the theme when they were showing the world cup first round card?

[@krock90]

does anyone know the name of the song they use in the wcpw world cup ad near the end of the video?

[@jcam.hart8]

Kurt Angle vs Shane McMahon match of the year 2001 imo

[@PastaPastaPastaPasta]

Why is the right side of the thumbnail blank?

[@jonpower9728]

Heyman's short time on commentary>Lawler on commentary for his whole career

[@superrobz]

DDP vs The Rock "people's champion vs people's champion" match should have happened

[@ceulgai2817]

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[@jordan12118]

Hey who's that Guy next to Stone Cold and Jericho on the thumbnail?

[@morganleggett6118]

The part about it supposed to be Sugar Glass isn't true Sugar Glass wouldn't have lasted throughout the night with all the pyros. It was meant to be gimmicked of course though

[@marcus813]

DDP was better off working with The Rock. There was no way he was gonna look good working with The Undertaker, especially given how that "feud" played out. What I despise most about that fiasco was that DDP was revealed as the stalker in my hometown. Why would he stalk a woman who looks nowhere near as good as Kimberly looked? Not good.

[@Sephyrulz]

Just one more head bump that planted more and more into Chris...

[@kinglegault]

this pay per view is why i will never hate shane ever. this man does not have to do this shit yet he does

[@beaujacobs8294]

Angle vs Shane is soooo fucking good