Chairshot Classics: WWF SummerSlam 2001

William Regal catches The Rock and ask him if he is sure he is ok to wrestle tonight. The Rock tells him that, “The Rock is fine” and “The only thing that Booker T manages to do when he Rock Bottomed The Rock through the table is piss him off.” This is a good quick clip here. Next he is asking regal if he feels the electricity in the air and tells him, “You’re looking at the next WCW Champion.” This gets a huge pop from the fans. Meat comes charging at The Rock but misses and hits the wall. The Rock finishes by asking Regal “Do you smell what The Rock is cookin’?”

Rob Van Dam is out first for the next match and he is fighting for Team Alliance. He receives a decent pop. But when The WWF HardCore Champion, Jeff Hardy enters, the place explodes. He makes his way to the ring and stops to observe the ladder as this is a Ladder Match. After some traded waist locks and rolls on the mat they return to their feet and receive a standing O from the fans. They trade some kicks, but Jeff comes out with the advantage and drops a leg for a low blow. After an Irish whip, Hardy finds himself on the apron but keeps the advantage by hip tossing RVD over the top rope. Jeff then springboards off the second rope and onto Van Dam with a corkscrew splash of sorts. When they return to their feet, Jeff bangs Van Dam off the security rail before he hits the ring to attempt to come of the top turnbuckle again. RVD manages to move and Jeff face plants into the wall. RVD suplexs him onto the wall and leaves Jeff hanging by his midsection. Rob then joins him on the wall so he can drop a leg onto Hardy’s back.

RVD uses this time to try and bring the ladder into the ring but Jeff comes running off the security wall and hits a flying forearm to stop him. This allows Jeff to instead bring the ladder into the ring, but as he has it halfway in, RVD leaps from the security wall to see-saw the ladder into the face of Hardy. Van Dam attempts to grab the ladder now, which is still half out of the ring, but Jeff leapfrogs him and lands on the half outside of the ring. This creates another see-saw effect, this time onto RVD. Hardy then springboards off the top rope onto Van Dam, who is still on the ladder. Rob eventually slows Hardy with a back elbow and then hangs him upside from the turnbuckle. He gives Hardy a few good kicks to the midsection before he spears him. The way Rob Van Dam bounces off the midsection of Hardy. It looks like that hurt bad. Van Dam lays the ladder across the bottom ropes in the corner as the “RVD” chants begin. He then places Hardy on the ladder and hits a rolling splash after he leaps of the top rope to gain momentum. When Hardy gets laid out from RVD’s reverse heel kick the crowd explodes. He places Jeff on the ladder again, and leaps over the rope to deliver a leg drop. Hardy rams RVD with a ladder to slow him down which allows Jeff to set the ladder up. He starts to climb but Van Dam is quick to climb to the top rope and kick him off. RVD then scoopslams Hardy and places the ladder on top of him. He then summersaults across the ring and finish by moonsaulting on top of the ladder. Van dam sets the ladder up and begins to climb it. Jeff is quick to climb to the top rope and dropkick the ladder. When RVD lands, its right on top of Hardy. This is a pretty serious bump but Jeff is up first and is able to DDT RVD. He goes back to the top rope to attempt a Swanton Bomb but Van Dam rolls from harms way. Now it’s Rob Van Dam’s turn to take to the top rope to attempt a 5 star frogsplash but this time its Jeff who moves. This leaves both men on the mat as the crowd chants “Holy Shit”. Jeff sets the ladder up but they both start to climb to the top of it. RVD brings Jeff crashing to the mat with a suplex off the top of the ladder. Van Dam is first up and is struggling to climb the ladder and this allows Jeff to, again, join him at the top. And when Jeff sunset flips over the top of the ladder and drives RVD to the mat, the crowd erupts. Hardy again begins to climb but as he grabs the belt, Van Dam pulls the ladder away which leaves Jeff suspended above the ring. After Van Dam can’t pull him down by his feet, he tries to leap from the top rope and kick him. He misses terribly and lands flat on the mat. Jeff soon falls, and once again both men are prone on the mat. Hardy’s first to his feet and is quick to climb the ladder but again RVD makes the save by pushing the ladder over. Jeff lands awkwardly on the top rope and this buys RVD time to climb the ladder again and this time he is successful. Rob Van Dam falls from the top, title in hand, and is declared the new WWF HardCore Champion. This was a great match and was full of high risk maneuvers. Do yourself a favor and watch this one. I’m sure you will find yourself rewinding a few spots, I know I did. Match Time: 16:33

Shane McMahon is celebrating Rob Van Dam’s victory and is joined by Booker T, The WCW Heavyweight Champion. He is telling Booker that he will retain the Title tonight and that “The Rock is going down.” Shane has some kind of gift and Booker inquires as to what it is. Shane tells him its for him, and when Booker opens it he looks a little confused. Shane tells him “These are bookends made from the very announce table that you bookended The Rock through last week. The two high five as Booker T dedicates his next match to Shane.

We see a video next that shows the feud between The Undertaker and Diamond Dallas Page. Page is playing a deranged stalker angle where he is obsessed with Taker’s wife, Sara. There is some very creepily done shot of DDP filming Sara in the privacy of her own home, while Page says “I want Sara, I need Sara” over and over. It is put together well and does a good job of making DDP out to be a creep. Taker destroys Page’s shrine of Sara before he gets ambushed by DDP and his tag partner, Chris Kanyon. They beat Taker with 2×4’s until Kane comes into make the save. The video ends with Regal setting up this Champions versus Champions match that is up next.

The WCW Tag Team Champions enter first for a Steel Cage match that has both brands Tag Titles on the line. Chris Kanyon and Diamond Dallas Page enter the ring and don’t receive a very warm welcome from the crowd. Most likely because they are representing Team Alliance. The WWF Champions enter next and The Brother’s of Destruction, Kane and Undertaker receive a better welcome and are joined by The Undertaker’s real life wife, Sara. Kane and Taker check the perimeter of the cage before they enter and the crowd is electric. Sara places the lock on the door and the match is set to begin. DDP and Kanyon try the quick escape tactic but they both get slammed back to the mat. Taker pairs up with Page and Kanyon with Kane and chaos like this is hard to cover. Undertaker tries an early chokeslam, but Page kicks him in the nuts to stop it. Kanyon takes Kane down with a dropkick and he and DDP take to double teaming the American Bad Ass. This doesn’t last long and Taker lays them out with some big boots. Kane then takes them both down again with some more big boots. They bounce each other off the cage for a bit and the next highlight comes when Kane catches Kanyon off the top rope and delivers a chokeslam. Taker bounces DDP off the cage before he picks him up and tosses him into it face first, like a rag doll. Undertaker pinches DDP between the ropes and cage and delivers a pair of huge splashes before finishing him off with a big boot. Taker really takes it to Page in this match. Bob Holly even commented on it on his saying that Page tried to give Undertaker a move-for-move script of the match which wasn’t very well received by Taker. Holly even said “Unless your Vince you don’t ever tell Taker what to do, ever.”

The Brothers of Destruction take a moment to pump the crowd up before they get ambushed. DDP hits Taker with a DDT and Kanyon tries to escape. Kane grabs him but Kanyon comes off the cage to bulldog Kane’s face to the mat. Kanyon and Page begin to ascend the cage but The Brothers sit up at the same time, in their familiar fashion. They almost make it over but The Brothers join them on the top and Taker throws DDP of the top. He then tells Kane to just let Kanyon go and he makes his way over the cage and to the floor. But both men are required to escape for the match to be over. Undertaker then removes a chain the ring pyro. Considering that Diamond Dallas Page wrestled the whole match with a torn meniscus from atop the cage and rejoins Kane and DDP in the ring. Page begs for mercy and The Brother’s of Destruction reward him with a clothesline. Taker hits Page with a sidewalk slam next but he stops his own cover attempt at two. Taker then wraps the chain around DDP’s neck and uses it to drag him into the cage. Kane and Taker argue for a moment which allows Page to start to climb the cage. In time The Undertaker notices and brings Page back to the mat with a chokeslam. He follows it up with The Last Ride for the three count, and The Brothers of Destruction are the Dual branded Tag Team Champions. Sara opens the door and joins them to celebrate. The match ends with Kane raising his hands to activate it wasn’t bad. It is worth a watch but definitely wasn’t the best match on the card. Match Time:10:15

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