Unforgiven (2001)

The 2001 Unforgiven was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the fourth annual Unforgiven and took place on September 23, 2001, at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the last Unforgiven held before the introduction of the brand extension in March 2002 and also the final Unforgiven held under the WWF name as the promotion was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in May 2002. The main event was a standard wrestling match for the WWF Championship. Alliance representative "Stone Cold" Steve Austin defended the title against WWF representative Kurt Angle. Angle defeated Austin to win the title by forcing him to submit to the Ankle Lock. Other prominent matches were The Rock versus Booker T and Shane McMahon in a Handicap match for the WCW Championship, and Rob Van Dam versus Chris Jericho for the WWF Hardcore Championship. The undercard featured Tajiri versus Rhyno for the WCW United States Championship, The Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane) versus KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) for the WCW Tag Team Championship, Edge versus Christian for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, and Perry Saturn versus Raven. The night kicked off with The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) versus Big Show and Spike Dudley, Lance Storm and The Hurricane, and The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match for the WWF Tag Team Championship.