2. Stone Cold Steve Austin Vs. Chris Jericho (Vengeance 2001)
- Cagematch Rating: 6.45
- Dave Meltzer’s Rating: 3.25 Stars
By December 2001, the WCW/ECW invasion angle had come and gone, with Team WWF beating The Alliance in the main event of Survivor Series. The next step was to get rid of all WCW titles, including the once-prestigious WCW World Heavyweight Championship. At Vengeance in December, The Rock would defend the WCW Title against Chris Jericho while WWF Champion Steve Austin would meet Kurt Angle. Then, the winners would meet in a title-for-title contest to crown the first WWF Undisputed Champion.
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Austin retained the WWF Championship against Angle in the first match of the mini-tournament, while The Great One dropped the Big Gold Belt to Y2J. The winners met just a few minutes later, with Jericho coming out on top thanks to Booker T’s interference. Jericho and Austin put on a good match before the former five-time (five-time!) WCW Champion came out, and history was made at the end of the night.
