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10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE In 2001 - Monday Night Raw Nearly Became Nitro! Rising Tensions! WWE Culls Staff! Chyna Was Supposed To Star Alongside Schwarzenegger?!

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🗓️ 11 August 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Just how close did WWF Raw come to being WCW Nitro? Andrew Pollard presents 10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE In 2001...


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0:00.0

2001 will forever go down a pro wrestling history as one of the most monumental years ever,

0:06.6

ECW and WCW went out of business. Stone Cold Steve Austin made a deal with the devil.

0:12.5

Chris Jericho ended the year as the first ever undisputed champion,

0:16.6

and this was the final four year where the world wrestling federation name was in use.

0:21.2

That way from all of that though, several news items and slices of trivia in 2001

0:25.7

have gone a little under the radar the years have rolled up.

0:29.0

So, I'm Andrew from WCW and here are 10 things you didn't know about WWE in 2001.

0:35.6

Number 10, Rising Tensions in the Divas locker room. By 2001,

0:40.5

Leiter had nicely started into team extreme with the Hardy Boys,

0:43.6

and it really started to come into an old as one of the most beloved females in the entire company.

0:48.7

At the turn of the millennium though, WWE's female talent were fighting for extremely

0:53.2

limited TV time, and so all were eager to grab that spotlight.

0:57.3

Ivory had been around for a short while before Leiter,

0:59.9

and thus had witnessed Leiter come into the company,

1:02.4

a rise up to become one of the biggest names on the roster.

1:05.5

Intriguing Leiter, Ivory has since noted during a shoot interview that she found it difficult

1:10.2

to relate with Leiter, who would be showered with gifts by fans,

1:13.3

only to leave those presents behind when she left the arena.

1:16.9

Then Ivory's view, this was flat out rude and it left a bitter taste in her mouth.

1:21.8

It's interesting to hear about these little rips in the WWE system,

1:24.8

especially when everything was painted as being like paradise.

1:28.0

Number 9, Jerry Lawler quits for his ex-wife.

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