5 Best Wrestling Matches of 2001

#1 Edge & Christian vs. The Dudleyz vs. The Hardyz – TLC II – WrestleMania X-Seven

Nothing even comes close to this epic match...

There are so many words to describe this match: carnage, savage, terrifying, sickening, jaw-dropping, insane, the list goes on. These six men plus their respective friends put themselves through unimaginable punishment to win the tag team titles and entertain the fans. The spots were so extreme that they set the bar too high for anyone to ever reach. What else is there to say about this match that hasn’t already been said?

No TLC or Ladder match since 2001 has come close to replicating this one.

This was not a ‘wrestling match’; it was hardcore fanservice, and boy did it satisfy. It was a demolition derby with eight men (and one woman) putting their bodies through unbelievable punishment to show just how much the WWE Tag Team Titles meant to them.

Of course, this being TLC, it featured some absolutely savage spots that helped make all of these wrestlers’ careers legendary. These include:

· Bubba Powerbombing Jeff Hardy onto Edge through a table;

· Spike Dudley making a surprise appearance and hitting his finisher Christian through a table that was outside the ring;

· Lita getting 3-D’d by the Dudleyz (which made the crowd erupt, for some reason);

· Jeff Hardy hitting a Swanton Bomb off a 20-ft ladder onto Rhyno through tables

· Bubba Ray and Matt Hardy getting tossed off a ladder through tables outside of the ring; and

· The single-greatest spot in WWE history: Edge spearing Jeff Hardy while he was hanging from the titles. That visual alone has been repeated so many times over the years and served as a moment of proof that Edge was earmarked for future success.

This match will go down in history as the best wrestling match of 2001, and the best match of WrestleMania X-Seven. It was a brutal demonstration of recklessness and has become a piece of wrestling history.