10 Quietly Brilliant WWE PPVs
4. WWF Unforgiven 2001
Naturally, most judge 2001 - post WrestleMania X-seven - by the Invasion angle which dominated it.
Unforgiven 2001 was in part blighted by how poorly the homegrown WCW talents - or those more associated with ECWCW than they were with the WWF - were booked. To underline that, the man who entered the WWF with the most credibility - Booker T - was dispatched by The Rock in just fifteen minutes, even with the help of Shane McMahon. It was also blighted by how poorly those WCW talents performed.
The Brothers of Destruction Vs. Kronik bout was such an uncoordinated disaster that even Paul Heyman on commentary broke both kayfabe, and his storyline allegiance to the latter team, by imploring Bryan Clark to "turn around!". Clark, scheduled to receive a chokeslam, was facing the completely opposite direction.
At the time, it was disheartening. But the searing disappointment of an un-f*ck-up-able angle has since simmered.
All that said, Rob Van Dam yet again demonstrated that he was the real MVP (with all due respect to Kanyon) of the Alliance in an entertainingly violent bout with Chris Jericho. The main event, won by Kurt Angle, was equally good - proof that Steve Austin's heel run wasn't quite the disappointment most remember it being.