10 Reasons No Way Out 2001 Is WWE's Greatest February PPV Ever
7. The Unpredictability
Ahead of No Way Out, there were a few certainties. The Rock was going to beat Kurt Angle to win the WWE Championship, Steve Austin was going to beat Triple H in Three Stages of Hell, Undertaker and Kane would win their first tag titles by winning a Triple Threat Tables match and Vince McMahon was going to betray Stephanie to side with Trish Stratus. Exactly one of those things happened. Yes, WWE managed to get to its final destination of WrestleMania X-Seven, the marquee matches according to plan, without boring fans to death with an utterly predictable pay-per-view the likes of which audiences are subjected to here in 2016. It was yet another example the strong creative infrastructure that existed at that time. Vince McMahon trusted that he could take risks, throw a monkey wrench into the fans' expectations and still wind up with the card he wanted. Most importantly, it made sense, something that the company seriously lacks far too often today.
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