Judgment Day (2001)

Judgment Day (2001)
Promotional poster featuring Steve Austin and Triple H
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Sponsor(s)	RC Cola
Date	May 20, 2001
Attendance	13,623
Venue	ARCO Arena
City	Sacramento, California
Pay-per-view chronology
Insurrextion (2001) Judgment Day (2001) King of the Ring (2001)
Judgment Day chronology
Judgment Day (2000) Judgment Day (2001) Judgment Day (2002)

Judgment Day (2001) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and sponsored by RC Cola. It was the third such annual event and took place on May 20, 2001, at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California.

Seven professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card. The three main featured bouts were scheduled on the undercard. The main event was "Stone Cold" Steve Austin defending the WWF Championship against The Undertaker in a No Holds Barred match. The second was a Chain match to win the WWF Intercontinental Title. The challenger Kane against the WWF Intercontinental Champion Triple H. The third featured bout was a 3 Stages Of Hell Match for Kurt Angle's 1996 Olympic Gold Medals that Chris Benoit stole from Angle.

The event grossed over $670,000 in ticket sales from an attendance of 13,623, which was higher than the previous year's event. The Judgment Day 2001 event received a lower buy rate than that of the previous year; it had less than 300,000 pay-per-view purchases.

The event featured seven professional wrestling matches with outcomes predetermined by the WWF's creative writers. Wrestlers portrayed either a villainous or fan-favorite role as they followed a series of events which build tension, leading to a wrestling match. The name of a wrestler's character was not always the person's birth name, as wrestlers often use a stage name to portray their character.