WrestleMania X-Seven

WrestleMania X-Seven was the seventeenth annual WrestleMania pay-per-view event held on Sunday, April 1, 2001, by WWE at the Reliant Astrodome in Houston, Texas. It is considered by many to be the greatest WrestleMania of all time. WrestleMania X-Seven is the highest grossing professional wrestling pay-per-view ever with an estimated 3.0 buyrate (or 1,000,000 viewers). Some fans have cited WrestleMania X-Seven as the end of the Attitude Era for the WWF and the peak of the professional wrestling boom of the late '90s, as ratings and attendance started declining following the pay-per-view. Wrestling's popularity in mainstream pop culture also took a deep nose-dive following WrestleMania X-Seven, some believe due to Stone Cold Steve Austin, one of the most popular wrestlers of all time, turning heel and aligning himself with archrival Vince McMahon, the man who Austin feuded with during the late 90's wrestling boom. Also the Rock's move into movies is also a reason often given to wrestling's fall in popularity at this point, plus the decision to keep Triple H heel and align him with Steve Austin despite their history of fighting each other. Another plausable reason is that the WWF wasn't catering enough for former WCW and ECW fans, and that without any major competition the WWF began put on less high calibre shows.

Related Topics:
WrestleMania - Sunday - April 1 - 2001 - WWE - Reliant Astrodome - Houston - Texas - Vince McMahon - Heel

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The theme song for the event was "My Way" by Limp Bizkit, which is notable for being played ad nasuem in the weeks leading up to the event. WrestleMania X-Seven was subtitled Houston...We Have A Problem, but it was never mentioned on WWF T.V. However, the subtitle was shown on the pay-per-view posters and in the DVD and VHS cover art.

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