Guilty as Charged (2001) was the third and final ECW Guilty as Charged professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It took place on January 7, 2001, from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, New York. This was the final nationally and globally broadcast event held by the original and independent ECW before it filed for bankruptcy two months later that year.
Rob Van Dam versus Jerry Lynn was included on the 2005 WWE DVD release Rob Van Dam: One of a Kind. The Unholy Alliance (Yoshihiro Tajiri and Mikey Whipwreck) versus Kid Kash and Super Crazy versus The F.B.I. (Little Guido and Tony Mamaluke) was included on the 2012 WWE DVD and Blu-ray release ECW Unreleased: Vol 1.
The main event was the first and only Tables, Ladders, Chairs and Canes match in ECW history for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, in which Steve Corino defended the title against The Sandman and Justin Credible. Sandman won the title but then immediately defended the title against Rhino, who defeated Sandman to capture the title. Rhino issued an open challenge which was answered by Rob Van Dam, but Van Dam was attacked by Jerry Lynn, leading to an immediate contest between the duo, which Van Dam won.
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Event
Preliminary matches
The event kicked off with Joel Gertner interviewing The Bad Street Boys (Christian York and Joey Matthews) in the ring until Da Baldies attacked Bad Street Boys. This led to Cyrus and Jerry Lynn beginning a match against Bad Street Boys. Lynn delivered a cradle piledriver to Matthews and Lynn pinned him for the win.
Next, Danny Doring and Roadkill defended the World Tag Team Championship against Hot Commodity (Julio Dinero and E. Z. Money). Chris Hamrick's interference backfired on Money, leading to Doring and Roadkill delivering a Buggy Bang to Dinero to retain the titles. After the match, Hot Commodity attacked Doring and Roadkill until Nova returned to ECW and made the save, leading to Nova facing Chris Hamrick in a match. The referee was knocked out and then Hamrick covered Nova for the pinfall and Chris Chetti returned to ECW in a referee shirt and made a fast count, awarding the win to Hamrick. However, the original referee regained consciousness and revealed that Nova had his shoulder up, therefore Chetti's decision did not stand. Lou E. Dangerously knocked out the referee with his cell phone until Spike Dudley made the save and brawled with Chetti. Nova hit a senton bomb to Chetti and delivered a Kryptonite Krunch to Hamrick for the win, with Dudley counting the pinfall.
Next, Tommy Dreamer competed against C. W. Anderson in an "I Quit" match. Anderson brought a table into the ring but Dreamer hit him with a chair and delivered a Dreamer Driver from the top rope onto the table. He then got a piece of cable from the table and wrapped it around Anderson's head and pulled it back, which cut Anderson's eyes and he quit. After the match, Dreamer and Anderson shook hands with each other.
Later, Kid Kash and Super Crazy competed against The Unholy Alliance (Yoshihiro Tajiri and Mikey Whipwreck) and The F.B.I. (Little Guido and Tony Mamaluke) in a Three-Way Dance to determine the #1 contenders for the World Tag Team Championship. Sal E. Graziano interfered in the match by splashing Kash, allowing Mamaluke to pin him for the first elimination. The action then continued between Unholy Alliance and FBI. Tajiri kicked Guido in the head three times and sprayed mist into Mamaluke's eyes. Tajiri and Whipwreck delivered tiger suplexes to Mamaluke and Guido respectively to win the match.
In the penultimate match, Balls Mahoney and Chilly Willy took on Simon and Swinger. Swinger brought out The Blue Boy and Jasmin St. Claire along with him as he was dissatisfied with Dawn Marie's managerial services. Rhino interrupted the match by taking out everyone with Gores and then he drove Jasmin from the middle rope onto a table with a Rhino Spike.