DAVE Blood and Thunder (2001)

Blood and Thunder (2001) was the fifth Blood and Thunder professional wrestling event produced by Danger And Violence Extreme (DAVE) and the second edition of the Blood and Thunder event to be broadcast on pay-per-view. It took place on January 14, 2001 from the Maurice Travers Memorial Hall in Monica, Bellerose. The commentators for the event were Jerome Turner and Emma Chase.

The main event was a The Hateful Eight rematch between The Defenders (Elton Rando, Johnny Martin, Bryan Holmes, Vengeance) and The Steel Circle (JD Morgan, Blockbuster, Bobby Thomas, Nate Johnson) with the losing team be forced to disband forever. The Defenders emerged victorious, with the Steel Circle disbanding.

In other major matches on the event, The Can-Am Blondes (Damian Carvill & Owen Love) retained the DAVE Tag Team titles against The Montreal Mafia (Marc Raisin & Dermott Ayres), Sammy Bach defeated Shawn Gonzalez to capture the DAVE Brass Knuckles title, David Stone defeated Chris Morissette in DAVE's first-ever five-star rated match from Simon Stanford, and The Fly Boys (Donnie J & Jimmy P) defeated the teams of Estrella Argentino & Silver Shark and Canadian Dragon & Chris Perkins to become the #1 contenders for the DAVE Tag Team Championship.

Reception
Blood and Thunder 2001 received 100,000 pay-per-view buys, and was met with positive reviews from critics. Simon Stanford of the Magisterian Sports Observer's professional wrestling section rated the match between Stone and Morissette five stars, the first DAVE match to receive such a rating, followed by the Gonzalez-Holmes match just 11 months later at the 2001 Alternate Showcase event.