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The Complex History of WWE's Era of Unification: photos
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; Z2 u7 b( Q7 v1 ZOn the July 30, 2001, edition of Raw, X-Pac, the WWE Light Heavyweight Champion, defeated Billy Kidman, the WCW Cruiserweight Champion, to unify the two titles.( n2 P" \, z* A+ h: E+ s
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' B2 P) ~# R: p6 JX-Pac unified the titles once again by defeating Tajiri at SummerSlam 2001.
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Two weeks before Survivor Series 2001, Edge – the recently crowned King of the Ring – lost the WWE Intercontinental Championship to Test on Raw.
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One week later, Edge won the WCW United States Championship and then defeated Test at Survivor Series to unify the titles.( L2 m2 x! Y3 W4 [% Y" V8 \
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The Undertaker & Kane won the WCW Tag Team Championship on the Aug. 9, 2001, edition of SmackDown. On the same night, WCW competitors Diamond Dallas Page & Kanyon defeated The APA to become WWE World Tag Team Champions.8 S: ~1 P0 Q j$ ^
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The two new titleholding teams met in a Steel Cage Match at SummerSlam to rectify this bizarro universe by unifying the titles.
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: {3 }9 Z( M S: tThe Brothers of Destruction emerged victorious at SummerSlam, but soon lost both sets of titles to individual teams.
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. c$ J9 Y. ]+ b+ ^" JThe Dudleys defeated their longtime adversaries The Hardy Boyz in a Steel Cage Match to unify the championships at Survivor Series.
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Bubba and D-Von are the only tag team in history to hold the titles of the three major sports-entertainment organizations – WWE, WCW and ECW.
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Chris Jericho won’t let anyone forget at Vengeance in December 2001.* N4 ?: _: m7 N
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Jericho defeated The Rock to win the WCW Championship and was immediately faced with the task of battling "Stone Cold" Steve Austin for the WWE Championship.7 q2 h% s: H# z4 ?. h& p1 b
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' N( b! d* \" D: g. cY2J emerged victorious – thanks to a bit of assistance from Mr. McMahon.* I9 b) C6 N2 b
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On that night, Jericho earned the right to brag that he is “the best in the world at what he does” by defeating two of sports-entertainment’s most iconic stars in one night.
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After Jericho was defeated by Triple H at WrestleMania X8, the two titles were merged into the WWE Undisputed Championship.# f5 s! ]% W7 _) Q9 c
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Ric Flair did the honors of presenting The King of Kings with the brand new title on the April 1, 2002, edition of Raw.5 c. o5 O2 T8 I' \% g: B6 b8 |( X
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3 B4 `- D, Q* E/ _5 VTwo of the championships that defined the Attitude Era were put to rest in summer 2002 by Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam.
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: W: [4 l/ {1 G3 V0 b) a/ FThe two ECW icons competed in a brutal bout that saw The Whole Dam Show once again emerge victorious.
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With WWE Champion Brock Lesnar refusing to show up on Raw, it left WWE’s flagship broadcast without a champion. That void was quickly filled by Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff.
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! H+ w. P( P7 o* b0 dBischoff opened a briefcase and awarded the newly created World Heavyweight Championship and to Triple H6 S. b" p! {0 k, {* G$ D# T8 r
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3 ?3 l) \" |3 r) ~SmackDown General Manager Stephanie McMahon introduced the WWE Tag Team Championship, represented by titles emblazoned with the bright blue color so associated with SmackDown’s look.
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# A4 J3 m( A" S: hReverend D-Von & Ron Simmons battled the team of Billy Gunn & Chuck Palumbo in the first round of the WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament on SmackDown.
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Kurt Angle advanced to the finals of the WWE Tag Team Championship Tournameny by defeating grapplers including Eddie Guerrero and John Cena.1 T6 h w8 U' j( y3 ]0 s+ Y
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3 X# W4 R3 b: L9 K3 \/ ?In a unique matchup of the WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament, Brock Lesnar & Tajiri battled the team of Edge & Rey Mysterio. V; |) v& S8 l( g4 w
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Kurt Angle applied his patented submission hold onto Eddie Guerrero during the WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament.3 Z, |) ]; V# X
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8 n7 s: o+ F: w) QKurt Angle faced off with Rey Mysterio in the finals of the WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament at No Mercy 2002.
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Edge turned the tables on Kurt Angle at No Mercy.
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4 u$ z% Y& o( b- E3 b# PKurt Angle was one half of the first-ever WWE Tag Team Champions.
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The Game was the reigning World Heavyweight Championship, and the bout was to unify the two titles.: x! D: J7 B5 B& H; W" s
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Seven months after No Mercy 2002, co-General Manager "Stone Cold" Steve Austin reinstated the title.- ~: G/ J* [, K7 w' c! Z, f
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Christian won a Battle Royal at Judgment Day to win the vacant Intercontinental Title.# n5 B5 I0 b" X1 H; x; [0 ~* D9 l2 \( E- `
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5 G1 i; S" I/ d2 D( |. xIn June 2003, SmackDown General Manager Stephanie McMahon announced the reinstatement of the United States Championship.
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* D# |( @" k9 {Stephanie announced the new champion would be crowned in a tournament that would culminate at Vengeance 2003.
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Eddie Guerrero met Ultimo Dragon in a clash with international flavor during the first round of the United States Championship Tournament on SmackDown.4 A4 {' R; a0 Q$ R- q$ i6 d
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& e' X. Y' T. O; v4 }( a3 wAfter defeating Ultimo Dragon, Eddie Guerrero also defeated Billy Gunn to advance to the finals.
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Latino Heat won it all at Vengeance to win the vacant United States Championship.2 P2 J9 k% @" \$ D, [2 o
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Hornswoggle was forced by Vickie Guerrero to vacate the title two months later.8 {; S! e6 `5 z z
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WWE Tag Team Champions Primo & Carlito prepared to face off with World Tag Team Champions John Morrison & The Miz in a Lumberjack Match to unify the titles at The 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania.& T- k* }( h" P; G3 n& D+ z
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The Colons won the bout and became the first-ever Unified Tag Team Champions.
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, q! f" \2 \! _0 ^7 h" mBret Hart was tasked with debuting the new WWE Tag Team Championship titles on the Aug. 16, 2010 edition of Raw.
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