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5 c" ^) [3 H6 IWCW Tag Team Champions The Natural Born Thrillers - Sean O'Haire & Chuck Palumbo - made their first WWE appearances on SmackDown during a World Tag Team Championship Match between The Hardy Boyz and The Dudley Boyz at Madison Square Garden.
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! C e: d' ~ FOn the July 2, 2001, edition of Raw, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Kurt Angle and Mr. McMahon attempted to get along.2 a. R4 ]5 g) H( M1 C
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Shane McMahon informed his father that WCW would be taking over the main event that evening.
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In the main event, Booker T defended the WCW Championship. A+ L5 n( p I* e1 g0 y+ `5 N
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3 B* } V5 |/ ?) B# o1 c* GFormer five-time WCW Tag Team Champion Buff Bagwell was the challenger.
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“I knew that Buff wasn’t prepared for that stage,” Booker T said. “But I still had a job to do and that was to represent WCW.”
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9 z) z1 J! w1 n2 p% m5 j: xWCW logos were all over the ring and arena. WCW even used their own commentary team, referee and ring announcer.# y' s, v6 }- j' \& Q
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7 S$ Y. O* f2 Z, v! {Austin and Angle ran to the ring to end the match.8 E) j- G" y' ^+ J# S/ z
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9 r0 |: b% N4 B P7 O! CThe very next night, Palumbo & O'Haire defended the WCW Tag Team Championship against Shawn Stasiak & Kanyon during a taping for Heat.
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! a, y' M8 p6 W# Z+ x( qO'Haire scored the pin to retain the titles for The Natural Born Thrillers.
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7 L! B: X% G, k; y3 dGregory Helms, also making his WWE debut, defended the WCW Cruiserweight Championshp against Kidman.5 A4 x# i# E: p" a
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Kidman impressively reversed Helms' Vertebreaker into the Kid Krusher to pin the champion and win the Cruiserweight Title.
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, P& _7 q- p9 _. X( cIn the main event of the evening, Booker T defended the WCW Championship against Diamond Dallas Page.: c( s' K+ Y8 s w; M
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) V7 W2 u: D* v7 }" x+ w7 X" QBooker retained the title but had to fend off an interfering Kurt Angle.
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WCW owner Shane McMahon often watched his competitors from ringside. |
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