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+ L+ D( `2 R- i* }8 x" q: h0 P qWCW 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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) }6 `3 s8 Q% j- _& J: Z0 aOn the July 2, 2001, edition of Raw, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Kurt Angle and Mr. McMahon attempted to get along.
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* x0 y( A+ A) h! M+ _Shane McMahon informed his father that WCW would be taking over the main event that evening.+ a1 l! z, x1 h. Z
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; d& u, k( R5 l* |& C+ aIn the main event, Booker T defended the WCW Championship.
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Former 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.”0 G+ x+ _* N' {' Q8 w
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Austin and Angle ran to the ring to end the match.
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The 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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Z v% N- M. u5 C8 H/ v* {Later that night during the SmackDown taping, Billy Kidman made his first appearance in WWE.' R- P+ n1 b' B9 @3 H/ a
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Gregory Helms, also making his WWE debut, defended the WCW Cruiserweight Championshp against Kidman.+ p, b/ h* H- L. P! W
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In the main event of the evening, Booker T defended the WCW Championship against Diamond Dallas Page.
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4 x1 r9 M( C* K' O& R% CBooker retained the title but had to fend off an interfering Kurt Angle.
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