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本帖最后由 xrspook 于 2013-7-4 10:43 编辑
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WWE becomes WCW: photos+ x! |0 S; Q6 h9 W- l) U l
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# F, v' i4 g) ]+ g6 S; o7 BWCW 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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- |5 `, D3 [2 S( Q7 rOn the July 2, 2001, edition of Raw, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Kurt Angle and Mr. McMahon attempted to get along.
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Shane McMahon informed his father that WCW would be taking over the main event that evening.2 A, B: y; X, m6 L5 G: I
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; X$ O( D+ P: g |In the main event, Booker T defended the WCW Championship./ e0 J1 i% \' P& o/ G' o
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Former five-time WCW Tag Team Champion Buff Bagwell was the challenger.
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/ Y$ i8 {6 d, ~6 x& k9 t7 |( L) }/ B“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.”; ?% L1 t2 d+ e" p* B
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4 L: Y7 D! I# {! s5 ZWCW logos were all over the ring and arena. WCW even used their own commentary team, referee and ring announcer.6 _5 |# V' R8 U+ B" `+ A
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. ~* m3 b# f6 _+ g3 c rAustin and Angle ran to the ring to end the match.6 M2 A9 T x; n Z8 D
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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.5 I, [1 H( S2 u* a. s l9 y
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' Q% S0 v0 o' m m! R) RO'Haire scored the pin to retain the titles for The Natural Born Thrillers.* E5 f. h- G$ @$ i
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; D+ U! _' v- p. V' [" M* I oLater that night during the SmackDown taping, Billy Kidman made his first appearance in WWE.
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+ \. Y6 w$ Z- U: mGregory Helms, also making his WWE debut, defended the WCW Cruiserweight Championshp against Kidman.' T2 N8 Y r& U; z: }$ S* t. D& T
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: u1 ?$ A. a) j8 {$ wKidman impressively reversed Helms' Vertebreaker into the Kid Krusher to pin the champion and win the Cruiserweight Title., ]* n, x! ^1 r& n. |
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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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Booker retained the title but had to fend off an interfering Kurt Angle.
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+ `2 h) U% r2 b5 S5 s' l9 |WCW owner Shane McMahon often watched his competitors from ringside. |
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