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The complex history of WWE's Era of Unification: photos
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8 v5 \) I9 q: C( G4 _: J; cOn 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.
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X-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.2 O/ ?7 |! |' I0 R, g. I
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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.
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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.
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, y/ K- h6 g8 J* F! R! lThe 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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) P" P2 w1 T4 }* v8 E- ]; m: N! @8 NThe Brothers of Destruction emerged victorious at SummerSlam, but soon lost both sets of titles to individual teams.# K" r1 B# Y- k2 b. e/ T6 [! ?' c1 D2 Y9 y
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+ u6 Z/ _1 m0 {# Q' E7 \; IThe Dudleys defeated their longtime adversaries The Hardy Boyz in a Steel Cage Match to unify the championships at Survivor Series.
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/ T6 \, Y# d% ?4 W) DBubba 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.% H: g8 z, U, m2 U. z5 ^
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! c# R- u/ W( y2 j3 G; GChris Jericho won’t let anyone forget at Vengeance in December 2001.
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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.
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& f& o, i- z( ?+ gY2J emerged victorious – thanks to a bit of assistance from Mr. McMahon.0 M- Q! d: C( Y4 L7 Z; [4 ~
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; L& {# U: ~5 dOn 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., J# u5 j7 I2 w7 k9 ~: F" N
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After Jericho was defeated by Triple H at WrestleMania X8, the two titles were merged into the WWE Undisputed Championship.
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* N4 ?! h" U, z0 e9 {Ric Flair did the honors of presenting The King of Kings with the brand new title on the April 1, 2002, edition of Raw.% l0 x# F6 Q* k% w/ P% S
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6 |: Q! [; @( v9 n/ ^+ X$ QTwo of the championships that defined the Attitude Era were put to rest in summer 2002 by Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam.2 D: G0 b7 K/ v e, n
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6 K/ g# Q- w' _2 A# S, X: u8 AAfter RVD defeated European Champion Jeff Hardy in a Ladder Match to retire the European Title, he battled Hardcore Champion Tommy Dreamer.* G f& F0 ?) W* |4 i- u
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5 w ~& ?% r8 p) S ^/ I b3 G- ?0 rThe two ECW icons competed in a brutal bout that saw The Whole Dam Show once again emerge victorious.5 t7 \# z+ V1 y
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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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Bischoff opened a briefcase and awarded the newly created World Heavyweight Championship and to Triple H
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' S1 J" k# R1 d6 _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.4 N) s5 e+ H8 z+ e
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Reverend 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.* ]: I: \5 a* t/ C9 T4 X% ]
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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." D0 S) q$ E+ `0 J
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In a unique matchup of the WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament, Brock Lesnar & Tajiri battled the team of Edge & Rey Mysterio.7 L; e% k U8 x3 p
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Brock went on a rampage after coming out on the losing end of the contest.
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Kurt Angle applied his patented submission hold onto Eddie Guerrero during the WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament.
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Kurt Angle faced off with Rey Mysterio in the finals of the WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament at No Mercy 2002.
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& ]/ l1 o) q# p/ d; j2 O9 Q, T( r- }Edge turned the tables on Kurt Angle at No Mercy.
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Kurt Angle was one half of the first-ever WWE Tag Team Champions.
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( ^# D- K7 W$ W7 bKane, who had recently won the Intercontinental Championship from Chris Jericho, faced off with Triple H at No Mercy 2002.
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/ ]' D1 S. U; n% H5 jThe Game was the reigning World Heavyweight Championship, and the bout was to unify the two titles.) {8 v8 O$ n, V/ [! B1 X& `
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Seven months after No Mercy 2002, co-General Manager "Stone Cold" Steve Austin reinstated the title.5 [! l/ E6 J3 K9 t* j2 }
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Christian won a Battle Royal at Judgment Day to win the vacant Intercontinental Title.
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2 r. q% z, W7 e+ f% i- aIn June 2003, SmackDown General Manager Stephanie McMahon announced the reinstatement of the United States Championship.
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Stephanie announced the new champion would be crowned in a tournament that would culminate at Vengeance 2003.
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# D' h( i! v, F) [/ ZEddie Guerrero met Ultimo Dragon in a clash with international flavor during the first round of the United States Championship Tournament on SmackDown.- @( r: r# T% o- g6 X
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8 ^) B6 E C* C0 r' S( lAfter 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.4 _0 j7 L1 ^8 e1 B/ U8 z& x% D
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: l- ^# T1 J) S$ k$ m% ]Bret Hart was tasked with debuting the new WWE Tag Team Championship titles on the Aug. 16, 2010 edition of Raw.+ b7 d$ Y# r$ G' T, @! E& I
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