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The complex history of WWE's Era of Unification: photos! |4 N/ g& e! H+ x0 w" }% Y+ o
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5 f" {; l V: ?0 t; |On 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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; g! R; u) _/ G( ?1 VTwo weeks before Survivor Series 2001, Edge – the recently crowned King of the Ring – lost the WWE Intercontinental Championship to Test on Raw.) J+ ~ r/ X; M* F# N: o
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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./ N( z' ?- Y" j* x
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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./ c0 ?! X7 N, i7 x0 V# F
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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.0 y) o' K8 L3 M4 d% W7 u
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The Brothers of Destruction emerged victorious at SummerSlam, but soon lost both sets of titles to individual teams.! {8 ]0 V9 H8 t" A
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$ x6 j2 q' e" p' fThe Dudleys defeated their longtime adversaries The Hardy Boyz in a Steel Cage Match to unify the championships at Survivor Series.6 X2 |! F! Z9 K& }9 z$ J
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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.& N* k3 i, @, b x2 }4 A
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( @% P8 o9 `/ n) CChris 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.6 g( C+ J& |: m% n) c2 _
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Y2J emerged victorious – thanks to a bit of assistance from Mr. McMahon.
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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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. f9 k, _( }# [( g2 TAfter Jericho was defeated by Triple H at WrestleMania X8, the two titles were merged into the WWE Undisputed Championship.
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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.4 ]& c, M O$ Z6 q+ |/ p8 X' o
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; B, `2 G# k4 q: N9 d8 ?* p3 fTwo of the championships that defined the Attitude Era were put to rest in summer 2002 by Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam.8 q% K g# j0 d+ M- K0 G
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2 L# F4 j/ X8 s7 {) yAfter RVD defeated European Champion Jeff Hardy in a Ladder Match to retire the European Title, he battled Hardcore Champion Tommy Dreamer.
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The 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.' ]) ?3 t/ F+ v3 [& F; [5 f# A
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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. z; d5 B. R' f' O E0 i/ o# `
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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.
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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.5 s% [4 O( [% n; X( f! m* b9 I
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$ p7 G. v9 X( O$ h+ |. ]; IIn a unique matchup of the WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament, Brock Lesnar & Tajiri battled the team of Edge & Rey Mysterio.& G/ e' W9 H, |, J3 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.% P0 q/ Z \/ u _, j, J
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Edge turned the tables on Kurt Angle at No Mercy.2 H6 F) b+ }7 ^8 g* i+ f
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Kurt Angle was one half of the first-ever WWE Tag Team Champions.& M W% `/ E; W# Y/ c
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$ p$ L7 J% B v3 m4 mTriple H was victorious and the Intercontinental Championship was retired for seven months.) c$ E( f! F: Y7 Y0 S0 m
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Seven months after No Mercy 2002, co-General Manager "Stone Cold" Steve Austin reinstated the title.
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Christian won a Battle Royal at Judgment Day to win the vacant Intercontinental Title.
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In 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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Eddie Guerrero met Ultimo Dragon in a clash with international flavor during the first round of the United States Championship Tournament on SmackDown.4 h) \0 g# v* B) Q; t4 E O3 @
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! i: R* E2 R/ K2 |' m$ M% x" OAfter defeating Ultimo Dragon, Eddie Guerrero also defeated Billy Gunn to advance to the finals.3 z" n; t0 J& K1 V4 `
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Latino Heat won it all at Vengeance to win the vacant United States Championship." g" a; `) N, F9 }
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% R0 {6 j- e* k% P6 y4 HHornswoggle shockingly entered and won the Cruiserweight Open at The Great American Bash 2007 to become Cruiserweight Champion.
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; A. {. k1 \# oWWE 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.
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The Colons won the bout and became the first-ever Unified Tag Team Champions.
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Bret Hart was tasked with debuting the new WWE Tag Team Championship titles on the Aug. 16, 2010 edition of Raw., q/ P+ m7 w: a# |4 h! F
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