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The complex history of WWE's Era of Unification: photos6 G8 s7 P# g( N/ w- M! d/ k/ k( G. @: t
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; Z, s$ J# r" U' f( ?% ^$ n6 M7 FOn 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./ |7 y$ V r6 ^7 B# N$ s. M: [
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; D$ S) U& c6 v7 H- b, hX-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.
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9 I3 _# H1 ]6 a3 o; g: iOne week later, Edge won the WCW United States Championship and then defeated Test at Survivor Series to unify the titles.
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; V5 }4 Y/ E8 Q! M1 x0 b/ U: kThe 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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- j$ [ {% M' q, i- ~0 N' hThe two new titleholding teams met in a Steel Cage Match at SummerSlam to rectify this bizarro universe by unifying the titles.; i$ ?1 P/ E4 ^0 T5 s, [: y
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The Dudleys defeated their longtime adversaries The Hardy Boyz in a Steel Cage Match to unify the championships at Survivor Series.
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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.+ \3 y. h6 d" h2 C, ~
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* ]" y' L2 J) m& r; MChris Jericho won’t let anyone forget at Vengeance in December 2001.2 ?1 O# Q/ s8 K/ R
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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.! P9 ?/ |; R d* Y2 z, h: M
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) `9 P. A" ?5 h4 G/ J$ U. m" e" TY2J emerged victorious – thanks to a bit of assistance from Mr. McMahon.
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* H$ w7 S2 L& `& h. kOn 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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6 U w# \0 M% r9 w- iAfter Jericho was defeated by Triple H at WrestleMania X8, the two titles were merged into the WWE Undisputed Championship.
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5 b0 M9 E, e, Y+ c5 mRic Flair did the honors of presenting The King of Kings with the brand new title on the April 1, 2002, edition of Raw.) I+ |# o4 j4 ^. c0 \% i8 X; z5 t5 t
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Two of the championships that defined the Attitude Era were put to rest in summer 2002 by Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam.
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3 H* l; s& \" Q! T0 D. jAfter RVD defeated European Champion Jeff Hardy in a Ladder Match to retire the European Title, he battled Hardcore Champion Tommy Dreamer." T5 r! a+ l. E0 x# L* T1 I7 T) C
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2 ?6 d- A- C9 p4 E9 ?The two ECW icons competed in a brutal bout that saw The Whole Dam Show once again emerge victorious.
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% i, E! `# d( M- S+ m3 i" Z+ aWith 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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! {* ^4 _; k3 kBischoff opened a briefcase and awarded the new World Heavyweight Championship to Triple H.5 P: f7 I; g8 c2 b9 ^+ _
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! D. |" |3 f) [8 V KSmackDown 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.7 S3 ]3 ^2 L1 z, w3 `
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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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& D% m. w1 R" h1 L2 Q- LIn a unique matchup of the WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament, Brock Lesnar & Tajiri battled the team of Edge & Rey Mysterio.
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" R2 u0 k+ `3 k- zKurt Angle applied his patented submission hold onto Eddie Guerrero during the WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament.* [' J L! X2 j) Z! f5 m J
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3 z7 b4 [6 D5 T& D9 W6 i; p# HKurt Angle faced off with Rey Mysterio in the finals of the WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament at No Mercy 2002.$ e3 u' ?: c. D- a5 i# L
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Edge turned the tables on Kurt Angle at No Mercy.
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1 k* e; ^$ A: F4 V6 Z3 U+ n, gTriple H was victorious and the Intercontinental Championship was retired for seven months.
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6 V8 g5 W! `9 e2 ^8 `/ YSeven months after No Mercy 2002, co-General Manager "Stone Cold" Steve Austin reinstated the title.5 t; W4 V+ ^1 h$ s
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Christian won a Battle Royal at Judgment Day to win the vacant Intercontinental Title.
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$ A% Q G6 |# [7 @, WIn June 2003, SmackDown General Manager Stephanie McMahon announced the reinstatement of the United States Championship.0 x# N! a( h6 T1 z" J0 o
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: t. d4 l" |! ]5 |7 B2 `6 `7 h9 ^4 EStephanie announced the new champion would be crowned in a tournament that would culminate at Vengeance 2003.
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After defeating Ultimo Dragon, Eddie Guerrero also defeated Billy Gunn to advance to the finals.
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Hornswoggle shockingly entered and won the Cruiserweight Open at The Great American Bash 2007 to become Cruiserweight Champion.) i' a4 N0 `, r. d
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WWE 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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. h+ ^/ ]# x3 e5 HBret Hart was tasked with debuting the new WWE Tag Team Championship titles on the Aug. 16, 2010 edition of Raw.' p1 W7 z' Y5 i. G8 {
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