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The complex history of WWE's Era of Unification: photos
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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.* Q6 i! n/ D+ L& `0 [# T
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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." K5 Q; |( u& l% ?0 D* k
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0 Y, F; }7 ^$ n2 k) @One week later, Edge won the WCW United States Championship and then defeated Test at Survivor Series to unify the titles.5 _$ |3 ^3 h. h3 C- {, r2 |3 [! \; U
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0 v) `( E4 i$ `- {" s& _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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/ R' k! w2 L$ H! a( a1 PThe two new titleholding teams met in a Steel Cage Match at SummerSlam to rectify this bizarro universe by unifying the titles.8 W: O* e2 _+ { Q4 M8 r
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" i( d, F/ z5 ?# J, _% b eThe Brothers of Destruction emerged victorious at SummerSlam, but soon lost both sets of titles to individual teams.! t2 a; o/ ?1 r" { a" `
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& n; i r9 M2 q, ~- @ s5 [0 eThe 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.( e' P( V! i* X7 x9 F$ l; {: X9 l& M
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Chris 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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Y2J emerged victorious – thanks to a bit of assistance from Mr. McMahon.
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+ T7 A" w' f5 \: s oOn 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., `; b$ D7 n- {3 U
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# N2 W) a; {/ y6 ]+ wAfter Jericho was defeated by Triple H at WrestleMania X8, the two titles were merged into the WWE Undisputed Championship.! I- m6 U- U4 V3 x
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) A: C. _, @; J6 pRic Flair did the honors of presenting The King of Kings with the brand new title on the April 1, 2002, edition of Raw.
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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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: ]0 D% Y3 [6 T* u7 ~# }3 Y- WAfter 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., p' G5 l6 r, O5 m! o
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! [! \7 D, O+ Z- B, W* pWith 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 new World Heavyweight Championship to Triple H.
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- n" L5 Q8 g2 u$ Z7 O sSmackDown 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.+ c) C3 M1 }) W+ L' ~1 ]! @
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- u& l$ T8 {9 i& wReverend 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.# C1 o B; C8 N G1 Z
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3 |7 I# A; ^% J% I, |, |6 T T% HKurt Angle advanced to the finals of the WWE Tag Team Championship Tournameny by defeating grapplers including Eddie Guerrero and John Cena.
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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.$ y& n8 _' y' R4 y/ P" {5 R* U; U3 u. \
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5 Y7 |" E9 f8 u% o5 N! }Brock went on a rampage after coming out on the losing end of the contest.: _6 r8 C" s/ w) e: d4 p2 M% W
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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./ o5 ^$ J. V* K2 x6 ]# i
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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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1 i; S. g* @/ V8 ^: wTriple H was victorious and the Intercontinental Championship was retired for seven months.
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1 E/ \5 L, u7 J7 B- fSeven months after No Mercy 2002, co-General Manager "Stone Cold" Steve Austin reinstated the title.( g9 @, E4 D& K& }
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$ a, U6 U5 l R9 q- fChristian 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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( ^. J+ \; H0 O" o c; wStephanie announced the new champion would be crowned in a tournament that would culminate at Vengeance 2003.2 K$ H7 S7 W H7 i
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% v+ e, c2 A, w; f! bEddie Guerrero met Ultimo Dragon in a clash with international flavor during the first round of the United States Championship Tournament on SmackDown.( p6 r4 o+ ]) l' y
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After defeating Ultimo Dragon, Eddie Guerrero also defeated Billy Gunn to advance to the finals.
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# v/ q. ?6 `3 @- J! v7 }/ Q, ?3 lLatino Heat won it all at Vengeance to win the vacant United States Championship.) i9 s1 I6 d6 `- h, C; ~8 Y
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Hornswoggle shockingly entered and won the Cruiserweight Open at The Great American Bash 2007 to become Cruiserweight Champion.- r0 c7 P; A! c4 `; W
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# X; A9 o ~' K* Z) x: ]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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: G8 l% l5 ~ z3 S, A' o- z8 LThe Colons won the bout and became the first-ever Unified Tag Team Champions.% s: Z3 g) g- ?- e
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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.
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