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本帖最后由 xrspook 于 2013-7-4 10:43 编辑 & L, E _$ a( _8 v5 _8 @3 x+ D
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WCW 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.0 Z3 G2 r0 E; p: \. z' ^
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On the July 2, 2001, edition of Raw, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Kurt Angle and Mr. McMahon attempted to get along.8 P! F# r$ b& \& K- l5 ^( [4 W
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" A% ^0 S* ~' a: V4 OShane McMahon informed his father that WCW would be taking over the main event that evening.: ?( ^, [+ ~/ ^2 q
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: D# Z$ U6 {8 Q& S5 R* u) oIn the main event, Booker T defended the WCW Championship.( I# Q- e7 f4 E5 ^
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0 n- \6 h4 C' Y9 t5 N8 v$ I+ y1 iFormer five-time WCW Tag Team Champion Buff Bagwell was the challenger.
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“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.”
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/ P; p& n* g* ~; ?$ y/ o; TWCW logos were all over the ring and arena. WCW even used their own commentary team, referee and ring announcer.+ d) t4 \3 T. c. \
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$ a' i) ]1 ]0 s) DAustin and Angle ran to the ring to end the match.0 K1 V0 [+ ~7 a* \/ [4 s1 q s
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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.$ Z) {0 v8 H* ?; q
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O'Haire scored the pin to retain the titles for The Natural Born Thrillers.
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Later that night during the SmackDown taping, Billy Kidman made his first appearance in WWE.* O9 v% Y' n- @: p$ T1 C
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& V- q& Q9 |' ~! C( y; KGregory Helms, also making his WWE debut, defended the WCW Cruiserweight Championshp against Kidman./ Y2 j" k* |' ~, r' U, f* }
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e m1 i2 ^3 U: C) IKidman impressively reversed Helms' Vertebreaker into the Kid Krusher to pin the champion and win the Cruiserweight Title.- E* j6 {/ F. H5 j
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In the main event of the evening, Booker T defended the WCW Championship against Diamond Dallas Page./ Q% m& o6 Q7 ^5 [7 R! U0 c
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Booker retained the title but had to fend off an interfering Kurt Angle.
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