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The complex history of WWE's Era of Unification: photos8 U- n3 D2 q( ?8 N
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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.4 P4 g/ x+ W3 m- R4 l
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N5 S3 a. Y C# z1 x9 V# uX-Pac unified the titles once again by defeating Tajiri at SummerSlam 2001.; d) H; h+ C' `1 Y
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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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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.& }& q/ w/ s1 ^
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B& Q* P* P3 U. C6 {4 c/ \The 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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" b/ v0 M" y4 TThe Brothers of Destruction emerged victorious at SummerSlam, but soon lost both sets of titles to individual teams.* U* ~; ]0 z$ j
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% K- H2 q7 E: X1 ~The Dudleys defeated their longtime adversaries The Hardy Boyz in a Steel Cage Match to unify the championships at Survivor Series.8 G# @1 b- g8 n6 o
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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.
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* N) M9 o, u0 u3 q% s$ B. NChris Jericho won’t let anyone forget at Vengeance in December 2001.: f7 ^2 z' G1 W# v
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3 D m. D8 h" r* q- ZJericho 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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) v0 N; l6 D2 Z# m+ n, VOn 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.' K+ M: T5 c/ y, F% l: [
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4 p1 q. m1 B& e$ Y* _) t. tAfter Jericho was defeated by Triple H at WrestleMania X8, the two titles were merged into the WWE Undisputed Championship.
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8 |$ o* }3 F- f1 z" p) ARic Flair did the honors of presenting The King of Kings with the brand new title on the April 1, 2002, edition of Raw.0 X4 p# r3 J8 E9 A% S
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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.8 Y- O# h. x& p# w% s o# c2 ~
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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.
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% A/ ? l" F* H: ] XSmackDown 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.
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) G; J( c! ]. ~( rReverend 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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$ h0 h: g0 Y& ~: _7 YKurt 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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* }# y5 o) E' WIn a unique matchup of the WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament, Brock Lesnar & Tajiri battled the team of Edge & Rey Mysterio. B+ W( t( L0 r9 ~, W/ l! R' H
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4 c: W& d4 m) T1 S0 r4 w% a" gBrock went on a rampage after coming out on the losing end of the contest.
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2 d2 T/ U4 o0 R: SKurt 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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Edge turned the tables on Kurt Angle at No Mercy.
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! z3 n5 _) _0 z& E; S4 lKurt Angle was one half of the first-ever WWE Tag Team Champions.
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, [7 o7 e, G, ?' NThe Game was the reigning World Heavyweight Championship, and the bout was to unify the two titles.
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Triple H was victorious and the Intercontinental Championship was retired for seven months.7 z; ]" Z( ]& R5 G
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In June 2003, SmackDown General Manager Stephanie McMahon announced the reinstatement of the United States Championship.# L- J" I' m' ]# o6 G% i/ i0 h
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" ~. ^; b. p3 ?4 k3 K6 QStephanie 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./ J* w, \4 v/ Y' q
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After defeating Ultimo Dragon, Eddie Guerrero also defeated Billy Gunn to advance to the finals.
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3 I7 T7 ^5 [. O9 ?; q8 y' QLatino Heat won it all at Vengeance to win the vacant United States Championship. m4 u* d7 I p
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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.: s$ J# s' U" Q/ f; t/ R1 G4 Y$ T2 F
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