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.
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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.
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Shane McMahon informed his father that WCW would be taking over the main event that evening.
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In the main event, Booker T defended the WCW Championship.
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Former 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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WCW logos were all over the ring and arena. WCW even used their own commentary team, referee and ring announcer.
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Austin and Angle ran to the ring to end the match.
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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.
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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.
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Gregory Helms, also making his WWE debut, defended the WCW Cruiserweight Championshp against Kidman.
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Kidman impressively reversed Helms' Vertebreaker into the Kid Krusher to pin the champion and win the Cruiserweight Title.
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In the main event of the evening, Booker T defended the WCW Championship against Diamond Dallas Page.
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Booker retained the title but had to fend off an interfering Kurt Angle.
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WCW owner Shane McMahon often watched his competitors from ringside.