After Unforgiven, Kane went on a tear. The next night on Raw, he and The Hurricane defeated the Un-Americans for the Tag Team Titles, and then the following week he defeated Chris Jericho for the Intercontinental Title, and then after that he singlehandedly won TLC IV against 3 other tag teams on Raw. Kane was on a roll!
Bischoff continued in his title unification madness, and booked a match for No Mercy wherein the Intercontinental Title would be absorbed into the World Heavyweight Title. Kane now had a chance to briefly hold all 3!
But then Triple H would tear his world apart, by revealing a dark secret from Kane's past...
There was a girl Kane liked in college but who just wanted to be friends. One night they were driving home from a party, when the car crashed into a tree, and the girl, named Katie Vick, died on impact. But the autopsy revealed that she had recently had sex with Kane! Triple H revealed that Kane violated her dead body!
He even went so far as to re-enact it in a "classic" sketch. <_<
Kane was distraught, and he and Hurricane would lose the Tag Team Titles to Christian and Chris Jericho (I suppose the Un-Americans must have disbanded). This made Christian a 9-time Tag Team Champion, second only to Billy Gunn!
Over on SmackDown, Stephanie McMahon decided that she wanted her own set of Tag Team Titles, so the tournament to crown the first ever WWE Tag Team Champions was held. The final two teams are set to meet at No Mercy: Chris Benoit/Kurt Angle vs. Edge/Rey Mysterio. The Tag Titles on Raw are referred to as the World Tag Team Titles from here onward.
World Heavyweight Champion: Triple H
World Tag Team Champions: Chris Jericho/Christian
Intercontinental Champion: Kane
Women's Champion: Trish Stratus
WWE Champion: Brock Lesnar
Cruiserweight Champion: Jamie Noble
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
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