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2002 in professional wrestling

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Promotion Name	Abbreviation	Notes
All Japan Pro Wrestling	AJPW
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre	CMLL
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling	FMW
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide	AAA	The "AAA" abbreviation has been used since the mid-1990s and had previously stood for the promotion's original name Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling	NJPW
Ring of Honor	ROH
World Wrestling All-Stars	WWA
World Wrestling Council	WWC
World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment	WWF/E	In March, the WWF divided its roster into two storyline divisions, Raw and SmackDown!, referred to as brands, where wrestlers exclusively performed on their respective weekly television programs. The WWF was then renamed to WWE in May due to a dispute with the World Wildlife Fund over the "WWF" initialism.

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
January 2–14	AJPW	Giant Baba Memorial Cup	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	N/A
January 4	NJPW	Wrestling World	Tokyo, Japan	Jun Akiyama (c) defeated Yuji Nagata in a Singles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship
January 6	FMW	FMW PPV	Tokyo, Japan	Kintaro Kanemura vs. Kodo Fuyuki in a Singles match
January 20	WWF	Royal Rumble	Atlanta, Georgia	Triple H won by last eliminating Kurt Angle in a 30-man Royal Rumble match for an Undisputed WWF Championship match at WrestleMania X8^[1]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
February 4	FMW	FMW PPV	Tokyo, Japan	Kodo Fuyuki and The Sandman vs. Sabu and Tetsuhiro Kuroda in a tag team match
February 17	WWF	No Way Out	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Chris Jericho (c) defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin in a Singles match for the Undisputed WWF Championship^[2]
February 24	WWA	The Revolution	Las Vegas, Nevada	Jeff Jarrett (c) defeated Brian Christopher in a Singles match for the WWA World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
March 17	AAA	Rey de Reyes	Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico	Canek defeated Pirata Morgan, Cibernético and Octagón in a Rey de Reyes 2002 Final elimination match
March 17	WWF	WrestleMania X8	Toronto, Ontario	Triple H defeated Chris Jericho (c) (with Stephanie McMahon) in a Singles match for the Undisputed WWF Championship^[3]
March 22	CMLL	International Gran Prix	Mexico City, Mexico	Blue Panther, Dr. Wagner Jr., and Fuerza Guerrera (c) defeated Los Guerreros del Infierno (Rey Bucanero, Tarzan Boy and Último Guerrero) in a Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match for the CMLL World Trios Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
April 12	CMLL	46. Aniversario de Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	Dr. Wagner Jr., Giganté Silva and Shocker defeated El Puma Inoue, Gigante Singh and Shibata in a Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match
April 13	WWA	The Eruption	Melbourne, Australia	Scott Steiner (with Midajah) defeated Nathan Jones (c) by submission in a Singles match for the WWA World Heavyweight Championship with Sid Vicious as special outside enforcer
April 21	WWF: Raw SmackDown!	Backlash	Kansas City, Missouri	Hollywood Hulk Hogan defeated Triple H (c) in a Singles match for the Undisputed WWF Championship^[4]	First WWF PPV under the first brand split, in which the promotion split its roster between the Raw and SmackDown! brands, represented by the shows of the same name.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

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Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
May 4	WWF: Raw	Insurrextion	London, England	Triple H defeated The Undertaker in a Singles match	First Raw-exclusive PPV under the first brand split. Final event under the WWF name as the company was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) the following day due to a dispute with the World Wildlife Fund over the "WWF" initialism.
May 19	WWE: Raw SmackDown!	Judgement Day	Nashville, Tennessee	The Undertaker defeated Hollywood Hulk Hogan (c) in a Singles match for the Undisputed WWE Championship	First event under the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) name, following the company being renamed from WWF to WWE on May 5.
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
June 8	N/A	First Annual Big Dick Dudley Memorial Show	Franklin Square, New York	Balls Mahoney (c) defeated Steve Corino in a Singles match for the USA Pro Heavyweight Championship
June 23	WWE: Raw SmackDown!	King of the Ring	Columbus, Ohio	The Undertaker (c) defeated Triple H in a Singles match for the Undisputed WWE Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
July 5	AAA	Triplemanía X	Madero, Mexico	Octagón (with Máscara Sagrada) defeated Pentagón (with Màscara Maligna)
July 21	WWE: Raw SmackDown!	Vengeance	Detroit, Michigan	The Rock defeated Kurt Angle and The Undertaker (c) in a Triple Threat match for the Undisputed WWE Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event	Notes
August 3–11	NJPW	G1 Climax	Tokyo	Masahiro Chono defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in a G1 Climax tournament final
August 10	WWE: SmackDown!	WWE Global Warning Tour: Melbourne	Melbourne	The Rock (c) defeated Triple H and Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) in a Triple Threat match for the Undisputed WWE Championship^[5]^[6]	First SmackDown-exclusive event under the first brand split.
August 25	WWE: Raw SmackDown!	SummerSlam	Uniondale, New York	Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) defeated The Rock (c) in a Singles match for Undisputed WWE Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
September 13	CMLL	CMLL 69th Anniversary Show	Mexico City, Mexico	Tarzan Boy defeated Negro Casas in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas hair vs. hair match
September 14	WWC	WWC 29th Aniversario	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) (XWF Tag Team Champions) defeated Los Reggaetones in a tag team match
September 16	AAA	Verano de Escándalo	Naucalpan, Mexico	El Dandy lost to Electroshock, El Zorro, and Perro Aguayo Jr. in a Elimination match Lucha de Apuestas hair vs. hair match
September 22	WWE: Raw SmackDown!	Unforgiven	Los Angeles, California	Brock Lesnar (c) (with Paul Heyman) vs. The Undertaker in a Singles match for the WWE Championship ended in a double-disqualification^[7]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
October 5	ROH	Glory By Honor	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Christopher Daniels vs. Doug Williams in a singles match
October 20	WWE: Raw SmackDown!	No Mercy	North Little Rock, Arkansas	Brock Lesnar (c) (with Paul Heyman) defeated The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Championship
October 26	WWE: SmackDown!	Rebellion	Manchester, England	Brock Lesnar (c) and Paul Heyman defeated Edge in a Handicap match for the WWE Championship^[8]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
November 4 November 5	WWE Raw SmackDown!	Super Tuesday	Boston, Massachusetts Manchester, New Hampshire	Triple H, Chris Jericho, Christian, and 3-Minute Warning (Rosey and Jamal) defeated Rob Van Dam, Kane, Booker T, Bubba Ray Dudley and Jeff Hardy in a ten-man tag team match
November 15	AAA	Guerra de Titanes (2002)	Veracruz, Mexico	El Alebrije, Máscara Sagráda, La Parka and Octagón defeated Abismo Negro, Cibernético, the Monsther and Leatherface in an Eight-man "Atómicos" tag team match
November 17	WWE Raw SmackDown!	Survivor Series	New York, New York	Shawn Michaels defeated Triple H (c) (with Ric Flair), Chris Jericho, Kane, Booker T, and Rob Van Dam in an Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship^[9]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Date	Promotion(s)	Event	Location	Main Event
December 6	WWA	The Retribution	Glasgow, Scotland	Lex Luger defeated Sting in a Singles match for the vacant WWA World Heavyweight Championship
December 13	CMLL	Sin Piedad	Mexico City, Mexico	Vampiro Canadiense defeated Rey Bucanero in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuesta hair vs. hair match
December 15	WWE Raw SmackDown!	Armageddon	Sunrise, Florida	Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels (c) 2–1 in a Three Stages of Hell match for the World Heavyweight Championship^[10]
December 28	ROH	Final Battle	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Bryan Danielson vs. Low Ki vs. Samoa Joe vs. Steve Corino in a four-way match for the Number One Contender's Trophy
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Japan Grand Prix 2002	Nanae Takahashi	July 9
Tag League The Best 2002	Kayo Noumi and Momoe Nakanishi	December 23

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
ROH Championship Tournament	Low Ki	July 27
ROH Tag Team Championship Tournament	The Prophecy (Christopher Daniels and Donovan Morgan)	September 21

Date	Winner	Event/Show
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kazuyuki Fujita
January 4	Vacated	Wrestling World
February 16	Tadao Yasuda	Fighting Spirit
April 5	Yuji Nagata	Toukon Special

Date	Winner	Event/Show
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – BATT (Keiji Mutoh and Taiyo Kea)
February 2	Vacated	N/A
March 24	Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yutaka Yoshie	Hyper Battle

Date	Winner	Event/Show
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Kendo Kashin
February 1	Vacated	N/A
February 16	Minoru Tanaka	Fighting Spirit
July 19	Koji Kanemoto	Summer Fight Series

Date	Winner	Event/Show
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Gedo and Jado
May 2	Jushin Thunder Liger and Minoru Tanaka	Toukon Memorial Day
August 29	Tsuyoshi Kikuchi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru	Cross Road

Accomplishment	Winner	Date won	Notes
Royal Rumble	Triple H	January 20	Last eliminated Kurt Angle to win an Undisputed WWF Championship match at WrestleMania X8, which he subsequently won from Chris Jericho.
Undisputed WWF Championship #1 Contender's Tournament	Stone Cold Steve Austin	February 17	Defeated Kurt Angle in the tournament final to win a match for the Undisputed WWF Championship at No Way Out, but was unsuccessful in winning the title.
King of the Ring	Brock Lesnar	June 23	Defeated Rob Van Dam in the tournament final to win and be crowned King of the Ring as well as earn a WWE Undisputed Championship match at SummerSlam, which he subsequently won from The Rock.
WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament	Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit	October 20	Defeated Edge and Rey Mysterio in the tournament final to become the inaugural WWE Tag Team Champions.

Category	Winner
PWI Wrestler of the Year	Brock Lesnar
PWI Tag Team of the Year	Billy and Chuck
PWI Match of the Year	The Rock vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan (WrestleMania X8)
PWI Feud of the Year	Eric Bischoff vs. Stephanie McMahon
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year	Rob Van Dam
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year	Chris Jericho
PWI Comeback of the Year	Hollywood Hulk Hogan
PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year	Brock Lesnar
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year	Eddie Guerrero
PWI Rookie of the Year	Maven
PWI Woman of the Year	Trish Stratus
PWI Lifetime Achievement	Jim Ross

Category	Winner
Wrestler of the Year	Kurt Angle
Most Outstanding	Kurt Angle
Tag Team of the Year	Los Guerreros (Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero)
Most Improved	Brock Lesnar
Best on Interviews	Kurt Angle

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
Undisputed WWF Championship
Incoming champion – Chris Jericho
March 17	Triple H	WrestleMania X8
April 21	Hollywood Hulk Hogan	Backlash
The title was renamed to Undisputed WWE Championship on May 5 when the WWF became World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was then renamed to WWE Undisputed Championship.
May 19	The Undertaker	Judgment Day
July 21	The Rock	Vengeance	Triple threat match, also involving Kurt Angle.
August 25	Brock Lesnar	SummerSlam
The title became exclusive to the SmackDown! brand after Brock Lesnar signed an exclusive deal to only appear for SmackDown!. The World Heavyweight Championship was then created for the Raw brand. The title was renamed to WWE Championship as it was no longer "undisputed".
November 17	Big Show	Survivor Series
December 15	Kurt Angle	Armageddon

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
World Heavyweight Championship
(Title created)
September 2	Triple H	Monday Night Raw	Awarded the title by Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff as Triple H was originally the number one contender for the WWE Undisputed Championship, which became exclusive to SmackDown! and dropped the "Undisputed" moniker.
November 17	Shawn Michaels	Survivor Series	First-ever Elimination Chamber match, also involving Chris Jericho, Booker T, Rob Van Dam, and Kane.
December 15	Triple H	Armageddon	Three Stages of Hell match.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWF Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – Edge
January 20	William Regal	Royal Rumble
March 17	Rob Van Dam	WrestleMania X8
The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2002 WWF draft lottery when Rob Van Dam was drafted to Raw.
April 21	Eddie Guerrero	Backlash
The title was renamed to WWE Intercontinental Championship on May 5 when the WWF became World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
May 27	Rob Van Dam	Monday Night Raw	Ladder match
July 29	Chris Benoit	Monday Night Raw
The title became exclusive to the SmackDown! brand due to Chris Benoit transferring to SmackDown!.
August 25	Rob Van Dam	SummerSlam
The title became exclusive to the Raw brand due to Rob Van Dam being a member of the Raw roster.
September 16	Chris Jericho	Monday Night Raw
September 30	Kane	Monday Night Raw
October 20	Triple H	No Mercy	Title for title unification match, in which Triple H also defended the World Heavyweight Championship.
October 20	Deactivated	No Mercy	Unified with the World Heavyweight Championship.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWF Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Tajiri
The title became exclusive to the SmackDown! brand following the 2002 WWF draft lottery when Tajiri was drafted to SmackDown!.
April 2 (aired April 4)	Billy Kidman	SmackDown!
April 21	Tajiri	Backlash
The title was renamed to WWE Cruiserweight Championship on May 5 when the WWF became World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
May 14 (aired May 16)	The Hurricane	SmackDown!	Triple threat match, also involving Billy Kidman.
June 23	Jamie Noble	King of the Ring
November 17	Billy Kidman	Survivor Series

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWF Women's Championship
Incoming champion – Trish Stratus
February 4	Jazz	Monday Night Raw
The title was renamed to WWE Women's Championship on May 5 when the WWF became World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
May 13	Trish Stratus	Monday Night Raw	Hardcore mixed tag team match where both Jazz's title and Steven Richards' WWE Hardcore Championship were on the line. Stratus teamed with Bubba Ray Dudley and defeated Jazz and Richards.
June 23	Molly Holly	King of the Ring
September 22	Trish Stratus	Unforgiven
The title became exclusive to the Raw brand.
November 17	Victoria	Survivor Series	Hardcore match

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWF European Championship
Incoming champion – Christian
January 29 (aired January 31)	Diamond Dallas Page	SmackDown!
March 19 (aired March 21)	William Regal	SmackDown!
The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2002 WWF draft lottery when William Regal was drafted to Raw.
April 8	Spike Dudley	Monday Night Raw
The title was renamed to WWE European Championship on May 5 when the WWF became World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
May 6	William Regal	Monday Night Raw
July 8	Jeff Hardy	Monday Night Raw
July 22	Rob Van Dam	Monday Night Raw	Title for title unification match, in which Van Dam also defended the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
July 22	Retired	Monday Night Raw	Unified with the WWE Intercontinental Championship.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWF World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)
January 7	Spike Dudley and Tazz	Monday Night Raw	Hardcore match
February 19 (aired February 21)	Billy and Chuck	SmackDown!
The titles became exclusive to the SmackDown! brand following the 2002 WWF draft lottery when Billy and Chuck were drafted to SmackDown!. The titles were renamed to WWE Tag Team Championship on May 5 when the WWF became World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
May 19	Rico and Rikishi	Judgment Day
June 4 (aired June 6)	Billy and Chuck	SmackDown!	Tag team elimination match.
July 2 (aired July 4)	Edge and Hollywood Hulk Hogan	SmackDown!
July 21	The Un-Americans (Christian and Lance Storm)	Vengeance
The titles became exclusive to the Raw brand due to The Un-Americans being members of the Raw roster. The titles were renamed to World Tag Team Championship.
September 23	Hurri-Kane (The Hurricane and Kane)	Monday Night Raw
October 14	Christian and Chris Jericho	Monday Night Raw	On October 20, the WWE Tag Team Championship was established for the SmackDown! brand.
December 15	Booker T and Goldust	Armageddon	Four-way tag team elimination match, also involving The Dudley Boyz and William Regal and Lance Storm.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWE Tag Team Championship
(Title created)
October 20	Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit	No Mercy	Defeated Edge and Rey Mysterio in the tournament final to become the inaugural champions.
November 5 (aired November 7)	Edge and Rey Mysterio	SmackDown!	Two out of three falls match.
November 17	Los Guerreros (Eddie and Chavo Guerrero Jr.)	Survivor Series	Three-way tag team elimination match, also involving Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit.

Date	Winner	Event/Show	Note(s)
WWF Hardcore Championship
Incoming champion – The Undertaker
February 5 (aired February 7)	Maven	SmackDown!
February 26 (aired February 28)	Goldust	SmackDown!
March 11	Al Snow	Monday Night Raw
March 12 (aired March 14)	Maven	SmackDown!
March 17	Spike Dudley	WrestleMania X8	Pinned Maven during a title defense against Goldust.
	The Hurricane		Pinned Spike Dudley in the backstage area.
	Mighty Molly		Pinned The Hurricane in the backstage area.
	Christian		Pinned Molly Holly in the backstage area.
	Maven		Pinned Christian in the backstage area.
The title became exclusive to the SmackDown! brand following the 2002 WWF draft lottery when Maven was drafted to SmackDown!.
March 26 (aired March 28)	Raven	SmackDown!
The title became exclusive to the Raw brand due to Raven being a member of the Raw roster.
April 1	Bubba Ray Dudley	Monday Night Raw
April 6	William Regal	House show
	Goldust
	Raven
	Bubba Ray Dudley
April 7	William Regal	House show
	Goldust
	Raven
	Bubba Ray Dudley
April 12	William Regal	House show
	Spike Dudley
	Goldust
	Bubba Ray Dudley
April 13	William Regal	House show
	Spike Dudley
	Goldust
	Bubba Ray Dudley
April 14	William Regal	House show
	Spike Dudley
	Goldust
	Bubba Ray Dudley
April 15	Raven	Monday Night Raw
	Tommy Dreamer
	Steven Richards
	Bubba Ray Dudley
April 19	Goldust	House show
	Raven
	Bubba Ray Dudley
April 20	Goldust	House show
	Raven
	Bubba Ray Dudley
April 29	Steven Richards	Monday Night Raw	Pinned Bubba Ray Dudley during a title defense against Jazz.
May 1	Tommy Dreamer	House show
	Goldust
	Steven Richards
May 2	Shawn Stasiak	House show
	Justin Credible
	Crash Holly
	Steven Richards
	Shawn Stasiak
	Steven Richards
May 3	Crash Holly	House show
May 3	Steven Richards	House show
May 4	Booker T	Insurrextion
	Crash Holly
	Booker T
	Steven Richards
The title was renamed to WWE Hardcore Championship on May 5 when the WWF became World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
May 6	Bubba Ray Dudley	Monday Night Raw
	Raven
	Justin Credible
	Crash Holly
	Trish Stratus
	Steven Richards
May 25	Tommy Dreamer	House show
	Raven
	Steven Richards
May 26	Tommy Dreamer	House show
	Raven
	Steven Richards
May 27	Terri	Monday Night Raw	Pinned Steven Richards during an interview.
May 27	Steven Richards	Monday Night Raw	Immediately pinned Terri to regain the championship.
June 2	Tommy Dreamer	House show
	Raven
	Steven Richards
June 3	Bradshaw	Monday Night Raw
June 22	Raven	House show
	Spike Dudley
	Shawn Stasiak
	Bradshaw
June 28	Shawn Stasiak	House show
	Spike Dudley
	Steven Richards
	Bradshaw
June 29	Shawn Stasiak	House show
	Spike Dudley
	Steven Richards
	Bradshaw
June 30	Raven	House show
	Crash Holly
	Stevie Richards
	Bradshaw
July 6	Steven Richards	House show
	Crash Holly
	Christopher Nowinski
	Bradshaw
July 7	Steven Richards	House show
	Crash Holly
	Christopher Nowinski
	Bradshaw
July 12	Justin Credible	House show
	Spike Dudley
	Big Show
	Bradshaw
July 13	Justin Credible	House show
	Shawn Stasiak
	Bradshaw
July 14	Justin Credible	House show
	Shawn Stasiak
	Bradshaw
July 15	Johnny Stamboli	Monday Night Raw
July 15	Bradshaw	Monday Night Raw
July 22	Johnny Stamboli	Monday Night Raw
July 22	Bradshaw	Monday Night Raw
July 26	Raven	House show
	Justin Credible
	Shawn Stasiak
	Bradshaw
July 27	Raven	House show
	Justin Credible
	Shawn Stasiak
	Bradshaw
July 28	Raven	House show
	Justin Credible
	Shawn Stasiak
	Bradshaw
July 29	Jeff Hardy	Monday Night Raw
	Johnny Stamboli
	Tommy Dreamer
August 3	Bradshaw	House show
August 3	Tommy Dreamer	House show
August 4	Bradshaw	House show
August 4	Tommy Dreamer	House show
August 9	Shawn Stasiak	House show
	Steven Richards
	Tommy Dreamer
August 10	Shawn Stasiak	House show
	Steven Richards
	Tommy Dreamer
August 11	Shawn Stasiak	House show
	Steven Richards
	Tommy Dreamer
August 17	Raven	House show
	Shawn Stasiak
	Tommy Dreamer
August 18	Shawn Stasiak	House show
	Steven Richards
	Tommy Dreamer
August 19	Bradshaw	Monday Night Raw	Hardcore battle royal.
	Crash Holly		Hardcore battle royal.
	Tommy Dreamer		Hardcore battle royal. The 24/7 rule was deactivated on August 19.
August 26	Rob Van Dam	Monday Night Raw	Title for title unification match, in which Van Dam also defended the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
August 26	Retired	Monday Night Raw	Unified with the WWE Intercontinental Championship.