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tnalockdownfan
Hey guys, I want to take you to an event that is 10 years in the making:

Kane wins the WWE Heavyweight Championship on PPV and then loses it on RAW the following night

Here's what happend:

Looking for his first piece of WWE Gold, Kane challenged Stone Cold for the WWE Heavyweight Championship at the 1998 King of the Ring. Before the match between Stone Cold and Kane could even begin, Mr. McMahon promised that there would be a new WWE Heavyweight Champion when all was said and done. This was a First Blood match, which did not bode well for Stone Cold, since Kane was wearing a mask. To make matters even worse for Austin, a cage mysteriously lowered and surrounded the ring. The cage was already present because earlier in the evening Undertaker met Mankind in the now-famous Hell in a Cell Match in which Mick Foley was thrown off the cage through an announce table. During the match, Mankind came down to the ring to try and take out Stone Cold due to past differences, but Stone Cold connected with a Stone Cold Stunner. Undertaker also made an appearance, as he tried to take out Mankind. He swung at him with a chair but hit Stone Cold instead, busting him wide open. The referee was knocked out during all of the commotion, but when he came back to, he saw Stone Cold’s blood and called for the bell.

Kane's reign as WWE Heavyweight Champion only lasted one day, as he lost the title back to Stone Cold the next night on Monday Night RAW.

However, 10 years later, Kane would hold the ECW Heavyweight Championship, but then loses it to Mark Henry @ the Night of Champions.

and that's your look @ an event that is 1 year in the making:

Kane wins the WWE Heavyweight Championship and loses it the following night on RAW.

Oh, and BTW, this marked the birth of the Attitude WWE Heavyweight Championship as Vince McMahon retired the Eagle Winged WWE Heavyweight Championship.

Bubba_Bridges
Hi Bubba here, do you have a picture of the old WWE title before they went to that one? I don't think I have seen it.
tnalockdownfan
Sure Bubba.

I got one w/Bret Hart holding it.

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