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*January 31, 2000 - WWE debut of The Radicalz (Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn, Chris Benoit, & Eddie Guerrero).  They would be the last WCW wrestlers to go to WWE after appearing on ''Nitro'' the week prior, or the same night.
 
*January 31, 2000 - WWE debut of The Radicalz (Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn, Chris Benoit, & Eddie Guerrero).  They would be the last WCW wrestlers to go to WWE after appearing on ''Nitro'' the week prior, or the same night.
 
*September 25, 2000 - ''Raw'' begins airing on TNN (now Spike TV).
 
*September 25, 2000 - ''Raw'' begins airing on TNN (now Spike TV).
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*March 5, 2001 - Paul Heyman replaces Jerry "The King" Lawler as Color Commentator after Lawler walked out of the company with his wife, Stacy "The Kat" Carter.
 
*March 26, 2001 - Final night of the Monday Night Wars as well as the Raw before ''WrestleMania X-Seven''.  After a match between Ric Flair and Sting on ''Nitro'', it was simulcast with ''Raw''.  Shane McMahon was revealed, in storyline, to be the owner of WCW, birthing the start of what eventually became the Invasion storyline.
 
*March 26, 2001 - Final night of the Monday Night Wars as well as the Raw before ''WrestleMania X-Seven''.  After a match between Ric Flair and Sting on ''Nitro'', it was simulcast with ''Raw''.  Shane McMahon was revealed, in storyline, to be the owner of WCW, birthing the start of what eventually became the Invasion storyline.
 
*April 2, 2001 - Raw after ''WrestleMania X-Seven''.  The Rock would fight Stone Cold Steve Austin in a cage match as a re-match from the night prior.  Austin had just turned heel, and at the end of the match, aligned himself with Triple H to create The Two-Man Power Trip.  The team would last for several weeks, before Triple H's quadriceps injury a month later.  The Rock would be in-storyline suspended, as he would leave for a few months to film ''The Scorpion King''.
 
*April 2, 2001 - Raw after ''WrestleMania X-Seven''.  The Rock would fight Stone Cold Steve Austin in a cage match as a re-match from the night prior.  Austin had just turned heel, and at the end of the match, aligned himself with Triple H to create The Two-Man Power Trip.  The team would last for several weeks, before Triple H's quadriceps injury a month later.  The Rock would be in-storyline suspended, as he would leave for a few months to film ''The Scorpion King''.
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*July 2, 2001 - The final 20 minutes of ''Raw'' are given to WCW.  The match was Booker T vs. Buff Bagwell for the WCW Championship.  The segment was poorly received.
 
*July 2, 2001 - The final 20 minutes of ''Raw'' are given to WCW.  The match was Booker T vs. Buff Bagwell for the WCW Championship.  The segment was poorly received.
 
*July 9, 2001 - Following the poor reception of the Booker T vs. Buff Bagwell match the week prior, the WCW contingent turns heel, aligning with ECW, which had been formed that night.  Stephanie McMahon is revealed, in storyline, to be the owner of ECW.  The WCW/ECW would be referred to as The Coalition, and later, The Alliance.
 
*July 9, 2001 - Following the poor reception of the Booker T vs. Buff Bagwell match the week prior, the WCW contingent turns heel, aligning with ECW, which had been formed that night.  Stephanie McMahon is revealed, in storyline, to be the owner of ECW.  The WCW/ECW would be referred to as The Coalition, and later, The Alliance.
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*August 20, 2001 - Kurt Angle drives a milk truck to the ring, and sprays The Alliance with milk.
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*August 20, 2001 - Kurt Angle drives a milk truck to the ring, spraying down the Alliance with milk.  The segment was a homage to two years prior when Steve Austin brought a beer truck to the ring, and sprayed the Corporation.
 
*October 1, 2001 - Following the end of the Monday Night Wars, as well as the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, ''Raw is War'' changes it's name back to ''Raw''.
 
*October 1, 2001 - Following the end of the Monday Night Wars, as well as the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, ''Raw is War'' changes it's name back to ''Raw''.
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*November 19, 2001 - Following the end of the Invasion storyline at Survivor Series, Ric Flair is revealed to be part owner, in storyline, of WWE.
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*November 19, 2001 - Following the end of the Invasion storyline at Survivor Series, Ric Flair is revealed to be part owner, in storyline, of WWE.  Also that night, Jerry "The King" Lawler returned to color commentary for the first time since he walked out of the company with his then-wife Stacy "The Kat" Carter.
 
*January 7, 2002 - Following his May 2001 quad tear, Triple H returns to RAW at Madison Square Garden.
 
*January 7, 2002 - Following his May 2001 quad tear, Triple H returns to RAW at Madison Square Garden.
 
*March 18, 2002 - WWE television debut of Brock Lesnar.
 
*March 18, 2002 - WWE television debut of Brock Lesnar.
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