Back in 2001 WWE decided to unify the WCW Championship with the WWE Championship to create the Undisputed Championship, and a tournament was held at the Vengeance pay-per-view.
Steve Austin, The Rock, Kurt Angle and Chris Jericho all competed in the tournament, but when it was all said and done it was Jericho who won it all and walked out with both belts.
During a recent episode of the Kurt Angle Show the tournament was discussed, and Angle noted that he was originally supposed to win the Undisputed Title, but Vince McMahon decided to go with Chris Jericho instead.
“I was actually set to win the (Undisputed) title. But Vince McMahon came to me about a week before and said, “Hey, I’m not going to put the title on you. I’m going to put it on Jericho, because he’s red hot right now, he’s working his way up, and he needs this title more than you.”
And I agreed with him, so I said “You’re absolutely right. I’d put it on Jericho too if I were you.” So it was considered for me to win the title, but I think Vince went with Jericho because he needed it more and Chris was a red hot babyface at the time. You know, giving him that title just legitimized him more. He deserved it.”
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