Кәсіби күрес чемпионаттарын біріктіру

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Екі немесе одан көп кәсіби күрес чемпионаттарын біріктіру – бір чемпионатқа біріктіру процесі. Кәсіби күресте чемпионаттарды біріктіру дегеніміз, екі немесе одан көп жеке чемпионатты біріктіріп, жаңа бір титул жасау.

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АҚШ-тағы атақтарды біріктірудің алғашқы екі маңызды жағдайы Никита Колофф жасады. 1986 жылы ол NWA Ұлттық ауыр салмақ чемпионатын өзінің NWA АҚШ ауыр салмақ чемпионатына біріктірді, Wahoo McDaniel-ді жеңіп, ал 1987 жылы ол (Mid South) UWF Телевизиялық чемпионатын Terry Taylor-ды жеңіп, NWA Дүниежүзілік Телевизиялық чемпионатына біріктірді. Екі жағдайда да біріктіру процесін Никитаның туған промоушені Jim Crockett Promotions бастады, басқа промоушенді (Georgia Championship Wrestling және Mid South UWF) сіңіргеннен кейін, және екі жағдайда да сіңірілген промоушендердің атақтары тоқтатылды. Үштік тәж ауыр салмақ чемпионат NWA International Heavyweight Championship, PWF World Heavyweight Championship және NWA United National Championship біріктірілгеннен кейін құрылды, 1989 жылдың 18 сәуірінде NWA International Heavyweight чемпионы Jumbo Tsuruta, PWF World Heavyweight және NWA United National чемпионы Stan Hansen-ді жеңгенде. Omaha World Heavyweight Championship (Омаха, Небраскадағы промоутерлер жасаған чемпионат белбеуі) AWA World Heavyweight Championship-пен біріктірілді, 1963 жылдың 7 қыркүйегінде AWA World Heavyweight чемпионы Verne Gagne, Omaha World Heavyweight чемпионы Fritz Von Erich-ті Омаха, Небраскада жеңгенде. Omaha нұсқасы AWA World Heavyweight Championship-пен біріктірілгеннен кейін тоқтатылды. AWA World Heavyweight Championship және WCWA World Heavyweight Championship SuperClash III-де USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship құру үшін біріктірілді, AWA World Heavyweight чемпионы Jerry "The King" Lawler, WCCW World Heavyweight чемпионы Kerry Von Erich-ті жеңгенде. WCCW World Heavyweight Championship тез арада тоқтатылды, ал кейіннен Американдық күрес қауымдастығы Jerry Lawler-ден AWA World Heavyweight Championship-ті алып тастады. J Crown, әртүрлі күрес промоушендерінен сегіз жеңіл салмақ чемпионаттарының бірігуі, негізінен Жапония мен Мексикада қорғалды. Атақ берілмеді және барлық чемпионат белбеулері өздерінің туған промоушендеріне қайтарылды. WCW International World Heavyweight Championship WCW World Heavyweight Championship-пен біріктірілді, WCW World Heavyweight чемпионы Ric Flair, Clash of the Champions XXVII-де WCW International World Heavyweight чемпионы Sting-ті жеңгенде. WCW International World Heavyweight Championship бірден тоқтатылды, бірақ физикалық чемпионат белбеуі 1991 жылы болғандай WCW World Heavyweight Championship ретінде пайдаланылды. ECW FTW ауыр салмақ чемпионат (Tazz жасаған танылмаған атақ) 1999 жылдың 21 наурызында Living Dangerously-де ECW World Heavyweight чемпионы Taz, ECW FTW Heavyweight чемпионы Sabu-ды жеңгенде ECW World Heavyweight Championship-пен біріктірілді. FTW титулы Taz ECW әлем титулын қорғауға жалғастырған кезде тоқтатылды. Алайда, FTW атағы 2020 жылы All Elite Wrestling (AEW) промоушеніне қайта енгізілді. WCW Құрама Штаттар Чемпионаты 2001 жылдың 18 қарашасында Survivor Series-те, АҚШ чемпионы Edge, Intercontinental чемпионды Test жеңгенде WWF Intercontinental Championship-пен біріктірілді. АҚШ титулы деактивацияланды, бірақ кейіннен 2003 жылы Stephanie McMahon SmackDown! эксклюзивті титулы ретінде қайта жандандырды. WCW Tag Team Championship 2001 жылы Survivor Series-те WWF Tag Team Championship-пен біріктірілді, онда WCW Tag Team чемпиондары The Dudley Boyz, WWF Tag Team чемпиондары The Hardy Boyz-ді жеңді. WCW Tag Team Championship WWF Tag Team Championship болып біріктірілді және зейнеткерлікке шықты. Атақтар бұрын SummerSlam (2001) WCW Tag Team чемпиондары The Brothers of Destruction, WWF Tag Team чемпиондары Diamond Dallas Page және Chris Kanyon-ды жеңген кезде біріктірілген болатын, бірақ екі чемпионат та тәуелсіз белсенді болды. WWE Hardcore Championship 2002 жылдың тамызында WWE Intercontinental Championship-пен біріктірілді, Intercontinental чемпионы Rob Van Dam, Hardcore чемпионы Tommy Dreamer-ді жеңгенде. Содан кейін Hardcore Championship тоқтатылды. WWE Intercontinental Championship No Mercy-де ауыр салмақтағы әлем чемпионы Triple H, Intercontinental чемпионы Kane-ді жеңген кезде ауыр салмақтағы әлем чемпионымен біріктірілді. Intercontinental Championship бірден деактивацияланды, бірақ кейіннен 2003 жылдың мамырында Raw Co бас менеджері Stone Cold Steve Austin қайта жандандырды. WWA World Heavyweight Championship NWA World Heavyweight Championship-пен біріктірілді, 2003 жылдың 25 мамырында Жаңа Зеландияның Окленд қаласында өткен бір-бірімен жарнамалық матчта NWA World Heavyweight чемпионы Jeff Jarrett, WWA World Heavyweight чемпионы Sting-ті жеңгенде. ROH Pure Championship ROH World Championship-пен біріктірілді, әлем чемпионы Bryan Danielson, 2006 жылдың 12 тамызында Ливерпульде, Англияда, таза чемпион Nigel McGuinness-ті жеңгенде, бұл жекпе-жек таза күрес ережелері бойынша өткізілді, екі чемпионат та дисквалификация немесе есеп бойынша жоғалуы мүмкін еді. Pure Championship кейіннен 2020 жылы қайта жаңғыртылды. Халықаралық күрестік қауымдастық IWA World Heavyweight Championship-ті WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship-пен біріктірді, өйткені World Wrestling Council чемпионы компаниядан шығып, Ұлттық күрестік одақ таныған біріктіру матчына қатысты. Бұл процесте Пуэрто-Рикодағы бірінші даусыз әлемнің ауыр салмақтағы чемпионы пайда болды. IWGP ауыр салмақ чемпионатының Inoki Genome Federation нұсқасы, New Japan Pro Wrestling-тің IWGP ауыр салмақ чемпионатының нұсқасымен біріктірілді, 2008 жылдың 17 ақпанында Токиода NJPW-нің IWGP ауыр салмақ чемпионы Shinsuke Nakamura, IGF-нің IWGP ауыр салмақ чемпионы Kurt Angle-ді жеңгенде. Тайтлдар Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) және New Japan Pro Wrestling арасындағы жұмыс келісіміне байланысты біріктірілді, онда Angle TNA үшін күресті. World Tag Team Championship WWE Tag Team Championship-пен WrestleMania XXV алдындағы қара матчта біріктірілді, 2009 жылдың 5 сәуірінде Хьюстон, Техас штатында WWE Tag Team чемпиондары The Colóns (Carlito және Primo), World Tag Team чемпиондары John Morrison және The Miz-ді жеңіп, "Unified WWE Tag Team чемпиондары" атанды. Алайда, екі тайтл да тәуелсіз түрде белсенді болып қала берді, бірақ World Tag Team Championship 2010 жылдың тамызында WWE Tag Team Championship-тің пайдасына ресми түрде тоқтатылғанша бірге қорғалды, ол "біріктірілген" атауын жойды. Түпнұсқа WWE Әйелдер Чемпионаты 2010 жылдың қыркүйегінде Night of Champions төлемдік шоуында WWE Divas Championship-пен біріктірілді. Divas чемпионы Melina, өзінің бірлескен WWE Әйелдер Чемпионы Michelle McCool-ға қарсы lumberjill матчында шықты. McCool, нағыз Әйелдер Чемпионы Layla-ның араласуының арқасында жеңіске жетіп, екі тайтлдың бірігуіне қол жеткізді. Жеңіске жеткеннен кейін Әйелдер Чемпионаты 54 жылдан кейін зейнеткерлікке шықты, ал Divas Чемпионаты қысқа мерзімге "Unified WWE Divas Championship" деп аталды. World Heavyweight Championship және WWE Championship 2013 жылдың желтоқсанында TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs-те WWE World Heavyweight Championship ретінде біріктірілді, бұл бірінші брендтің бөлінуі аяқталғаннан екі жыл өткен соң. WWE чемпионы Randy Orton, World Heavyweight чемпионы John Cena-ны Tables, Ladders және Chairs матчында жеңіп, екі чемпионатты біріктіріп, жаңа WWE World Heavyweight чемпионы атанды. WWE Championship өзінің тарихын сақтап қалды, ал World Heavyweight Championship зейнеткерлікке шықты, бірақ екі чемпионатты ұсыну үшін пайдаланылған чемпионат белбеулері бірнеше ай бойы WWE World Heavyweight чемпионына берілді, содан кейін 2014 жылдың тамызында SummerSlam-нан кейін Raw эфирінде Brock Lesnar-ға бір чемпионат белбеуі таныстырылды. WWE World Heavyweight Championship 2016 жылдың ортасында брендтің бөлінуін қайта енгізгеннен кейін WWE (World) Championship деп атауға қайта оралды және тайтл экс...

The first two prominent unifications of titles in the United States were done by Nikita Koloff. In 1986, he unified the NWA National Heavyweight Championship into his NWA United States Heavyweight Championship by defeating Wahoo McDaniel, and in 1987 he unified the (Mid South) UWF Television Championship into his NWA World Television Championship by defeating Terry Taylor. In both cases, the unification process was started by Nikita's home promotion, Jim Crockett Promotions, upon absorbing another promotion (Georgia Championship Wrestling and the Mid South UWF, respectively), and in both cases the titles from the absorbed promotions were abandoned. The Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship was created with the unification of the NWA International Heavyweight Championship, the PWF World Heavyweight Championship, and the NWA United National Championship, when the NWA International Heavyweight Champion Jumbo Tsuruta defeated the PWF World Heavyweight and NWA United National Champion Stan Hansen on April 18, 1989. The Omaha World Heavyweight Championship (a championship belt created by promoters in Omaha, Nebraska) unified with the AWA World Heavyweight Championship when the titles was unified on September 7, 1963, when AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne defeated Omaha World Heavyweight Champion Fritz Von Erich in Omaha, Nebraska. The Omaha version was abandoned after absorbed with the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. The AWA World Heavyweight Championship and the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship were unified to create the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship at SuperClash III, when the AWA World Heavyweight Champion Jerry "The King" Lawler defeated the WCCW World Heavyweight Champion Kerry Von Erich. The WCCW World Heavyweight Championship was quickly abandoned, and later the American Wrestling Association stripped the AWA World Heavyweight Championship from Jerry Lawler. The J Crown, a combination of eight lightweight championships from various wrestling promotions, was defended mostly in Japan and Mexico. The title has since been abandoned and all championship belts returned to their home promotions. The WCW International World Heavyweight Championship was unified with the WCW World Heavyweight Championship when WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defeated WCW International World Heavyweight Champion Sting at Clash of the Champions XXVII. The WCW International World Heavyweight Championship was immediately abandoned, though the physical championship belt was used as the WCW World Heavyweight Championship as it originally had in 1991. The ECW FTW Heavyweight Championship (an unrecognized title created by Tazz) was unified with the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on March 21, 1999, at Living Dangerously when ECW World Heavyweight Champion Taz defeated ECW FTW Heavyweight Champion Sabu. The FTW title was abandoned when Taz continued to defend the ECW World title. The FTW title, however, was reintroduced in the promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2020. The WCW United States Championship was unified with the WWF Intercontinental Championship on November 18, 2001, at Survivor Series when United States Champion Edge defeated Intercontinental Champion Test. The United States title was deactivated, but was later revived as the WWE United States Championship in 2003 by Stephanie McMahon as a SmackDown! exclusive title. The WCW Tag Team Championship was unified with the WWF Tag Team Championship at Survivor Series in 2001, when the WCW Tag Team Champions The Dudley Boyz defeated the WWF Tag Team Champions The Hardy Boyz. The WCW Tag Team Championship was unified into the WWF Tag Team Championship and was retired. The titles had previously been unified at SummerSlam (2001) when WCW Tag Team Champions The Brothers of Destruction defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Kanyon but both championships were independently active. The WWE Hardcore Championship was unified with the WWE Intercontinental Championship in August 2002, when Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam pinned Hardcore Champion Tommy Dreamer. The Hardcore Championship was then retired. The WWE Intercontinental Championship was unified with the World Heavyweight Championship at No Mercy when World Heavyweight Champion Triple H defeated Intercontinental Champion Kane. The Intercontinental Championship was immediately deactivated, but was later revived in May 2003 by Raw Co General Manager Stone Cold Steve Austin. The WWA World Heavyweight Championship was unified with the NWA World Heavyweight Championship when NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett defeated WWA World Heavyweight Champion Sting on May 25, 2003, in Auckland, New Zealand in an inter promotional match. The ROH Pure Championship was unified with the ROH World Championship when World Champion Bryan Danielson defeated Pure Champion Nigel McGuinness in Liverpool, England, on August 12, 2006, in a match contested under pure wrestling rules with the stipulation that both championships could be lost by disqualification or countout. The Pure Championship was later revived in 2020. The International Wrestling Association unified the IWA World Heavyweight Championship with the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship when the World Wrestling Council's champion abandoned the company and participated in a unification match which was recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance, in the process creating the first Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion in Puerto Rico. The Inoki Genome Federation version of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship was unified with the New Japan Pro Wrestling's version of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship when NJPW's IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinsuke Nakamura defeated IGF's IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle in Tokyo on February 17, 2008. The titles were unified due to a working agreement between Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and New Japan Pro Wrestling in which Angle wrestled for TNA. The World Tag Team Championship was unified with the WWE Tag Team Championship in a dark match before WrestleMania XXV, when WWE Tag Team Champions The Colóns (Carlito and Primo) defeated World Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz in Houston, Texas, on April 5, 2009, to become the "Unified WWE Tag Team Champions". Both titles, however, would remain independently active but defended together until the World Tag Team Championship was formally decommissioned in August 2010 in favor of continuing the WWE Tag Team Championship, which dropped the "unified" moniker. The original WWE Women's Championship was unified with the WWE Divas Championship at the Night of Champions pay per view in September 2010. Divas Champion Melina faced self professed co WWE Women's Champion Michelle McCool in a lumberjill match. McCool won the match due to interference from real Women's Champion Layla to unify the two titles. Following the win, the Women's Championship was retired after 54 years and the Divas Championship became briefly known as the "Unified WWE Divas Championship". The World Heavyweight Championship and WWE Championship were unified as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in December 2013—two years after the end of the first brand split. WWE Champion Randy Orton defeated World Heavyweight Champion John Cena in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to unify both championships and become the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion. The WWE Championship retained the lineage and the World Heavyweight Championship was retired, although the championship belts used to represent the two championships would adorn the WWE World Heavyweight Champion for several months afterwards, up until a single championship belt was introduced to Brock Lesnar in August 2014 on the Raw after SummerSlam. The WWE World Heavyweight Championship reverted to being called the WWE (World) Championship in mid 2016 after the promotion reintroduced the brand split and the title became exclusive to SmackDown, resulting in Raw establishing the WWE Universal Championship as a counterpart. The GFW Global Championship was unified with the Impact Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship (former TNA World Heavyweight Championship) to create the Unified GFW World Heavyweight Championship at Slammiversary XV in July 2017. GFW Global Champion Alberto El Patron defeated Impact Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion Lashley to unify both championships and become the Unified World Heavyweight Champion. The new championship retained the lineage of the TNA/Impact Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship and the GFW Global Championship was retired, although the championship belts used to represent the two championships would adorn the Unified GFW World Heavyweight Champion until a single belt was eventually produced, and the championship was eventually renamed to Impact World Championship in 2018. The GFW Women's Championship was unified with the Impact Wrestling Knockouts Championship (former TNA Knockouts Championship) to create the Unified GFW Knockouts Championship at Slammiversary XV in July 2017. GFW Women's Champion Sienna defeated Impact Wrestling Knockouts Champion Rosemary to unify both championships. The new championship retained the lineage of the TNA/Impact Wrestling Knockouts Championship and the GFW Women's Championship was retired. The TNA World Heavyweight Championship and Impact World Championship were unified as the Impact Unified World Championship at Sacrifice on March 13, 2021. The Impact World Championship was originally known as the TNA World Heavyweight Championship before the company was renamed from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) to Impact Wrestling in 2017. As part of a storyline in April 2020, Moose began to refer to himself as the TNA World Heavyweight Champion and carried the belt that last represented the title before it became known as the Impact World Championship. Impact did not recognize this until February 2021 and officially sanctioned Moose's championship. At Sacrifice, Impact World Champion Rich Swann defeated TNA World Heavyweight Champion Moose to unify the titles. The TNA World Heavyweight Championship was deactivated while the Impact World Championship became briefly known as the Impact Unified World Championship but reverted to Impact World Championship. The unified championship was represented by both title belts until August, when the TNA belt was retired. The NXT Cruiserweight Championship was unified with the NXT North American Championship at the special New Year's Evil episode of WWE NXT 2.0 on January 4, 2022. North American Champion Carmelo Hayes defeated Cruiserweight Champion Roderick Strong to unify the titles. The Cruiserweight Championship was then retired with Hayes as the final champion. The WWE Championship and Universal Championship were unified as the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania 38 Night 2 on April 3, 2022. Universal Champion Roman Reigns defeated WWE Champion Brock Lesnar in a Winner Takes All match to unify the titles and become the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion. Even though the match was billed as a unification match, both championships are still independently active although the championship belts used to represent the two championships would adorn the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion much like the Undisputed WWF Championship (2001–2002) and the WWE World Heavyweight Championship (2013–2014), until a single championship belt was introduced to then champion Reigns on the June 2, 2023 episode of SmackDown. Although the championship is represented by a single belt, both championships are still currently independently active as of April 8, 2024. The Raw Tag Team Championship and SmackDown Tag Team Championship were unified as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship on the May 20, 2022, episode of WWE SmackDown. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) defeated Raw Tag Team Champions RK Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle) in a Winner Takes All match to unify the titles and become the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions. Even though the match was billed as a unification match, both championships are still independently active although the championship belts used to represent the two championships would adorn the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions much like the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship (2009–2010). At WrestleMania XL, both championships that made up the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship were split up as a result of a ladder match where both sets of tag team titles were hanging above the ring and were retrieved by two different teams. The NXT United Kingdom Championship was unified with the NXT Championship at Worlds Collide on September 4, 2022. NXT Champion Bron Breakker defeated NXT United Kingdom Champion Tyler Bate to unify the titles and become the Unified NXT Champion. Bate is recognized as the final NXT United Kingdom Champion and the title was then retired. The NXT UK Women's Championship was unified with the NXT Women's Championship at Worlds Collide on September 4, 2022. NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose defeated NXT UK Women's Champion Meiko Satomura and Blair Davenport in a triple threat match to unify the titles and become the Unified NXT Women's Champion. The NXT UK Women's Championship was then retired with Satomura recognized as the final champion. The NXT UK Tag Team Championship was unified with the NXT Tag Team Championship at Worlds Collide on September 4, 2022. Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson) defeated NXT Tag Team Champions Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed), NXT UK Tag Team Champions Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs, and Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) in a fatal four way tag team elimination match to unify the titles and become the Unified NXT Tag Team Champions. The NXT UK Tag Team Championship was then retired with Jensen and Briggs recognized as the final champions. The NXT Women's Tag Team Championship was unified with the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship on the June 23, 2023, episode of SmackDown. WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler defeated NXT Women's Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn to unify the titles and become the unified WWE Women's Tag Team Champions. The NXT Women's Tag Team Championship was then retired with Fyre and Dawn recognized as the final champions. The AEW World Trios Championship was unified with the ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship on April 21, 2024 at Dynasty: Zero Hour. ROH World Six Man Tag Team Champions Bullet Club Gold (Jay White and The Gunns (Austin Gunn and Colton Gunn)) defeated AEW World Trios Champions The Acclaimed (Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, and Billy Gunn) in a Winner Takes All match to unify the titles as the AEW Unified World Trios Championship. Even though the match was billed as a unification match, both championships are still independently active although the championship belts used to represent the two championships would adorn the AEW Unified World Trios Champions.