10 Times WWE Repeated History

9. The Golden Role Models Go On A Two-Woman Power Trip

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Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H going belt collecting in 2001 is fondly remembered because a) it was fairly short-lived and b) if you wear rose-coloured glasses all the time, red flags just look like flags.

WrestleMania X-Seven was the end of WWE's mainstream boom, with the Two-Man Power Trip's feud with The Undertaker and Kane there to distract and delay a decline that felt inevitable. But - and this question is less flippant than it sounds - who doesn't love it when wrestlers win loads of belts at once?

Seeing them holding the World, Intercontinental and Tag Team Titles all at once was stark at first and then maddening after the fact. It was a visual people wanted for the time it took to soak in, followed by a thirst for some babyface or another to break it up.

The same could be said for Bayley and Sasha Banks in 2020. Midway through their own slow build story, the duo regained the Tag Team Titles and snared the Raw Women's Championship for Banks as part of deferring her inevitable challenge for her best friend's SmackDown belt.

They looked cool as f*ck holding all the gold, and deserved the plaudits that came with it. Even if it meant grim finishes aplenty to get the belt off Asuka just to eventually give her it back.

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