The second half of 2001 was a six-month period dedicated exclusively to telling the story of The Alliance vs. WWE, a story that saw Vince McMahon's company invaded and nearly put out of business by an unholy pairing of WCW and ECW stars, headed by the chairman's own children, Stephanie and Shane.
At the heart of the program was the rivalry between Kurt Angle and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin over the WWE Championship.
The Olympic gold medalist may once have been a milk-drinking goofball of a villain, but the betrayal of the promotion by The Texas Rattlesnake unleashed a side of Angle that fans had never seen, leading to his ascension as the top babyface in the company and the savior of WWE.
Just weeks after the terrorist attacks of September 11 shook the United States and changed the world forever, United States hero Angle entered his hometown of Pittsburgh to challenge the vile "Stone Cold" for the top prize in the industry.
But first, their story.
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