WCW’s World Championships Unification Tournament (WCW Buys WWF)

Following WCW's purchase of WWF in July of 2000, WCW acquired, among other assets, WCW's championships. Thus, there were two world titles in the WCW: the original WCW World Heavyweight Championship and the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.

The WWF World Title would a major focus in the nWo Reunion, the WWF Invasion, and NWFederation Break up storylines.

Following the WCW's Pay-Per-View Uncensored. WCW creative decided in hopes of keeping ratings high and to end the confusion in having to World Title decided to have a 16 man tournament to unify the titles as one championship.

On Screen Build Up
Following the NWFederation's Invasion, WCW President Eric Bischoff was given complete run of WCW again. On Nitro February 26, Bischoff would meet with his former rival Kevin Nash and make a deal that if he didn't interfere with his affairs he would give Jeff Jarrett a title shot against Cactus Jack for the WWF World Championship and put Nash in the WCW World Heavyweight number one contender fatal four on next week's Nitro, which Nash agreed.

While Nash would win the fatal four-way, he would fall short in his march against Booker T at Uncensored, While Jarrett would capture the WWF World Heavyweight Championship from Cactus Jack. Also at the pay-per-view Turner's WCW Representative William Regel would tell Bischoff that "The Board" is tired of having the WWF mentioned on their programing, and that title of theirs is the worst offender of all. Regel would then explain that as the WCW President, Bischoff would need to fix this problem in the most profitable way possible.

The Nitro, after Uncensored Bischoff would come to the ring and announce a 16 man tournament to unite the WCW and WWF World Heavyweight Championships, the semi-finals and finals would take place at Spring Stampede on April 15th. Both world champions would be involved in the tournament and their respected matches would be for their Titles.