A look at recent WWE title unification matches

This Sunday at Heatwave, the WWE will hold a title unification match for the first time in over 3 years when NXT Women’s North American Champion, Zaria, and Women’s Speed Champion, Wren Sinclair, compete in a triple threat match also featuring Kali Armstrong. While no official word has been given, reports indicate that the Speed Titles, initially created for a web-exclusive series on Twitter, will be retired, with the women’s version of the title the first to go. While WWE has booked numerous unification matches over the years, in some cases, it’s only a matter of time before the belts are split right back up again. This has been a common occurrence when WWE either ends or restarts the Raw/SmackDown brand split. At Survivor Series 2001, months after the WCW/ECW Invasion, all of the old WCW championships were essentially merged with their WWE counterparts. At that event, Edge defeated Test to unify the WCW United States Title with the Intercontinental Title. Afterward, Edge would keep