Character Relationship Map: WWE Unforgiven 2002

Characters

• Brock Lesnar (played by Brock Lesnar) — protagonist
• The Undertaker (played by Mark Calaway) — supporting
• Chris Benoit (played by Chris Benoit) — supporting
• Rob Van Dam (played by Rob Szatkowski) — supporting
• Kurt Angle (played by Kurt Angle) — supporting
• Triple H (played by Paul Levesque) — supporting
• Ric Flair (played by Ric Flair) — supporting
• Eddie Guerrero (played by Eddie Guerrero) — supporting
• Chris Jericho (played by Chris Jericho) — supporting
• Edge (played by Adam Copeland) — supporting
• Bubba Ray Dudley (played by Mark LoMonaco) — minor
• Goldust (played by Dustin Runnels) — minor
• Booker T (played by Booker Huffman, Jr.) — minor
• Test (played by Andrew Martin) — minor
• Kane (played by Glenn Jacobs) — minor

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Kane → Test (Conflict Opposing Wrestlers)

  Kane defeated William Regal by disqualification because of Test's interference, after which Test was attacked by Bubba Ray Dudley, Booker T, and Goldu...

• Booker T → Goldust (Alliance Teammate)

  Booker T and Goldust attacked the Un-Americans together and later joined the same Eight-man Tag Team challenge.

• Kane → Bubba Ray Dudley (Alliance Teammate)

  Bubba Ray Dudley joined Booker T, Goldust, and Kane in challenging the Un-Americans to an Eight-man Tag Team match.

• Kane → Goldust (Alliance Teammate)

  Kane and Goldust joined Booker T in confronting the Un-Americans and were included together in the later Eight-man Tag Team challenge.

• Kane → Booker T (Alliance Teammate)

  Booker T and Kane joined Goldust in attacking the Un-Americans and later challenged them in an Eight-man Tag Team match.

• Eddie Guerrero → Edge (Conflict Feuding Opponents)

  Edge defeated Eddie Guerrero at SummerSlam, while Guerrero later defeated Edge after illegally striking him with a chair on SmackDown.

• Chris Jericho → Ric Flair (Conflict Personal Rival)

  Jericho attacked Ric Flair with a chair, later lost to Flair at SummerSlam, and then secured an Intercontinental Championship rematch against him for...

• Chris Jericho → Rob Van Dam (Conflict Title Rival)

  Chris Jericho defeated Rob Van Dam with help from Triple H and won the Intercontinental Championship.

• Triple H → Chris Jericho (Alliance Temporary Ally)

  Chris Jericho defeated Rob Van Dam with help from World Heavyweight Champion Triple H, then won the Intercontinental Championship.

• Triple H → Rob Van Dam (Conflict Championship Rival)

  Rob Van Dam won a Fatal 4-Way Elimination match to become the number one contender for Triple H's World Heavyweight Championship.

• Kurt Angle → Chris Benoit (Conflict Bitter Rival)

  After failing to obtain WWE Championship contender status, Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit had a hard backstage confrontation and attacked each other.

• The Undertaker → Chris Benoit (Conflict Match Rival)

  The Undertaker defeated Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle in the Triple Threat match that determined the WWE Championship challenger.

• The Undertaker → Kurt Angle (Conflict Match Rival)

  The Undertaker defeated Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit in a Triple Threat match to secure a WWE Championship opportunity.

• Brock Lesnar → The Undertaker (Conflict Championship Rival)

  The Undertaker won a Triple Threat match to become the challenger for Brock Lesnar's WWE Championship. Their title match was then announced for Unforg...

Story Analysis

A championship-centered wrestling event builds several rivalries through contender matches, betrayals, attacks, and rematches.

Plot Progression

1. The Championship Split
2. Contenders Rise
3. Teams Draw Battle Lines
4. Personal Feuds Become Title Matches
5. Final Card Takes Shape