It took place on January 19, 2003, at the Fleet Center in Boston, was the first Royal Rumble produced under the WWE name and employed talent from the Raw and SmackDown! As a result, Stephanie lost her job as WWE's GM. [13] On the January 13 episode of Raw, a Royal Rumble qualification match took place in which Jeff Hardy defeated Raven. January 19, 2003: Royal Rumble 2003: Boston, Massachusetts (RAW) Sunday Night Heat Match: Spike Dudley pinned Steven Richards. Tajiri fought with Christian, while Edge and Jericho fought with each other. Chris Jericho, Christian, Scott Steiner, Randy Orton, and Mark Henry beat Shawn Michaels, Rob Van Dam, Booker T, and The Dudley Boyz. Later that night, Jericho defeated Batista, Kane and Rob Van Dam in an over the top rope Challenge to earn the right choose an entry number of his choice. He is a featured guest in wrestling discussions on BBC Radio and Sirius Hardcore Sports Radio. Van Dam and Jeff started double-teaming Jericho. In the World Tag Team title match, The Dudley Boyz beat Lance Storm and William Regal to win the titles. Randy Orton beat Shawn Michaels in another match. Maven attacked Undertaker from behind, trying to eliminate him for the second year running but Undertaker recovered and eliminated Maven. This list may not reflect recent changes . Booker T entered at #24 and performed a Scissors Kick on Kane and a Flapjack on Matt. Jericho and Christian attacked Dreamer with trashcan lids and tossed him over the top rope. WWE Insurrextion was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event that ran from 2000 to 2003 by the Connecticut-based professional wrestling promotion, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Matt Hardy beat Maven in another match, but Maven had been injured before the match began by Batista. SHARE. The match aired live on Sunday Night Heat. Gennaro. Edge hit DeMott with a kendo stick, causing DeMott to get eliminated by falling over the top rope to the floor. It was the fifth annual Judgment Day event and featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown! The Class of 2002 shined bright on SmackDown as well as on Brock Lesnar, who was the big star of that brand. Lita and Trish Stratus beat Molly Holly and Gail Kim in a woman's match, and Kane beat Shane McMahon in a Last Man Standing match. Team Angle (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) were ejected from ringside before the match. Royal Rumble at FleetCenter January 9, 2003, No Way Out at Bell Centre February 23, 2003, WrestleMania XIX at Safeco Field March 30, 2003, Judgment Day at Charlotte Coliseum May 18, 2003, Bad Blood (RAW) at Compaq Center June 15, 2003, Vengeance (SmackDown) at Pepsi Arena July 27, 2003, SummerSlam at America West Arena August 24, 2003, Unforgiven (RAW) at Giant Center September 21, 2003, No Mercy (SmackDown) at First Mariner Arena October 19, 2003, Survivor Series at American Airlines Arena November 16, 2003, Armageddon (RAW) at TD Waterhouse Center December 14, 2003, Stone Cold Steve Austin Wrestling Career Timeline, Batista Biography: Wrestling's Animal Becomes Drax the Destroyer, The 10 Longest Reigning Champions in WWE History. As a result, Steve Austin was fired as co-GM of "Raw." WWE Royal Rumble 2017 - PPV Opening Video Intro - Live San Antonio, TX. As has been customary since 1993, the Royal Rumble match winner received a match at that year's WrestleMania, (in this instance: WrestleMania XIX) for his brand's World ti… In two other matches, Hulk Hogan beat Vince McMahon and The Rock beat Steve Austin. Chris Benoit also continued his rivalry with Angle after losing to him at Royal Rumble. WWE Johnny Awards. [1][4][5], The second match was a tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship between Lance Storm and William Regal and The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley). brand was between Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit over the WWE Championship. It was the first Royal Rumble to occur under the first brand extension introduced in March 2002, which split the roster between the Raw and SmackDown brands, represented by the shows of the same name. Jamie Knoble beat Billy Gunn in a match with high stakes. In 2003, WWE presented brand-exclusive pay-per-view events for the first time. The individual issues between all six competitors led to a boiling point between the two makeshift teams. Steiner chased Flair, but the referee interjected himself to stop Steiner. Retro PPV Reviews. 4:47. No Mercy (2003) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling […] PLAY NOW Flair interfered in the match, prompting the referee to eject him from ringside. Vengeance 2003 Intro (Live PPV Version) MegaSting1981 . Scott Steiner beat Test to win the managerial service of Stacy Keibler, and Booker T beat champion Christian via DQ to win the Intercontinental title. After entering the ring, Van Dam began attacking Jericho and performed a Rolling Thunder on Jericho. And in a huge Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship, defending champion Triple H took on Goldberg, Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash, Randy Orton, and Chris Jericho to retain his title. World Heavyweight Champion Triple H beat Scott Steiner in a title match. Tobi3310. The Undertaker beat Albert in another match, and Shane McMahon won against Eric Bischoff. In other matches, The Undertaker beat John Cena and Vince McMahon beat Zach Gowen. WWE Live Events – 2003 results: click here! Keeping the action going, Jazz won the women's title from Trish Stratus. Chavo Guerrero entered at #7. Michaels continued to attack Jericho after the match. WWE SmackDown – 2003 results: click here! [14], The main feud heading into the event from the SmackDown! Christopher Nowinski entered at #3 but instead of entering the ring, he stayed outside the ring. WCW PPV Reviews. In the WWE Tag Team title match, champions The World's Greatest Tag Team beat Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio. General Manager Stephanie McMahon for their respective brands. 2:38. Batista entered at #28 and started dominating everyone. [12] On the January 6 episode of Raw, Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels argued over who would be drawing the #1 entry in the Royal Rumble match. thehistoryofwwe.com. [5], The first match was a Royal Rumble qualification match between Big Show and Brock Lesnar. Al Snow and The Coach beart Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross in a special match where the winners would get the chance to announce an episode of "Raw." DATE EVENT LINK & LOCATION 01/19/2003 Royal Rumble Results from Boston, MA 02/23/2003 No Way Out Results from Montreal, Quebec, Canada 03/30/2003 WrestleMania Results from Seattle, WA 04/27/2003 Backlash Results from […] On the RAW side of things, Triple H dominated the main event scene with the help of Evolution, a faction that also consisted of Ric Flair and second-year stars Randy Orton and Batista. [15][16][23] On the December 16 episode of Raw, Triple H held an Appreciation Ceremony on winning the title but the ceremony was interrupted by Steiner, who announced that his contract said that he would earn a world title shot. To defend the U.S. title, champion Eddie Guerrero beat Chris Benoit, Tajiri, and Rhyno. [1][4][5], The Royal Rumble is an annual pay-per-view, produced every January by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) since 1988. [12] On the January 9 episode of SmackDown!, Josh Mathews announced that Dawn and Torrie would wrestle in a match at Royal Rumble billed as a "Stepmother" vs "Stepdaughter" match. Mysterio and Edge continued to fight until Christian entered at #6. At Armageddon, Torrie and Dawn did a lesbian segment in a hotel room. The match generally features 30 wrestlers. Bradshaw won by last eliminating Brother Love in the APA Invitational Bar Room Brawl. The 2003 Royal Rumble was the sixteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). In two more action-packed matches, Goldberg beat Chris Jericho and Ric Flair beat Shawn Michaels. Jericho chose #2 because #1 was already given to Michaels. Kane and Batista started teaming as they were the remaining participants from Raw and battled Lesnar and Undertaker, who were the remaining participants from SmackDown!. Feature Retro Retro PPV Reviews Royal Rumble Reviews WWE WWE Retro PPV Reviews 2003-2007. [18] On the January 2 episode of SmackDown!, Dawn and Al had their storyline wedding in their undergarments. On the December 26 episode of SmackDown!, as a result of Angle's injury, the SmackDown General Manager Stephanie McMahon cancelled Angle's title match against Big Show and decided that Big Show would wrestle Benoit to determine the number one contender for the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble; Benoit won the match. Wilson performed a swinging neckbreaker on Marie to win the match. Steiner attempted a Steiner Recliner on Triple H, but Triple H's manager Ric Flair pulled Triple H out of the ring. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. "2003." WWE PPV RESULTS (2003) See also: WWE PPV Statistics 2003 19 th January 2003: “WWE Royal Rumble 2003”: Boston, MA – 14,712 ($850,000 live gate) Heat: (01/19): Spike Dudley beat Steven Richards. Gennaro. "WWE Results History — 2003." During "Judgement Day," John Cena and The FBI beat Chris Benoit, Rhyno, and Brian Kendrick. Champion Tajiri beat Rey Mysterio to maintain the Cruiserweight title at the "No Mercy" event. To cap off the WrestleMania event, Brock Lesnar beat Champion Kurt Angle to win the WWE title. WWE Retro PPV Reviews 2003-2007. D-Von hit Storm with the brass knuckles and pinned him to win the title. Blogs. Mysterio then eliminated Nowinski from the match. Tajiri entered at #8. After the match, Steiner applied the Steiner Recliner on Triple H.[1][4][5], The next match was between Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit for the WWE Championship. Bad Blood was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Shelton Benjamin entered at #23 and began teaming with his Team Angle partner Haas. brand was between Torrie Wilson and Dawn Marie. Chris Benoit beat Albert and Zach Gowen beat Matt Hardy in two more matches. Batista was angered at his elimination, so he distracted Undertaker by attempting to hit him with a chair but Undertaker avoided it and nailed Batista with a chair. [7][8], The card consisted of six matches. [19], The main rivalry heading into the event from the Raw brand was between Triple H and Scott Steiner over the World Heavyweight Championship. brands, with storylines produced on their weekly television shows, Raw and SmackDown!. SHARE. Champion Jazz beat Trish Stratus, Victoria, and Jackie in the women's title match. Lesnar eliminated Haas and Benjamin and then eliminated Matt by tossing him over the top rope onto Haas and Benjamin. Goldust's tag team partner Booker tried to avenge his partner's elimination by battling Haas and Benjamin, but he was too eliminated by Haas and Benjamin. Guerrero and Hardy double-teamed Van Dam, where Hardy helped Guerrero from being eliminated and performed a Scoop Slam on Van Dam, allowing Guerrero to perform a Frog Splash on Van Dam. After Scott Steiner lost a match to Test, he became Test's property due to pre-match stipulations. Backlash (2003) Bad Blood (2003) I. Insurrextion (2003) J. Triple H attempted a Pedigree on Steiner, but Steiner performed an exploder suplex and attempted a military press slam, but Triple H countered with a neckbreaker for a near-fall. Promotion World Wrestling Entertainment Event Type Pay Per View Event Date December 14, 2003 Brand Raw Raw Exclusive Event Series Armageddon Year 2003 Country United States Location Orlando, Florida Arena Orlando Arena / TD Waterhouse Center Attendance 12,672 Network On-Demand Running Time 3 hours Theme Song "The End" by Jim Johnston Pro Wrestling Illustrated. [3] The primary match on the Raw brand was Triple H versus Scott Steiner for the World Heavyweight Championship, which Steiner won by disqualification resulting in Triple H retaining the championship. Dreamer brought kendo sticks with himself to the ring and started attacking everyone with the kendo sticks. Traditionally, the winner of the match earns a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. Due to pre-match stipulations, Knoble won the right to sleep with Torrie Wilson. 0–9. Lesnar executed an F-5 on Big Show to win the match and qualify for the Royal Rumble match. This decision lead to one of WWE's most wildly inconsistent years ever when it comes to PPV content. 11. Rikishi entered at #20 and started fighting Rosey. [17][22] At Armageddon, Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels in a Three Stages of Hell to win the World Heavyweight Championship. After eliminating Rosey, Kane attempted to eliminate Jericho but Jericho held on. brand divisions. 's WWE Championship. WWE Elimination Chamber. The first two entrants were Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho. As a result, he began a rivalry with the WWE Champion Kurt Angle. Chris Jericho beat Jeff Hardy at the "No Way Out" PPV event. The main event was the Royal Rumble match. Champions The Basham Brothers beat Los Guerreros to keep their WWE Tag Team title, and Vince McMahon beat The Undertaker in a buried alive match. The History of WWE. The Undertaker beat The Big Show and A-Train in a handicap match. Benoit applied the ankle lock on Angle, until Angle countered the hold into an ankle lock on Benoit. SHARE. Benoit applied the sharpshooter on Angle, but Angle touched the ropes. Champions Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas beat Los Guerreros in the WWE Tag Team title match at the "Backlash" event. Test performed a Pumphandle Slam on Matt and began attacking Jericho and had nearly eliminated him. Jamal entered at #21 and began teaming with his 3-Minute Warning partner Rosey to double-team Rikishi. 3:21. The most prominent for the SmackDown! Goldberg beat The Rock in another match, and the team of Triple H, Ric Flair, and Chris Jericho beat Kevin Nash, Shawn Michaels, and Booker T in a huge, show-stopping match. Chris Nowinski and Rodney Mack beat The Dudley Boyz at "Bad Blood." 5 4 3 2 1. Bad Blood. It was also the first Royal Rumble under the WWE name, following the promotion being renamed from World Wrestling Federation (WWF) to WWE in May 2002. WWE Monday Night RAW – 2003 results: click here! It was over a year into the first brand extension (or roster split as I liked to call it) where I think it’s far to say that Smackdown was a better show than Raw. [27], 2003 World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view event, "Brock Lesnar (spot No. And in the WWE title match, incumbent champion Kurt Angle beat Chris Benoit. For 2003, the winner earned a match for their brand's top championship at WrestleMania XIX: Raw's World Heavyweight Championship or SmackDown!