Royal Rumble (2003)
| Royal Rumble (2003) | ||||
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 Promotional poster showing Triple H | ||||
| Theme song(s) | "Falling Apart" by Trust Company[1] | |||
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | |||
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Raw SmackDown! | |||
| Sponsor(s) | PlayStation 2 | |||
| Date | January 19, 2003 | |||
| Attendance | 15,338[2] | |||
| Venue | Fleet Center | |||
| City | Boston, Massachusetts | |||
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| Royal Rumble chronology | ||||
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Royal Rumble (2003) was the sixteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on January 19, 2003, at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts, was the first Royal Rumble produced under the WWE name and employed talent from the Raw and SmackDown! brands. 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 title, either the WWE Championship or the World Heavyweight Championship.
The main event was the annual 30-man Royal Rumble match, which included wrestlers from both brands. Brock Lesnar, the twenty-ninth entrant, won the match by last eliminating The Undertaker, the thirtieth entrant.[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. The most prominent for the SmackDown! brand was between Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit for the WWE Championship, which Angle won by making Benoit submit to the Ankle Lock. The undercard also included a Royal Rumble qualification match between Brock Lesnar and The Big Show, which Lesnar won; he would then go on to win the Rumble match later that night.[2][4][5]
Background
The buildup to the Royal Rumble match began on the December 23 episode of Raw, when the Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff discussed about the upcoming Royal Rumble match that 15 wrestlers would represent Raw brand and 15 wrestlers would represent SmackDown brand in the match, because it was going to be the first Royal Rumble match to take place after WWE's Brand Extension.[6] The buildup continued on the January 2 episode of SmackDown, a vignette aired hyping the return of The Undertaker in the Royal Rumble match. Later that night, Paul Heyman announced that Brock Lesnar and Big Show would wrestle in a Royal Rumble qualification match at Royal Rumble.[7] On the January 6 episode of Raw, Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels argued over who would be drawing #1 entry in the Royal Rumble match.[8] On the January 13 episode of Raw, a Royal Rumble qualification match took place in which Jeff Hardy defeated Raven. 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. Jericho chose #2 because #1 was already given to Michaels.[9]
The main rivalry heading into the event from the SmackDown brand was between Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit over the WWE Championship. At Armageddon, Angle defeated Big Show via interference from Brock Lesnar, to win the WWE title.[10][11] Prior to the event, Angle had promised Lesnar to get his suspension lifted if he helped Angle in defeating Big Show for the title. Angle had also promised Lesnar to give him the first title shot after winning the title.[12] However, despite helping Angle in winning the title, Lesnar was not given his title shot as on the December 19 episode of SmackDown, Angle announced that he had hired Paul Heyman as his manager and that the two had conspired to get Lesnar reinstated just prior to Armageddon, only to reinforce a stipulation that Heyman had written into Lesnar's contract that he would not receive a title shot if he had lost to Heyman's other client, Big Show, at Survivor Series. Instead, Angle signed to defend against Show, who was not amused about being used by Heyman and Angle but who went along due to promises made by Heyman to him. Later that night, Angle lost to Chris Benoit in a non-title match by disqualification when Big Show interfered in the match and attacked Benoit.[13] However, Lesnar rescued Benoit from the post-match assault by Angle and Big Show and brutally assaulted Angle, injuring him. 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 title; Benoit won the match.[14]
The main rivalry heading into the event from the Raw brand was between Triple H and Scott Steiner over the World Heavyweight Championship. On October 24, 2002, WWE had announced on its official website that Scott Steiner had signed a three-year contract with WWE.[15] After eight years away, Steiner returned to WWE as a free agent at Survivor Series and attacked Matt Hardy and Christopher Nowinski for insulting New York City.[16] Steiner was approached by the Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff and the SmackDown General Manager Stephanie McMahon for their respective brands. He initially decided to join the SmackDown brand but after McMahon rejected Steiner's advances, he moved to the Raw brand.[12][17] At Armageddon, Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels in a Three Stages of Hell to win the World Heavyweight Championship.[10][11][18] 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. As a result, Steiner and Triple H's match for the World Heavyweight Championship was made official at Royal Rumble.[19]
The secondary rivalry heading into the event from the Raw brand was between Lance Storm and William Regal and The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) over the World Tag Team Championship. On the December 23 episode of Raw, the Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff forced Raw commentators Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler to wrestle in a tag team match against Storm and Regal for making bad comments against Bischoff. Ross and Lawler defeated Storm and Regal after interference by Dudley Boyz.[6] As a result, on the January 6 episode of Raw, Bischoff forced Dudley Boyz to wrestle 3-Minute Warning (Rosey and Jamal), Rico and Batista in a Handicap match. Storm and Regal avenged their loss by costing Dudley Boyz, the match. Later that night, Storm and Regal defeated Booker T and Goldust for the World Tag Team Championship.[8] This led to a title match between Storm and Regal and Dudley Boyz at Royal Rumble.
The secondary rivalry heading into the event from the SmackDown brand was between Torrie Wilson and Dawn Marie. At Armageddon, Torrie and Dawn did a lesbian segment in a hotel room.[11] On the December 19 episode of SmackDown, Torrie gave bad remarks about her storyline father Al Wilson on getting married with Dawn.[13] On the January 2 episode of SmackDown, Dawn and Al had their storyline wedding in their undergarments.[7] 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.[20]
Event
Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, Spike Dudley defeated Steven Richards by pinning him after a Dudley Dog. The match aired live on Sunday Night Heat.[5]
Preliminary matches
The first match that aired was a Royal Rumble qualification match between Big Show and Brock Lesnar. After Lesnar returned to the ring, Big Show charged at him in the corner but Lesnar avoided the charge and pulled Big Show out of the corner by performing a German Suplex and got a near-fall. Lesnar tried to escape the ring but Big Show's manager Paul Heyman grabbed Lesnar's leg, allowing Big Show to kick him. Big Show attempted a Chokeslam on Lesnar but Lesnar countered into an Oklahoma Roll for a near-fall and performed a Belly to Belly Suplex on Big Show. Heyman distracted Lesnar by climbing the apron but Lesnar pulled him into the ring and attempted an F5 on Heyman but Big Show executed a Chokeslam for a near-fall. He attempted another Chokeslam on Lesnar but Lesnar avoided the move and shoved Big Show into Heyman, who was standing on the ring apron.Lesnar executed an F5 to qualify for the Royal Rumble match.[2][4][5]
The second match was a tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship. Lance Storm and William Regal defended the titles against The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von).Bubba executed a Bubba Bombon Storm but Regal broke the pinfall. Bubba Ray performed a Scoop Slam and the Dudley Boyz performed a Whassup on Regal. D-Von was tagged in and The Dudley Boyz focused on Storm, executing a Double Flapjack for a near-fall. The Dudley Boyz attempted a 3D on Storm but Chief Morley interfered in the match and decided that Storm and Regal retained the titles by disqualification but the referee refused and the match continued. Regal took a pair of brass knuckles to hit Dudley Boyz with the pair but Dudley Boyz performed a 3D on Regal. D-Von hit Storm with the brass knuckles and pinned him to win the title.[2][4][5]
Next match was Torrie Wilson versus Dawn Marie. Before the match started, the referee Mike Sparks asked Torrie if she wanted to start the match but before Torrie could make a choice, Dawn attacked her and started the match. The match went back and forth until Torrie performed a Swinging Neckbreaker on Dawn to win the match.[2][4][5]
Main event matches
The Raw brand main event was between Triple H and Scott Steiner for the World Heavyweight Championship. Steiner dominated Triple H for much of the earlier match. Steiner applied a Boston Crab on Triple H but Triple H reached the ropes. Triple H performed a Knee Smash Facebreaker but Steiner was not affected by the move and applied a Bearhug on Triple H. Steiner performed a Belly to Belly Suplex for a nearfall. Steiner then attempted a Steiner Recliner on Triple H but Triple H's manager Ric Flair pulled Triple H out of the ring to prevent Triple H from receiving the hold. Steiner started chasing Flair but the referee interjected himself to stop Steiner. Triple H started gaining momentum on a distracted Steiner before attempting a Pedigree on Steiner but Steiner performed an Exploder Suplex and tried a Military Press Slam but Triple H countered with a Neckbreaker for a near-fall. Flair continuously interfered in the match, prompting the referee to eject him from the ringside. Triple H eventually tossed the referee out of the ring but the referee did not disqualify Triple H and the match continued. Triple H eventually grabbed a sledgehammer and hit Steiner with it and the referee disqualified Triple H. As a result, Triple H retained the title but Steiner attacked Triple H after the match and applied a Steiner Recliner.[2][4][5]
The final match on the undercard was the SmackDown brand main event. It was between Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit for the WWE Championship. As the match started, Angle's Team Angle (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) interfered in the match, forcing the referee to eject Team Angle from the ringside area. After a back and forth action, the match nearly ended when Benoit attempted to perform a Diving Headbutt on Angle but Angle rolled out of the way. He attempted a Angle Slam on Benoit but Benoit countered with a Sharpshooter on Angle but Angle caught the ropes. The action continued until Angle attempted an Angle Slam but Benoit countered it and applied a Crippler Crossface on Angle but Angle caught the ropes and got out of the hold. Benoit then applied Angle's own submission maneuver Ankle Lock on Angle until Angle reversed into applying his own Ankle Lock. Benoit countered into a Crippler Crossface and Angle got out of it by performing an Angle Slam for a near-fall. Benoit went on to hit Angle with a Diving Headbutt to get a near-fall. Angle then slammed Benoit into the top turnbuckle and performed an Angle Slam from the top rope for a near-fall. The match came to its end when Benoit applied a Crippler Crossface on Angle but Angle countered it into an Ankle Lock, forcing Benoit to submit to the hold. As a result, Angle retained the WWE Championship. After the match, the crowd gave Benoit a standing ovation for his effort. This match is considered by many as the 2003 Match Of The Year. [2][4][5]
The main event was the annual Royal Rumble match. The first two entrants were Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho. Christian appeared during Jericho's entrance, wearing Jericho's gear and distracted Michaels. Jericho took advantage and attacked Michaels from behind. Jericho grabbed a chair from ringside and hit Michaels in the head with it, causing Michaels to bleed from mouth. Christopher Nowinski entered at #3 but instead of coming to the ring, he stayed outside the ring. Jericho continued to attack Michaels before easily eliminating him over the top rope. After Michaels' elimination, Rey Mysterio entered at #4 and started fighting Jericho while Nowinski stayed out of the ring before eventually entering the ring and attacking Mysterio. Edge entered at #5 and immediately speared both Jericho and Nowinski. He tried to perform a Spear on Mysterio, but Mysterio tossed Edge into the ropes and attempted to perform a 619 on Edge, but Edge avoided the move. Mysterio and Edge continued to fight each other until Christian entered at #6. After entering the ring, Christian embraced with his former tag team partner Edge but was speared by Edge. Edge and Mysterio then hit Nowinski with a double missile dropkick.
One half of the then WWE Tag Team Champions Chavo Guerrero entered at #7. After entering the ring, Guerrero was attacked by Mysterio. Mysterio then eliminated Nowinski from the match. However, after eliminating Nowinski, Mysterio himself was eliminated by Jericho. Tajiri entered at #8. Tajiri fought with Christian, while Edge and Jericho fought with each other. Bill DeMott entered at #9. DeMott started attacking all the participants and had nearly eliminated Jericho. Tommy Dreamer entered at #10. Dreamer brought kendo sticks with himself to the ring and started attacking everyone with the kendo sticks. Edge hit DeMott with a kendo stick, causing DeMott to get eliminated by falling over the top rope to the floor. Jericho and Christian attacked Dreamer with trashcan lids and tossed him over the top rope. Tajiri fought with Jericho and attempted to apply a Tarantula on Jericho but his attempt failed and Jericho dumped Tajiri over the top rope, eliminating him. B² entered at #11 but was quickly eliminated by Edge, who then also eliminated Guerrero. Edge also attempted to eliminate Jericho but he held on. Edge and Christian fought each other until Jericho eliminated both of them from the match and became the only remaining person until Rob Van Dam entered at #12. After entering the ring, RVD began attacking Jericho and performed a Rolling Thunder on Jericho.
RVD and Jericho continued to battle each other and RVD had nearly eliminated Jericho until Matt Hardy entered at #13 and performed a Side Effect on RVD. Jericho and Hardy double-teamed RVD until second half of then WWE Tag Team Champions Eddie Guerrero entered at #14 and began attacking RVD and Hardy. Guerrero and Hardy double-teamed RVD, where Hardy helped Guerrero from being eliminated and performed a Scoop Slam on RVD, allowing Guerrero to perform a Frog Splash on RVD. However, Hardy ended his teamwork with Guerrero by hitting him with a Twist of Fate. Jeff Hardy entered at #15 and Jeff began fighting Matt. Jeff delivered Matt, a Twist of Fate and climbed the top rope to perform a Swanton Bomb, but Matt's manager Shannon Moore joined the ring and covered Matt with his body. Jeff performed a Swanton Bomb on Moore, that hurt both Matt and Moore. Rosey entered at #16 and started fighting with RVD until Test entered at #17 and started attacking everyone in the ring. Test performed a Pumphandle Slam on Matt and began attacking Jericho and had nearly eliminated him. John Cena entered at #18 but instead of entering the ring, Cena began rapping outside the ring until RVD went to the ringside and attacked Cena, tossing him into the ring.
Charlie Haas entered at #19. Haas started fighting with Matt. RVD and Jeff started double-teaming Jericho. Jeff climbed on the top rope to perform a high-flying move but RVD pushed him, causing Jeff to fall to the floor and get eliminated from the match. Rikishi entered at #20 and started fighting Rosey. Jamal entered at #21 and began teaming with his 3-Minute Warning partner Rosey to double-team Rikishi. Jericho fought with RVD and had nearly eliminated RVD. Kane entered at #22 and started dominating all the participants in the ring and eliminated Rosey by backdropping him over the top rope. After eliminating Rosey, Kane attempted to eliminate Jericho but Jericho held on. Shelton Benjamin entered at #23 and began teaming with his Team Angle partner Haas. Booker T entered at #24 and performed a Scissors Kick on Kane and a Flapjack on Matt. Booker went on to eliminate Guerrero by backdropping him over the top rope.
A-Train entered at #25 and started dominating his opponents by performing a Derailer on Cena, an Train Wreck, on Benjamin and a Derailer on RVD before receiving a Savate Kick by Rikishi. Shawn Michaels returned to the ring after being attacked by Jericho in the earlier match and avenged his elimination by attacking Jericho, helping Test to eliminate Jericho from the match. Michaels continued to attack Jericho after the match. Maven entered at #26 but was dominated by Kane. Goldust entered at #27 and started battling Haas and Benjamin, but they quickly eliminated him. 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. Batista entered at #28 and started dominating everyone. Shortly after entering, Batista eliminated Test and then Rikishi. Brock Lesnar entered at #29 and he started fighting all the participants. Lesnar eliminated Haas and Benjamin and then eliminated Matt by tossing him over the top rope onto Haas and Benjamin. Batista and Lesnar then had a stand off due to Batista managing Lesnar earlier in the show. The Undertaker returned to WWE after a three-month injury by entering at #30 as the final entrant of the match.
Undertaker quickly eliminated Cena and then eliminated Jamal. Maven attacked Undertaker from behind, trying to eliminate him for the second year running but Undertaker recovered and eliminated Maven. Kane and RVD started to double-team, clotheslining and eliminating A-Train. Afterwards, Kane was going to Gorilla press slam RVD on Batista but Kane instead tossed RVD over the top rope, eliminating him from the match. 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. Undertaker eventually eliminated Batista and then battled Kane before eliminating him. 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. Lesnar took advantage of the situation and eliminated a distracted Undertaker to win the Royal Rumble match.[2][3][4][5]
Aftermath
Due to winning the Royal Rumble match, Brock Lesnar earned a WWE Championship match at WrestleMania. As a result, he began a rivalry with the WWE Champion Kurt Angle. Chris Benoit also continued his rivalry with Angle after losing to him at Royal Rumble. At No Way Out, Lesnar, Benoit and Edge were scheduled to take on Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) in a six-man tag team match, but Edge was injured before the event.[21] As a result, the match became a handicap match but Lesnar and Benoit managed to defeat Team Angle.[22] At WrestleMania XIX, Lesnar defeated Angle to win the WWE Championship.[23]
After retaining the World Heavyweight Championship against Scott Steiner by getting disqualified, Triple H continued his rivalry with Steiner over the title. On the February 3 episode of Raw, Steiner became the number one contender for the title by defeating Chris Jericho.[24] At No Way Out, Triple H defeated Steiner to retain the title.[22]
Results
| No. | Results[2][4][5] | Stipulations | Times[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1H | Spike Dudley defeated Steven Richards (with Victoria) | Singles match[5] | 03:36 |
| 2 | Brock Lesnar defeated Big Show (with Paul Heyman) | Singles match for entry in the Royal Rumble match | 06:29 |
| 3 | The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) defeated William Regal and Lance Storm (c) | Tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship | 07:24 |
| 4 | Torrie Wilson defeated Dawn Marie Wilson | Singles match | 03:36 |
| 5 | Scott Steiner defeated Triple H (c) (with Ric Flair) by disqualification | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship | 18:14 |
| 6 | Kurt Angle (c) defeated Chris Benoit via submission | Singles match for the WWE Championship | 19:50 |
| 7 | Brock Lesnar won by last eliminating The Undertaker | 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at Wrestlemania XIX[3] | 53:41 |
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Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
Red ██ and "Raw" indicates a Raw superstar, blue ██ and "SD!" indicates a SmackDown! superstar.
| Draw | Entrant | Brand | Order | Eliminated by | Time | Eliminations[25] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shawn Michaels | Raw | 1 | Chris Jericho | 02:31 | 0 |
| 2 | Chris Jericho | Raw | 14 | Test | 38:54 | 6 |
| 3 | Christopher Nowinski | Raw | 2 | Rey Mysterio | 04:37 | 0 |
| 4 | Rey Mysterio | SD! | 3 | Chris Jericho | 05:55 | 1 |
| 5 | Edge | SD! | 10 | 11:03 | 3 | |
| 6 | Christian | Raw | 9 | 09:03 | 1 | |
| 7 | Chavo Guerrero | SD! | 8 | Edge | 07:10 | 0 |
| 8 | Tajiri | SD! | 6 | Chris Jericho | 05:41 | 0 |
| 9 | Bill DeMott | SD! | 4 | Edge | 02:13 | 0 |
| 10 | Tommy Dreamer | Raw | 5 | Chris Jericho & Christian | 00:48 | 0 |
| 11 | B² | SD! | 7 | Edge | 00:24 | 0 |
| 12 | Rob Van Dam | Raw | 26 | Kane | 32:56 | 2 |
| 13 | Matt Hardy | SD! | 21 | Brock Lesnar | 27:13 | 0 |
| 14 | Eddie Guerrero | SD! | 13 | Booker T | 16:29 | 0 |
| 15 | Jeff Hardy | Raw | 11 | Rob Van Dam | 07:26 | 0 |
| 16 | Rosey | Raw | 12 | Kane | 10:16 | 0 |
| 17 | Test | Raw | 17 | Batista | 18:45 | 1 |
| 18 | John Cena | SD! | 22 | The Undertaker | 19:38 | 0 |
| 19 | Charlie Haas | SD! | 19 | Brock Lesnar | 17:17 | 2 |
| 20 | Rikishi | SD! | 18 | Batista | 14:10 | 0 |
| 21 | Jamal | Raw | 23 | The Undertaker | 16:07 | 0 |
| 22 | Kane | Raw | 28 | 20:24 | 3 | |
| 23 | Shelton Benjamin | SD! | 20 | Brock Lesnar | 10:55 | 2 |
| 24 | Booker T | Raw | 16 | Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin | 06:20 | 1 |
| 25 | A-Train | SD! | 25 | Kane & Rob Van Dam | 11:33 | 0 |
| 26 | Maven | Raw | 24 | The Undertaker | 08:19 | 0 |
| 27 | Goldust | Raw | 15 | Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin | 00:47 | 0 |
| 28 | Batista | Raw | 27 | The Undertaker | 09:55 | 2 |
| 29 | Brock Lesnar | SD! | — | Winner | 08:59 | 4 |
| 30 | The Undertaker | SD! | 29 | Brock Lesnar | 06:45 | 5 |
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