WrestleMania XIX
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | |
| Brand | RAW SmackDown! |
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| Date | March 30, 2003 | |
| Venue | Safeco Field | |
| City | Seattle, Washington | |
| Attendance | 54,097 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| No Way Out 2003 | WrestleMania XIX | Backlash 2003 |
WrestleMania XIX was the nineteenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. It took place on March 30, 2003 at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington. The event drew a record-breaking attendance of 54,097 fans from all 50 states and numerous countries from around the world at Safeco Field. The gate attendance generated more than $2.76 million USD.
WrestleMania XIX was the first WrestleMania to be promoted under the World Wrestling Entertainment name. It was a joint-promotion pay-per-view event, featuring performers from both the RAW and SmackDown! brands. The tagline for WrestleMania XIX was Dare To Dream. The theme song for the event was "Crack Addict" by Limp Bizkit. Limp Bizkit performed the theme song live, as well as "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" during The Undertaker's entrance.
The commentators for the RAW brand were Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler, while the commentators for the SmackDown! brand were Michael Cole and Tazz. The Spanish language commentators were Carlos Cabrera and Hugo Savinovich. Howard Finkel served as the ring announcer for the RAW brand, while Tony Chimel served as the ring announcer for the SmackDown! brand.
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[edit] Results
- Sunday Night HEAT match: Lance Storm and Chief Morley defeated Kane and Rob Van Dam to retain the World Tag Team Championship (10:00)
- Storm pinned Van Dam after interference from Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley.
- Matt Hardy (w/Shannon Moore) defeated Rey Mysterio to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship (5:39)
- Hardy pinned Mysterio using leverage from the ropes.
- The Undertaker defeated The Big Show and A-Train in a Handicap match (9:45)
- Undertaker pinned A-Train after a Tombstone Piledriver.
- Nathan Jones, who was scheduled to be Undertaker's partner for the match, made a brief run-in to help Undertaker in the end.
- Limp Bizkit performed The Undertaker's entrance music live.
- Trish Stratus defeated Victoria (w/Stevie Richards) (c) and Jazz in a Triple Threat match to win the WWE Women's Championship (7:17)
Matt Hardy vs. Rey Mysterio for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship- Stratus pinned Victoria after a Chick Kick.
- Team Angle (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) defeated Los Guerreros (Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero) and Chris Benoit and Rhyno in a Triple Threat match to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship (8:46)
- Benjamin pinned Chavo after Rhyno hit Chavo with the Gore.
- Shawn Michaels defeated Chris Jericho (22:33)
- HBK pinned Jericho after a rollup.
- A pillow fight between Stacy Keibler and Torrie Wilson and the Miller Lite Catfight girls, Kitana Baker and Tanya Ballinger went to a no contest.
- Triple H (w/Ric Flair) defeated Booker T to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (18:47)
- Triple H pinned Booker after a Pedigree.
- Hulk Hogan defeated Vince McMahon in a Street Fight (20:48)
- Hogan pinned McMahon after three Leg drops.
- The Rock defeated Steve Austin (17:53)
Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho- Rock pinned Austin after three Rock Bottoms.
- Brock Lesnar defeated Kurt Angle to win the WWE Championship (21:04)
- Lesnar pinned Angle after a F-5.
- After the match, Lesnar and Angle shook hands.
[edit] Notes
- Ashanti sang a reindition of "America the Beautiful" before the show.
- This was the third time The Rock and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin have faced each other at WrestleMania. It was their only encounter that was not for the WWE Championship. This was also Stone Cold's final match as an active competitor.
- A documentary entitled The Mania of WrestleMania was filmed live during the event and released the following year. It was the first production from WWE Films.
- This was the first WrestleMania to be held as an interpromotional event after the WWE Brand Extension.
- WrestleMania XIX marked the first time that the World Heavyweight Championship, WWE Tag Team Championship and WWE Cruiserweight Championship titles were defended at a WrestleMania event.
- This was the first WrestleMania to use WWE's initials and logo after the lawsuit from the World Wildlife Fund the previous year.
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