Royal Rumble (2003)
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| Royal Rumble 2003 | ||
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | |
| Brand (s) | RAW SmackDown! |
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| Date | January 19, 2003 | |
| Venue | Fleet Center | |
| City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
| Attendance | 15,338 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Armageddon 2002 | Royal Rumble 2003 | No Way Out 2003 |
Royal Rumble 2003 was the sixteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Wrestling Entertainment. It took place on January 19, 2003 at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts. The official theme song was "Falling Apart" by Trust Company
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[edit] Results
- Sunday Night HEAT match: Spike Dudley defeated Steven Richards (w/Victoria) (3:36)
- Spike pinned Richards after a Dudley Dog.
- Royal Rumble Qualification match: Brock Lesnar defeated The Big Show (w/Paul Heyman) (6:29)
- Lesnar pinned Big Show after an F-5.
- The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) defeated William Regal and Lance Storm to win the World Tag Team Championship (7:24)
- D-Von pinned Storm after hitting him with brass knuckles brought into the match by Regal.
- Torrie Wilson defeated Dawn Marie (3:36)
- Torrie pinned Marie after a swinging neckbreaker.
- Scott Steiner defeated World Heavyweight Champion Triple H by disqualification (18:14)
- Triple H was disqualified after hitting Steiner with a sledgehammer, resulting in Triple H retaining the title.
- After the match, Steiner assaulted Triple H and Ric Flair with the sledgehammer and locked in the Steiner Recliner on Triple H.
- Kurt Angle defeated Chris Benoit to retain the WWE Championship (19:48)
- Angle forced Benoit to submit with the Ankle Lock.
- Brock Lesnar won the 2003 Royal Rumble (53:41)
- Lesnar last eliminated The Undertaker, who made his return after taking a few months off.
[edit] Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
Red ██ indicates a RAW superstar, blue ██ indicates a SmackDown! superstar. A new entrant came out every 90 seconds.
| Entrant | Eliminated by | Time | ||
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| 1 | Shawn Michaels | 1 | Jericho | 2:29 |
| 2 | Chris Jericho | 14 | Test | 38:54 |
| 3 | Christopher Nowinski | 2 | Mysterio | 4:37 |
| 4 | Rey Mysterio | 3 | Jericho | 5:55 |
| 5 | Edge | 10 | Jericho | 11:03 |
| 6 | Christian | 9 | Jericho | 9:03 |
| 7 | Chavo Guerrero | 8 | Edge | 7:10 |
| 8 | Tajiri | 6 | Jericho | 5:41 |
| 9 | Bill DeMott | 4 | Edge | 2:13 |
| 10 | Tommy Dreamer | 5 | Jericho & Christian | 0:48 |
| 11 | B-2 | 7 | Edge | 0:24 |
| 12 | Rob Van Dam | 26 | Kane | 32:56 |
| 13 | Matt Hardy | 21 | Lesnar | 27:13 |
| 14 | Eddie Guerrero | 13 | Booker | 16:29 |
| 15 | Jeff Hardy | 11 | Van Dam | 7:26 |
| 16 | Rosey | 12 | Kane | 10:16 |
| 17 | Test | 17 | Batista | 18:45 |
| 18 | John Cena | 22 | Undertaker | 9:38 |
| 19 | Charlie Haas | 20 | Lesnar | 17:17 |
| 20 | Rikishi | 18 | Batista | 14:10 |
| 21 | Jamal | 23 | Undertaker | 16:07 |
| 22 | Kane | 28 | Undertaker | 20:24 |
| 23 | Shelton Benjamin | 19 | Lesnar | 10:55 |
| 24 | Booker T | 16 | Benjamin & Haas | 6:20 |
| 25 | A-Train | 25 | Kane & Van Dam | 11:33 |
| 26 | Maven | 24 | Undertaker | 8:19 |
| 27 | Goldust | 15 | Haas | 0:47 |
| 28 | Batista | 27 | Undertaker | 9:55 |
| 29 | Brock Lesnar | - | WINNER | 8:59 |
| 30 | The Undertaker | 29 | Lesnar | 6:45 |
[edit] Other on-screen talent
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[edit] Royal Rumble qualification matches
- The Damaja defeated Nova on OVW TV
- Damaja's slot was eventually stripped off him by Jim Cornette and Jim Ross for assaulting Rocky Johnson in a later OVW TV taping.
- Jeff Hardy defeated Raven on RAW
- Brock Lesnar defeated The Big Show at the actual event.
[edit] Trivia
- This was the first Royal Rumble to be held since the Brand Extension of 2002. Hence, it was the first Royal Rumble to include specifically 15 RAW superstars and 15 SmackDown! superstars. Also, it was the first Royal Rumble to feature both WWE and World Heavyweight Championship matches on the same card. However, this was the only Royal Rumble since the brand split where the Rumble winner did not get the decision to challenge for either the WWE Championship or World Heavyweight Championship due to a "contract loophole".
- Christopher Nowinski suffered a concussion in this match that would lead to his retirement.
- In 1995 and 1999, the first two entrants were the last two remaining. In 2003, the last two entrants were the last two remaining.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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