Royal Rumble (2003)

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Royal Rumble (2003)
Details
Promotion World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand (s) RAW
SmackDown!
Date January 19, 2003
Venue Fleet Center
City Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance 15,338[1]
Pay-per-view chronology
Armageddon (2002) Royal Rumble (2003) No Way Out (2003)
Royal Rumble chronology
Royal Rumble (2002) Royal Rumble (2003) Royal Rumble (2004)

Royal Rumble (2003) was the sixteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The event took place on January 19, 2003 at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts. The official theme song was "Falling Apart" by Trust Company.[2]

Contents

[edit] Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

[edit] Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

Red ██ and "RAW" indicates a RAW superstar, blue ██. and "SD!" indicates a SmackDown! superstar. A new entrant came out approximately every 90 seconds.

Draw Entrant Brand Order Eliminated by Time
1 Shawn Michaels RAW 1 Jericho 2:29
2 Chris Jericho RAW 14 Test 38:54
3 Christopher Nowinski RAW 2 Mysterio 4:37
4 Rey Mysterio SD! 3 Jericho 5:55
5 Edge SD! 10 Jericho 11:03
6 Christian RAW 9 Jericho 9:03
7 Chavo Guerrero SD! 8 Edge 7:10
8 Tajiri SD! 6 Jericho 5:41
9 Bill DeMott SD! 4 Edge 2:13
10 Tommy Dreamer RAW 5 Jericho & Christian 0:48
11 B-2 SD! 7 Edge 0:24
12 Rob Van Dam RAW 26 Kane 32:56
13 Matt Hardy SD! 21 Lesnar 27:13
14 Eddie Guerrero SD! 13 Booker 16:29
15 Jeff Hardy RAW 11 Van Dam 7:26
16 Rosey RAW 12 Kane 10:16
17 Test RAW 17 Batista 18:45
18 John Cena SD! 22 Undertaker 19:38
19 Charlie Haas SD! 20 Lesnar 17:17
20 Rikishi SD! 18 Batista 14:10
21 Jamal RAW 23 Undertaker 16:07
22 Kane RAW 28 Undertaker 20:24
23 Shelton Benjamin SD! 19 Lesnar 10:55
24 Booker T RAW 16 Benjamin & Haas 6:20
25 A-Train SD! 25 Kane & Van Dam 11:33
26 Maven RAW 24 Undertaker 8:19
27 Goldust RAW 15 Haas 0:47
28 Batista RAW 27 Undertaker 9:55
29 Brock Lesnar SD! - WINNER 8:59
30 The Undertaker SD! 29 Lesnar 6:45

[edit] Other on-screen talent

Commentators
Spanish Commentators
Referees
Other

[edit] Royal Rumble qualification matches

[edit] Notes

  • 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Royal Rumble#2003. Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
  2. ^ Hurley, Oliver. "Every Man for himself (Royal Rumble 2003)", Power Slam Magazine, issue 104, SW Publishing, 2003-02-21, pp. 16-19. 

[edit] External links