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 Promotional poster featuring Triple H |
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"Falling Apart" by Trust Company[1] | |||
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | |||
| Brand (s) | Raw SmackDown! |
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| Date | January 19, 2003 | |||
| Attendance | 15,338[2] | |||
| Venue | Fleet Center | |||
| City | Boston, Massachusetts | |||
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Royal Rumble (2003) was the sixteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The event took place on January 19, 2003 at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
The main event was the Royal Rumble match, which Brock Lesnar won by last eliminating The Undertaker to win the match. Lesnar defeated The Big Show earlier in the night to qualify into the Royal Rumble match. Featured matches on the undercard were Kurt Angle versus Chris Benoit for the WWE Championship and Triple H versus Scott Steiner for the World Heavyweight Championship.
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Background
Royal Rumble qualification matches
- The Damaja defeated Nova on Ohio Valley Wrestling 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 start of the PPV, earning himself a spot in the Royal Rumble.
Results
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times[2] |
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| Sunday Night HEAT | Spike Dudley defeated Steven Richards (with Victoria). | Singles match | 03:36 |
| 1 | Brock Lesnar defeated The Big Show (with Paul Heyman) | Royal Rumble Qualification match | 06:29 |
| 2 | The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) defeated William Regal and Lance Storm (c) | Tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship | 07:24 |
| 3 | Torrie Wilson defeated Dawn Marie | Singles match | 03:36 |
| 4 | Scott Steiner defeated Triple H (c) (with Ric Flair) by disqualification | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship | 18:14 |
| 5 | Kurt Angle (c) defeated Chris Benoit | Singles match for the WWE Championship | 20:01 |
| 6 | Brock Lesnar last eliminated The Undertaker to win | 2003 Royal Rumble match | 53:41 |
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[3] |
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| 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 |
Other on-screen talent
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References
- ^ Hurley, Oliver (2003-02-21). "Every Man for himself (Royal Rumble 2003)". Power Slam Magazine, issue 104 (SW Publishing): pp. 16–19.
- ^ a b "Royal Rumble Event Results". Pro Wrestling History. http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/rumble.html#2003. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
- ^ "Royal Rumble Elimination Info". Prowrestlinghistory.com. 2009-07-09. http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/rumble2.html#2003.
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