Royal Rumble (2003)

Royal Rumble (2003)
Information
PromotionWorld Wrestling Entertainment
Brand (s)Raw
SmackDown!
DateJanuary 19, 2003
Attendance15,338[1]
VenueFleet Center
CityBoston, Massachusetts
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 a professional wrestling pay-per-view event made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on January 19, 2003, at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts. It was the 16th Royal Rumble event held by WWE.

Background

As is the case every year since the event's beginning, the event's main event was the 30-man over-the-top-rope battle royal, also known as the Royal Rumble match. The match started with two wrestlers and a new one was added every 90 seconds. To eliminate an opposing wrestler he must be thrown over the top rope and have both his two feet hit the floor, this continued until there was only one man left, who was named the winner. The winner received a match for either Raw's World Heavyweight Championship or SmackDown's WWE Championship at WrestleMania XIX.

Qualification matches

Results

No. Results[1] Stipulations Times[1]
1H Spike Dudley defeated Steven Richards (with Victoria) Singles match 3:36
2 Brock Lesnar defeated Big Show (with Paul Heyman) Singles match for a spot in the Royal Rumble match 6:28
3 The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) defeated Lance Storm and William Regal (c) Tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship 7:22
4 Torrie Wilson defeated Dawn Marie Wilson Singles match 3:35
5 Scott Steiner defeated Triple H (c) (with Ric Flair) by disqualification Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship 17:03
6 Kurt Angle (c) defeated Chris Benoit by submission Singles match for the WWE Championship 19:57
7 Brock Lesnar won by last eliminating The Undertaker 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XIX 53:47
  • (c) – is the champion(s) going into the match
  • H – This match aired before the pay-per-view on Sunday Night Heat

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

  – Raw
  – SmackDown!
  – Winner
Draw Entrant Brand Order eliminated Eliminated by Time Eliminations[2]
1 Shawn Michaels Raw 1 Chris Jericho 02:05 0
2 Chris Jericho 14 Test 39:00 6
3 Christopher Nowinski 2 Rey Mysterio 04:37 0
4 Rey Mysterio SmackDown! 3 Chris Jericho 05:55 1
5 Edge 10 11:00 3
6 Christian Raw 9 Chris Jericho 09:03 1
7 Chavo Guerrero SmackDown! 8 Edge 07:10 0
8 Tajiri 6 Chris Jericho 04:41 0
9 Bill DeMott 4 Edge 02:13 0
10 Tommy Dreamer Raw 5 Chris Jericho & Christian 00:48 0
11 B-2 SmackDown! 7 Edge 00:24 0
12 Rob Van Dam Raw 26 Kane 33:00 2
13 Matt Hardy SmackDown! 21 Brock Lesnar 27:13 0
14 Eddie Guerrero 13 Booker T 16:29 0
15 Jeff Hardy Raw 11 Rob Van Dam 07:26 0
16 Rosey 12 Kane 10:16 0
17 Test 17 Batista 18:45 1
18 John Cena SmackDown! 22 The Undertaker 19:45 0
19 Charlie Haas 19 Brock Lesnar 17:16 2
20 Rikishi 18 Batista 14:55 0
21 Jamal Raw 23 The Undertaker 16:07 0
22 Kane 28 20:24 3
23 Shelton Benjamin SmackDown! 20 Brock Lesnar 10:54 2
24 Booker T Raw 16 Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin 06:20 1
25 A-Train SmackDown! 25 Kane & Rob Van Dam 11:00 0
26 Maven Raw 24 The Undertaker 08:19 0
27 Goldust 15 Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin 00:47 0
28 Batista 27 The Undertaker 09:55 2
29 Brock Lesnar SmackDown! — Winner 09:00 4
30 The Undertaker SmackDown! 29 Brock Lesnar 06:45 5

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Royal Rumble Event Results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved July 9, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Royal Rumble Elimination Info". Pro Wrestling History. 2009-07-09.
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