No Mercy (2002)
Promotional poster featuring Kane's mask
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand (s)	Raw SmackDown!
Date	October 20, 2002
Attendance	9,074
Venue	Alltel Arena
City	North Little Rock, Arkansas
Pay-per-view chronology
Unforgiven (2002) No Mercy (2002) Rebellion (2002)
No Mercy chronology
No Mercy (2001) No Mercy (2002) No Mercy (2003)

No Mercy (2002) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) that took place on October 20, 2002, at the Alltel Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It was the fifth annual WWE No Mercy event and featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown! brand.^[1]

Eight professional wrestling matches were scheduled for the event which featured a supercard, a scheduling of more than one main bout. The first match from the SmackDown! brand featured WWE Champion Brock Lesnar defeat The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match to retain the title.^[2] The other match from the Raw brand was a title unification match, where World Heavyweight Champion Triple H defeated WWE Intercontinental Champion Kane to unify both titles.^[3] There were four featured matches on the undercard. The first featured WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus defeat Victoria to retain the title. The next match saw Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit become the first ever WWE Tag Team Champions by defeating Rey Mysterio and Edge.^[4]

Contents 1 Background 2 Results 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Background

The event featured nine professional wrestling matches with outcomes predetermined by WWE script writers. The matches featured wrestlers portraying their characters in planned storylines that took place before, during and after the event. All wrestlers were from either one of the WWE's brands - SmackDown or Raw - the two storyline divisions in which WWE assigned its employees.

[edit] Results

#	Results	Stipulations	Times[5]
00 Sunday Night Heat	The Hurricane defeated Steven Richards	Singles match	03:05
01 1	Chris Jericho and Christian (c) defeated Booker T and Goldust	Tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship	08:46
02 2	Torrie Wilson defeated Dawn Marie	Singles match	04:40
03 3	Rob Van Dam defeated Ric Flair	Singles match	07:59
04 4	Jamie Noble (with Nidia) (c) defeated Tajiri	Singles match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship	08:15
05 5	World Heavyweight Champion Triple H defeated WWE Intercontinental Champion Kane	Singles title unification match	16:16
06 6	Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit defeated Rey Mysterio and Edge	Tag team match to crown the first WWE Tag Team Champions	22:03
07 7	Trish Stratus (c) defeated Victoria	Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship	05:31
08 8	Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) (c) defeated The Undertaker	Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Championship	27:18

The tournament was held between October 3 and October 20, 2002. The tournament brackets were:

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Los Guerreros

Sub

Mark Henry and Rikishi

Los Guerreros

Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle

Pin

Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle

Sub

Billy Kidman and John Cena

Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle

Sub

Edge and Rey Mysterio

Reverend D-Von and Ron Simmons

Pin

Billy and Chuck

Reverend D-Von and Ron Simmons

Edge and Rey Mysterio

Pin

Edge and Rey Mysterio

Pin

Brock Lesnar and Tajiri

[edit] See also

• WWE No Mercy
• List of WWE pay-per-view events

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website

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