Royal Rumble (2003)
Promotional poster featuring Triple H
Theme song(s)	"Falling Apart" by Trust Company[1]
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand (s)	Raw SmackDown!
Date	January 19, 2003
Attendance	15,338[2]
Venue	Fleet Center
City	Boston, 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 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.

Contents 1 Background 1.1 Royal Rumble qualification matches 2 Results 2.1 Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations 3 Other on-screen talent 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Background

[edit] 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.

[edit] Results

#	Results	Stipulations	Times[2]
0 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

[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[3]
01 1	Shawn Michaels	Raw	01 1	Jericho	02:29 2:29
02 2	Chris Jericho	Raw	14	Test	38:54
03 3	Christopher Nowinski	Raw	02 2	Mysterio	04:37 4:37
04 4	Rey Mysterio	SD!	03 3	Jericho	05:55 5:55
05 5	Edge	SD!	10	Jericho	11:03
06 6	Christian	Raw	09 9	Jericho	09:03 9:03
07 7	Chavo Guerrero	SD!	08 8	Edge	07:10 7:10
08 8	Tajiri	SD!	06 6	Jericho	05:41 5:41
09 9	Bill DeMott	SD!	04 4	Edge	02:13 2:13
10	Tommy Dreamer	Raw	05 5	Jericho & Christian	00:48 0:48
11	B-2	SD!	07 7	Edge	00:24 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	07:26 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	06:20 6:20
25	A-Train	SD!	25	Kane & Van Dam	11:33
26	Maven	Raw	24	Undertaker	08:19 8:19
27	Goldust	Raw	15	Haas	00:47 0:47
28	Batista	Raw	27	Undertaker	09:55 9:55
29	Brock Lesnar	SD!	30 -	WINNER	08:59 8:59
30	Undertaker The Undertaker	SD!	29	Lesnar	06:45 6:45

[edit] Other on-screen talent

Commentators Michael Cole - SmackDown! Jerry "The King" Lawler - Raw / Royal Rumble match Jim Ross - Raw / Royal Rumble match Tazz - SmackDown! Carlos Cabrera - Spanish Hugo Savinovich - Spanish Ring announcers Howard Finkel Tony Chimel Interviewer Terri Officials Tony Garea Sgt. Slaughter Chief of staff Sean Morley - Raw

General managers Eric Bischoff - Raw Stephanie McMahon - SmackDown! Referees Mike Chioda - SmackDown! Jack Doan - Raw Brian Hebner - SmackDown! Jim Korderas - SmackDown! Nick Patrick - Raw Chad Patton - Raw Charles Robinson - Raw Mike Sparks - SmackDown!

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Results at Online World of Wrestling
• Review of Royal Rumble 2003

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