SummerSlam (2003)

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SummerSlam (2003)
Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand (s)	RAW SmackDown!
Date	August 24, 2003
Venue	America West Arena
City	Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance	16,113
Pay-per-view chronology
Vengeance (2003)	SummerSlam (2003)	Unforgiven (2003)
SummerSlam chronology
SummerSlam (2002)	SummerSlam (2003)	SummerSlam (2004)

SummerSlam (2003) was the sixteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on August 24, 2003 at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. The official theme song was "St. Anger" by Metallica.

The main event from the RAW brand was an Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship between Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, Kevin Nash, Randy Orton and Goldberg, which Triple H won after hitting Goldberg with a sledgehammer when Goldberg was setting Triple H up for a Spear. The SmackDown! brand's main event featured Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship while the main match on the undercard was Shane McMahon vs. Eric Bischoff in a No Disqualification Falls Count Anywhere match.

Contents 1 Report 1.1 Background 1.2 Aftermath 2 Results 3 Other on-screen talent 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Report

[edit] Background

The main feud heading into SummerSlam was on the SmackDown! brand between Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar battling for the WWE Championship. The whole thing started when Angle won the WWE Championship at Vengeance 2003 in a Triple Threat Match also involving Lesnar and The Big Show after Lesnar received an Angle Slam from Angle. Four days later on SmackDown! Lesnar demanded a WWE Championship rematch and Angle accepted. Mr. McMahon, however, denied Lesnar his championship rematch, giving him the opportunity to earn it instead. The following week, Lesnar and McMahon competed in a Steel cage match with Angle as the Special Guest Referee.

[edit] Aftermath

Many of the feuds on the Raw Brand went into Unforgiven, but Kane and Shane's feud went into a Ambulance match at Survivor Series 2003; as did Angle and Lesnar's.

[edit] Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Sunday Night HEAT match: Matt Hardy defeated Zach Gowen by forfeit (0:00)
  • Hardy came out to have his match with Gowen, but Gowen was unable to compete due to injuries caused by Brock Lesnar a few days earlier on SmackDown!. Hardy made the referee declare him the winner by forfeit.
• Sunday Night HEAT match: Rey Mysterio defeated Shannon Moore to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship (2:03)
  • Mysterio pinned Moore with a West Coast Pop.
• La Résistance (René Duprée and Sylvain Grenier) defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) (w/Spike Dudley) to retain the World Tag Team Championship (7:49)
  • Duprée pinned D-Von after a "cameraman", the newly debuted Rob Conway, hit D-Von with a camera.
• The Undertaker defeated A-Train (w/Sable) (9:19)
  • Undertaker pinned A-Train after a chokeslam.
  • Sable and Stephanie McMahon, who came down to the ring, briefly fought with each other after the match.
• Shane McMahon defeated Eric Bischoff in a No Disqualification Falls Count Anywhere match (10:36)
  • McMahon pinned Bischoff after a Leap of Faith through the Spanish announcers table.
  • The match originally was a normal match until mid-way through when Jonathan Coachman hit McMahon with a chair. Bischoff then made the match a No Disqualification, Falls Count Anywhere match.
  • During the match Steve Austin made his way down to the ring and gave the Stone Cold Stunner to Bischoff when McMahon made Bischoff slap Austin (signifying being physically provoked).
• Eddie Guerrero defeated Chris Benoit, Rhyno and Tajiri in a Fatal Four-Way match to retain the WWE United States Championship (10:50)
  • Guerrero pinned Rhyno after a Frog Splash to the back of Rhyno.
• Kurt Angle defeated Brock Lesnar to retain the WWE Championship (21:17)
  • Angle forced Lesnar to submit with the Ankle lock.
  • After the match, Angle gave Vince McMahon an Angle Slam onto the unfolded steel chair.
• Kane defeated Rob Van Dam in a No Holds Barred match (12:49)
  • Kane pinned RVD after a Tombstone Piledriver on the steel steps.

• Triple H defeated Goldberg, Chris Jericho, Randy Orton, Kevin Nash and Shawn Michaels in an Elimination Chamber match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (19:12)

Elimination #	Wrestler	Entrance	Eliminated by	Elimination Move	Time
1	Kevin Nash	4	Chris Jericho	Sweet Chin Music by Michaels, followed by a roll-up	8:05
2	Randy Orton	3	Goldberg	Spear	13:01
3	Shawn Michaels	2	Goldberg	Spear then a Jackhammer	15:19
4	Chris Jericho	1	Goldberg	Spear through a glass chamber, another Spear and a Jackhammer	16:03
5	Goldberg	6	Triple H	A sledgehammer to the head	19:12
WINNER	Triple H	5

[edit] Other on-screen talent

Raw Commentators Jerry "The King" Lawler Jim Ross General Managers Eric Bischoff - RAW Stephanie McMahon - SmackDown! Raw Referees Mike Chioda Jack Doan Earl Hebner Chad Patten SmackDown Referees Brian Hebner Nick Patrick Charles Robinson Mike Sparks

SmackDown! Commentators Michael Cole Tazz Ring announcers Tony Chimel Howard Finkel Spanish Commenators Carlos Cabrera Hugo Savinovich Others Steve Austin Jonathan Coachman - interviewer Lilian Garcia - Sung National Anthem Vince McMahon Mark Yeaton

[edit] Notes

• This was the first time in SummerSlam history that the United States Championship was defended.
• Triple H had a groin injury going into the match, so he wore long wrestling tights to cover his leg brace.
• After SummerSlam 2003 was officially over, the entire WWE roster (with the exception of a few) celebrated Vince McMahon's 58th birthday in the middle of the ring. Steve Austin was leading them, and he tried to get The Undertaker to do the Spinerooni, but was unsuccessful. Pat Patterson sung "My Way" to McMahon and it ended with Vince kissing Linda McMahon.

[edit] References

• "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts", Wrestling’s Historical Cards, Kappa Publishing, 2007, pp. 113-114. 
• onlineworldofwrestling.com - SummerSlam '03 results
• hoffco-inc.com - SummerSlam '03 review

[edit] External links

• Official 2003 SummerSlam site