2003 Royal Rumble Review

Let the road start here...

• Royal Rumble Qualification match: Brock Lesnar defeated The Big Show (w/Paul Heyman) (6:29)
o Lesnar pinned Big Show after an F-5.
o **
Generic stuff.

• The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) defeated William Regal and Lance Storm to win the World Tag Team Championship (7:24)
o D-Von pinned Storm after hitting him with brass knuckles brought into the match by Regal.
o *3/4
More stuff.

• Torrie Wilson defeated Dawn Marie (3:36)
o Torrie pinned Marie after a swinging neckbreaker.
o DUD
Awful match with an even worse story line.

• Scott Steiner defeated World Heavyweight Champion Triple H by disqualification (18:14)
o Triple H was disqualified after hitting Steiner with a sledgehammer, resulting in Triple H retaining the title.
o After the match, Steiner assaulted Triple H and Ric Flair with the sledgehammer and locked in the Steiner Recliner on Triple H.
o ¼*
The crowd booed Steiner out of the building.

• Kurt Angle defeated Chris Benoit to retain the WWE Championship (19:48)
o Angle forced Benoit to submit with the Ankle Lock.
o ****3/4
MOTYC need look no further.

• Brock Lesnar won the 2003 Royal Rumble (53:41)
o Lesnar last eliminated The Undertaker, who made his return after taking a few months off.
Entrant
Eliminated by
Time
1
Shawn Michaels
1
Jericho
2:29

2
Chris Jericho
14
Test
38:54

3
Christopher Nowinski
2
Mysterio
4:37

4
Rey Mysterio
3
Jericho
5:55

5
Edge
10
Jericho
11:03

6
Christian
9
Jericho
9:03

7
Chavo Guerrero
8
Edge
7:10

8
Tajiri
6
Jericho
5:41

9
Bill DeMott
4
Edge
2:13

10
Tommy Dreamer
5
Jericho & Christian
0:48

11
B-2
7
Edge
0:24

12
Rob Van Dam
26
Kane
32:56

13
Matt Hardy
21
Lesnar
27:13

14
Eddie Guerrero
13
Booker
16:29

15
Jeff Hardy
11
Van Dam
7:26

16
Rosey
12
Kane
10:16

17
Test
17
Batista
18:45

18
John Cena
22
Undertaker
9:38

19
Charlie Haas
20
Lesnar
17:17

20
Rikishi
18
Batista
14:10

21
Jamal
23
Undertaker
16:07

22
Kane
28
Undertaker
20:24

23
Shelton Benjamin
19
Lesnar
10:55

24
Booker T
16
Benjamin & Haas
6:20

25
A-Train
25
Kane & Van Dam
11:33

26
Maven
24
Undertaker
8:19

27
Goldust
15
Haas
0:47

28
Batista
27
Undertaker
9:55

29
Brock Lesnar
-
WINNER
8:59

30
The Undertaker
29
Lesnar
6:45
o ****
~ MOTYC and one of the best Rumble matches ever.

The last 2 matches were great. Rumble takes up much of the time and it was really good, so in turn it was a good show.

~ January 23 - Kurt Angle beat Rey Mysterio. ***1/2

~ January 30 – Team Angle beat Chris Benoit and Edge for #1 contendership. ***1/4

~ February 6 – Team Angle beat Los Guerreros to win the Tag Team titles. ***

~ February 6 – Kurt Angle beat Chris Benoit. ***3/4