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SummerSlam (2003)
PromotionWorld Wrestling Entertainment
Brand(s)Raw
SmackDown!
DateAugust 24, 2003
CityPhoenix, Arizona
VenueAmerica West Arena
Attendance16,113
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SummerSlam 2004

SummerSlam (2003) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which took place on August 24, 2003 at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.[2] It was the sixteenth annual SummerSlam produced by WWE. Professional wrestling is a type of sports entertainment in which theatrical events are combined with a competitive sport. The buildup to the matches and the scenarios that took place before, during, and after the event, were planned by WWE's script writers. The event starred wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown! brands: storyline expansions of the promotion where employees are assigned to wrestling brands under the WWE banner.

The event featured a supercard, a scheduling of more than one main event. The first was an Elimination Chamber match featuring wrestlers from the Raw brand fighting in a ring surrounded by a steel structure of chain and girders. World Heavyweight Champion Triple H (Paul Levesque) defeated Chris Jericho (Christopher Irvine), Goldberg (Bill Goldberg), Kevin Nash, Randy Orton, and Shawn Michaels (Michael Hickenbottom) to retain his championship. The other main event featured wrestlers from the SmackDown! brand, in which defending WWE Champion Kurt Angle defeated challenger Brock Lesnar in a standard wrestling match. Two featured bouts were scheduled on the undercard. In a No Disqualification match between wrestlers from the Raw brand, Kane (Glen Jacobs) defeated Shane McMahon. The other was a standard match involving four wrestlers from the SmackDown! brand, WWE United States Champion Eddie Guerrero defeated Chris Benoit, Rhyno (Terry Gerin), and Tajiri (Yoshihiro Tajiri).

The event marked the second time the Elimination Chamber format was used by WWE; the first was at Survivor Series 2002. Including its scripted buildup, SummerSlam (2003) grossed over $715,000 ticket sales from an attendance of 16,113 and received about 415,000 pay-per-view buys, more than the following year's event. This event helped WWE's pay-per-view revenue, which was $6.2 million higher than the previous year's revenue. When the event was released on DVD, it reached a peak position of third on Billboard's DVD Sales Chart.

Background

Triple H as the World Heavyweight Champion

Wrestlers from the Raw brand were featured in the main event at SummerSlam; an Elimination Chamber match, where the ring is surrounded by a steel structure of chain and girders. The match was contested for the World Heavyweight Championship, in which Triple H (Paul Levesque), defended the championship against Chris Jericho (Christopher Irvine), Goldberg (Bill Goldberg), Kevin Nash, Randy Orton, and Shawn Michaels (Michael Hickenbottom). The buildup to the match began on July 22, 2003 during the SummerSlam press conference, where the authority figure Eric Bischoff, a portrayed match maker and rules enforcer, announced that Triple H would defend the championship against Goldberg in a standard wrestling match at the event.[3][4] On August 4, 2003, during a television episode of Raw, Bischoff announced that the World Heavyweight Championship match would be contested in a standard wrestling match under No Disqualification regulations. Later during the episode, another authority figure, Steve Austin (Steven Williams), altered Bischcoff’s announcement, stating that the championship would be contested in an Elimination Chamber match, with Triple H defending his title against Goldberg, Chris Jericho, Kevin Nash, Randy Orton, and Shawn Michaels.[5][6] On August 18, 2003, during the episode of Raw before SummerSlam, the staged rivalry among the six competitors intensified, as Jericho held a promotional interview segment in the ring, which he called the Highlight Reel. During this segment, each participant in the Elimination Chamber discussed the match and taunted the other wrestlers. As a part of the storyline, later during the main event on the show of Orton versus Goldberg, Nash interfered in the match and attacked Goldberg. Michaels then came down to the ring, but as he was about to hit Triple H with the World Heavyweight Championship belt, Jericho ran into the ring and hit Michaels with a steel chair.[7][8]

Kurt Angle, the WWE Champion heading into SummerSlam

The other predominant match at SummerSlam featured wrestlers from the SmackDown! brand; a standard wrestling match for the WWE Championship, in which Kurt Angle defended the championship against Brock Lesnar. The hype to the match began on July 31, 2003, on an episode of SmackDown!, the other main television program for WWE. During an interview promotion in the ring, Lesnar challenged Angle to a rematch of their bout at Vengeance, WWE's previous pay-per-view event. The WWE Chairman, Vince McMahon, announced from the ring that Lesnar would have to earn his rematch, by competing in a match enclosed by a steel cage formed by metal mesh around the ring. The match would be against McMahon himself, and would take place on SmackDown! the following week, with Angle officiating as a special guest referee.[9][10] The Steel Cage match resulted in neither wrestler winning the match, after McMahon and Lesnar attacked Angle.[11][12] On August 14, 2003, during an episode of SmackDown!, McMahon announced that Angle would defend the championship against Lesnar at SummerSlam.[13][14]

Rob Van Dam (Robert Szatkowski) versus Kane (Glen Jacobs), wrestling under No Disqualification regulations, was the main preliminary match that featured wrestlers from the Raw brand. The events leading up to this match began on July 7, 2003 when, in accordance with the scripted events, Kane attacked Van Dam backstage during an episode of Raw.[15][16] The following week on an episode of Raw, Van Dam was granted a standard wrestling match against Kane by Bischoff.[17][18] The match took place the following week on Raw, which ended in neither wrestler winning the match.[3][4] On August 4, 2003, Shane McMahon, the son of Vince McMahon, announced that Kane and Van Dam would wrestle in a standard wrestling match at SummerSlam.[5][6]

A standard wrestling match between four wrestlers for the WWE United States Championship was the other main preliminary match. The match featured wrestlers from the SmackDown! brand, where Eddie Guerrero (Eduardo Guerrero) defended the championship against Chris Benoit, Rhyno (Terry Gerin), and Tajiri (Yoshihiro Tajiri). The buildup to the match began with two different staged rivalries, one between Guerrero and Tajiri, and the other between Benoit and Rhyno. On August 7, 2003, during an episode of SmackDown!, Guerrero and Benoit were scripted to wrestle in a standard wrestling match. However, during the match, Rhyno and Tajiri interfered as part of the storyline, which ended in neither wrestler winning the match. Sgt. Slaughter (Robert Remus), a WWE official promoted a tag team match, where the team consisting of Guerrero and Benoit wrestled the team consisting of Rhyno and Tajiri, which Benoit and Guerrero won.[11][12] The following week on an episode of SmackDown!, it was announced via a SummerSlam advertisement, that Guerrero would defend the WWE United States Championship against Benoit, Rhyno, and Tajiri.[13][14]

Event

Before the event began and aired live on pay-per-view, an episode of Sunday Night Heat, one of the secondary television programs for WWE, was taped live. The first scheduled match was Matt Hardy versus Zach Gowen. Gowen, however, was unable to participate in the match due to legitimate injuries he sustained on the August 21, 2003 episode of SmackDown!. As a result, Hardy was declared the winner via forfeit. The final scheduled match for Sunday Night Heat, was a standard wrestling match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, where the champion, Rey Mysterio (Oscar Gutierrez), defended the championship against Shannon Moore. Mysterio defeated Moore via pinfall, after he performed a 619 on Moore.[20]

Preliminary matches

After Sunday Night Heat, the event began with a tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship, where the champions, La Résistance (Rene Dupree [René Goguen] and Sylvain Grenier), defended their championship against the Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray [Mark LoMonaco] and D-Von [Devon Hughes]). Throughout the match, the Dudley Boyz and La Résistance performed many offensive maneuvers, though the Dudley Boyz were able to gain the upper hand when they executed a flapjack and cutter combination on Dupree; a move in which D-Von elevates the opponent by the legs, while Bubba Ray grabs the opponent's head and falls backwards to drive his head to the mat. As D-Von covered Dupree, Rob Conway was scripted to be disguised as a cameraman, and was to hit D-Von with a camera while the referee was distracted. Dupree then covered D-Von for a successful pinfall, in the process retaining the World Tag Team Championship for his team.[21][22]

The following match was The Undertaker (Mark Calaway) versus A-Train (Matt Bloom) in a standard wrestling match. During the early portion of the match, both competitors wrestled with neither gaining the advantage over the other. Afterwards, The Undertaker gained the advantage over A-Train, though during this time, The Undertaker attempted to perform a move in which the wrestler grabs his opponent, turns him upside-down, and drops into a sitting or kneeling position, driving the opponent's head into the mat, called the belly-to-belly piledriver.

The Dudley Boyz, who faced La Résistance for the World Tag Team Championship

A-Train was then involved in a moment where he countered the maneuver, in the process knocking the referee down. He attempted to take advantage of the situation by trying to hit The Undertaker with a folding chair. The Undertaker, however, countered the offensive attack by hitting the steel chair with his boot, which hit A-Train in the face. The Undertaker then executed a chokeslam on A-Train, a move in which the wrestler grasps their opponent's neck, lifts them up, and slams them to the mat. This followed with a cover and a successful pinfall.[23][24]

The fourth match was Shane McMahon versus Eric Bischoff in a standard wrestling match. The match began with McMahon and Bishoff brawling on the arena ramp, which followed by interference by Jonathan Coachman, who hit McMahon with a folding chair. Bischoff, portrayed as the on-screen authority figure of the Raw brand, grabbed a microphone and announced that the match would be contested in a match where neither wrestler could be disqualified for malicious actions and where match outcomes could occur anywhere in the arena; as a result, Bischoff could not be disqualified for Coachman's interference. Coachman and Bischoff then followed up on the announcement by performing double-team offensive attacks on McMahon. The double-team attacks resulted in interference by Steve Austin, who executed a seated three-quarter facelock jawbreaker on Coachman and Bischoff, a move in which Austin grabs the opponent's head and pulls his jaw above the shoulder, while Austin falls backward. As a result of the announcement made by Bischoff earlier, McMahon could not be disqualified. After Austin's interference, McMahon positioned Bischoff on the commentators announce table and performed a diving elbow drop on Bischoff, a move which is executed by diving onto a prone opponent with the wrestler's elbow cocked, driving the elbow into the opponent's chest. As a result of the aerial technique, the table broke, which McMahon followed up by covering Bischoff for the pinfall.[21][25]

Main event matches

Eddie Guerrero, who defended the WWE United States Championship in a Fatal Four-Way match

The next match was the featured preliminary match from the SmackDown brand: a standard wrestling match involving four wrestlers for the WWE United States Championship, where Eddie Guerrero defended the championship against Chris Benoit, Rhyno, and Tajiri. The match began with Guerrero and Tajiri wrestling each other, while Benoit and Rhyno wrestled each other. During these encounters, Guerrero applied a cloverleaf submission hold on Tajiri, a move where Guerrero bends one of the opponent's leg so that the shin is behind the knee of the straight leg and places the ankle of the straight leg in their armpit; With the same arm, they reach around the ankle and through the opening formed by the legs, and lock their hands together. While Guerrero performed the submission hold, Benoit applied a crossface submission hold on Rhyno, a hold where from behind the opponent, Benoit locks his hands together and pulls back on the face of the opponent, pulling the neck of the opponent backwards. Afterwards, Tajiri applied a rope hung Boston crab on Benoit, a move which sees Tajiri hooking an opponent's arms around the top rope and legs around the bottom rope, so the move is performed upside down. The hold distracted the referee, which allowed Guerrero to hit Rhyno with the United States Championship belt. Tajiri then attempted to hit Benoit with a roundhouse kick, but Benoit countered the maneuver into a powerbomb, a move where an opponent is lifted up (usually so that they are sitting on the wrestler's shoulders) and then slammed back-first down to the mat. Tajiri however, countered the powerbomb, which tossed both himself and Benoit over the top rope onto the arena floor. Guerrero proceeded into performing a body splash from the top turnbuckle on Rhyno; following up into a cover and a pinfall, thus retaining the WWE United States Championship.[24][26]

The fifth match was the main event from the SmackDown brand, a standard wrestling match for the WWE Championship, where Kurt Angle defended the championship against Brock Lesnar. The match began with Lesnar scripted to attempt walking away from the match, though Angle brought him back into the ring. In the ring, Angle performed many offensive maneuvers, including a DDT, a move in which the wrestler falls down or backwards to drive the opponent's held head into the mat, and an Olympic Slam, a move in which Angle puts Lesnar up on his shoulders sideways, and at the same time spins 90° and falls down on to his back, slamming Lesnar down to the mat back first. This proceeded into an ankle lock submission hold on Lesnar. During this encounter, Lesnar countered the hold, in the process knocking down the referee. Angle would then apply a Guillotine Choke on Lesnar, which brought Lesnar down onto his knees, allowing Angle to perform another ankle lock. Vince McMahon, who was managing Lesnar, came into the ring and hit Angle's back with a folding chair to break the submission hold; as a result of the referee being knocked down, Lesnar could not be disqualified for the interference. After the interference, Lesnar attempted to execute two F-5's, a move where Lesnar places Angle on his shoulders and throws Angle's legs out in front of him to spin them out while he simultaneously falls backwards, driving the opponent's head into the mat. During the second F-5 however, Angle countered the throw into another ankle lock submission hold, which forced Lesnar to submit. As a result, Angle retained the WWE Championship.[22][27]

The featured preliminary match from the Raw brand was Kane versus Rob Van Dam in a match where neither wrestler could be disqualified. Both wrestlers used a ladder to their advantage early in the match. After Kane used the ladder on Van Dam, he attempted a flying clothesline, a move that is performed from the top turnbuckle, in which Kane extends his arm out from the side of his body and attempts to knock over Van Dam onto the arena floor by hitting him with his forearm. Instead of hitting Van Dam though, Kane landed on the arena barricade after Van Dam moved to avoid the aerial technique. Thereafter, Van Dam performed a Rolling Thunder on Kane using a folding chair, a move where Van Dam performs a forward roll towards an opponent and does a somersault on them using the folding chair. Following Rolling Thunder, Van Dam attempted to hit Kane with the folding chair with a spinning heel kick. Kane however, rolled out of the ring to the arena floor to avoid the attack. Van Dam would then attempt an aerial technique from inside the ring towards Kane who was at ringside, but Kane caught Van Dam in mid-air and executed a belly-to-belly piledriver on Van Dam, which he followed with a cover and a pinfall.[24][26]

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Randy Orton diving onto Shawn Michaels during the Elimination Chamber match

The main event from the Raw brand, the Elimination Chamber match from the Rab for the World Heavyweight Championship, where Triple H defended the championship against Chris Jericho, Goldberg, Kevin Nash, Randy Orton, and Shawn Michaels. The match began with Jericho and Michaels in the ring, while Goldberg, Nash, Orton, and Triple H were locked in the chambers. Michaels and Jericho wrestled with neither of them gaining the advantage over the other. Orton and Nash were the third and fourth entrants into the match, respectively. Nash was the first wrestler eliminated from the match, after Michaels executed a superkick and covered him for a pinfall. Triple H and Goldberg were the fifth and sixth entrants into the match, respectively. Michaels performed a superkick on Triple H as soon as he exited his chamber, and as a result, Triple H was knocked back into his chamber. As soon as Goldberg entered the match, he performed a spear, a variation of a takedown, on Orton and followed up with a cover for a pinfall to eliminate Orton. Afterwards, Goldberg performed a suplex powerslam, a move that consists of one wrestler picking up his or her opponent off the ground (or mat) and then using a large portion of his or her own body weight to drive the opponent down on the mat, on Michaels and Jericho, eliminating them both via pinfall for the third and fourth eliminations, in the process leaving himself and Triple H left in the match. Triple H remained inside the chamber throughout the match, though, Goldberg performed a spear on him through the glass of the chamber, in the process pushing him out of the chamber. Ric Flair, who was managing both Triple H and Orton, then handed a sledgehammer to Triple H through the cage. Goldberg attempted another spear on Triple H, though, Triple H countered the maneuver via hitting Goldberg with the sledgehammer. The sledgehammer attack led to a cover and a pinfall by Triple H, who therefore retained the World Heavyweight Championship.[22][27]

Aftermath

Goldberg, who feuded with Triple H after SummerSlam

After SummerSlam, Triple H continued the staged rivalry with Goldberg, a contestant in the Elimination Chamber match at SummerSlam, over the World Heavyweight Championship. On August 25, 2003, during an episode of Raw, Goldberg challenged Triple H in a match for the World Heavyweight Championship. Triple H accepted the challenge for Unforgiven, and in the process made the match a retirement match, a match where Goldberg would have to retire from WWE if he lost.[28][29] On September 8, 2003, during an episode of Raw, Steve Austin, announced another stipulation for the Triple H versus Goldberg match. Aside from Goldberg being forced to retire if he lost, Triple H would lose his championship if he was counted out or disqualified during the bout.[30][31] At Unforgiven, Goldberg defeated Triple H after executing a suplex powerslam into a pinfall to win the World Heavyweight Championship.[32][33]

The rivalry between Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar halted, as Angle began a staged rivalry with The Undertaker over the WWE Championship. On August 28, 2003, during an episode of SmackDown!, The Undertaker won a standard wrestling match between three wrestlers to win a match against Angle for the WWE Championship.[34][35] On the September 4, 2003, during an episode of SmackDown!, a standard wrestling match between Angle and The Undertaker resulted in neither wrestler winning the match, after Lesnar came down to the ring and attack both wrestlers with a folding chair. Later during a segment on the show, Vince McMahon announced a match for the WWE Championship where the wrestler with the most scoring conditions by a set period of time would win.[36][37] The match took place on September 18, 2003 during an episode of SmackDown!; the match ended with Lesnar winning five scoring conditions, while Angle won four, and as a result Lesnar won the WWE Championship.[38][39]

The staged rivalry between Kane and Rob Van Dam also halted, as Kane engaged in a staged rivalry against Shane McMahon. On August 25, 2003, in a scenario on an episode of Raw, Kane attempted to throw McMahon into a dumpster that was set on fire, but McMahon avoided it and threw Kane into the dumpster.[28][29] On September 8, 2003, during an episode of Raw, on-screen authority figure, Eric Bischoff, announced a match between Kane and McMahon at Unforgiven, where the wrestler who was unable to respond to a ten count by the referee would lose.[30][31] Kane defeated McMahon at Unforgiven, after McMahon was unable to respond to a ten count.[40][41]

After SummerSlam, Eddie Guerrero began a staged rivalry with John Cena over the WWE United States Championship. On August 28, 2003, during an episode of SmackDown!, Guerrero retained the championship in a title defense via disqualification against Cena.[34][35] On September 4, 2003, during an episode of SmackDown!, Guerrero again retained the championship in a title defense against Cena in a Parking Lot Brawl, a match set in a parking lot.[36][37] The Parking Lot Brawl match was the final match in the Cena-Guerrero staged rivalry, as Guerrero then engaged in a feud with The Big Show (Paul Wight). At No Mercy, Big Show defeated Guerrero via pinfall to win the WWE United States Championship.[42][43]

Reception

The America West Arena has a maximum capacity of 19,000, but that was reduced for SummerSlam (2003). The event grossed over $715,000 in ticket sales from an attendance of 16,113, the maximum allowed.[44][45][46] This was later confirmed by Linda McMahon, WWE CEO, in a press release on August 26, 2003.[47] The event resulted in 415,000 pay-per-view buys (a 0.88 pay-per-view buyrate), which was higher than the following year's SummerSlam buys of 387,000. The promotion's pay-per-view revenue was $24.7 million, greater than the following year's revenue of $18.5 million.[48] Canadian Online Explorer's professional wrestling section rated the entire event a seven out of ten stars.[22] The rating was higher than the SummerSlam event in 2004, which rated a five out of ten stars.[49] The Elimination Chamber main event match from the Raw brand rated a 8.5 out of ten stars, with one out of ten stars for the process in which the match ended. The SmackDown! brand's main event, a standard wrestling match for the WWE Championship, was rated a nine out of ten stars, a better reception than the Raw brand's main event.[22]

The event was released on DVD on September 23, 2003,[50] by Sony Music Entertainment. The DVD reached third on Billboard's DVD Sales Chart for recreational sports during the week of October 18, 2003, although falling thereafter.[51] It remained in the chart for eight consecutive weeks, until the week of December 6, 2003, when it ranked 14th.[52] The DVD also received reviews from customers; the average customer rating from Amazon.com was a four out of five stars.[53]

Results

# Result[22][23] Stipulation Time[19]
Heat Matt Hardy defeated Zach Gowen via forfeit. Singles match 00:00
Heat Rey Mysterio (c) defeated Shannon Moore. Singles match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship 02:03
1 La Résistance (René Duprée and Sylvain Grenier) (c) defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) (with Spike Dudley). Tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship 07:49
2 The Undertaker defeated A-Train (with Sable). Singles match 09:19
3 Shane McMahon defeated Eric Bischoff. No Disqualification, falls count anywhere match 10:36
4 Eddie Guerrero (c) defeated Chris Benoit, Rhyno and Tajiri. Fatal Four Way match for the WWE United States Championship 10:50
5 Kurt Angle (c) defeated Brock Lesnar. Singles match for the WWE Championship 21:17
6 Kane defeated Rob Van Dam. No Disqualification match 12:49
7 Triple H (c) defeated Goldberg, Chris Jericho, Randy Orton, Kevin Nash and Shawn Michaels. Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship 19:12

Elimination Chamber eliminations

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

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