Unforgiven (2002)

Unforgiven (2002)
Promotional poster featuring Brock Lesnar
Tagline(s)	The Next Big Thing has Arrived
Theme song(s)	"Adrenaline" (Gavin Rossdale)
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand (s)	Raw SmackDown!
Date	September 22, 2002
Attendance	16,002
Venue	Staples Center
City	Los Angeles, California
Pay-per-view chronology
SummerSlam (2002) Unforgiven (2002) No Mercy (2002)
Unforgiven chronology
Unforgiven (2001) Unforgiven (2002) Unforgiven (2003)

Unforgiven (2002) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) that took place on September 22, 2002, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. It was the fifth annual WWE Unforgiven event and featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown! brands.

Eight professional wrestling matches were scheduled for the event—which featured a supercard, a scheduling of more than one main bout. The main event from the SmackDown! brand featured WWE Champion Brock Lesnar fighting The Undertaker to retain the title after both men were disqualified. After the match, The Undertaker continued to attack Lesnar, throwing him through the wall of a set. The main event from the Raw brand featured World Heavyweight Champion Triple H defeating Rob Van Dam to retain the title. Four matches were featured on the undercard. The first was a singles match where Chris Benoit defeated Kurt Angle. The next was between Trish Stratus and WWE Women's Champion Molly Holly, where Stratus won and captured the title. The third was a singles match between Eddie Guerrero and Edge, in which Guerrero won. The final featured undercard match had WWE Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho defeating Ric Flair to retain the title.

Background

See also: Professional wrestling

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 one of the WWE's brands--SmackDown or Raw--the two storyline divisions in which WWE assigned its employees.

Results

#	Results	Stipulations	Times
00 !Sunday Night Heat	Rey Mysterio defeated Chavo Guerrero	Singles match	N/A
01 !1	Kane, Goldust, Booker T and Bubba Ray Dudley defeated The Un-Americans (Lance Storm, Christian, William Regal and Test)	Eight Man tag team match	08:58
02 !2	Chris Jericho (c) defeated Ric Flair	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship	6:16
03 !3	Eddie Guerrero defeated Edge	Singles match	11:55
04 !4	3-Minute Warning (Rosey and Jamal) (with Rico) defeated Billy and Chuck	Tag team match	06:38
05 !5	Triple H (c) defeated Rob Van Dam	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship	18:17
06 !6	Trish Stratus defeated Molly Holly (c)	Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship	05:46
07 !7	Chris Benoit defeated Kurt Angle	Singles match	13:55
08 !8	Brock Lesnar (c) (with Paul Heyman) fought The Undertaker to a double disqualification	Singles match for the WWE Championship	20:27
(c) – refers to the champion heading into the match

See also

• WWE Unforgiven
• List of WWE pay-per-view events

External links

• Official website