Judgment Day (2003)

Judgment Day (2003)
Promotional poster featuring Booker T
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand(s)	Raw SmackDown!
Date	May 18, 2003
City	Charlotte, North Carolina
Venue	Charlotte Coliseum
Attendance	13,000
Tagline(s)	You will be the judge...
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Judgment Day (2003) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and presented by Clearasil that took place on May 18, 2003, at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was the fifth annual WWE Judgment Day 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 first match from the SmackDown! brand featured WWE Champion Brock Lesnar's defeat of The Big Show in a Stretcher match to retain the title after Rey Mysterio interfered, attacking The Big Show. The second match from the Raw brand was between Kevin Nash and World Heavyweight Champion Triple H, where Nash won by disqualification. Three matches were featured on the undercard. The first match featured Women's Champion Jazz defeating Victoria, Jacqueline. and Trish Stratus in a Fatal Four-Way Match to retain the title. The next was a Battle Royal featuring Christian, Val Venis, Chris Jericho, Lance Storm, Test, Rob Van Dam, Kane, Goldust and Booker T for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Christian won the title, re-activating it after it had been unified with the World Heavyweight Championship in 2002. The final was between the team of Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri, and the team of Team Angle (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) in a ladder match for the WWE Tag Team Championship. Guerrero and Tajiri won the match and the titles.

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

Results

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
Sunday Night Heat	The Hurricane defeated Steven Richards	Singles match	02:58
1	John Cena and The F.B.I. (Chuck Palumbo and Johnny Stamboli) (with Nunzio) defeated Rhyno, Spanky and Chris Benoit	Six-man tag team match	03:58
2	La Résistance (Sylvain Grenier and René Duprée) defeated Test and Scott Steiner (with Stacy Keibler)	Tag team match	06:19
3	Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri defeated Team Angle (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) (c)	Tag team ladder match for the WWE Tag Team Championship	14:18
4	Christian defeated Val Venis, Chris Jericho, Lance Storm, Test, Rob Van Dam, Kane, Goldust and Booker T	Battle royal for the vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship	11:38
5	Mr. America (with Zach Gowen) defeated Roddy Piper (with Sean O'Haire)	Singles match	04:58
6	Torrie Wilson defeated Sable	Bikini Challenge	Unknown
7	Kevin Nash defeated Triple H (c) by disqualification	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship	07:25
8	Jazz (c) (with Theodore Long) defeated Victoria (with Steven Richards), Jacqueline and Trish Stratus	Fatal Four-Way Match for the WWE Women's Championship	04:48
9	Brock Lesnar (c) defeated The Big Show	Stretcher match for the WWE Championship	15:27
(c) – refers to the champion heading into the match

Battle Royal

Elimination	Wrestler	Eliminated by	Time
1	Lance Storm	Kane
2	Kane	Venis, Jericho, Goldust, Christian, Test, & Booker
3	Test	Booker
4	Val Venis	Goldust
5	Rob Van Dam	Jericho
6	Goldust	Booker
7	Chris Jericho	Christian
8	Booker T	Christian
Winner:	Christian

See also

• WWE Judgment Day
• List of WWE pay-per-view events

External links

• Official website