SummerSlam (2003)

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 2003 was the sixteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Wrestling Entertainment. It took place on August 24, 2003 at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.

The official theme song was "St. Anger" by Metallica.

[edit] Results

Sunday Night HEAT match: Matt Hardy defeated Zach Gowen (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.

Kurt Angle applies the Ankle lock submission on Brock Lesnar

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.
- After the match Steve Austin made his way down to the ring and gave the Stone Cold Stunner to Coachman and then 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 a Elimination Chamber match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (19:12)

Elimination number:	Wrestler:	Entry number:	Eliminated by:	How they were Eliminated:	Time:
1	Kevin Nash	4	Chris Jericho	Sweet Chin Music by Michaels, followed by a roll-up by Jericho	8:05
2	Randy Orton	3	Goldberg	Spear	13:01
3	Shawn Michaels	2	Goldberg	Jackhammer	15:19
4	Chris Jericho	1	Goldberg	Jackhammer	16:03
5	Goldberg	6	Triple H	A sledgehammer to the head	19:12
WINNER	Triple H	5

Official SummerSlam 2003 promotional poster featuring Sable

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 the leg brace he was wearing.
The main event for SummerSlam 2003 was originally to be Goldberg vs. Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship, however Triple H was suffering from a groin injury thus resulting in the Elimination Chamber match.
After SummerSlam 2003 was officially over, the entire WWE roster (which the exception to 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.