Unforgiven 2003 Unforgiven 2003 was the sixth annual Unforgiven professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . It was presented by Namco ' s " Soulcalibur II " and took place on September 21 , 2003 from the Giant Center in Hershey , Pennsylvania . The main event was Triple H versus Goldberg for the World Heavyweight Championship . Goldberg won the match and the World Heavyweight Championship after pinning Triple H following a spear and a Jackhammer . Two of the predominant matches on the card were a Triple threat match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship between Christian , Chris Jericho and Rob Van Dam , which Christian retain the title by pinning Van Dam after hitting him with the belt , and the other was a Last Man Standing match between Shane McMahon and Kane , which Kane won after Shane failed to answer the referee ' s ten count . Another primary match on the undercard was Randy Orton versus Shawn Michaels , which Orton won by pinfall after hitting Michaels in the head with a pair of brass knuckles . Background . The main feud heading into Unforgiven was between Triple H and Goldberg over the World Heavyweight Championship . One month prior at SummerSlam , Triple H won an Elimination Chamber match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship by last eliminating Goldberg . After the match ended , Triple H , along with Evolution members Ric Flair and Randy Orton , handcuffed Goldberg to the Chamber and attacked him with a sledgehammer . The next night on " Raw " , Goldberg challenged Triple H to a match later that night . Triple H declined and said that they would face off at Unforgiven instead . Triple H then added the stipulation that if he won , Goldberg would have to retire from professional wrestling . On the September 1 episode of " Raw " , Goldberg , Shawn Michaels , and Maven defeated Evolution ( Triple H , Randy Orton , and Ric Flair ) . Towards the end of the match , Orton attacked Goldberg from behind as he was preparing to spear Triple H . Goldberg was able to kick out of the pinfall attempt and hit Orton with a Jackhammer for the win . The next week on " Raw " , Co - General Manager Steve Austin added the stipulation where if Triple H got himself counted out or intentionally disqualified , he would lose the World Heavyweight Championship . The other main match on the card was a Last Man Standing match between Shane McMahon and Kane . On the June 23 episode of " Raw " , Kane was forced to unmask himself after he had lost a Mask vs . Title match to Triple H . Shortly after Kane unmasked himself , Kane turned on and chokeslam med his tag team partner Rob Van Dam . Three weeks later on the July 14 episode of " Raw " , during an interview between Kane and Jim Ross , Kane set Jim Ross on fire after he thought he was mocking him . The following week on " Raw " , after a match between Kane and Van Dam ended in a no - contest , Linda McMahon came out to try and stop Kane from attacking Van Dam . Kane , however , gave Linda McMahon a Tombstone Piledriver on the steel ramp . On the July 28 episode of " Raw " , Shane McMahon made a surprise appearance by attacking Kane for his actions the week before . The next week on " Raw " , Eric Bischoff defeated Shane McMahon after Kane interfered and gave McMahon a Tombstone Piledriver on the steel ring steps . On August 24 at SummerSlam , Kane defeated Rob Van Dam in a No Holds Barred match , and Shane McMahon defeated Eric Bischoff in a No Disqualification Falls Count Anywhere match . The following night on " Raw " , during a match between Shane McMahon and Chris Jericho , Kane interfered and performed a chokeslam on McMahon . Shortly afterwards , McMahon superkick ed Kane into a dumpster that was on fire and full of gasoline . On the September 8 episode of " Raw " , Bischoff announced that McMahon and Kane would face each other in a Last Man Standing match at Unforgiven . The next week on " Raw " , after both men signed a contract for their match at Unforgiven , McMahon gave Kane multiple low blows , followed by a Leap of Faith through an announce table . One of the main matches on the undercard was between Randy Orton and Shawn Michaels . At the previous Raw brand pay - per - view , Bad Blood , Ric Flair defeated Shawn Michaels after Randy Orton interfered and hit Michaels with a steel chair . One month later , on the July 21 episode of " Raw " , Chris Jericho defeated Michaels in a Singles match . In the match , Orton interfered on Jericho ' s behalf by executing an RKO on Michaels while the referee was distracted . The following week on " Raw " , during Jericho ' s " Highlight Reel " talk show , Orton claimed that he was becoming a " Legend Killer " and that Michaels was going to be the next legend killed . Michaels came out shortly afterwards and the two started brawling . On the September 1 episode of " Raw " , Steve Austin announced that Orton would face off against Michaels at Unforgiven . Two weeks later on the September 15 episode of " Raw " , Orton told Michaels that he was going to use him as a " stepping stone towards greatness . " Michaels responded by slapping Orton and telling him that if he was going to use him as a stepping stone , he had better step hard . The Divas match set for Unforgiven was a tag team match pitting Trish Stratus and Lita against Molly Holly and Gail Kim . Gail Kim debuted on the June 30 episode of " Raw " and won the WWE Women ' s Championship in a battle royal , only to lose the title to Molly Holly four weeks later . After Stratus defeated Holly in a non - title match on the following week , she was attacked in the ring by Holly and Victoria . Kim entered and appeared to save Stratus by fighting off both Divas , only to attack Stratus herself , turning Kim into a villain . Kim later formed an alliance with Holly to eliminate Stratus , and the pair continuously attacked Stratus for several weeks . On the September 15 episode of " Raw " , Lita returned from injury and saved Stratus from being attacked from Holly and Kim , setting up the tag team match for Unforgiven . Event . Before the event went live on pay - per - view , Maven defeated Stevie Richards in a match taped for " WWE Heat " . The first match that aired was a Handicap Tables match between The Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray and D - Von ) and Rob Conway and La Resistance ( Sylvan Greinier and Rene Dupree ) . The Dudleyz put Dupree though the last table to win the World Tag Team Championship . The next match was between Test and Scott Steiner . Before the bell rang , Keibler hugged Steiner to make Test jealous . The match officially started when Test was giving a series of hits to the back and body when down on the mat . After Test tried to get a clothesline on him , Steiner reversed with a powerful fallaway slam and quickly went to cover , but Test kicked out right after the referee counted one . Steiner then continued hitting him with a series of chops to the chest . Later during the match , Test had the upper hand over Steiner , until Test went for a flying double Axe handle and Steiner reversed it into a suplex . At the end of the match , Test tried to go for a chair shot to Steiner , but Keibler came inside the ring and took the chair and tried to hit Test . Instead , she hit Steiner , and Test hit him with a running big boot and got the pin . Therefore , Steiner became Test ' s property , as per the pre - match stipulation . The third match was Shawn Michaels versus Randy Orton in a match billed " " Legend vs . Legend Killer " . " Michaels hit Orton with Sweet Chin Music and covered him for the pin , but on the outside , Flair put Orton ' s foot on the bottom rope . Flair passed Orton a pair of brass knuckles , but Michaels hit Flair with another superkick . Michaels went for a back suplex , which did not succeed . Orton then hit Michaels with the brass knuckles and pinned Michaels to win the match . Next was a Divas tag team match between the team of Trish Stratus and Lita and the team of Molly Holly and Gail Kim . When the match began , all four Divas were battling each other . When the two legal Divas were inside the ring , it was between Lita and Kim . Lita started out , getting Kim with arm takedowns , then a throw back . Throughout the match , Lita ' s team had the upper hand over Kim and Holly . Later at the end of the match , Stratus threw Kim out of the ring , and Lita , her partner , performed a moonsault on Molly Holly to get the pin . Next on the card was a Last Man Standing match between Kane and Shane McMahon . Before the match began , McMahon popped up from behind Kane , who was doing his entrance , and hit him with steel chair multiple times on the back . As the referee officially called to ring the bell to start the match , Kane pushed McMahon away , to block another chair shot . After McMahon got back into the ring , he jumped and hit Kane . After multiple shots with the chair , McMahon dropped the chair and went after Kane ' s knee using the steel pole on the turnbuckle . Later during the match , Kane attempted to perform a big boot on McMahon , but he moved away , and instead , it hit the referee . After back and forth action , Kane went to the outside of the ring and brought the steel steps into the ring , in attempt to Tombstone McMahon , but McMahon countered and reversed it into a bulldog . Later at the end of the match , McMahon had Kane near the entrance area , and McMahon attempted to do his signature move , the Leap of Faith , from the top of the arena TitanTron . He missed , however , when Kane moved out of the way . Kane won the match when McMahon did not get up from a ten count . A Triple Threat match , for the WWE Intercontinental Championship involving Christian , Chris Jericho and Rob Van Dam ( RVD ) was next . The match started off with Jericho and Christian teaming up on RVD , both giving him multiple stomps to the back . RVD reversed Jericho and Christian ' s offense , by performing a double dropkick to take them both down . In the middle of the match , RVD did a double DDT on the two , which brought Christian to the outside of the ring , leaving RVD and Jericho in the ring . Later during the match , RVD got thrown out of the ring , leading to a battle between Christian and Jericho . At the time , Christian was about to jump off the turnbuckles and RVD was about to get back into the ring , but Jericho ran and pushed the ring ropes , which caused RVD to fall back to the outside . It also caused Christian to lose balance and fall on his groin before the jump attempted . At the end of the match , RVD was about to do another one of his signature move , the frog splash , but when the referee ' s back was turned , Christian took the belt , and when RVD was about to land on him , he landed on the belt . Christian then quickly went for a pin and successfully retained his title . The seventh match was Al Snow and Jonathan Coachman taking on Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler for the commentator position of " Raw " . Chris Jericho came out and interfered , allowing Al Snow and Coach to get the victory . Next was the main event , which saw Triple H defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Goldberg . Triple H made the first attack when he threw a fist at Goldberg and then threw him face first into the turnbuckle . Later , Triple H tried to throw Goldberg into the other turnbuckle , but Goldberg reversed and performed his signature move , the pumphandle fallaway slam . Triple H fell on his back and then rolled to the outside . Goldberg then tried to perform a spear , but Triple H countered and reversed it into , a facebreaker knee smash . After Triple H tried to perform a second knee facebreaker , Goldberg reversed the move , kicked Triple H in the stomach , and performed a clothesline . Later at the end of the match , Goldberg did a spear and a Jackhammer , quickly got the cover , and became the new World Heavyweight Champion . Aftermath . Following Unforgiven , Triple H offered a $ 100 , 000 bounty to anyone who could " take out " Goldberg . The first individual to act on the bounty was Steven Richards . He was unsuccessful , as he was quickly taken out by Goldberg . Others who tried included Mark Henry , Rodney Mack and Tommy Dreamer , but all three were unsuccessful . On the October 20 episode of " Raw " , Goldberg faced Shawn Michaels in a World Heavyweight title match , after Raw Co - General Manager Eric Bischoff booked the match the week before . During the match , Goldberg and Michaels were down , along with the referee . Batista made a run - in , as he kayfabe attacked Michaels and dragged him out of the ring . He then proceeded to attack Goldberg , which led to Batista inserting a chair on Goldberg ' s ankle . He then jumped off the second rope onto the chair , kayfabe shattering Goldberg ' s ankle . Afterwards , Evolution gave the $ 100 , 000 bounty to Batista . The following week , Bischoff set to present Triple H with the World Heavyweight title , after the events that took place the week before , but Co - General Manager Steve Austin intervened and announced a title match at Survivor Series between Goldberg and Triple H . On the November 10 episode of " Raw " , Goldberg and Batista were scheduled in a match , which resulted in a disqualification , after Triple H interfered . Triple H tried to injure Goldberg ' s knee with a use of a chair and sledgehammer . Goldberg , however , speared Triple H and attacked Batista with the sledgehammer . At Survivor Series , Goldberg retained the title , after he hit Triple H with a spear and Jackhammer for the pinfall . On the October 20 episode of " Raw " , Co - General Manager Eric Bischoff proposed that he and Co - General Manager Steve Austin face off at Survivor Series in a " Traditional 5 - on - 5 Survivor Series match " to determine the future of " Raw " . The stipulation of the match was that if Austin ' s team defeated Bischoff ' s team , Austin could no longer have to be physically provoked before assaulting a Raw Superstar ; if Bischoff ’ s team , however , were victorious , Austin must resign his position as Co - General Manager . Austin promptly accepted the challenge , with Bischoff announcing the first two members of his team were Scott Steiner and Chris Jericho . Later in the night , Booker T was announced as the first member of Austin ' s Survivor Series team . The following week , Rob Van Dam , and Bubba Ray and D - Von Dudley were named members to join Austin ' s team . For Team Bischoff , Christian and Mark Henry were announced as members , as well . On the November 3 episode of " Raw " , both Austin and Bischoff announced their final members to join their respective team ; Shawn Michaels accepted Austin ' s invitation to join his team and Bischoff announced Randy Orton as the last member to join his team . At Survivor Series , Team Bischoff ( Steiner , Jericho , Christian , Henry and Orton ) defeated Team Austin ( Booker T , Van Dam , Bubba Ray , D - Von and Michaels ) . As a result of Austin ' s team losing , he lost his position as Co - General Manager of Raw . On the September 22 episode of " Raw " , Shane McMahon was hospitalized after the events in his match against Kane at Unforgiven . Shane sent a " message " to Kane , but before he could finish , Kane appeared in Shane ' s hospital room and attacked him . The attack led to Shane bleeding from his forehead and Kane telling him to " Get Well Soon ! " . Two weeks later , Shane interfered in a match between Kane and Rosey , which angered Kane . After the match , Kane ran around rampant backstage looking for Shane . Kane walked by a Semi - Truck and saw Shane , who taunted Kane and jumped into a limousine . Kane broke the limousine ' s window and got in through the sunroof . Shane proceeded to get out from the drivers seat and rigged the limousine to crash directly into another truck . After the crash , workers attend to the limousine with a bloody Kane inside . The following week on " Raw " , Shane challenged Kane , who was in the hospital recovering from the car crash from the week before , to a match at Survivor Series . As the challenge was made , Kane sprang up and attacked a doctor and a nurse who were attending to him . On the October 27 episode of " Raw " , Shane challenged Kane to an Ambulance match , which Kane accepted . At Survivor Series , Kane defeated Shane after Kane performed a Tombstone Piledriver on him and then throwing Shane into the ambulance .