Royal Rumble (2003)

Royal Rumble (2003) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on January 19, 2003, at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts. It was the 16th Royal Rumble event held by WWE.

 Background 
As is the case every year since the event's beginning, the event's main event was the 30-man over-the-top-rope battle royal, also known as the Royal Rumble match. The match started with two wrestlers and a new one was added every 90 seconds. To eliminate an opposing wrestler he must be thrown over the top rope and have both his two feet hit the floor, this continued until there was only one man left, who was named the winner. The winner received a match for either Raw's World Heavyweight Championship or SmackDown's WWE Championship at WrestleMania XIX.

 Qualification matches 
Jeff Hardy defeated Raven - Raw January 13
Chris Jericho defeated Batista, Kane, and Rob Van Dam in a battle royal - Raw January 13

Results

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
 – Raw
 – SmackDown!
 – Winner

DrawEntrantBrandOrder eliminatedEliminated byTimeEliminationsShawn MichaelsRawChris Jericho02:050Chris Jericho14Test39:006Christopher NowinskiRey Mysterio04:370Rey MysterioSmackDown!Chris Jericho05:551Edge1011:003ChristianRawChris Jericho09:031Chavo GuerreroSmackDown!Edge07:100TajiriChris Jericho04:410Bill DeMottEdge02:13010Tommy DreamerRawChris Jericho & Christian00:48011B-2SmackDown!Edge00:24012Rob Van DamRaw26Kane33:00213Matt HardySmackDown!21Brock Lesnar27:13014Eddie Guerrero13Booker T16:29015Jeff HardyRaw11Rob Van Dam07:26016Rosey12Kane10:16017Test17Batista18:45118John CenaSmackDown!22The Undertaker19:45019Charlie Haas19Brock Lesnar17:16220Rikishi18Batista14:55021JamalRaw23The Undertaker16:07022Kane2820:24323Shelton BenjaminSmackDown!20Brock Lesnar10:54224Booker TRaw16Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin06:20125A-TrainSmackDown!25Kane & Rob Van Dam11:00026MavenRaw24The Undertaker08:19027Goldust15Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin00:47028Batista27The Undertaker09:55229Brock LesnarSmackDown!Winner 09:00430The UndertakerSmackDown!29Brock Lesnar06:455

References

Category:2003 in professional wrestling
Category:2003 in the United States
Category:2000s in Boston
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