[3] The primary match on the Raw brand was Triple H versus Scott Steiner for the World Heavyweight Championship, which Steiner won by disqualification resulting in Triple H retaining the championship. After Scott Steiner lost a match to Test, he became Test's property due to pre-match stipulations. WWE Money in the Bank. [12] On the January 6 episode of Raw, Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels argued over who would be drawing the #1 entry in the Royal Rumble match. La Resistance beat Scott Steiner and Test in another match. Champion Tajiri beat Rey Mysterio to maintain the Cruiserweight title at the "No Mercy" event. In one of the most hazardous contests WWE has to offer, WWE Champion Brock Lesnar faced the monstrous Big Show in a barbaric Stretcher Match at Judgment Day 2003. Undertaker quickly eliminated Cena and then eliminated Jamal. 29) wins the Royal Rumble Match", "Statistical survival – breaking down the Royal Rumble", "Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels in a Three Stages of Hell Match for the World Heavyweight Championship", "Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle for the WWE Championship", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal_Rumble_(2003)&oldid=1013654991, Articles with dead external links from April 2018, Articles with permanently dead external links, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match, This page was last edited on 22 March 2021, at 19:27. It took place on January 19, 2003, at the Fleet Center in Boston, was the first Royal Rumble produced under the WWE name and employed talent from the Raw and SmackDown! Maven entered at #26 but was dominated by Kane. And in a huge Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship, defending champion Triple H took on Goldberg, Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash, Randy Orton, and Chris Jericho to retain his title. Al Snow and The Coach beart Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross in a special match where the winners would get the chance to announce an episode of "Raw." Bradshaw won by last eliminating Brother Love in the APA Invitational Bar Room Brawl. Big Show attempted another chokeslam on Lesnar, but Lesnar countered the move and pushed Big Show into Heyman, causing Heyman to fall off the ring apron. Benoit applied the ankle lock on Angle, until Angle countered the hold into an ankle lock on Benoit. On the December 26 episode of SmackDown!, as a result of Angle's injury, the SmackDown General Manager Stephanie McMahon cancelled Angle's title match against Big Show and decided that Big Show would wrestle Benoit to determine the number one contender for the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble; Benoit won the match. Tommy Dreamer entered at #10. Rey Mysterio entered at #4 and started fighting Jericho while Nowinski stayed out of the ring before eventually attacking Mysterio. [18] On the January 2 episode of SmackDown!, Dawn and Al had their storyline wedding in their undergarments. brand divisions. Kane best moments. As has been customary since 1993, the Royal Rumble match winner received a match at that year's WrestleMania, (in this instance: WrestleMania XIX) for his brand's World title, either the WWE Championship or the World Heavyweight Championship. At the "Unforgiven" event, The Dudley Boyz beat La Resistance and Rob Conway to win the World Tag Team title in a Handicap Tables match. DeMott started attacking all the participants and had nearly eliminated Jericho. Due to pre-match stipulations, Knoble won the right to sleep with Torrie Wilson. Regal attempted to hit The Dudley Boyz with a pair of brass knuckles, but The Dudley Boyz performed a 3D on Regal. January 19, 2003: Royal Rumble 2003: Boston, Massachusetts (RAW) Sunday Night Heat Match: Spike Dudley pinned Steven Richards. Champion Molly Holly beat Ivory in the Women's Title match. Tobi3310. In another match, Shawn Michaels beat Chris Jericho. Lesnar eliminated Haas and Benjamin and then eliminated Matt by tossing him over the top rope onto Haas and Benjamin. The matches resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters to build tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown! The "Hell in a Cell" World Heavyweight title match featured Mick Foley as a special guest referee. To cap off the WrestleMania event, Brock Lesnar beat Champion Kurt Angle to win the WWE title. In fact, it was the first ever Smackdown only PPV. However, Hardy ended his teamwork with Guerrero by performing a Twist of Fate. Triple H attempted a Pedigree on Steiner, but Steiner performed an exploder suplex and attempted a military press slam, but Triple H countered with a neckbreaker for a near-fall. Bad Blood. brand was between Torrie Wilson and Dawn Marie. [18] However, Lesnar rescued Benoit from the post-match assault by Angle and Big Show and brutally assaulted Angle, injuring him. Batista was angered at his elimination, so he distracted Undertaker by attempting to hit him with a chair but Undertaker avoided it and nailed Batista with a chair. For 2003, the winner earned a match for their brand's top championship at WrestleMania XIX: Raw's World Heavyweight Championship or SmackDown! B2 entered at #11 but was quickly eliminated by Edge, who then also eliminated Guerrero. Torrrie Wilson beat Dawn Marie in a women's match, and Scott Steiner beat Champion Triple H by DQ in the World Heavyweight Title. Brock Lesnar beat The Big Show in the Royal Rumble qualifying match at this event. Randy Orton beat Shawn Michaels in another match. Goldberg beat The Rock in another match, and the team of Triple H, Ric Flair, and Chris Jericho beat Kevin Nash, Shawn Michaels, and Booker T in a huge, show-stopping match. Afterwards, Benoit received a standing ovation for his performance.[1][4][5]. Kurt Angle beat John Cena in another match, and The Big Show beat Eddie Guerrero to win the U.S. title. [13] On the January 13 episode of Raw, a Royal Rumble qualification match took place in which Jeff Hardy defeated Raven. [12] On the January 9 episode of SmackDown!, Josh Mathews announced that Dawn and Torrie would wrestle in a match at Royal Rumble billed as a "Stepmother" vs "Stepdaughter" match. Mysterio and Edge continued to fight until Christian entered at #6. Download PPV Archive - Welcome to the OnlineSportz - Yours # 1 Stop for Sports. Angle performed a super Angle Slam for a near-fall. Angle attempted an Angle Slam, but Benoit countered the move into the Crippler Crossface, but Angle touched the ropes. Chris Nowinski and Rodney Mack beat The Dudley Boyz at "Bad Blood." During "Judgement Day," John Cena and The FBI beat Chris Benoit, Rhyno, and Brian Kendrick. It was also the first Royal Rumble under the WWE name, following the promotion being renamed from World Wrestling Federation (WWF) to WWE in May 2002. After entering the ring, Guerrero was attacked by Mysterio. Champion Kurt Angle beat Brock Lesnar to defend his WWE title. Edge and Christian fought each other until Jericho eliminated both of them from the match and became the only remaining person until Rob Van Dam entered at #12. The Good: The top two matches delivered, although neither was a classic or anything. SHARE. [21] Steiner was approached by the Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff and the SmackDown! Triple H beat champion Goldberg and Kane to win the World Heavyweight Title. and was renamed to the WWE Championship. Steiner chased Flair, but the referee interjected himself to stop Steiner. WWE PPV RESULTS (2003) See also: WWE PPV Statistics 2003 19 th January 2003: “WWE Royal Rumble 2003”: Boston, MA – 14,712 ($850,000 live gate) Heat: (01/19): Spike Dudley beat Steven Richards. In other matches, The Undertaker beat John Cena and Vince McMahon beat Zach Gowen. The Undertaker beat The Big Show and A-Train in a handicap match. The Bashams beat The APA in a team matchup. [27] At WrestleMania XIX, Lesnar defeated Angle to win the WWE Championship. WWE Elimination Chamber. Later that night, Paul Heyman announced that Brock Lesnar and Big Show would wrestle in a Royal Rumble qualification match at the Royal Rumble. Benoit applied the sharpshooter on Angle, but Angle touched the ropes. Goldust entered at #27 and started battling Haas and Benjamin, but they quickly eliminated him. In a packed Tag Team Turmoil match, Ric Flair and Batista won the World Tag Team Title in a match featuring champions The Dudley Boyz, Scott Steiner and Test, Rob Conway and Rene Dupree, The Hurricane and Rosey, Lance Storm and Val Venis, and Mark Jindrak and Garrison Cade​​​. 2000, 2001 and 2002 had more hits than misses but 2003 struck out on many occasions. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Maven attacked Undertaker from behind, trying to eliminate him for the second year running but Undertaker recovered and eliminated Maven. At Backlash 2003, not one, but six former world champions were involved in a huge six-man tag match; four of which were former WCW World Champions Booker T, Kevin Nash, and Shawn Michaels took on the current world champion, Triple H, Ric Flair, and Chris Jericho. Kurt Angle beat champion Brock Lesnar and The Big Show to win the WWE title. WWE PPV & NXT Takeover Intro 2017. Champion Jazz beat Trish Stratus, Victoria, and Jackie in the women's title match. A-Train entered at #25 and started dominating his opponents by performing a Derailer on Cena, a Train Wreck on Benjamin and a Derailer on Van Dam before receiving a Savate Kick by Rikishi. WWF in 2000. In the World Tag Team title match, The Dudley Boyz beat Lance Storm and William Regal to win the titles. Team Angle (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) were ejected from ringside before the match. Brock Lesnar won the Royal Rumble by being the last to eliminate The Undertaker. [26] As a result, the match became a handicap match but Lesnar and Benoit managed to defeat Team Angle. Trish Stratus beat the women's title champion Victoria and Jazz to win the title for herself. Charlie Haas entered at #19. WWE PPV Intro 2015. After eliminating Rosey, Kane attempted to eliminate Jericho but Jericho held on. [11] As a result, on the January 6 episode of Raw, Bischoff forced the Dudley Boyz to wrestle 3-Minute Warning (Rosey and Jamal), Rico and Batista in a Handicap match. Champions Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas beat Los Guerreros and Chris Benoit and Rhyno to maintain the WWE tag team title. WWE Royal Rumble 2017 - PPV Opening Video Intro - Live San Antonio, TX. And in an exciting Stretcher Match for the WWE title, champion Brock Lesnar beat The Big Show. The Undertaker beat The Big Show in another match, and Brock Lesnar and Chris Benoit beat Kurt Angle and The World's Greatest Tag Team in a handicap match. Every WWE Pay-Per-View Review by John Canton. Chris Jericho and Christian beat Lita and Trish Stratus in a team match, and Shawn Michaels beat Batista. SHARE. It was also the first to feature the World Heavyweight Championship, following its introduction on Raw in September 2002 after the WWE Undisputed Championship became exclusive to SmackDown! [1][4][5], The fourth match was between Triple H and Scott Steiner for the World Heavyweight Championship. Champion Triple H beat Booker T in a World Heavyweight title match. At the World Tag Team title championship match during "SummerSlam," defending champs La Resistance beat The Dudley Boyz. Edge and Mysterio then performed a double missile dropkick on Nowinski. Lesnar took advantage of the situation and eliminated a distracted Undertaker to win the Royal Rumble match. Benoit attempted a diving headbutt on Angle, but Angle avoided the move and attempted an Angle Slam on Benoit, but Benoit countered. Champions Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas beat Los Guerreros in the WWE Tag Team title match at the "Backlash" event. This event was also the last non-Big Four pay-per-view that was not brand-exclusive until Backlash 2007. [15][16][23] On the December 16 episode of Raw, Triple H held an Appreciation Ceremony on winning the title but the ceremony was interrupted by Steiner, who announced that his contract said that he would earn a world title shot. It was over a year into the first brand extension (or roster split as I liked to call it) where I think it’s far to say that Smackdown was a better show than Raw. In a thrilling Ladder Match for the WWE Tag Team title, Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri beat champions The Worlds Greatest G Team to win the titles. Gennaro. Mysterio then eliminated Nowinski from the match. Champions Rob Van Dam and Kane beat The Dudley Boyz in the World Tag Team title match. Chris Jericho beat Jeff Hardy at the "No Way Out" PPV event. Shortly after entering, Batista eliminated Test and then Rikishi. In a thrilling matchup, Goldberg beat Triple H to win the World Heavyweight title. Test performed a Pumphandle Slam on Matt and began attacking Jericho and had nearly eliminated him. 5 4 3 2 1. brand was between Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit for the WWE Championship, which Angle won by making Benoit submit to the Ankle Lock. In two other matches, Hulk Hogan beat Vince McMahon and The Rock beat Steve Austin. John Cena entered at #18 but instead of entering the ring, Cena began rapping outside the ring until Van Dam went to the ringside and attacked Cena, tossing him into the ring. 11. Christian appeared during Jericho's entrance, wearing Jericho's gear and distracted Michaels. Champions The Basham Brothers beat Los Guerreros to keep their WWE Tag Team title, and Vince McMahon beat The Undertaker in a buried alive match. In another match, Sean O'Haire beat Rikishi. After Paul Heyman distracted Lesnar, Big Show executed a chokeslam on Lesnar for a near-fall. Jamal entered at #21 and began teaming with his 3-Minute Warning partner Rosey to double-team Rikishi. Retro PPV Reviews. PPV Broadcast: WWE World Tag Champions Eugene and William Regal defeated Christian and Tyson Tomko; Trish Stratus downed WWE Women’s Champion … 0–9. Benoit executed a diving headbutt for a near-fall. Kane entered at #22 and started dominating all the participants in the ring and eliminated Rosey by backdropping him over the top rope. [25], Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, Spike Dudley defeated Steven Richards by pinning him after a Dudley Dog. Blogs. Steiner attempted a Steiner Recliner on Triple H, but Triple H's manager Ric Flair pulled Triple H out of the ring. [7][8], The card consisted of six matches. WWE Retro PPV Reviews 2003-2007. On the February 3 episode of Raw, Steiner became the number one contender for the title by defeating Chris Jericho. Kurt Angle, John Cena, Chris Benoit, Bradshaw, and Bob Holly beat Brock Lesnar, The Big Show, Albert, Nathan Jones, and Matt Morgan during the "Survivor Series" event. Jericho fought with Van Dam and had nearly eliminated Van Dam. Jericho and Hardy double-teamed Van Dam until Eddie Guerrero entered at #14 and began attacking Van Dam and Hardy. Haas started fighting with Matt. WWE Monday Night RAW – 2003 results: click here! Vengeance 2003 Intro (Live PPV Version) MegaSting1981 . Chris Jericho, Christian, Scott Steiner, Randy Orton, and Mark Henry beat Shawn Michaels, Rob Van Dam, Booker T, and The Dudley Boyz. [14], The main feud heading into the event from the SmackDown! Tajiri entered at #8. Jamie Knoble beat Billy Gunn in a match with high stakes. The first two entrants were Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho. It is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, dubbed the "Big Four". La Resistance beat Rob Van Dam and Kane to win the World Tag Team title. Brock Lesnar beat the Undertaker and kept his WWE Championship belt in a biker chain match. Jericho continued to attack Michaels before easily eliminating him. [1][4][5], The second match was a tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship between Lance Storm and William Regal and The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley). Category: WWE Retro PPV Reviews 2003-2007. At No Way Out, Lesnar, Benoit and Edge were scheduled to take on Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) in a six-man tag team match, but Edge was injured before the event. 5 Star Match Reviews. Pro Wrestling Illustrated. [16] On the December 19 episode of SmackDown!, Torrie gave bad remarks about her storyline father Al Wilson on getting married with Dawn. [29] At No Way Out, Triple H defeated Steiner to retain the title. Matt Hardy beat Maven in another match, but Maven had been injured before the match began by Batista. WWE PPV RESULTS (2005) See also: WWE PPV Statistics 2005 9 th January 2005: “WWE New Year’s Revolution 2005”: San Juan, PR – 15,764 sellout ($825,000 live gate) Dark match: The Hurricane and Rosey beat Rob Conway and Sylvan Grenier. In a Battle Royal for the Intercontinental title, Christian won by last eliminating Booker T. Mr. America beat Roddy Piper in another match and Kevin Nash beat champion Triple H by DQ for the World Heavyweight title. WWE PPV & NXT Takeover Intro 2018. Michaels continued to attack Jericho after the match. WWE PPV Intro 2003. trancius trancius. DATE EVENT LINK & LOCATION 01/19/2003 Royal Rumble Results from Boston, MA 02/23/2003 No Way Out Results from Montreal, Quebec, Canada 03/30/2003 WrestleMania Results from Seattle, WA 04/27/2003 Backlash Results from […] WWE Ruthless Aggression. After entering the ring, Van Dam began attacking Jericho and performed a Rolling Thunder on Jericho. As a result, Stephanie lost her job as WWE's GM. The secondary rivalry heading into the event from the Raw brand was between Lance Storm and William Regal and The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) over the World Tag Team Championship. Ross and Lawler defeated Storm and Regal after interference by the Dudley Boyz. The 2003 Royal Rumble was the sixteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Jeff Hardy entered at #15 and Jeff began fighting Matt. At Armageddon, Angle defeated Big Show after interference from Brock Lesnar, to win his third WWE Championship. The Undertaker returned to WWE after a three-month injury by entering at #30 as the final entrant of the match. SHARE. WCW PPV Reviews. Afterwards, Kane was going to Gorilla press slam Van Dam on Batista but Kane instead tossed Van Dam over the top rope, eliminating him from the match. 3:32. This was subsequently also the first time in which two world championships were eligible to be challenged for by the winner of the titular match. 50:57. Kane and Van Dam started to double-team, clotheslining and eliminating A-Train. Women's Champion Molly Holly beat Lita n a title match, and Kane beat Shane McMahon in an ambulance match. Royal Rumble at FleetCenter January 9, 2003, No Way Out at Bell Centre February 23, 2003, WrestleMania XIX at Safeco Field March 30, 2003, Judgment Day at Charlotte Coliseum May 18, 2003, Bad Blood (RAW) at Compaq Center June 15, 2003, Vengeance (SmackDown) at Pepsi Arena July 27, 2003, SummerSlam at America West Arena August 24, 2003, Unforgiven (RAW) at Giant Center September 21, 2003, No Mercy (SmackDown) at First Mariner Arena October 19, 2003, Survivor Series at American Airlines Arena November 16, 2003, Armageddon (RAW) at TD Waterhouse Center December 14, 2003, Stone Cold Steve Austin Wrestling Career Timeline, Batista Biography: Wrestling's Animal Becomes Drax the Destroyer, The 10 Longest Reigning Champions in WWE History. [13] This led to a title match between Storm and Regal and the Dudley Boyz at the Royal Rumble. The most prominent for the SmackDown! Matt Hardy beat Billy Kidman to win the Cruiserweight title match. brand divisions. [28], After retaining the World Heavyweight Championship against Scott Steiner by getting disqualified, Triple H continued his rivalry with Steiner over the title. 2:38. The Class of 2002 shined bright on SmackDown as well as on Brock Lesnar, who was the big star of that brand. 3:21. Jeff climbed on the top rope to perform a high-flying move but Van Dam pushed him, causing Jeff to fall to the floor and get eliminated from the match. It was the fifth annual Judgment Day event and featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown! Backlash (2003) Bad Blood (2003) I. Insurrextion (2003) J. Chavo Guerrero entered at #7. It took place on January 19, 2003, at the Fleet Center in Boston, was the first Royal Rumble produced under the WWE name and employed talent from the Raw and SmackDown! The History of WWE. [20] After eight years away, Steiner returned to WWE as a free agent at Survivor Series and attacked Matt Hardy and Christopher Nowinski for insulting New York City. brand in the match, because it was going to be the first Royal Rumble match to take place after WWE's brand extension. Flair interfered in the match, prompting the referee to eject him from ringside. The match aired live on Sunday Night Heat. As has been customary since 1993, the Royal Rumble match winner received a match at that year's WrestleMania, (in this instance: WrestleMania XIX) for his brand's World ti… Rikishi entered at #20 and started fighting Rosey. Champion Goldberg beat Triple H in a World Heavyweight title match. He attempted a Spear on Mysterio but Mysterio countered and attempted a 619 on Edge but Edge avoided the move. No Mercy (2003) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling […] PLAY NOW WWE Johnny Awards. WWF PPV RESULTS (2001) See also: WWF PPV Statistics 2001 21 st January 2001: “WWF Royal Rumble 2001”: New Orleans, LA – 16,056 sellout (13,481 paid) ($666,700 live gate) ($93,253 merchandise sales) Heat: (01/21): D-Lo Brown and Chaz defeated Taka Michinoku and Sho Funaki. Kane beat Rob Van Dam in another match. Paperback, London Publishing Company, 2003. Edge hit DeMott with a kendo stick, causing DeMott to get eliminated by falling over the top rope to the floor. Lita and Trish Stratus beat Molly Holly and Gail Kim in a woman's match, and Kane beat Shane McMahon in a Last Man Standing match. [6] It is named after the Royal Rumble match, a modified battle royal in which the participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time. Triple H threw the referee out of the ring, but the referee did not disqualify Triple H. Triple H hit Steiner with a sledgehammer, meaning Steiner won by disqualification, but Triple H retained the title. In 2003, WWE presented brand-exclusive pay-per-view events for the first time. Benoit applied a Crippler Crossface on Angle, but Angle countered it into a modified ankle lock, forcing Benoit to submit to the hold to retain the title. On the December 23 episode of Raw, the Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff forced Raw commentators Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler to wrestle in a tag team match against Storm and Regal for making bad comments against Bischoff. [17][22] At Armageddon, Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels in a Three Stages of Hell to win the World Heavyweight Championship. WWE 2003 PPVs From Worst To Best. Batista and Lesnar then had a stand off. 2:15. Chris Benoit also continued his rivalry with Angle after losing to him at Royal Rumble. Van Dam and Jeff started double-teaming Jericho. Benoit countered the hold into the Crippler Crossface, but Angle countered the move into an Angle Slam for a near-fall. After entering the ring, Christian embraced with his former tag team partner Edge but was speared by Edge. Batista entered at #28 and started dominating everyone. Later that night, Storm and Regal defeated Booker T and Goldust for the World Tag Team Championship. Brock Lesnar defeated Big Show in the undercard to qualify for the Royal Rumble match later that night, where he entered at number twenty-nine and won the match by last eliminating The Undertaker, the thirtieth entrant. [15][16] Prior to the event, Angle had promised Lesnar that he would get his suspension lifted if he had helped Angle in defeating Big Show. Guerrero and Hardy double-teamed Van Dam, where Hardy helped Guerrero from being eliminated and performed a Scoop Slam on Van Dam, allowing Guerrero to perform a Frog Splash on Van Dam. In an unusual match pitting father and daughter against each other, Vince McMahon beat Stephanie McMahon in an "I Quit" match. [17] However, despite helping Angle win the title, Lesnar was not given his title shot as on the December 19 episode of SmackDown!, Angle announced that he had hired Paul Heyman as his manager and that the two had conspired to get Lesnar reinstated just prior to Armageddon, only to reinforce a stipulation that Heyman had written into Lesnar's contract that he would not receive a title shot if he had lost to Heyman's other client, Big Show, at Survivor Series. Christopher Nowinski entered at #3 but instead of entering the ring, he stayed outside the ring. The 2003 Royal Rumble was the sixteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). WWE PPV & NXT Takeover Intro 2016. The individual issues between all six competitors led to a boiling point between the two makeshift teams. brand divisions. Kane and Batista started teaming as they were the remaining participants from Raw and battled Lesnar and Undertaker, who were the remaining participants from SmackDown!. Tajiri fought with Christian, while Edge and Jericho fought with each other. 3:38. Tajiri fought with Jericho and attempted to apply a Tarantula on Jericho but his attempt failed and Jericho dumped Tajiri over the top rope, eliminating him. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. Eric Cohen is a sports writer focused on pro wrestling. Jericho and Christian attacked Dreamer with trashcan lids and tossed him over the top rope. The main event was the Royal Rumble match.