SummerSlam 2003

SummerSlam 2003 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which took place on August 24, 2003 at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. It was the 16th annual SummerSlam event and starred wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown! brands.

Nine professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the event's card, which featured a supercard, a scheduling of more than one main event. The first was an Elimination Chamber match featuring wrestlers from the Raw brand fighting in a ring surrounded by a steel structure of chain and girders. World Heavyweight Champion Triple H defeated Chris Jericho, Goldberg, Kevin Nash, Randy Orton, and Shawn Michaels to retain his championship. The other main event featured wrestlers from the SmackDown! brand, in which defending WWE Champion Kurt Angle defeated challenger Brock Lesnar in a standard wrestling match, also known as a singles match. Two featured bouts were scheduled on the undercard. In a No Disqualification match between wrestlers from the Raw brand, Kane defeated Rob Van Dam. The other was a standard match involving four wrestlers from the SmackDown! brand; WWE United States Champion Eddie Guerrero defeated Chris Benoit, Rhyno, and Tajiri.

Results

 * Sunday Night Heat:Matt Hardy defeated Zach Gowen via forfeit (00:00)
 * Sunday Night Heat:Rey Mysterio (c) defeated Shannon Moore for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship (02:03)
 * La Résistance (René Duprée and Sylvain Grenier) (c) defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) (with Spike Dudley) for the World Tag Team Championship (07:49)
 * The Undertaker defeated A-Train (with Sable) (09:19)
 * Shane McMahon defeated Eric Bischoff in a Falls Count Anywhere match (10:36)
 * Eddie Guerrero (c) defeated Chris Benoit, Rhyno and Tajiri in a Fatal Four-Way Match for the WWE United States Championship (10:50)
 * Kurt Angle (c) defeated Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship (21:17)
 * Kane defeated Rob Van Dam in a No Disqualification match (12:49)


 * Triple H (c) defeated Goldberg, Chris Jericho, Randy Orton, Kevin Nash and Shawn Michaels in a Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship (19:12)

Elimination Chamber eliminations

Event

 * Commentator
 * Jerry Lawler (Raw)
 * Jim Ross (Raw)
 * Michael Cole (SmackDown!)
 * Tazz (SmackDown!)


 * Referee
 * Mike Chioda
 * Jack Doan
 * Brian Hebner
 * Earl Hebner
 * Nick Patrick
 * Chad Patten
 * Charles Robinson
 * Mike Sparks
 * Mark Yeaton


 * Ring announcer
 * Howard Finkel
 * Tony Chimel