Royal Rumble 2003 was the sixteenth annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on January 19, 2003 in Boston, was the first Royal Rumble produced under the WWE name, and employed talent from the Raw and SmackDown! brands.
Sunday Night Heat[]
- Spike Dudley defeated Steven Richards (with Victoria).
Results[]
- Brock Lesnar defeated Big Show (with Paul Heyman) to enter the Royal Rumble match.
- The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) defeated Lance Storm and William Regal to win the World Tag Team Championships.
- Torrie Wilson defeated Dawn Marie.
- Scott Steiner defeated Triple H (with Ric Flair) by disqualification in a match for Triple H's World Heavyweight Championship.
- Kurt Angle defeated Chris Benoit to retain the WWE Championship.
Royal Rumble Match[]
- Brock Lesnar won the 2003 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating The Undertaker.
Entrants and Eliminations:[]
| Draw | Entrant | Brand | Order | Eliminated by | Time | Eliminations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shawn Michaels | Raw | 1 | Chris Jericho | 02:31 | 0 |
| 2 | Chris Jericho | Raw | 14 | Test | 39:00 | 6 |
| 3 | Christopher Nowinski | Raw | 2 | Rey Mysterio | 04:37 | 0 |
| 4 | Rey Mysterio | SmackDown! | 3 | Chris Jericho | 05:55 | 1 |
| 5 | Edge | SmackDown! | 10 | 11:03 | 3 | |
| 6 | Christian | Raw | 9 | Chris Jericho | 09:03 | 1 |
| 7 | Chavo Guerrero | SmackDown! | 8 | Edge | 07:10 | 0 |
| 8 | Tajiri | SmackDown! | 6 | Chris Jericho | 05:41 | 0 |
| 9 | Bill DeMott | SmackDown! | 4 | Edge | 02:13 | 0 |
| 10 | Tommy Dreamer | Raw | 5 | Chris Jericho and Christian | 00:48 | 0 |
| 11 | B-2 | SmackDown! | 7 | Edge | 00:24 | 0 |
| 12 | Rob Van Dam | Raw | 26 | Kane | 33:00 | 2 |
| 13 | Matt Hardy | SmackDown! | 21 | Brock Lesnar | 27:13 | 0 |
| 14 | Eddie Guerrero | SmackDown! | 13 | Booker T | 16:29 | 0 |
| 15 | Jeff Hardy | Raw | 11 | Rob Van Dam | 07:26 | 0 |
| 16 | Rosey | Raw | 12 | Kane | 10:16 | 0 |
| 17 | Test | Raw | 17 | Batista | 18:45 | 1 |
| 18 | John Cena | SmackDown! | 22 | The Undertaker | 19:38 | 0 |
| 19 | Charlie Haas | SmackDown! | 20 | Brock Lesnar | 17:17 | 2 |
| 20 | Rikishi | SmackDown! | 18 | Batista | 14:10 | 0 |
| 21 | Jamal | Raw | 23 | The Undertaker | 16:07 | 0 |
| 22 | Kane | Raw | 28 | 20:24 | 3 | |
| 23 | Shelton Benjamin | SmackDown! | 19 | Brock Lesnar | 10:55 | 2 |
| 24 | Booker T | Raw | 16 | Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin | 06:20 | 1 |
| 25 | A-Train | SmackDown! | 25 | Kane and Rob Van Dam | 11:33 | 0 |
| 26 | Maven | Raw | 24 | The Undertaker | 08:19 | 0 |
| 27 | Goldust | Raw | 15 | Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin | 00:47 | 0 |
| 28 | Batista | Raw | 27 | The Undertaker | 09:55 | 2 |
| 29 | Brock Lesnar | SmackDown! | — | Winner | 09:00 | 4 |
| 30 | The Undertaker | SmackDown! | 29 | Brock Lesnar | 06:45 | 5 |