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WrestleMania XIX was the nineteenth edition of WrestleMania. Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington was the venue.
Card and Results
Cruiserweight Championship Match (SmackDown!)
Matt Hardy (C) with Shannon Moore vs. Rey Mysterio, Jr.
Good but short match, Rey fights off interference by Moore but Hardy wins by rolling up Rey while holding the ropes.
Result: Hardy by pinfall, still Cruiserweight Champion
Undertaker vs. Big Show and A-Train (SmackDown!)
Taker was originally scheduled to team with Nathan Jones, but Jones was attacked by Show and A-Train during that day's Sunday Night Heat. The match effectively became a handicap match; however near the end Jones ran down to the ring and took out Big Show, allowing Taker to pin A-Train with the Tombstone.
Result: Undertaker over A-Train by pinfall
Women's Championship Triple Threat Match (RAW)
Victoria (C) with Steven Richards vs. Trish Stratus vs. Jazz
Much interference by Steven Richards; he managed to hit himself with a chair and Stratus downed him for good with the Stratusfaction. Trish then hit Victoria with the Chick Kick for the pin.
Result: Stratus over Victoria by pinfall, new WWE Women's Champion
WWE Tag Team Championship Triple Threat Match (SmackDown!)
("Team Angle") Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin (C) vs. ("Los Guerreros") Eddie and Chavo Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit and Rhyno
Much back-and-forth action from all three teams. Rhyno hit Chavo with the Gore at the end but was then preoccupied with Eddie on the outside, allowing Benjamin to get the pin.
Result: Benjamin over Chavo Guerrero by pinfall, Team Angle still WWE Tag Team Champions
Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho (RAW)
Absolutely awesome match between these two, believed by many to be the Match of the Year for 2003. Jericho kicked out of a pin attempt after the Sweet Chin Music, but HBK rolled him up shortly thereafter for the pin. After the match, Michaels and Jericho embraced in the center of the ring, but Jericho then dropped to the floor and hit Michaels with a low blow before leaving the ring to a shower of boos.
Result: Michaels by pinfall
World Heavyweight Championship Match (RAW)
Triple H (C) with Ric Flair vs. Booker T
So-so match, not so much due to the workrate but because there was little buildup and emotional investment in it. H gets the win with the Pedigree.
Result: Triple H by pinfall, still World Heavyweight Champion
Hogan vs. McMahon: A Street Fight 20 Years in the Making (SmackDown!)
It was what it was. Probably the best performance these two were capable of at the time, and lots of emotional investment made it interesting to watch. Both men bled buckets before the match was over. Hogan gets the pin after three(!) Legdrops, after which Shane comes out to tend to Vince.
Result: Hogan by pinfall
The Rock vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (RAW)
The third WrestleMania match between these two; SCSA got the first two victories at WrestleManias XV and XVII, both matches for the WWE Championship with Rock going in as the champ. No title on the line this time. Rocky cuts a promo earlier that night saying he learned in Hollywood that nobody remembers the first and second act of a movie, just the third.
Pretty good match with a lot of brawling and a great back story. The Rock wins a hard-fought battle, but it takes three Rock Bottoms to finally put down the Rattlesnake.
Result: Rock by pinfall
WWE Championship Match (SmackDown!)
Kurt Angle (C) vs. Brock Lesnar
Really good match, which unfortunately will only be remembered for the horrific ending, one of the biggest blown spots ever.
Near the end, Brock hit two F5's on Angle, but instead of going for the pin, he went up to the top rope on the opposite site of the ring. Despite being much too far away, he attempted a Shooting Star Press, and landed on his head and neck several feet from Angle. Angle then called an audible to a dazed Lesnar for a third F5 to end the match. Out of this match came the wrestling slang verb "to Brock," which basically means "to miss the biggest move in the biggest match ever." Essentially, this is what Lesnar did. Had that not happened, you would have had a solid four- or five-star match.
Result: Lesnar by pinfall, new WWE Champion
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