No Way Out (2003)
No Way Out | |||
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Promotion World Wrestling Entertainment | | ||
Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown! | ||
Date | February 23, 2003 | ||
City | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
Venue | Bell Centre | ||
Attendance | 15,100[1] | ||
Buy rate | 450,000[2] | ||
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No Way Out chronology | |||
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The 2003 No Way Out was the fifth
The
Production
Background
Storylines
On the January 23 episode of SmackDown!, SmackDown! General Manager Stephanie McMahon announced the return of Hulk Hogan to WWE.[7][8][unreliable source?] During the returning segment of Hogan, the WWE Chairman, Vince McMahon, came down to the ring to insult Hogan, resulting in Hogan challenging McMahon into a match. However, Hogan then proceeded to attack McMahon.[7][8] The attack led to McMahon accepting Hogan's challenge. On the January 30 episode of SmackDown! however, McMahon instead booked a rematch from WrestleMania X8 between Hogan and his representative, The Rock at No Way Out; thus reigniting the Rock-Hogan feud.[9][10][unreliable source?] During the weeks leading to No Way Out, both Rock and Hogan cut promos on who was the better wrestler.[11][unreliable source?] The feud intensified on the February 20 episode of SmackDown! where The Rock made his first live appearance on WWE television in 6 months. Rock acted genuine as if he was attempting to shake Hogan's hand, but then spat water into Hogan's face.[12][13][unreliable source?]
At the
On the January 20 episode of
At the Royal Rumble, a scheduled match for the
Event
Role: | Name: |
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English commentators | Jonathan Coachman (Raw) |
Jerry Lawler (Raw) | |
Jim Ross (Raw; Austin/Bischoff match only) | |
Michael Cole (SmackDown) | |
Tazz (SmackDown)
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Spanish commentators | Carlos Cabrera |
Hugo Savinovich | |
Interviewers
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Jonathan Coachman |
Josh Mathews | |
Ring announcers | Howard Finkel (Raw) |
Tony Chimel (SmackDown) | |
Referee | Charles Robinson (Raw) |
Nick Patrick (Raw) | |
Jack Doan (Raw) | |
Earl Hebner (Raw) | |
Chad Patton (Raw) | |
Mike Chioda (SmackDown) | |
Jim Korderas (SmackDown)
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Brian Hebner (SmackDown)
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Mike Sparks (SmackDown) | |
General Managers | Eric Bischoff (Raw) |
Stephanie McMahon (SmackDown!) |
Preliminary matches
Before the event aired
Next was a World Tag Team Championship match between Kane and Rob Van Dam and William Regal and Lance Storm.[25][26] After Storm pulled Kane's mask, preventing him from seeing, Kane executed a Chokeslam on Van Dam. Storm pinned Van Dam to retain the title.[29][26]
The third match was a
Next was a match between
Main event matches
In the fifth match,
Next was a
The final match on the undercard was a match between Eric Bischoff and Steve Austin.[25][30] Before the match began, Bischoff offered Austin a chance to forfeit the match, but Austin attacked him instead.[32][unreliable source?][27] Bischoff attempted to escape by running around ringside only to be attacked once again by Austin.[32][30] As Austin rolled Bischoff back into the ring, he performed the Stone Cold Stunner on Bischoff. As Austin pinned Bischoff, Austin deliberately broke the pinfall to perform two more Stunners on Bischoff to win the match.[29][30]
The
Aftermath
On the February 27 episode of
After No Way Out, Vince McMahon continued his feud with Hulk Hogan, in which he proclaimed that Hulkamania was dead and proclaiming a new mania; McMahonamania.[41][unreliable source?][42] On the March 6 episode of SmackDown!, Hogan informed McMahon that Hulkamania was not dead and that McMahon had nothing to do with creating it.[43][unreliable source?][44] McMahon informed Hogan that he did not hate Hulkamaniacs or Hulkamania, but he hated Hogan; McMahon explained that he hated Hogan, because he left WWE and went to work for Ted Turner's promotion World Championship Wrestling (WCW).[43][44] McMahon also stated that he hated Hogan for the fact that Hogan testified against him in his steroid trial.[43][44] McMahon challenged Hogan to a Street Fight at WrestleMania XIX, to the stipulation that if he beat Hogan, he would never wrestle again and stating he would kill Hulkamania.[43][44] On the March 20 episode of SmackDown!, the contract signing between McMahon and Hogan's match at WrestleMania took place.[45][unreliable source?][46] During the contract signing, McMahon attacked Hogan from behind with a steel chair.[45][46] The attack led to McMahon stabbing Hogan with a pen in the forehead and forcing him to sign the contract in Hogan's blood.[45][46] At WrestleMania, Hogan defeated McMahon in after three Leg drops.[47][unreliable source?]
Although the 2003 No Way Out featured wrestlers from both Raw and SmackDown!, the following year's event was made exclusive to the SmackDown! brand.[48]
Jeff Hardy would leave WWE after this pay per view and would be gone until late 2006.
Reception
In 2008,
Results
No. | Results Handicap match 13:19 | | |||||
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7 | Triple H (c) (with Ric Flair) defeated Scott Steiner | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship | 13:01 | ||||
8 | Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Eric Bischoff | Singles match | 4:26 | ||||
9 | The Rock defeated Hulk Hogan | Singles match | 12:20 | ||||
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See also
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External links
- Official No Way Out 2003 Website Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine