Unforgiven (2003)
Unforgiven | |||
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World Wrestling Entertainment | |||
Brand(s) | Raw | ||
Date | September 21, 2003 | ||
City | Hershey, Pennsylvania | ||
Venue | Giant Center | ||
Attendance | 10,347[1] | ||
Buy rate | 360,000[2] | ||
Tagline(s) | Face Your Fear | ||
Pay-per-view chronology | |||
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Unforgiven chronology | |||
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The 2003 Unforgiven was the sixth annual
The
Production
Background
Storylines
The main
The other main match on the card was a
One of the main matches on the undercard was between Randy Orton and Shawn Michaels. At Bad Blood, Ric Flair defeated Michaels after Orton interfered and hit Michaels with a steel chair.[27][28][29] One month later, on the July 21 episode of Raw, Chris Jericho defeated Michaels in a Singles match. In the match, Orton interfered on Jericho's behalf by executing an RKO on Michaels while the referee was distracted.[17][18] The following week on Raw, during Jericho's Highlight Reel talk show, Orton claimed that he was becoming a "Legend Killer" and that Michaels was going to be the next legend he would kill. Michaels came out shortly afterwards and the two started brawling.[30][31] On the September 1 episode of Raw, Stone Cold Steve Austin announced that Orton would face off against Michaels at Unforgiven.[9][10] Two weeks later on the September 15 episode of Raw, Orton told Michaels that he was going to use him as a "stepping stone towards greatness." Michaels responded by slapping Orton and telling him that if he was going to use him as a stepping stone, he had better step hard.[25][26]
The Divas match set for Unforgiven was a tag team match pitting Trish Stratus and Lita against Molly Holly and Gail Kim. Gail Kim debuted on the June 30 episode of Raw and won the WWE Women's Championship in a battle royal.[32] On the July 28 edition of Raw, Kim lost her title to Molly Holly.[33] After Stratus defeated Holly in a non-title match on the following week, she was attacked in the ring by Holly and Victoria. Kim entered and fought off both Divas; appearing to save Stratus, but she would later attack Stratus herself, turning heel.[34] Two weeks later, Kim aligned with Holly to eliminate Stratus, and the pair continuously attacked Stratus for several weeks.[35] On the September 15 episode of Raw, Lita returned from injury and saved Stratus from being attacked from Holly and Kim, setting up the tag team match for Unforgiven.[36]
Event
Role: | Name: |
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English Commentators
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Jim Ross |
Jerry Lawler | |
Spanish commentators | Carlos Cabrera |
Hugo Savinovich | |
Interviewers
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Jonathan Coachman |
Terri Runnels | |
Ring announcer | |
Lillian Garcia
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Referees | Charles Robinson |
Nick Patrick | |
Chad Patton | |
Earl Hebner | |
Jack Doan |
Preliminary matches
Before the event went live on pay-per-view,
The next match was between
The third match was
Next was a
Main event matches
Next was a Last Man Standing match between Kane and Shane McMahon. Before the match began, McMahon attacked Kane, who was doing his entrance, with a steel chair. As the referee officially called to ring the bell to start the match, Kane pushed McMahon away to block another chair shot. After multiple shots with the chair, McMahon targeted Kane's knee using the ring post. Later, Kane attempted to perform a big boot on McMahon, but he accidentally hit the referee. After back and forth action, Kane attempted a Tombstone Piledriver onto the steel steps on McMahon but McMahon countered into a bulldog and performed a Coast-to-Coast into the steel steps, which were positioned against Kane. In the end, McMahon attempted a Leap of Faith, from the top of the arena on the TitanTron, which was roughly 25 feet tall. but Kane moved and McMahon fell through the floor. Kane won the match when McMahon did not stand up in time to answer the referee's 10 count.[4][37][38]
In the next match,
The seventh match was Al Snow and Jonathan Coachman taking on Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler for the commentator position of Raw. Chris Jericho came out and interfered, allowing Al Snow and Coachman to get the victory.[4][37][38]
Next was the
Aftermath
Following Unforgiven,
On the October 20 episode of Raw, Co-General Manager Eric Bischoff proposed that he and Co-General Manager Steve Austin face off at Survivor Series in a traditional 5-on-5
On the September 22 episode of Raw, Shane McMahon was hospitalized after the events in his match against Kane at Unforgiven.[55][56] Shane sent a "message" to Kane, but before he could finish, Kane appeared in Shane's hospital room and attacked him. The attack led to Shane bleeding from his forehead and Kane telling him to "Get Well Soon!".[55][56] Two weeks later, Shane interfered in a match between Kane and Rosey, which angered Kane.[41][57] After the match, Kane ran around rampant backstage looking for Shane. Kane walked by a Semi-Truck and saw Shane, who taunted Kane and jumped into a limousine. Kane broke the limousine's window and got in through the sunroof. Shane proceeded to get out from the drivers seat and rigged the limousine to crash directly into another truck. After the crash, workers attend to the limousine with a bloody Kane inside.[41][57] The following week on Raw, Shane challenged Kane, who was in the hospital recovering from the car crash from the week before, to a match at Survivor Series. As the challenge was made, Kane sprang up and attacked a doctor and a nurse who were attending to him.[42][58] On the October 27 episode of Raw, Shane challenged Kane to an Ambulance match, which Kane accepted.[50][51] At Survivor Series, Kane defeated Shane after Kane performed a Tombstone Piledriver on him and then throwing Shane into the ambulance.[54]
Results
No. | Results Title vs. Career match for the World Heavyweight Championship Had Triple H been disqualified or counted out, he would have lost the title. Had Goldberg lost, he must retire from in-ring competition & must leave WWE. 14:57 | | |||||
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