Friday, April 19, 2013

WrestleMania XIX




WrestleMania XIX was the nineteenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was presented by Snickers Cruncher and took place on March 30, 2003 at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington. The event was the first WrestleMania held in the state of Washington, and the first Wrestlemania to use the WWE name. A record-breaking 54,097 fans from all fifty states and numerous countries from around the world at Safeco Field resulted in a gate attendance grossing US$2.76 million.

WrestleMania XIX was the first WrestleMania to be promoted under the WWE name and the first to have taken place after the WWE Brand Extension. It was a joint-promotion pay-per-view event, featuring performers from the Raw and SmackDown! brands. The tagline for WrestleMania XIX was "Dare To Dream". The official theme song for the event was "Crack Addict" by Limp Bizkit. Limp Bizkit performed the theme song live, as well as "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" during The Undertaker's entrance.



The show featured nine professional wrestling matches

* Heat

World Tag Team Championship
Lance Storm and Chief Morley (c) (with Dudley Boyz) defeated Kane and Rob Van Dam

* WWE Cruiserweight Championship

Matt Hardy (c) (with Shannon Moore ) defeated Rey Mysterio



* Handicap match
The Undertaker defeated Big Show and A-Train



* Triple Threat match for the WWE Women's Championship
Trish Stratus defeated Victoria (c) (with Steven Richards) and Jazz



* Triple Threat tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship
Team Angle (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas) (c) defeated Los Guerreros (Eddie and Chavo Guerrero) and Chris Benoit and Rhyno



* Shawn Michaels defeated Chris Jericho



* World Heavyweight Championship
Triple H (c) (with Ric Flair) defeated Booker T



* Street Fight
Hulk Hogan defeated Vince McMahon



* The Rock defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin



* WWE Championship with the added stipulation that Angle would lose the title if he were counted-out or disqualified
Brock Lesnar defeated Kurt Angle(c)



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