WWF Royal Rumble - January 2003

Triangle Match:
Lance Storm and Justin Credible defeated Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Matt Hardy and Christian:
x M. Hardy beat Chavo Jr. via a Frankensteiner in 0:37:12
x Credible beat Christian via a legdrop in 0:42:11
Lance Storm suffered a back injury. He will be out for approximately 2 cards.
Rating: ** 1/2
(Lance Storm and Justin Credible won the WWF World Tag-Team Titles.)

Non-Title-Match:
Perry Saturn pinned Scotty Too Hotty with the Death Valley Driver in 0:14:17.
Rating: ** 3/4

TAKA Michinoku pinned Crash with the Michinoku Driver in 0:10:14.
Rating: * 3/4

Non-Title-Match:
Tajiri pinned Hardcore Holly with the Dragon Suplex in 0:15:59.
Rating: ** 1/4

Dean Malenko made Faarooq submit to the Texas Cloverleaf in 0:22:20.
Rating: * 1/4

Chris Benoit made Edge submit to the Crippler Crossface in 0:17:52.
Rating: *** 1/2

X-Pac pinned Jeff Hardy with his special move in 0:14:43.
Rating: *** 1/2

Booker T defeated Bradshaw by disqualification in 0:25:31.
Rating: * 1/4

Sean O'Haire and Al Snow defeated William Regal and Kanyon when Snow pinned Kanyon with the Snow Plow in 0:17:27.
Rating: ** 1/2

Chris Jericho and Rob Van Dam defeated Triple H and Kurt Angle when Van Dam pinned HHH after a flying legdrop in 0:14:34.
Rating: ** 1/2

[Royal Rumble]: No-Countout-No-DQ-30-Man Royal Rumble:
Kurt Angle won a 30-man Royal Rumble:
x Kurt Angle and Bradshaw started out.
x Scotty Too Hotty entered at 0:02:00
x Tajiri entered at 0:04:00.
x Chris Benoit entered at 0:06:00
x Jeff Hardy entered at 0:08:00
x Hotty threw out Bradshaw after a kick to the head in 0:08:01
x Dean Malenko entered at 0:10:00
x Brooklyn Brawler entered at 0:12:00
x Crash entered at 0:14:00
x Angle threw out J. Hardy in 0:15:40
x Angle threw out B. Brawler after a back suplex in 0:15:58
x Hardcore Holly entered at 0:16:00
x Angle threw out Hotty after an armbar submission in 0:17:08
x Al Snow entered at 0:18:00
x X-Pac entered at 0:20:00
x X-Pac threw out Tajiri after a kick to the thigh in 0:20:50
x Booker T entered at 0:22:00
x Benoit threw out X-Pac after a duck-down move in 0:23:55
x TAKA Michinoku entered at 0:24:00
x Benoit threw out Crash in 0:24:08
x Justin Credible entered at 0:26:00
x D. Malenko threw out Credible after a side step in 0:26:26
x Sean O'Haire entered at 0:28:00
x Benoit threw out Booker T after a dropkick in 0:29:45
x Perry Saturn entered at 0:30:00
x O'Haire threw out Holly after an armdrag takedown in 0:30:19
x Lance Storm entered at 0:32:00
x Michinoku threw out O'Haire after a forearm to the back in 0:33:56
x Eddie Guerrero entered at 0:34:00
x Michinoku threw out L. Storm in 0:35:47
x Edge entered at 0:36:00
x Edge threw out Saturn after a spinning leg lariat in 0:36:18
x Erik Angle entered at 0:38:00
x Snow threw out D. Malenko in 0:39:23
x Faarooq entered at 0:40:00
x Christian entered at 0:42:00
x Rob Van Dam entered at 0:44:00
x Michinoku threw out E. Angle after a punch in 0:45:58
x Kanyon entered at 0:46:00
x Michinoku threw out Snow in 0:46:04
x Matt Hardy entered at 0:48:00
x Kanyon threw out E. Guerrero after a vertical suplex in 0:49:36
x Faarooq threw out Michinoku in 0:49:54
x Triple H entered at 0:50:00
x Benoit threw out Kanyon in 0:50:00
x Faarooq threw out HHH in 0:50:20
x William Regal entered at 0:52:00
x M. Hardy threw out Regal after a swinging neckbreaker in 0:52:39
x M. Hardy threw out Faarooq in 0:53:13
x Billy Gunn entered at 0:54:00
x Christian threw out Edge in 0:54:11
x Christian threw out Van Dam after a dropkick in 0:55:53
x Chavo Guerrero Jr. entered at 0:56:00
x Christian threw out Chavo Jr. in 0:59:04
x Benoit threw out Billy Gunn after a belly-to-back suplex in 0:59:59
x M. Hardy threw out Christian in 1:06:21
x Angle threw out M. Hardy after a headscissors submission in 1:09:30
x Angle threw out Benoit after a dropkick in 1:14:17
Rating: ** 3/4

Notes:

Decided to do a triangle tag match to display everyone's abilities. Had to get the tag titles off of Matt & Christian so I can expand their feud with Jeff Hardy & Edge to lead into WrestleMania. Sadly, Lance Storm was injured, so the tag titles can't even be defended until after WrestleMania. I just had to give the Impact Players their due, though.
Saturn once again refused to defend his title, but this time he was able to beat Hotty. Saturn hasn't defended the title since he won it.
The TAKA/Tajiri v/s The Hollys feud continues. Crash faces TAKA, but loses, and Tajiri faces Hardcore. The title isn't on the line because Hardcore doesn't meet the weight requirement.
Faarooq's performances are getting embarassing, even when he faces Malenko. His push is gone.
Chris Benoit and Edge I just had to put in the ring together to see how they work on a big PPV. A great match, so a program may be in store for them later. Matt & Christian attack Edge after the match.
X-Pac and Jeff fought in a great match, but X-Pac's getting a push, not Jeff. Matt & Christian attack Jeff after the match. Edge then runs out to help Jeff.
Had to give Booker his win back against the man he lost two a few months ago. Bradshaw's just as bad as Faarooq. His push is also aborted.
Sean O'Haire and Al Snow against Regal and Kanyon was just a nice little match to see them all together at once. Turned out okay.
Jericho and Van Dam against Triple H and Angle. Angle had to get his hands on Jericho again, but Jericho wouldn't accept a singles match. Van Dam fought most of the match.
The Rumble brought Billy Gunn back to PPV, and made the PPV debut of Erik Angle. He's been fighting on RAW to try to get him established. He should be on PPV again sometime after WrestleMania. Kurt Angle is now the established #1 contender, as he'll face Jericho at WrestleMania.