NO WAY OUT, 15TH FEBRUARY 2003,FROM TORONTO,ONTARIO,CANADA
Two weeks in the life of the old KHW, a trial PPV was held and on the 15th February plans for No Way Out were finalized and then the superstars got to work.
The Hurricane took it into his own hands to open the PPV with a bang and he did when he and his partner, Booker T defeated 3 Minute Warning after Stacy Keibler used he assets to distract Rosey.In another match for the European title Goldust won over Edge in an epic ladder match battle.Goldust was later to be beaten by Batista and suspended.After Scott Steiner screwed HHH out on the very first RAW to take the UC title, Triple H wanted revenge and got it in a match which saw Stone Cold Steve Austin in the mix.Triple H brought a sledgehammer in the ring late in the match and clocked Steiner but SCSA wasn't having any of it and stunnered HHH to take the UC title.
The KHW co-owner Kurt Angle faced the commissioner he employed in an epic submission match Flair and Angle used their classic submissions and Angle got the victory with an Angle lock making Flair tap.The Undertaker had defeated Booker T to advance to this final match and Jericho had a respective victory over Kurt Angle also. Chris Jericho with the help of D-X managed to lock the Walls Of Jericho on Taker and he tapped after a long pain.
Booker T & Hurricane def. 3 Minute Warning to become 1st RHW tag champions
Goldust def. Edge in a ladder match to become 1st RHW European chmpion
Stone Cold def. HHH & Scott Steiner to become RHW United Conquerer champion
Kurt Angle def. Ric Flair via submission
Chris Jericho def. The Undertaker to bcome 1st RHW World champion
WRESTLEMANIA,16TH MARCH 2003 FROM CALGARY,ALBERTA,CANADA
Wrestlemania, the PPV that would make or break RHW.The matches were of a great standard and kept the people of Calgary entertained.The PPV kicked off with a tag team match which had been heated for weeks.Edge and Christian were fighting against the disfunctional Revolution and the Canadian pairing defeated Randy and Test after Batista mistakenly hit Test with a chair.Another tag team match was to follow and Booker T & Stone Cold came out to take the titles away from HBK & Nash.The Rock came down to help his D-X buddies and then when Stone Cold was ready to take the titles, The Rock did a Rock Bottom through the table wbehind the ref's back.The Columbus title was also decided when Johnny Stamboli used the ropes for leverage to pin The Undertaker.
The match which was one of the most awaited was the Rock Batista conflict.In this street fight there was a whole lot of violence and when The Rock did a samoan drop to Batista through the table off the staging, people could see this was gonna be a bad contest. Hulk Hogan was the referee and managed to keep control and when he did the immortal leg drop to the intefering Test we saw he was a fair man.Edge and Christian came in among the chaos and ambushed The Rock and Batista got the pinfall from there to retain his title.Kurt Angle against Ric Flair was refereed by The Hurricane who held unbias until Nash and HBK ran through to draw the match a no contest.
In the main event Triple H faced off with Jericho, Jericho retained his title with the help from Shane McMahon, Jericho was given a run for his money by The Game and Shane and Jericho almost got pedigrees all over Calgary.Jericho made The Game tap out with a hard Walls of Jericho.
Edge & Christian def. Randy Orton & Test
Shawn Michaels and Kevin Nash def. Booker T & Stone Cold in a table match to retain RHW tag team titles
Johnny Stamboli def. Brock Lesnar & The Undertaker to become 1st RHW Columbus champion
Batista def. Rock in a street fight to retain RHW European title
Ric Flair & Kurt Angle fought to a no contest
Chris Jericho def. Triple H to retain RHW World title
BACKLASH,20TH APRIL 2003 FROM TAMPA,FLORIDA,USA
This was held when the boundaries between RAW and Smackdown were tightening but still quite loose.X-Pac became the first ever Light Heavyweight Champion by being the last remaining person out of 9.He lastly eliminated Shane McMahon thanks to Jeff Jarrett who bashed Shane with his guitar.In other matches RVD hits a vandaminator on The Big Show to get the Hardcore title and Batista returned along with HHH to make sure that Randy Orton did not take the Columbus title and that Johnny Stamboli would remain victorious. In other extreme matches TNT were beaten by Kane and Taker and Torrie Wilson got the pinfall on QOD to take the women's title.
The Rock fought a hard battle in a hell in a cell against Goldust, he managed to take the title after LOD had let loose distruction out of the cell. The Rock manages to lay the smacketh down on Goldust just enough after his Smackdown victory.The main event was a sight to behold with four guys all detirmined to take the title in one night. Bahamut had managed to keep his place after beating HBK on the previous Smackdown but HBK wasn't satisfied with this and came down and put Bahamut out of RHW for life.Booker T was over shadowed in this match by Jericho and Angle who's fued went to the extreme limits when Angle made Jericho tap, the ref wasn't there to see it and Jericho survived. Angle thought he had the match won when he had control over Jericho with Booker T down and out.Steph came down to rub salt in the wound but missed with a chair shot, decapitating Angle. Jericho got the 3 from a lionsualt and took the title home making it 3-0 at PPV's.
X-Pac won Light Heavyweight battle royal to become 1st RHW Light Heavyweight champion
Rob Van Dam def. Big Show to become RHW Hardcore champion
Johnny Stamboli def. John Cena,The Franchise & Randy Orton to retain the RHW Columbus title
Kane & The Undertaker def. TNT to become RHW tag team champions
Torrie Wilson def. Molly Holly,QOD & Stacy Keibler to become RHW Women's champion
The Rock def. Goldust in a hell in a cell to become RHW United Conquerer champion
Chris Jericho def. Kurt Angle,Bahamut & Booker T to retain the RHW World title
RHW JUDGEMENT DAY: 25TH MAY FROM ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, USA
RHW Judgement Day was a memorable night which was to decde the fate of the ownership of RHW. Also, the main event was to see which brand took home the treasured RHW World title.
From the offset, Judgement Day looked as if it would be a very explosive PPV when RVD and Macho Man defeated The RAW commissioner Regal and the RHW Hardcore champion Lance Storm. RVD now has a 2-0 streak in RHW PPV's. Also, the tag team titles were retained in a massive fatal four way match in which Nathan Jones got the pinfall over Brian Adams to retain the title, but this wasn't it all as Sting returned and made Nathan Jones bleed with his trusted baseball bat but this wans't any old Sting this was the return on the WOLFPAC.In the 3rd match at the PPV, RHW superstas Ady Hardy (RAW) and Ice Cold (SD) went head to head in a street fight. Ady came out the winner but Ice Cold put up a resilient fight. Ice Cold was brutally thrown through a window by the big nasty bastard and Ice Cold would try to get retribution later in the night.
The RHW Women's title was also successfully defended by two time champ Molly Holly.She took the victory with a little help from Lita. Another peculiar instance occurred in the Columbus title match when a mysteriously dressed man by the name of "Mr.Italy" came into the match and kissed Randy Orton costing him the title. Johnny Stamboli managed to defeat Chyna and Randy despite the controversy or the Italian. It seems that Mr.Italy is a little smitten with the ninth wonder of the world. In a very heated rivalry Chris Benoit made Stone Cold Steve Austin pass out with the crossface resultsing in victory for Benoit. Benoit proved to his doubters he could beat Austin but there is still contoversy over if he actaully played by the rules. Shawn Micheals was put in Illinois general infirmary for doubting Benoit's ability to beat Austin.
But the last two matches of Judgement Day where sights to behold. In the RAW vs Smackdown match, both teams had a great effort and work rate and the RAW team resulted in a victory after Brock Lesnar delivered the F-5 to LOD. Earlier in the match Ice Cold ran down to try and gain a measure of revenge on the Big Show, Ice Cold got a showstopper and then tossed to the outside. And Ady Hardy didn't think his beating was enough so he decided to get a lst shot on Ice Cold with the stunning taser. Ice Cold was left in a mess because of this sprawled on the floor. Ice Cold became the first person in RHW history to ever get attacked with a taser! After the match an incensed Rock came down to the ring to attack the guy who caused Smackdown's downfall Brock Lesnar and landed a Rock Bottom on him. Rock will have to sign over his share to The Hurricane on RAW (Monday 26th May).
The match which everyone was talking about; Kurt Angle vs Chris Jericho and the people in the Rockford arena got their money's worth with a great 3 fall match. In the first fall Chris Jericho took victory by hitting Kurt Angle with his title and using the ropes for leverage. The second fall was a cage match, with Angle trying to stay in the match and Jericho trying to seal the match with both men trying to use all the moves in the book. In the end Angle hit a German suplex to Jericho off the cage and got the 3. The third and decisive fall was a ladder match and Chris Jericho's belt was hung 15ft in the air. Both men utilized the ladder to full effect and Angle looked destined to win until Stpehanie McMahon made another error and cost Kurt Angle the title. Angle was ver angry and made sure that the Smackdown GM paid with a huge angle Slam to the mat.
RVD & Macho Man def. William Regal & Lance Storm
HHH & Nathan Jones def. Kronik, The Dudleyz, Kane & The Undertaker to retain RHW Tag Team titles
Ady Hardy def. Ice Cold in a street fight
Molly def. Trish to retain RHW Women's title
Johnny Stamboli def. Chyna & Randy Orton to retain RHW Columbus title
Chris Benoit def. Stone Cold
Brock Lesnar, HHH & Big Show (RAW) def. Jeff Jarrett, LOD & Matt Hardy (Smackdown) to give RAW 100% ownership of RHW
Chris Jericho def. Kurt Angle after 3 stages of hell to retain RHW World Title
RHW FULLY LOADED: JUNE 22ND FROM PHOENIX, ARIZONA, USA
The first and last ever brand matches PPV was at Fully Loaded and the matches did not disappoint as kicking of an epic women�s title match in which Trish Stratus got the pinfall over Jazz to take the title, at the end of the match Lita was pretty cheesed off and hit a twist of fate on Trish to settle the scores. In the second match of the night Stone Cold Steve Austin got the last laugh against Taker as he stunnered his way to victory, Nathan Jones came down to help Taker and it sparked a huge argument between Triple H and Jones. The first ever Smackdown Tag Team champions were announced as Rey Mysterio and Hade Vansen after they took a very elementary win over Chuck Palumbo and Nunzio.
But the Raw tag team titles changed hands with Triple H and Nathan Jones winning the table match against Test and Scott Steiner, but that wasn�t it. Triple H had an attack from The Undertaker and then MC Magic came out to help Triple H, as it was, it seemed that there was a 50% division with the RAW tag team belts. In other matches British Bulldog showed his experience when he beat Jeff Hardy in their contest. And in the Hardcore title battle royal there were many a number of Hardcore title changes including appearances from Randy Orton and LOD who took the title into a 24/7 ruling.
Rikishi was judged to have the chunkiest ass in the RHW and Mark Henry wasn�t too pleased at this and managed to get a measure if revenge with his Big Splash. The Rock also successfully defended his UC title when he managed to get the pinfall over Kane, but Lance Storm managed to get some revenge on him with a shot with the chair.
In the brand�s main events many things happened. In the Smackdown main event Jordan Blayze managed to seal the RHW Smackdown title by a sneaky roll up onto Stamboli, however this match was 2 fall and Johnny Stamboli hit a trailblayzer of his own on Blayze to take the Columbus title. LOD made another appearance at ringside when he took out the champ Angle and made him lay in the staging area with a huge powerbomb! In the Raw main event, Jericho�s PPV streak went to 6-0 in PPV�s after Jericho broke Brock Lesnar�s 8 match unbeaten run. This needed a little help in the form of the Corporation returning to aid the newly found �corporate champ� but this wasn�t all, after a 5 man ambush Brock kicked out and the Corp had to hold Brock�s legs just to get a 3 after Jericho had been laid cold out after an F-5 through the table. Shane showed his true alliance when he chose not to count a 3 for Brock after an F-5 and Brock got royally screwed over but Jericho can surely not be unbeaten forever can he?
Trish Stratus def. Lita, Jazz & Mighty Molly to become RHW Women�s champion
Stone Cold def. The Undertaker in a no holds barred match via pinfall
Rey Mysterio & Hade Vansen def. Nunzio & Chuck Palumbo to become the first ever RHW Smackdown tag champs
Triple H & Nathan Jones def. Test & Scott Steiner in a table match to take the RHW RAW Tag titles but then spilt the belt between their two teams
British Bulldog def. Jeff Hardy via pinfall
Scott Hall had the Hardcore title after 0:00 in the Hardcore title battle royal
Rikishi won the fat ass contest
The Rock def. Lance Storm and Kane to retain the RHW United Conquerer title
Johnny Stamboli retained the RHW Columbus title and Jordan Blayze became the RHW Smackdown champion in the SD main event with Kurt Angle, Johnny Stamboli & Jordan Blayze in
Chris Jericho def. Brock Lesnar to retain RHW World Heavyweight title
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