Every wrestler to have appeared in a 2003 PPV main event in case anyone cares: HHH - 6 Goldberg - 5 Brock Lesnar - 4 Kevin Nash - 3 Big Show - 2 Kurt Angle - 2 The Rock - 2 Chris Jericho - 1 Hulk Hogan - 1 Kane - 1 Randy Orton - 1 Shawn Michaels - 1 Undertaker - 1
I was at that Unforgiven. Seeing Shane climb to get away from Kane and then that bump he took. Wow! You have no idea how high it is unless you saw it live
This year was amazing! The Attitude Era was the biggest years for wrestling, then for late 98 - late 21, it kind of fizzled out for awhile, even tho they literally had THE WORLD IN THEIR HANDS. But 2002 till early 05 was a rejuvenated product. They grasped at straws until something clicked, and that was;...."RUTHLISSS. AGGRESSHUN" The Ruthless Aggression era wasnt as great as the Attitude Era, but it's definitely a close second in terms of entertainment. The sheer amount of talent they had on the roster was amazing. Jericho, edge, eddie Guerrero, kurt angle, benoit, christian, brock lesnar, undertaker, kane, shawn michaels, triple h, Ric flair, goldberg, John cena, batista, rey mysterio, the hardy boys, dudley boys, randy orton, the rock, stone cold Steve austin, hulk hogan, booker t, etc. I can literally keep going. The roster was STACKED.
The difference between the stacked roster of 2003 and the one they had before Vince went all releases is that those men seemed passionate and brought sports entertainment to the table. Today is just full of indie stars. Not like I think Styles or Nakamura are b****es, but their kind of wrestling was exactly what wasn't there in the must-see WWE. They steal nicknames and try to hype up crowds when The Rock can hype up a crowd when he's simply landing an elbow on someone.
I was 11 in 2003 and watching this year of WWE I preferred Raw to Smackdown. All these years later, I see what I was missing on SD. The superior show, but Raw was more entertaining.
Monday Nights on SpikeTV were awesome back then. After RAW I would always tune in to watch Robot Wars, hosted by Chyna and Mick Foley; and then afterwards or instead of airing that, they would have an all-night marathon of Most Extreme Elimination Challenge!
I remember when I was a kid, we had pay TV (Cable TV) for basically all of 2003 and I was OBSESSED with the weekly shows. I was even lucky enough to scoop a few of the PPVs after nagging the parents. SummerSlam will always be my favourite and one of my favourites of all time.
@@optimus2008 I've watched WWE year in year out for nearly 20 years, hundreds of PPV's watched and I still firmly believe this was the best of the lot in terms of storylines and drama in general. The big disappointment was the mainevent, the highlight was Team Austin v Team Bischoff, as a kid and even now I find it one of the most enthralling and emotion charged wrestling matches I've ever seen.
That spot with Benoit getting dropped always makes me cringe. It was obviously an accident, if you watch the video you can hear Matt Bloom checking on Benoit and apologizing. Still, considering what happened, things like this always carry a lot more weight.
I forgot to make this comment when the original came out, so here's to second chances! Part of the problem with Insurrextion was that the card was almost a carbon copy of Bad Blood, which happened like a week later. Thus, the show was very uneventful (even for British WWE PPV standards), since they were saving all the title changes and major storyline progression for Bad Blood.
I begged my dad to order Bad Blood but we didn’t have the right network. He surprised me by taking me to his friend’s house to watch Vengeance. Much better show.
This year was the beginning of the year where Raw would kinda go to sleep and hand Smackdown the tolerable brand carrying the company on it's back for several years. Oh and HHH Reign of Terror was alive and well.
The explanation for Goldberg not winning at Summerslam is supposedly that he wouldn't do the European Tour. Lame, if true. Why is an injured, non-performing Champ better though?
1. Wrestlemania 19: 9/10 2. Vengeance: 8.5/10 3. No Mercy: 7/10 4. Summerslam: 6/10 5. Royal Rumble: 5.5/10 5. Survivor Series: 5.5/10 6. No Way Out: 5/10 7. Unforgiven: 4.5/10 8. Backlash: 4/10 9. Armageddon: 3/10 10. Bad Blood: 3/10 11. Judgement Day: 2.5/10 12. Insurrextion: 1.5/10 What an average year for WWE PPV Quality!
They year of the “great evolution betrayal” god man I remember it like yesterday I was already a MASSIVE legend killer fan before he won his first intercontinental belt. So when he won’t the heavyweight I was soooooo happy I remember the look on his face on the animal’s shoulders before and after the thumbs up and down.
I wiuld like to take the time and thank cultaholici for doing videos like thsi for us fans, tyes i have been drinking but I mean it when i saym, thank you!!!
Triple H is severely injured with greatly reduced mobility. Goldberg is Goldberg. Vince McMahon: "Let's have them wrestle Bill's longest match in half a decade!"
I like the acknowledgement that HHH vs Booker T was a good match with a bad ending. Too often that match is made out to be some atrocity when in reality if Booker had won it would be remembered for it's excellent psychology.
Armageddon is ranked far too high. Backlash to me is underrated, bad blood was just average, and No Way Out was actually pretty good before the big 3 main events. Armageddon had a decent Orton vs RVD match, and a very average Batista (who was green as baby shit at the time) vs HBK match. Everything else was bad to just absolute shit.
SmackDown has always seemed to be better than Raw. During the PG and Reality Eras, SmackDown was rather silent and Raw was the main TV show with Cena vs. Punk and Cena vs. Rock, but in the Ruthless Aggression Era and since 2016, SD has always seemed to make Raw bad with good quality.
I actually really like Judgment Day. I thought it was a pretty fun show. The ladder and stretcher matches I thought were great. The banter between Austin and Bischoff throughout the show was hilarious. I also thought that everything else wasn't bad with the exception of Hogan and Piper. I won't even condemn the bikini contest because I'm a red blooded male and wow. All that being said, I would put Judgment Day in about the middle of the pack with the big four all being better and Vengeance above it as well. Personal preference I'm sure but I enjoyed it.
Judgment Day is one of the best PPV's from this year. Overall, it's a much easier show to watch back than that bi-polar Royal Rumble or pretty much any of the single branded pay-per-views.
Though it is tainted to no end these days, I was really moved at the post-match scene after Angle-Benoit at the Royal Rumble. The director had to hastily switch cameras to capture a true 'moment' in wrestling. Benoit was alone in the ring, selling, and fans just started to get on their faet and applaud. It was completely organic. Fans let fans - and management - know that they really liked Benoit's talents. That Meltzer did not give it five stars is criminal.
Was to young to watch this year Live but after hearing all those names in the beginning I was legit shocked he said he wasn’t that great of year.... could anyone explain y
I always thought that was funny. Christian vs Jericho = 🔥 Jericho vs RVD = 🔥 Christian vs RVD = 🔥 Christian vs RVD vs Jericho = ehh it was alright. Too much of a good thing?
Sorry for the re-upload! UA-cam decided to demonetise the last one, obviously.
I was so confused lmao
I was wondering why this was gone
Because of the "Piss on the Corpse" bit? That one has been edited
I was super confused by that, but glad it was cleared away
@@adammccallion8640 tbh PG was a joke to begin with. Shouldn't have happened but I understand why it did. Still didn't mean it make things better....
1:31 Adam Pacitti presenta...
1:41 Insurrextion.
2:52 Judgement Day.
3:59 Bad Blood.
5:33 Backlash.
7:12 No Way Out.
9:17 Unforgiven.
10:59 Armageddon.
12:24 Survivor Series.
14:30 No mercy.
16:29 Royal Rumble.
17:52 Summerslam.
19:41 Vengeance.
21:53 Wrestlemania 19.
Rank every John Cena vs Randy Orton match
That’s not a bad idea actually!
You would have to do a top 50
U not wrong
Orton > Cena 💯
yes
Every wrestler to have appeared in a 2003 PPV main event in case anyone cares:
HHH - 6
Goldberg - 5
Brock Lesnar - 4
Kevin Nash - 3
Big Show - 2
Kurt Angle - 2
The Rock - 2
Chris Jericho - 1
Hulk Hogan - 1
Kane - 1
Randy Orton - 1
Shawn Michaels - 1
Undertaker - 1
Thanks 👍👍👍 Respect to you for taking out time for doing this.
Next time every dev maltzer 5 🌟 match from best to worst
@@dispater101 half of the matches he rated 5 stars cant ven be watched
I was at that Unforgiven. Seeing Shane climb to get away from Kane and then that bump he took. Wow! You have no idea how high it is unless you saw it live
Love the ppv rankings for 2002-2007. Maybe not financial success, but always thought that period was the best in terms of overall product
This year was amazing! The Attitude Era was the biggest years for wrestling, then for late 98 - late 21, it kind of fizzled out for awhile, even tho they literally had THE WORLD IN THEIR HANDS.
But 2002 till early 05 was a rejuvenated product. They grasped at straws until something clicked, and that was;...."RUTHLISSS. AGGRESSHUN"
The Ruthless Aggression era wasnt as great as the Attitude Era, but it's definitely a close second in terms of entertainment. The sheer amount of talent they had on the roster was amazing. Jericho, edge, eddie Guerrero, kurt angle, benoit, christian, brock lesnar, undertaker, kane, shawn michaels, triple h, Ric flair, goldberg, John cena, batista, rey mysterio, the hardy boys, dudley boys, randy orton, the rock, stone cold Steve austin, hulk hogan, booker t, etc. I can literally keep going. The roster was STACKED.
Would love to watch wwe in that time period
The difference between the stacked roster of 2003 and the one they had before Vince went all releases is that those men seemed passionate and brought sports entertainment to the table. Today is just full of indie stars. Not like I think Styles or Nakamura are b****es, but their kind of wrestling was exactly what wasn't there in the must-see WWE. They steal nicknames and try to hype up crowds when The Rock can hype up a crowd when he's simply landing an elbow on someone.
I was like 2020 finally broke me i swear i watched this already 🤪
Far out I’m glad I’m not the only one 😂
Todd zombie87 what’s wrong with you
This was uploaded in the beginning of the week
The Batman yes. Just like it says in the comments
Big facts😂
I still have the DVD box set of 2003 all the spines made a picture, that made me happy back then
Despite everything that happened
I still love Guerrero vs Benoit at Vengeance
I love 2003. It’s the year that got me into wrestling. Had everything! Loved it
Some amazing PPVs back in 2003! Can’t beat WrestleMania 19 imo. One of the greatest Mania’s in history!
I was 11 in 2003 and watching this year of WWE I preferred Raw to Smackdown. All these years later, I see what I was missing on SD. The superior show, but Raw was more entertaining.
Monday Nights on SpikeTV were awesome back then. After RAW I would always tune in to watch Robot Wars, hosted by Chyna and Mick Foley; and then afterwards or instead of airing that, they would have an all-night marathon of Most Extreme Elimination Challenge!
I rushed to watch the video to realize i already watched it. Love the channel been watching since you all worked for WC
I remember when I was a kid, we had pay TV (Cable TV) for basically all of 2003 and I was OBSESSED with the weekly shows. I was even lucky enough to scoop a few of the PPVs after nagging the parents. SummerSlam will always be my favourite and one of my favourites of all time.
Vengeance 03 is a very underrated ppv.
It literally had something for everyone from top to bottom on that card.
HBK's 2003 Survivor Series performance was special.
The best SS performance tbh
11:30. Oh Christian, you lucky Bastard.
NGL 2003 was one of my favourite years as a kid.
You know 2003 was the best year for WWE PPVs because this is the only video that had to get reuploaded.😜
Since it's a re-upload, will repeat my previous comment.
Just about to watch the video and fully expect WMXIX to be near the top of the heap.
Survior Series 2003 was and always will be the greatest PPV of all time.
Greatest of all time? A little too far fetched, don't ya think?
@@optimus2008 I've watched WWE year in year out for nearly 20 years, hundreds of PPV's watched and I still firmly believe this was the best of the lot in terms of storylines and drama in general. The big disappointment was the mainevent, the highlight was Team Austin v Team Bischoff, as a kid and even now I find it one of the most enthralling and emotion charged wrestling matches I've ever seen.
That spot with Benoit getting dropped always makes me cringe. It was obviously an accident, if you watch the video you can hear Matt Bloom checking on Benoit and apologizing. Still, considering what happened, things like this always carry a lot more weight.
2003 was my favourite year
Don't forget that kurt also broke his neck during the handicap tag team match at no way out
This was my favorite era. I discovered wrestling in 2002.
Me too. I got into it just before summerslam 2002 and booed triple h since
@@frikitiki5403 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Survivor series 2003 team Austin vs team bischoff is my favorite survivor series match of all time
I forgot to make this comment when the original came out, so here's to second chances! Part of the problem with Insurrextion was that the card was almost a carbon copy of Bad Blood, which happened like a week later. Thus, the show was very uneventful (even for British WWE PPV standards), since they were saving all the title changes and major storyline progression for Bad Blood.
Wrestlemania 19 best ppv of the WWE in 2003 by A MILE! Arguably greatest Wrestlemania and ppv EVER!
I begged my dad to order Bad Blood but we didn’t have the right network. He surprised me by taking me to his friend’s house to watch Vengeance. Much better show.
2003 triple h vs wcw seemed like
Got the box set gradually of all the 2003 PPV’s, this year got me into wrestling, still watch back fondly
I'm sorry Survivor Series is easily Top 3
Best year off all time
This year was the beginning of the year where Raw would kinda go to sleep and hand Smackdown the tolerable brand carrying the company on it's back for several years.
Oh and HHH Reign of Terror was alive and well.
The year that introduced me to wrestling
Vengeance was my favourite ppv of 2003
How about a united states champions ranked list
They are already in the process of making it. I think Adam said it would be around October I’m not sure tho
@KingsHeathDon91 oh yes I am so for that 😂
They may have had a stacked roster, but it's incomplete without Mojo.
The explanation for Goldberg not winning at Summerslam is supposedly that he wouldn't do the European Tour.
Lame, if true.
Why is an injured, non-performing Champ better though?
Oh no. I really am trapped in a Groundhogs day like hell. At least I'll have Adam talking about 2003 each day.
He is back!
And I’m still gonna re watch it and like the video and comment again. Gotta help that algorithm.
Seeing Sean o’haire and remembering he hasn’t been a 17 time world champion now makes me sad ☹️
2003 was easily smackdown year also my favourite brand 😊
1. Wrestlemania 19: 9/10
2. Vengeance: 8.5/10
3. No Mercy: 7/10
4. Summerslam: 6/10
5. Royal Rumble: 5.5/10
5. Survivor Series: 5.5/10
6. No Way Out: 5/10
7. Unforgiven: 4.5/10
8. Backlash: 4/10
9. Armageddon: 3/10
10. Bad Blood: 3/10
11. Judgement Day: 2.5/10
12. Insurrextion: 1.5/10
What an average year for WWE PPV Quality!
AVERAGE? bahahah
@@dallasarnold1803 You are delusional!
2003 wasn't such a bad year considering the current plight of WWE right now😂😂😂
They year of the “great evolution betrayal” god man I remember it like yesterday I was already a MASSIVE legend killer fan before he won his first intercontinental belt. So when he won’t the heavyweight I was soooooo happy I remember the look on his face on the animal’s shoulders before and after the thumbs up and down.
imagine how different things would have gone if Albert has broken Benoit's neck that night ?
I wiuld like to take the time and thank cultaholici for doing videos like thsi for us fans, tyes i have been drinking but I mean it when i saym, thank you!!!
Noticing the lower ranked brand exclusive PPVs are of the RAW ones. Hmmmm
Randy Orton a Main Eventer. In 2003. In the same List as Taker,Nash,Hubter andere Angle. Sure.
Triple H is severely injured with greatly reduced mobility.
Goldberg is Goldberg.
Vince McMahon: "Let's have them wrestle Bill's longest match in half a decade!"
I like the acknowledgement that HHH vs Booker T was a good match with a bad ending. Too often that match is made out to be some atrocity when in reality if Booker had won it would be remembered for it's excellent psychology.
Armageddon is ranked far too high. Backlash to me is underrated, bad blood was just average, and No Way Out was actually pretty good before the big 3 main events. Armageddon had a decent Orton vs RVD match, and a very average Batista (who was green as baby shit at the time) vs HBK match. Everything else was bad to just absolute shit.
SmackDown has always seemed to be better than Raw. During the PG and Reality Eras, SmackDown was rather silent and Raw was the main TV show with Cena vs. Punk and Cena vs. Rock, but in the Ruthless Aggression Era and since 2016, SD has always seemed to make Raw bad with good quality.
Yes Mania 19 was fantastic
I actually really like Judgment Day. I thought it was a pretty fun show. The ladder and stretcher matches I thought were great. The banter between Austin and Bischoff throughout the show was hilarious. I also thought that everything else wasn't bad with the exception of Hogan and Piper. I won't even condemn the bikini contest because I'm a red blooded male and wow. All that being said, I would put Judgment Day in about the middle of the pack with the big four all being better and Vengeance above it as well. Personal preference I'm sure but I enjoyed it.
Judgment Day is one of the best PPV's from this year. Overall, it's a much easier show to watch back than that bi-polar Royal Rumble or pretty much any of the single branded pay-per-views.
Well... Let's watch it again, shall we?
Every 2002 wwe ppv ranked from worst to best
Look at my dude Hardcore Holly getting onto the survivor series elimination team
Rank every Triple H vs John Cena match.
1:31, We're Looking at You Mr. McMahon!😠
Every WWE Cruiserweight Champion ranked!!! 😄 I know you want it 😂
Wow 18 years ago man feeling old
Every US champ from worst to best?yes?
2003 Kurt was already a first ballot hall of famer 20x over.
I could watch Shane vs Kane both matches all the time. They were enjoyable
Rank every Chris Jericho WrestleMania Match
Rank every Brock Lesnar match since his return
Rank every WWE Tag Team Champion
Though it is tainted to no end these days, I was really moved at the post-match scene after Angle-Benoit at the Royal Rumble.
The director had to hastily switch cameras to capture a true 'moment' in wrestling.
Benoit was alone in the ring, selling, and fans just started to get on their faet and applaud. It was completely organic. Fans let fans - and management - know that they really liked Benoit's talents.
That Meltzer did not give it five stars is criminal.
I hope when you get to 2000 and the years before you also start making WCW lists ;)
It’s amazing how much better of a product smack down used to be compared to raw
How about a rank list for members of the Heenan Family?
Even you didn't call Benoit's name, looks like you're paid by WWE as well. You can even call duddley boyz and eddie but not benoit. Double standards.
I Was just listening to the 2003 Royal Rumble Song
rut row,cultaholic.
2003 is my favourite year of WWE.
2003-2005 were weird years. Trying to figure out what to do after the Attitude Era
Alway need to be ppv
For me Unforgiven was much better than No Mercy
God I forgot about that Show and Mysterio spot. That was… a lot…
good video
adam : send me your name and adress
me: WHAT THE HELL
Personally my favorite year of wrestling
2003 was 2nd beat year of Ruthless Aggression era
At least mention who is in every match so I dont have to Wikipedua everytime lol
What a weird year to get into wrestling, in hindsight - all that talent but mostly-shoddy booking backing it up, _especially_ on RAW.
Vengeance is definitely #1 and there's not even a close second
Wasnt Ortons first ppv match ever against HBK?
That must be cool.
Try adding an extra 15 secs of praise at the end instead of shrinking the "best" down at the end
Was to young to watch this year Live but after hearing all those names in the beginning I was legit shocked he said he wasn’t that great of year.... could anyone explain y
I always thought that was funny.
Christian vs Jericho = 🔥
Jericho vs RVD = 🔥
Christian vs RVD = 🔥
Christian vs RVD vs Jericho = ehh it was alright.
Too much of a good thing?
Guessing wrestlemania 19 won with vengeance 2003 2nd
Judgment day 2003 should've been on top 5
Can We Get A United States Championship Ranking Please?
If I'm gonna be honest, I really liked backlash 03
thanks!
@18:44 more like
Thanks to triple H’s B)itch and moan and moaning and (B)itcHing
He got handed that belt or should I say retained the belt
It was a simpler more terrible time