Judgment Day (2003) was a PPV presented by Clearasil that took place on May 18, 2003, at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was the fifth annual WWE Judgment Day event and featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown! brands. The first match from the SmackDown! brand featured WWE Champion Brock Lesnar's title defense against The Big Show in a Stretcher match. The second match from the Raw brand was between Kevin Nash and World Heavyweight Champion Triple H. Three matches were featured on the undercard. The first match featured Women's Champion Jazz defending against Victoria, Jacqueline. and Trish Stratus in a Fatal Four-Way Match for the title. The next was a Battle Royal featuring Christian, Val Venis, Chris Jericho, Lance Storm, Test, Rob Van Dam, Kane, Goldust and Booker T for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. The final was between the team of Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri, and the team of Team Angle in a ladder match for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
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This was a bad PPV, but 2 matches were very good indeed.Things get off to a disappointing start as Rhyno, Spanky and Chris Benoit battle FBI members Palumbo and Stamboli and John Cena. This was only 4 minutes long and it was a waste of time. Then Torrie Wilson battles Sable in a bikini challenge. Nice bikinis! but you can't help the fact that WWE stands for World WRESTLING Entertainment! Next up Hulk..... oh sorry Mr America battles 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper in a crap match. Why these two were on the show I do not know. Hogan and Piper apparently still believing it was 1985 tried to put on a good match, it didn't happen. Then Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin took it to Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero's replacement, Tajiri in a ladder match. This was a 1st class, ace match, and it saw Tajiri and 'Latino Heat' come out on top.Next up a disappointing IC battle royal takes place. All former IC champs which included Kane, RVD, Test, Lance Storm, Val Venis, Christian, Chris Jericho and Booker T (even though he wasn't a former IC champ before 2003) tried to put on a good match. It didn't happen, about 6 participants got eliminated in the first minute of the match, and Christian won by cheating! All Y2J done was shout during the match and Kane got eliminated 2nd! Just awful.Next up La Resistance battled Scott Steiner and Test in a match that they will be probably want to forget. This was crap. The only person I was interested in was Stacy Keibler. Then Trish Stratus, Jazz, Victoria and Jacqueline, 4 of the best Women around had an acceptable match for the Women's match.Then Kevin Nash took on Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship in a p*ss poor match. This bored the arse off me and I think a Mae Young vs Goldberg match would have been better. Well it wouldn't but you get the picture! Then Brock Lesnar battled The Big Show in a fantastic stretcher match. Paul Wight (Big Show) had to win back the fans and locker rooms loyalty, because at Backlash he treated Rey Mysterio like a piece of garbage when he strapped him to a stretcher and swung him around the ring post. This sent Oscar Gueirretez (Mysterio) to the hospital folks, no kidding. Mysterio even made an appearance himself, before Lesnar put Show on a folk lift for the win! Overall Grade - C-
*Spoilers*1. Chris Benoit, Rhyno, and Spanky vs. John Cena and FBI (Palumbo and Stamboli)- Good match. A bit short, but very exciting match. Palumbo pinned Spanky after the Kiss of Death. 6.5/102. La Resistance vs. Test and Steiner- Awful match, mainly because of Steiner. Grenier pinned Steiner after a double flap jack. 3/103. Eddie and Tajiri vs. Team Angle- Great match. Lots of exciting parts in this match. Guererro hit Haas with a sunset powerbomb off the ladder and Tajiri sprayed Shelton with the green miust to win. 7.5/104. Intercontinental Battle Royal- Poor match. 5 guys were eliminated in a minute, and then Goldust, Booker T, Y2J, and CLB were in their for forever. Screwjob ending. Christian wins the title.5. Mr. America vs. Roddy Piper- Horrible! It was the worst match I've ever seen as Mr. America wins with a leg drop. 1.5/106. Kevin Nash vs. Triple H- Another terrible match. Triple H got disqualified so he keeps the belt. Nash powerbombs him through the announcing table after the match. 2.5/107. Trish Stratus vs. Jacqueline, vs. Victoria vs. Jazz- Pretty good match. Jazz pins Jacqueline after a DDT. 6/108. Brock Lesnar vs. Big Show- Boring for a while, but picked up at the end. Lesnar wins. 5.5/10Very average Pay Per View.
The card for this one was so ugly that it couldn't really disappoint. There were a few nice surprises that sprung from the fact that I wasn't expecting very much at all.If there's any reason to check it out, it's the main event. Not only was Brock Lesnar -vs- Big Show more entertaining than it had any right to be, it was actually entertaining by more general standards. The ending totally rules. The ladder match was messy, but it has enough 'WHOA!' spots to make if worthwhile. That's all though. Everything else was pretty much 'meh'.
I disagree in what evilshadow76 had said. I have spoke to many WWE fans that have watched it for years and they thought this PPV was the best of the year and I agree. What evilshadow says about Raw title is harsh. People knew that HHH/Nash wudnt be gud thats why it didnt last long and it was a great finish, Nash puts HHH right through the table without taking out the monitors which was great to see. I say that HHH will lose the title next month at Badd Blood. The ladder match was superb, I was dissapointed that Chavo was out but Tajiri put on a great match the green mist :) and they used the ladders superbly. The First match Benoit/Rhyno/Spanky vs FBI/Cena was ok all right to start of with. The Test/Steiner vs French dudes was bad. The Austin/Bischoff segments were funny was usual, you go to see them. The Womens match was nothing special, the Mr America vs Roddy Piper again was nothing special I just cant believe how Piper looks now its awful. The Brock vs The Big Show was probably the best and everyone will agree, it was very entertaining and Brock and Show put a good match on at last, an amazing Stretcher match with the use of a forklift they should leave Show on that forklift all night.Overall I think that this PPV beats Backlash and beats No Mercy and Royal Rumble it was a very entertaining and exciting PPV. The WWE are getting better.