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Judgment Day (2002)
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Judgment Day was the fourth annual Judgment Day
professional wrestling
pay-per-view
event produced by the World Wrestling Entertainment
(WWE). It took place on May 19, 2002, at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee
. It featured talent from the Raw
and SmackDown! brands
. This event was the first pay-per-view to use the WWE name after the change from WWF although the promotional poster had the WWF logo. Oddly enough the WWE Undisputed title belt still bore the old WWF scratch logo, technically marking The Undertaker as the last ever WWF champion.
The main match from SmackDown was a Singles match
for the WWE Undisputed Championship
featuring The Undertaker defeating Hollywood Hulk Hogan
to win the championship.
The main match from Raw
was a Handicap match
featuring Steve Austin
defeating Ric Flair
and The Big Show
. The predominant match from SmackDown on the undercard was a Hell in a Cell match between Triple H
and Chris Jericho
, which Triple H won by pinfall following a Pedigree
on the top of the cell. The other predominant from Raw was a Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
featuring Eddie Guerrero
defeating Rob Van Dam
to retain his championship. The other primary match on the undercard was a Hair vs. Hair match
featuring Edge defeating Kurt Angle
by using a small package.
that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines
. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains
or fan favorites
as they followed a series of events which built tension, culminating in a wrestling match or series of matches.
tournament, with the winner to receive an Undisputed Championship shot on August 25 at SummerSlam
. Jericho was scheduled to compete against Edge in the First-Round tournament. But Edge forfeited his match to Jericho due to a shoulder injury. Jericho advanced as far as the Semi-finals, losing to Rob Van Dam
. On the May 30 episode of SmackDown!, The Undertaker defeated Randy Orton
to retain the Undisputed Championship
. Afterwards, Triple H assaulted Taker, claiming that if Undertaker gives him a title shot, he won't retain the Undisputed title. During Triple H's match with Test, Taker interfered, enabling Test to nail Triple H with a big boot for the pin. Afterwards, Taker nailed Triple H with multiple steel chair shots esp.to his elbow. On the June 6 episode of SmackDown, Triple H became the number one contender to the championship by defeating Hulk Hogan
. Triple H faced The Undertaker for the Undisputed title at King of the Ring
, only to lose despite interference on his behalf from a returning The Rock.
Kurt Angle and Edge continued to feud for a few weeks after Judgment Day, and Edge was later joined by Hulk Hogan on the May 30 episode of SmackDown!. On that episode, while Hogan had a stare down with the WWE Chairman Vince McMahon
, Angle nailed Hogan in the back of the head with a steel pipe. Later that night, Hogan interfered in a Steel Cage match between Angle and Edge by assaulting Angle. Moments later, Edge speared Kurt Angle from the top rope and won the Cage match. In the process, Edge injured his arm and would be forced out of action for a month. The centerpiece of this feud was a hairpiece Angle was wearing after being shaven bald, which he held to his head with a piece of amateur wrestling headgear. On the June 13 episode of SmackDown!, Angle and The Undertaker were scheduled to wrestle Hogan and Triple H but Taker and Angle assaulted Hogan before the tag match started. After Angle and Taker defeated Triple H by disqualification, Hogan went after Angle and eventually stripped Angle's wig from his head, which led to a match between the two at King of the Ring. At the event, Angle won by submission.
Brock Lesnar ended his feud with the Hardy Boyz and entered the King of the Ring tournament. On Raw, Lesnar defeated Bubba Ray Dudley in the First round tournament then the following week, he defeated Booker T
in the Quarter-Final round. At the King of the Ring event, he defeated Test in the Semi-Final round then went on to defeat Rob Van Dam in the King of the Ring tournament, which earned him the SummerSlam title shot against the champion.
After Judgment Day Stone Cold Steve Austin continued his feud with Ric Flair, which added both Eddie Guerrero and a returning-from-injury Chris Benoit
(who was last seen in June 2001 at King of the Ring
due to neck injury). However, the feud ended abruptly with Austin's unexpected departure from the company on June 3 for his refusal to lose a hotshotted match to Brock Lesnar. That same night, Flair lost his half of the WWE ownership to Vince McMahon and returned to active wrestling.
Guerrero's feud with Van Dam ended on the May 27 edition of Raw, when he lost his WWE Intercontinental Championship
in a Ladder match
. Two weeks later, he lost to Van Dam again in the King of the Ring First round tournament. He went on to face Flair at King of the Ring in place of Austin and lost the match after interference from Bubba Ray dudley. The following night on Raw, Guerrero entered a feud with Bubba Ray dudley. After pinning Bubba Ray, Guerrero had the table set up, only for Bubba Ray put him through it. Chris Benoit then applied the Crippler Crossface on Bubba Ray. The following week on Raw, Benoit and Guerrero fought Bubba Ray and Spike dudley
in a tag match, which Bubba Ray and Spike won. Afterwards, as Spike tried to execute the Dudley Dog
on Benoit, Benoit countered it and tossed him through a table. Benoit then applied the Crippler Crossface on Bubba Ray while Guerrero frog splashed Bubba from behind. The following two weeks on Raw, Benoit and Guerrero had defeated Bubba and Spike in two different tag matches. Then on July 21 at Vengeance
, Spike and Bubba Ray defeated Benoit and Guerrero in a tag team Elimination Tables Match when Bubba last eliminated Benoit following a Bubba Bomb. On the July 29 episode of Raw, after Benoit defeated RVD for the Intercontinental title, he and Guerrero would then defect to the SmackDown! brand
during a storyline "open season" on wrestler contracts, with Benoit taking his newly won Intercontinental championship with him. Rob Van Dam defeated Benoit for the title on August 25 at SummerSlam and returned the title to the Raw brand.
Trish Stratus concluded her feud with Stacy Keibler after defeating Keibler in the Bra and Panties match on the May 25 episode of Velocity
. She was challenged by a returning Molly Holly, who returned with a drastic attitude change and new look. Holly's return took place on the April 1 episode of Raw when she nailed Stratus in the head with a paddle, breaking the paddle into two. On the June 3 episode of Raw, Stratus successfully defended the Women's title over Terri Runnels
in a Lingerie match. Molly Holly then appeared to the ring with Brass Knuckles
only for Stratus to nail her in the head with the title belt then took her undergarments off and threw em' in Holly's face. The following week, after Holly defeated Stratus in a non-title match, she took Stratus's undergarments and choked her out with it. At King of the Ring. Stratus lost the match and her Women's title to Molly Holly after Holly executed the Belly-to-belly suplex
and pinned her with a handful of tights for leverage.
WWE Judgment Day
Judgment Day was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced every May by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. The event was created in 1998, with its inaugural event produced as an In Your House event in October of that year. The event was then replaced in 1999...
professional wrestling
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
event produced by the World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
(WWE). It took place on May 19, 2002, at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
. It featured talent from the Raw
WWE RAW
WWE Raw ) is a sports entertainment television program for WWE that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States...
and SmackDown! brands
WWE Brand Extension
WWE, formerly the World Wrestling Federation and World Wrestling Entertainment , currently promotes its core business of professional wrestling through two "brands" named after their two major television shows Raw and SmackDown...
. This event was the first pay-per-view to use the WWE name after the change from WWF although the promotional poster had the WWF logo. Oddly enough the WWE Undisputed title belt still bore the old WWF scratch logo, technically marking The Undertaker as the last ever WWF champion.
The main match from SmackDown was a Singles match
Professional wrestling match types
Many types of matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, can be found in the form of performing art that is professional wrestling....
for the WWE Undisputed Championship
WWE Championship
The WWE Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE. It is the world title of the Raw brand and one of two in WWE, complementing the World Heavyweight Championship of the SmackDown brand. It was established under the then WWWF in 1963...
featuring The Undertaker defeating Hollywood Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan
Terrance Gene "Terry" Bollea , better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American Semi-retired professional wrestler, actor, television personality, and musician currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ....
to win the championship.
The main match from Raw
WWE RAW
WWE Raw ) is a sports entertainment television program for WWE that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States...
was a Handicap match
Professional wrestling match types
Many types of matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, can be found in the form of performing art that is professional wrestling....
featuring Steve Austin
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Steve Austin , better known by his ring name "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, is an American film and television actor and retired professional wrestler...
defeating Ric Flair
Ric Flair
Richard Morgan Fliehr is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ric Flair. Also known as "The Nature Boy", Flair is one of the most well-known professional wrestlers in the world....
and The Big Show
Paul Wight
Paul Donald Wight, Jr. , better known by his ring name, Big Show, is an American professional wrestler and actor, currently signed to WWE on its Raw brand....
. The predominant match from SmackDown on the undercard was a Hell in a Cell match between Triple H
Triple H
Paul Michael Levesque is an American professional wrestler, professional wrestling authority figure, WWE Executive Vice President of Talent and actor, better known by his ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of the ring name, Hunter Hearst Helmsley...
and Chris Jericho
Chris Jericho
Christopher Keith Irvine , better known by his ring name Chris Jericho, is an inactive Canadian-American professional wrestler, musician, songwriter, radio personality, television host, actor, author, and dancer...
, which Triple H won by pinfall following a Pedigree
Facebuster
A facebuster, also known as a faceplant, is generally a takedown move in professional wrestling in which an attacking wrestler forces his/her opponent down to the mat face-first without involving a headlock or facelock...
on the top of the cell. The other predominant from Raw was a Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
WWE Intercontinental Championship
The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship in WWE. It is the original secondary title of the promotion. Currently, it is the secondary championship exclusive to the SmackDown brand...
featuring Eddie Guerrero
Eddie Guerrero
Eduardo Gory "Eddie" Guerrero was a Mexican-American professional wrestler born into the Guerrero wrestling family. He wrestled in Mexico and Japan for several major professional wrestling promotions...
defeating Rob Van Dam
Rob Van Dam
Robert Alexander "Rob" Szatkowski , better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam , is an American professional wrestler and actor who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ....
to retain his championship. The other primary match on the undercard was a Hair vs. Hair match
Professional wrestling match types
Many types of matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, can be found in the form of performing art that is professional wrestling....
featuring Edge defeating Kurt Angle
Kurt Angle
Kurt Steven Angle is an American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is recognized as a 15-time World Heavyweight Champion...
by using a small package.
Background
The event featured nine professional wrestling matchesMock combat
Mock combat involves the execution of combative actions without intent to harm. Participants can engage in such sparring for ritual, training, recreational or performance reasons...
that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines
Narrative thread
A narrative thread, or plot thread , refers to particular elements and techniques of writing to center the story in the action or experience of characters rather than to relate a matter in a dry 'All knowing' sort of narration...
. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains
Heel (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...
or fan favorites
Face (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a babyface or face or in simple words, a fan favorite is a character who is portrayed as a heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains...
as they followed a series of events which built tension, culminating in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Results
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Regal (c) defeated D'Lo Brown D'Lo Brown Accie Julius Connor better known by his ring name D'Lo Brown , is an American professional wrestler. Well known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment, he is currently working as an agent for Impact Wrestling.Connor has held forty-eight championships in various promotions during... |
Singles match Professional wrestling match types Many types of matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, can be found in the form of performing art that is professional wrestling.... for the WWE European Championship WWE European Championship The WWE European Championship was a professional wrestling championship competed for in World Wrestling Entertainment. A coveted singles title of the late 1990s and early 2000s, it was held by superstars such as Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, Owen Hart, Eddie Guerrero, and was... |
06:22 | |
| 1 | Eddie Guerrero Eddie Guerrero Eduardo Gory "Eddie" Guerrero was a Mexican-American professional wrestler born into the Guerrero wrestling family. He wrestled in Mexico and Japan for several major professional wrestling promotions... (c) defeated Rob Van Dam Rob Van Dam Robert Alexander "Rob" Szatkowski , better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam , is an American professional wrestler and actor who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling .... |
Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship WWE Intercontinental Championship The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship in WWE. It is the original secondary title of the promotion. Currently, it is the secondary championship exclusive to the SmackDown brand... |
10:17 |
| 2 | Trish Stratus Trish Stratus Patricia Anne Stratigias , better known by her ring name Trish Stratus, is a Canadian professional wrestler, actress and television personality currently signed with WWE. She is also a former fitness model.... (c) (with Bubba Ray Dudley) defeated Stacy Keibler Stacy Keibler Stacy Keibler is an American actress, model, and former professional wrestler and valet, best known for her work with World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment .... (with Reverend Devon and Deacon Batista) |
Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship WWE Women's Championship The WWE Women's Championship was a professional wrestling championship in the World Wrestling Entertainment promotion. Created in 1956, it was the oldest active professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment history until its retirement in 2010 as a result from a unification... |
02:54 |
| 3 | Brock Lesnar Brock Lesnar Brock Edward Lesnar is an American mixed martial artist, actor and a former professional and amateur wrestler. He is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and is ranked the No.5 Heavyweight in the world by Sherdog... and Paul Heyman Paul Heyman Paul Heyman is an American entertainment producer, best known for his career in professional wrestling as a promoter, manager, commentator and journalist. He is also an occasional actor in film.... defeated The Hardy Boyz Hardy Boyz The Hardy Boyz are a professional wrestling tag team, consisting of real-life brothers Matt and Jeff Hardy... (Matt Matt Hardy Matthew Moore "Matt" Hardy is a semi-retired American professional wrestler. He is best known for his stints in World Wrestling Entertainment and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling .... and Jeff Jeff Hardy Jeffrey Nero "Jeff" Hardy is an American professional wrestler, who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he is a former two–time TNA World Heavyweight Champion... ) |
Tag team match Tag team Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name... |
04:46 |
| 4 | Steve Austin Stone Cold Steve Austin Steve Austin , better known by his ring name "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, is an American film and television actor and retired professional wrestler... defeated The Big Show and Ric Flair Ric Flair Richard Morgan Fliehr is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ric Flair. Also known as "The Nature Boy", Flair is one of the most well-known professional wrestlers in the world.... |
Handicap match Professional wrestling match types Many types of matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, can be found in the form of performing art that is professional wrestling.... |
15:36 |
| 5 | Edge defeated Kurt Angle Kurt Angle Kurt Steven Angle is an American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is recognized as a 15-time World Heavyweight Champion... |
Hair vs. Hair match | 15:30 |
| 6 | Triple H Triple H Paul Michael Levesque is an American professional wrestler, professional wrestling authority figure, WWE Executive Vice President of Talent and actor, better known by his ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of the ring name, Hunter Hearst Helmsley... defeated Chris Jericho Chris Jericho Christopher Keith Irvine , better known by his ring name Chris Jericho, is an inactive Canadian-American professional wrestler, musician, songwriter, radio personality, television host, actor, author, and dancer... |
Hell in a Cell match | 24:31 |
| 7 | Rikishi Solofa Fatu Solofa F. Fatu, Jr. is an American professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Rikishi.-The Samoan Swat Team:... and Rico Rico Constantino Americo Sebastiano Costantino is a retired American professional wrestler and wrestling manager of Italian origin. He is best known by his ring names Rico Costantino and Rico in World Wrestling Entertainment from 2001 to 2004... defeated Billy and Chuck Billy and Chuck Billy and Chuck was the professional wrestling tag team of Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo seen in World Wrestling Entertainment.-History:Near the end of the Invasion storyline, Chuck Palumbo was kicked out of the WCW/ECW coalition. In response, he defected to the WWF, where he began teaming with Gunn... (c) |
Tag Team match Professional wrestling tag team match types Much like singles matches, tag team professional wrestling matches can and have taken many forms. Just about any singles or melee match type can be adapted to tag teams; for example, hardcore tag team matches are commonplace... for the WWE Tag Team Championship |
03:50 |
| 8 | The Undertaker defeated Hollywood Hulk Hogan Hulk Hogan Terrance Gene "Terry" Bollea , better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American Semi-retired professional wrestler, actor, television personality, and musician currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling .... (c) |
Singles match for the Undisputed WWE Championship WWE Championship The WWE Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE. It is the world title of the Raw brand and one of two in WWE, complementing the World Heavyweight Championship of the SmackDown brand. It was established under the then WWWF in 1963... |
11:17 |
Aftermath
With his feud with Triple H now over, Chris Jericho decided to enter the King of the RingKing of the Ring
King of the Ring is a professional wrestling single-elimination tournament held by WWE. The tournament was held annually from 1985 to 2002, with the exception of 1990 and 1992, and from 1993 to 2002 the tournament was produced as a pay-per-view event....
tournament, with the winner to receive an Undisputed Championship shot on August 25 at SummerSlam
SummerSlam (2002)
SummerSlam was the fifteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . It took place on August 25, 2002 at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York....
. Jericho was scheduled to compete against Edge in the First-Round tournament. But Edge forfeited his match to Jericho due to a shoulder injury. Jericho advanced as far as the Semi-finals, losing to Rob Van Dam
Rob Van Dam
Robert Alexander "Rob" Szatkowski , better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam , is an American professional wrestler and actor who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ....
. On the May 30 episode of SmackDown!, The Undertaker defeated Randy Orton
Randy Orton
Randal Keith "Randy" Orton is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE wrestling on its SmackDown brand...
to retain the Undisputed Championship
WWE Championship
The WWE Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE. It is the world title of the Raw brand and one of two in WWE, complementing the World Heavyweight Championship of the SmackDown brand. It was established under the then WWWF in 1963...
. Afterwards, Triple H assaulted Taker, claiming that if Undertaker gives him a title shot, he won't retain the Undisputed title. During Triple H's match with Test, Taker interfered, enabling Test to nail Triple H with a big boot for the pin. Afterwards, Taker nailed Triple H with multiple steel chair shots esp.to his elbow. On the June 6 episode of SmackDown, Triple H became the number one contender to the championship by defeating Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan
Terrance Gene "Terry" Bollea , better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American Semi-retired professional wrestler, actor, television personality, and musician currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ....
. Triple H faced The Undertaker for the Undisputed title at King of the Ring
King of the Ring (2002)
King of the Ring was the tenth annual King of the Ring professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Entertainment . It took place on June 23, 2002 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio...
, only to lose despite interference on his behalf from a returning The Rock.
Kurt Angle and Edge continued to feud for a few weeks after Judgment Day, and Edge was later joined by Hulk Hogan on the May 30 episode of SmackDown!. On that episode, while Hogan had a stare down with the WWE Chairman Vince McMahon
Vince McMahon
Vincent Kennedy "Vince" McMahon is an American professional wrestling promoter, announcer, commentator, film producer, actor and former occasional professional wrestler. McMahon is the current Chairman, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee of professional wrestling promotion WWE...
, Angle nailed Hogan in the back of the head with a steel pipe. Later that night, Hogan interfered in a Steel Cage match between Angle and Edge by assaulting Angle. Moments later, Edge speared Kurt Angle from the top rope and won the Cage match. In the process, Edge injured his arm and would be forced out of action for a month. The centerpiece of this feud was a hairpiece Angle was wearing after being shaven bald, which he held to his head with a piece of amateur wrestling headgear. On the June 13 episode of SmackDown!, Angle and The Undertaker were scheduled to wrestle Hogan and Triple H but Taker and Angle assaulted Hogan before the tag match started. After Angle and Taker defeated Triple H by disqualification, Hogan went after Angle and eventually stripped Angle's wig from his head, which led to a match between the two at King of the Ring. At the event, Angle won by submission.
Brock Lesnar ended his feud with the Hardy Boyz and entered the King of the Ring tournament. On Raw, Lesnar defeated Bubba Ray Dudley in the First round tournament then the following week, he defeated Booker T
Booker Huffman
Robert Booker Tio Huffman , better known by his ring name Booker T, is a semi-retired American professional wrestler and currently signed to WWE, on its SmackDown brand, as part of the announcing team. Booker is best known for his time in both the World Wrestling Entertainment and World...
in the Quarter-Final round. At the King of the Ring event, he defeated Test in the Semi-Final round then went on to defeat Rob Van Dam in the King of the Ring tournament, which earned him the SummerSlam title shot against the champion.
After Judgment Day Stone Cold Steve Austin continued his feud with Ric Flair, which added both Eddie Guerrero and a returning-from-injury Chris Benoit
Chris Benoit
Christopher Michael "Chris" Benoit was a Canadian professional wrestler whose career and life ended in a murder–suicide...
(who was last seen in June 2001 at King of the Ring
King of the Ring (2001)
King of the Ring was the ninth annual King of the Ring professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Federation . It took place on June 24, 2001 at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey....
due to neck injury). However, the feud ended abruptly with Austin's unexpected departure from the company on June 3 for his refusal to lose a hotshotted match to Brock Lesnar. That same night, Flair lost his half of the WWE ownership to Vince McMahon and returned to active wrestling.
Guerrero's feud with Van Dam ended on the May 27 edition of Raw, when he lost his WWE Intercontinental Championship
WWE Intercontinental Championship
The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship in WWE. It is the original secondary title of the promotion. Currently, it is the secondary championship exclusive to the SmackDown brand...
in a Ladder match
Ladder match
A ladder match is a type of match in professional wrestling that is most commonly used to describe a match where an item is hung above the ring, and the winner is the contestant who climbs a ladder and retrieves the item...
. Two weeks later, he lost to Van Dam again in the King of the Ring First round tournament. He went on to face Flair at King of the Ring in place of Austin and lost the match after interference from Bubba Ray dudley. The following night on Raw, Guerrero entered a feud with Bubba Ray dudley. After pinning Bubba Ray, Guerrero had the table set up, only for Bubba Ray put him through it. Chris Benoit then applied the Crippler Crossface on Bubba Ray. The following week on Raw, Benoit and Guerrero fought Bubba Ray and Spike dudley
Matt Hyson
Matthew "Matt" Hyson is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his performances in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Spike Dudley and in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Brother Runt.In ECW, he was a two-time...
in a tag match, which Bubba Ray and Spike won. Afterwards, as Spike tried to execute the Dudley Dog
Cutter (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a cutter is a common term that refers to the three-quarter facelock bulldog maneuver. The move is also described as an inverted neckbreaker, though it is not one, it only bears an inverted style to it...
on Benoit, Benoit countered it and tossed him through a table. Benoit then applied the Crippler Crossface on Bubba Ray while Guerrero frog splashed Bubba from behind. The following two weeks on Raw, Benoit and Guerrero had defeated Bubba and Spike in two different tag matches. Then on July 21 at Vengeance
Vengeance (2002)
Vengeance was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment , which took place on July 21, 2002 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. It was the second annual Vengeance produced by WWE. Professional wrestling is a type of sports entertainment in which...
, Spike and Bubba Ray defeated Benoit and Guerrero in a tag team Elimination Tables Match when Bubba last eliminated Benoit following a Bubba Bomb. On the July 29 episode of Raw, after Benoit defeated RVD for the Intercontinental title, he and Guerrero would then defect to the SmackDown! brand
WWE Brand Extension
WWE, formerly the World Wrestling Federation and World Wrestling Entertainment , currently promotes its core business of professional wrestling through two "brands" named after their two major television shows Raw and SmackDown...
during a storyline "open season" on wrestler contracts, with Benoit taking his newly won Intercontinental championship with him. Rob Van Dam defeated Benoit for the title on August 25 at SummerSlam and returned the title to the Raw brand.
Trish Stratus concluded her feud with Stacy Keibler after defeating Keibler in the Bra and Panties match on the May 25 episode of Velocity
WWE Velocity
WWE Velocity was a professional wrestling television program produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . It replaced two syndicated WWE shows, Jakked/Metal. Once a weekly Saturday night show on Spike TV and on Sky Sports 2 in the UK on Sunday mornings, Velocity became a webcast from 2005 to 2006...
. She was challenged by a returning Molly Holly, who returned with a drastic attitude change and new look. Holly's return took place on the April 1 episode of Raw when she nailed Stratus in the head with a paddle, breaking the paddle into two. On the June 3 episode of Raw, Stratus successfully defended the Women's title over Terri Runnels
Terri Runnels
Terri Lynne Boatright Runnels is a former World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation professional wrestling manager, television host and occasional wrestler....
in a Lingerie match. Molly Holly then appeared to the ring with Brass Knuckles
Brass knuckles
Brass knuckles, also sometimes called knuckles, knucks, brass knucks, or knuckledusters, are weapons used in hand-to-hand combat. Brass knuckles are pieces of metal, usually steel despite their name, shaped to fit around the knuckles...
only for Stratus to nail her in the head with the title belt then took her undergarments off and threw em' in Holly's face. The following week, after Holly defeated Stratus in a non-title match, she took Stratus's undergarments and choked her out with it. At King of the Ring. Stratus lost the match and her Women's title to Molly Holly after Holly executed the Belly-to-belly suplex
Suplex
A suplex is an offensive move used in professional sport wrestling . The move consists of one wrestler picking up his or her opponent off the ground and then using a large portion of his or her own body weight to drive the opponent down on the mat. Nearly all suplexes have the attacker going down...
and pinned her with a handful of tights for leverage.
See also
- WWE Judgment DayWWE Judgment DayJudgment Day was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced every May by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. The event was created in 1998, with its inaugural event produced as an In Your House event in October of that year. The event was then replaced in 1999...
- List of WWE pay-per-view events