• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 19, 2003) – WWE Royal Rumble 2003
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 19, 2003, World Wrestling Entertainment aired their annual ‘Royal Rumble’ event LIVE on PPV from the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
That night Brock Lesnar ended up winning the first ever Royal Rumble match he ever competed in, thus earned the right to challenge WWE Champion Kurt Angle for the title in the main event of WrestleMania XIX.
The results:
Brock Lesnar defeated Big Show
World Tag Team Championship: The Dudley Boyz defeated Lance Storm and William Regal (c)
Torrie Wilson defeated Dawn Marie Wilson
World Heavyweight Championship: Scott Steiner defeated Triple H (c) via DQ
WWE Championship: Kurt Angle (c) defeated Chris Benoit
Brock Lesnar won the 30-man Royal Rumble match
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