7 Things You Should Know About WWE Royal Rumble 2003

It was a new era for WWE as they headed to the 2003 Royal Rumble event. The Rock wasn't around on a full time basis anymore although he did return for WrestleMania and Steve Austin controversially walked away for much of 2002 after being upset with the creative direction of the company. Others had to fill the void. Some people like to refer to this period as the "Ruthless Aggression Era" since "attitude" was gone and they were all about making new stars. It was time for the likes of Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Randy Orton and Batista to step up to the plate as the next group of stars that WWE could build around. In addition to the Rumble match, Scott Steiner debuting (or returning since he was there about a decade earlier) was considered a big deal just because he was a big name from WCW that they just brought in. Little did we know at that time that his WWE run would get off on the wrong foot and he would not be able to recover from it. The 16th Royal Rumble event took place in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 2003. Here are the results from the show. 1. Brock Lesnar d. Big Show 2. World Tag Team Titles: The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray & D-Von Dudley) d. Lance Storm & William Regal to win the titles 3. Torrie Wilson d. Dawn Marie 4. World Title: Scott Steiner d. Triple H by DQ, so Triple H retained the title 5. WWE Title: Kurt Angle d. Chris Benoit to retain the title 6. Brock Lesnar won the Royal Rumble Here are seven things you should know about the 2003 Royal Rumble.