WrestleMania XIX
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WrestleMania XIX was the nineteenth edition of WrestleMania. It took place at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington on March 30, 2003. The theme song to this event was "Crack Addict (Toe to Toe)" by Limp Bizkit. They also performed live, singing the theme song, as well as "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" during The Undertaker's entrance. R & B artist Ashanti sang "America the Beautiful" at the beginning of the show.
Results
- Matt Hardy defeats Rey Mysterio and retains his WWE Cruiserweight Championship
- The Undertaker defeats The Big Show and A-Train in a handicap match
- Trish Stratus defeats Victoria and Jazz to become the WWE Women's Champion for the fourth time
- Charlie Hass and Shelton Benjamin defeat the teams of Eddie Guerrero & Chavo Guerrero and Chris Benoit and Rhyno and retain their WWE Tag Team Championships in a Triple Threat Tag Team match
- Shawn Michaels defeats Chris Jericho
- Triple H defeats Booker T to retain his WWE World Heavyweight Championship
- Hulk Hogan defeats Vince McMahon in a street fight (Billed 20 Years in the making: street fight)
- The Rock defeats Stone Cold Steve Austin
- Brock Lesnar defeats Kurt Angle to win the WWE Championship
Trivia
- The third time The Rock and Steve Austin have faced each other at WrestleMania, and the first time The Rock won and also Stone Cold's last match in two years. He is scheduled to return on Taboo Tuesday to face Jonathan Coachman.
- Not only Brock Lesnar's first WrestleMania main event, but his first WrestleMania match as well. Also the first WrestleMania match for Rey Mysterio, Victoria, Shelton Benjamin, Charlie Haas and Chavo Guerrero.
- Triple H broke his record for retaining a World title twice as a heel.
- First time World Heavyweight Championship and WWE Championship were defended on the same WrestleMania card.
- Hulk Hogan's first WrestleMania win since 1993, when he defeated Yokozuna for the championship in an impromptu match.
- First time WWE Tag Team Championship was defended at WrestleMania.
- Set the Safeco Field attendence record at 54,097.
- First WrestleMania to use WWE's initials and logo.
- WWE WrestleMania XIX marked Limp Bizkit's second affiliation with the WWE and ultimately WrestleMania- having provided the theme songs for both WrestleMania XIX and WrestleMania X-Seven
- A special movie/documentary titled "The Mania of WrestleMania" was released with the packaging of the WrestleMania XX DVD set.
- The first WrestleMania match for Shawn Michaels since WrestleMania XIV when he retired after.
- Before the event begun, John Cena came out with cardboard cut outs of Jay-Z and Fabulous and rapped about the two, mocking and embarassing the two, due to the fact that they refused to accept his challenge for a battle rap.
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