WWE ~ The Brand Extension

[Joey]

WWE Vengeance
July 21, 2002

Results

No.	Result	Stipulation
1	The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) (c) defeated D-Von Dudley & Al Snow	Tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship
2	Kane (c) defeated Raven	Hardcore match for the WWE Hardcore Championship
3	Trish Stratus (c) defeated Lita	Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship
4	Chris Jericho defeated Mr. Perfect	Singles match
5	Rey Mysterio defeated The Hurricane (c)	Singles match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship
6	Rikishi (c) defeated Lance Storm	Singles match for the WWE European Championship
7	Edge (c) defeated Christian	Tables, Ladders & Chairs match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship

[Joey]

Vengeance Fallout

RAW:
The Undertaker made his return to the WWE to confront Chris Jericho and call him a punk that doesn't respect his elders and needs an ass beating. Jericho responded by calling The Undertaker an old washed up piece of crap that needs to be out of the WWE. This leads to Ric Flair booking The Undertaker vs. Chris Jericho at Summerslam.

Lita assaulted Trish Stratus with a chair the night after Vengeance and beat her up each week thereafter, becoming more and more brutal each week. Ric Flair booked the two in a hardcore match at Summerslam as Lita's last shot at the championship.

Billy Kidman claims that Rey Mysterio got lucky at Summerslam and that he could easily win at Summerslam and challenges Mysterio to a match which he quickly accepts due to being a fighting champion.

Edge has a celebration ceremony after Vengeance which was attended by many people including The Big Show who planted Edge with a Chokeslam and held the Intercontinental title high in the air signifying that he is coming for it and nobody can stop him.

Brock Lesnar and Kurt Angle continue their feud by cutting promos on each other each week due to not being able to touch one another until Summerslam. Angle came close to snapping the week before Summerslam but was able to show restraint.

SMACKDOWN:
D-Von Dudley and Al Snow demanded another shot at the World Tag Team titles and The Hardys said that they would gladly defend them again because they are the greatest tag team in the world.

Kane retired the Hardcore Championship on the July 25th edition of Smackdown and was promptly attacked and laid out by Raven. Raven would cut numerous promos on Kane in the following weeks before challenging him to an Inferno match. Kane gladly accepted by saying that he can't wait to burn Raven alive.

Vince McMahon announced that the new match is called the Elimination Chamber and would feature 6 Smackdown superstars facing off for vacant WWE Championship. Triple H would defeat Diamond Dallas Page to qualify. Maven would defeat Big Bossman to qualify. Bradshaw would defeat William Regal to qualify. Booker T would defeat Albert to qualify. Chris Benoit would defeat Justin Credible to qualify and The Rock would defeat Rikishi to qualify.

[Joey]

WWE Summerslam
August 25, 2002

Results

No.	Result	Stipulation
1	Rey Mysterio (c) defeated Billy Kidman	Singles match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship
2	Raven defeated Kane	Inferno match
3	D-Von Dudley & Al Snow defeated The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) (c)	Tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship
4	Lita defeated Trish Stratus (c)	Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship
5	The Undertaker defeated Chris Jericho	Singles match
6	Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) defeated Kurt Angle (c)	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
7	Edge (c) defeated The Big Show via countout	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
8	Bradshaw defeated Triple H, Maven, Chris Benoit, Booker T and The Rock	Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship

Elimination Chamber match entrances and eliminations

Eliminated	Wrestler	Entered	Eliminated by	Method of elimination
1	Maven	2	Chris Benoit	Submitted to the Crippler Crossface
2	Booker T	4	Triple H	Pinned after a Pedigree
3	Chris Benoit	1	Triple H	Pinned after a Pedigree
4	The Rock	5	Triple H	Pinned after a Pedigree
5	Triple H	3	Bradshaw	Pinned after the Clothesline from Hell
Winner	Bradshaw	6	N/A	N/A

[Joey]

SummerSlam Fallout

RAW:
The feud between Rey Mysterio and Billy Kidman continued after SummerSlam when they would trade wins back and forth for a number of weeks until Kidman challenged Mysterio to a ladder match at Unforgiven which he would accept.

Lita would proclaim that she is the greatest Women's Champion of all time before she was confronted by Jazz who would attack her and the two would brawl week after week until Ric Flair set up a match between the two at Unforgiven.

The Big Show called Edge a cheater and demanded another shot at the Intercontinental Championship and defeated Edge's former partner in successive weeks until Edge relented and gave him a title shot for Unforgiven.

The Undertaker told everyone that he finally put Chris Jericho to rest and that he would be setting his sights on Brock Lesnar and the World Heavyweight Championship only to be planted with a Superkick from a returning Shawn Michaels! Michaels would also stake his claim on the World Heavyweight title and a match between the two for #1 contendership was set up for Unforgiven.

SMACKDOWN:
Raven claimed that Kane was finally dead and that he burnt him alive at SummerSlam. He said that nobody in the back could defeat him and that he wanted the European Championship from Rikishi. Maven also wanted a shot at Rikishi and the two fought to a draw and Vince McMahon booked a triple threat match at Unforgiven.

D-Von Dudley and Al Snow would claim that they are the next great tag team and that D-Von doesn't need Bubba Ray to succeed in the WWE. Lance Storm and Test came out and assaulted D-Von and Snow and called themselves The Un-Americans and said that they wanted a shot at the titles which they will get at Unforgiven.

Triple H beat Bradshaw to a bloody pulp with his sledgehammer and stole the WWE Championship and an unsanctioned match for the championship was booked for Unforgiven.

[Joey]

WWE Unforgiven
September 22, 2002

Results

No.	Result	Stipulation
Dark Match	D-Lo Brown defeated Spike Dudley	Singles match
1	Lita (c) defeated Jazz	Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship
2	The Un-Americans (Lance Storm & Test) defeated D-Von Dudley & Al Snow (c)	Tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship
3	Rikishi (c) defeated Maven and Raven	Triple threat match for the WWE European Championship
4	The Big Show defeated Edge (c)	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
5	Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker fought to a double countout	Singles match for #1 Contendership to the World Heavyweight Championship
6	Billy Kidman defeated Rey Mysterio (c)	Ladder match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship
7	Bradshaw (c) defeated Triple H	Unsanctioned match for the WWE Championship

[Joey]

Unforgiven Fallout

RAW:
Lita once again claimed that she was the great women's wrestler in history and said that she would become the longest reigning Women's Champion surpassing the Fabulous Moolah! That is until she was attacked by the debuting Awesome Kong who beat Lita down and a match for the Women's title was booked for No Mercy.

Chris Jericho returned from his loss to The Undertaker at SummerSlam to assault The Big Show and stake his claim for the Intercontinental Championship but Mr. Perfect would also claim that he deserves a shot and a triple threat match was booked for No Mercy.

Christian would begin a feud with Kurt Angle claiming that Canada is better than the United States which offended Angle greatly. The two would brawl week after week until Ric Flair booked a match between the two.

Billy Kidman did not have much in the way of challengers following his victory against Rey Mysterio at Unforgiven but paraded around claiming he was the greatest.

Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker would both claim that they are the rightful #1 contender and Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar claimed that neither of them should get the shot at the title. Ric Flair would book a tag team match featuring Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman against Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker at No Mercy and if Lesnar and Heyman lose, whoever gets the pin is the championship.

SMACKDOWN:
The Un-Americans came out with brand new tag team titles with the Canadian flag all over them. They say that they are the greatest tag team in the world. The Hollys come out and say that they're as American as apple pie and that they want a shot at the titles and The Un-Americans agree.

Raven assaulted Rikishi backstage and stole the European Championship before saying that he wants another shot at the title and Maven is right there to attack him and take the belt. Vince McMahon said that he is fed up and booked a battle royal for No Mercy with the winner getting a shot at the title later in the night.

During a tag team match, Matt Hardy assaulted Jeff Hardy from behind and beat him down. He claimed that Jeff was holding him back from achieving what he was meant to do, win the WWE Championship. He said that he will face Jeff one on one and he will show no mercy!

Bradshaw told everyone that there was nobody left for him to beat and that everyone in the Smackdown locker room are a bunch of schmucks. This led to Kane making his return and assaulting Bradshaw and planting him with a Chokeslam before telling him that his reign as champion would soon be coming to an end.

[Joey]

WWE No Mercy
October 20, 2002

Results

No.	Result	Stipulation
Dark Match	Raven won last eliminating Albert	Battle royal to earn a shot at the WWE European Championship
1	The Un-Americans (Lance Storm & Test) (c) defeated The Hollys (Hardcore & Crash Holly)	Tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship
2	Christian defeated Kurt Angle	Singles match
3	The Big Show (c) defeated Chris Jericho and Mr. Perfect	Triple threat match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
4	Matt Hardy defeated Jeff Hardy	Singles match
5	Awesome Kong defeated Lita (c)	Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship
6	Raven defeated Rikishi (c)	Singles match for the WWE European Championship
5	Kane defeated Bradshaw (c) by disqualification, Bradshaw retains	Singles match for the WWE Championship
7	Brock Lesnar (c) & Paul Heyman defeated Shawn Michaels & The Undertaker	Tag team match for the World Heavyweight Championship; if Lesnar and Heyman lost, the one with the pin would become champion

[Joey]

No Mercy Fallout

RAW:
Christian and Kurt Angle continued their feud with both men scoring tag team victories over the other in consecutive weeks. Christian would wave the Canadian flag and Angle would wave the American. Ric Flair would book a flag match between the two for Survivor Series.

The Big Show began claiming that he was going to break Honky Tonk Man's record as the longest reigning Intercontinental Champion of all time. Shawn Stasiak attacked him but was absolutely demolished and The Big Show said that there was nobody else in the back to challenge him. That is until Mark Henry returned and the two had a collision which led to a match being booked for Survivor Series.

Awesome Kong destroyed everyone in the women's division without ever saying a word and Ric Flair decided to give her Survivor Series off.

The Cruiserweight division got a boost as Jamie Noble made his return attacking Billy Kidman and staking his claim for the title and Kidman stating that he'd put the title on the line at Survivor Series.

Shawn Michaels said that he was not pinned at No Mercy and wants a fair one-on-one shot at Brock Lesnar for the WWE title and Ric Flair granted his wish by booking it for Survivor Series.

SMACKDOWN:
The Hollys wanted a rematch for the World Tag Team Championship and they got it but they were once again unsuccessful and The Un-Americans waved their Canadian flags and said that they were the greatest tag team in WWE history.

Matt and Jeff Hardy continued their feud and Vince McMahon booked a Survivor Series elimination match with Matt's team consisting of: Matt Hardy, Raven, D-Von Dudley and Al Snow and Jeff's team consisting of: Jeff Hardy, Rikishi, Billy and Chuck.

Bradshaw claimed that he should not have to defend his title at Survivor Series because he has been a fighting champion ever since he won it at SummerSlam. Vince McMahon thought otherwise and booked Bradshaw against Kane...inside the Hell in a Cell!

[Joey]

WWE Survivor Series
November 17, 2002

Results

No.	Result	Stipulation
1	The Big Show (c) defeated Mark Henry	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
2	Billy Kidman (c) defeated Jamie Noble	Singles match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship
3	Team Matt (Matt Hardy, Raven, D-Von Dudley & Al Snow) defeated Team Jeff (Jeff Hardy, Rikishi, Billy & Chuck)	Traditional Survivor Series elimination match
4	Kurt Angle defeated Christian	Flag match
5	Brock Lesnar (c) (with Paul Heyman) defeated Shawn Michaels	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
6	Bradshaw (c) defeated Kane	Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Championship

Elimination match eliminations

Eliminated	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Method of elimination
1	Billy	Team Jeff	Raven	Pinned after an Even Flow DDT
2	Al Snow	Team Matt	Rikishi	Pinned after a Rikishi Driver
3	D-Von Dudley	Team Matt	Jeff Hardy	Pinned after a Swanton Bomb
4	Rikishi	Team Jeff	Matt Hardy	Pinned after a Twist of Fate
5	Chuck	Team Jeff	Matt Hardy	Pinned after a Twist of Fate
6	Jeff Hardy	Team Jeff	Raven	Pinned after an Even Flow DDT
Survivors	Matt Hardy & Raven	-	-	-

[Joey]

Survivor Series Fallout

RAW:
The Big Show said that even though the "World's Strongest Man" tried to defeat him, he failed miserably and now he has a free ride straight to the record. Chris Jericho came out and said that he is already a 4 time champion and that he is ready to break a record of his own and that he will become the champion once again. The Big Show agreed to put his title on the line at Armageddon.

Billy Kidman continued parading around as Cruiserweight Champion saying that nobody can beat him no matter how hard they try. The Hurricane returned to the WWE and attacked Kidman and said that he wanted the Cruiserweight title and a match was booked for Armageddon.

Kurt Angle put out an open challenge to anyone and it was accepted by Mr. Perfect. The two put on a clinic and it finished as a draw. Ric Flair booked a 30-minute Iron Man rematch for Armageddon.

The Undertaker returned to his Deadman persona and said that the end is near for Brock Lesnar and a match was booked for the World Heavyweight Championship between Lesnar and Undertaker at Armageddon.

SMACKDOWN:
Matt Hardy celebrated his team's victory with other sole survivor Raven before assaulting him from behind and saying that he wants the European Championship. The next week Raven cut a scathing promo about Matt betraying his own flesh and blood and that he will put the title on the line in a Raven's House of Fun match at Armageddon.

Maven returned and put out a request for anyone to come be his tag team partner and Albert stepped up. Together, they demolished Billy & Chuck. Afterwards, Chuck attacked Billy and said that he was done. 

Bradshaw once again would say that he deserves the month off but The Rock thought otherwise and returned to a gigantic ovation and challenged Bradshaw to a match at Armageddon which Bradshaw begrudgingly accepted.

[Joey]

WWE Armageddon
December 15, 2002

Results

No.	Result	Stipulation
1	The Hurricane defeated Billy Kidman (c)	Singles match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship
2	Raven (c) defeated Matt Hardy	Raven's House of Fun match for the WWE European Championship
3	Chris Jericho defeated The Big Show (c)	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
4	Mr. Perfect defeated Kurt Angle 1-0	30-minute Iron Man match
5	The Undertaker defeated Brock Lesnar (c) (with Paul Heyman)	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
6	Bradshaw (c) defeated The Rock	Singles match for the WWE Championship

[Joey]

Year in Review/Look Ahead (2002)

Wrestler of the Year: Brock Lesnar
Women's Wrestler of the Year: Trish Stratus
Tag Team of the Year: The Un-Americans

Several members of the WWE roster have elected to depart from the company following the year 2002 and they are as follows:

Kevin Nash
Scott Hall
X-Pac
Hulk Hogan
Shawn Stasiak
Tommy Dreamer
Perry Saturn
Diamond Dallas Page
Justin Credible

Along with those members departing, Billy will now go by Billy Gunn and Chuck will go by Chuck Palumbo.

[Joey]

Armageddon Fallout

RAW:
The Hurricane said that he'd be a fighting champion and defended his title every week until AJ Styles debuted on the January 6, 2003 episode of Raw where he would defeat The Hurricane to win the Cruiserweight Championship.

Chris Jericho cut a scathing promo on the state of the WWE and said that he is going to carry the Intercontinental title the way a champion really should and that at the Royal Rumble, he will put it on the line against anyone before winning the Rumble match. Mr. Perfect stepped up and said that he was the perfect candidate to hold the title and Jericho agreed to put it on the line against him.

The Undertaker cut some promos on Brock Lesnar and said that he would be willing to ensure that Lesnar never stepped foot inside a WWE ring again. Lesnar assaulted Undertaker and said that at the Royal Rumble, the title will be coming home.

Several Raw superstars such as Edge, Christian, Kurt Angle and Rey Mysterio staked their claim to a spot in the Royal Rumble match.

Awesome Kong continued her dominance of the WWE women's division but Trish Stratus finally made her return and was the first woman to ever chase Kong out of the arena and a match was scheduled for the Royal Rumble.

SMACKDOWN:
Matt Hardy cut a promo saying that he wants Raven in a one-on-one wrestling match for the European title and Vince McMahon granted his request for the Royal Rumble.

Maven and Albert dominated jobber teams for several weeks en route to scoring a big victory over The Hollys. Vince McMahon booked them to face The Un-Americans at the Royal Rumble.

Bradshaw announced that he had sustained an injury at the Armageddon pay-per-view and would unfortunately have to vacate the WWE Championship. Triple H came out to claim it but Bradshaw said that he lied and clobbered Triple H with the Clothesline from Hell and a match was booked for the Royal Rumble.

Several Smackdown superstars such as Chris Benoit, Billy Gunn, William Regal and Rikishi staked their claim to a spot in the Royal Rumble match.

[Joey]

WWE Royal Rumble
January 19, 2003

Results

No.	Result	Stipulation
1	Awesome Kong (c) defeated Trish Stratus	Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship
2	The Un-Americans (Lance Storm & Test) (c) defeated Maven & Albert	Tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship
3	Matt Hardy defeated Raven (c)	Singles match for the WWE European Championship
4	Triple H defeated Bradshaw (c)	Singles match for the WWE Championship
5	Chris Jericho (c) defeated Mr. Perfect	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
6	The Undertaker (c) defeated Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman)	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
7	Sting won by last eliminating Christian	30-man Royal Rumble match for a match for the World Championship of the winner's choosing at Wrestlemania 19

Royal Rumble match entrances and eliminations

Draw	Entrant	Order	Eliminated by
1	Shawn Michaels	11	Edge
2	Kane	10	Shawn Michaels
3	Tajiri	2	Kane
4	Billy Gunn	1	Kane
5	D-Lo Brown	5	Kane
6	Al Snow	3	Shawn Michaels
7	William Regal	7	Shawn Michaels
8	Jeff Hardy	6	Edge
9	Chuck Palumbo	4	D-Lo Brown
10	Edge	13	Ron Simmons
11	D-Von Dudley	8	Edge
12	Bubba Ray Dudley	9	Chris Benoit
13	Rey Mysterio	12	Kurt Angle
14	Chris Benoit	18	Kurt Angle and Booker T
15	Rikishi	17	Ron Simmons
16	Kurt Angle	28	Sting
17	Christian	29	Sting
18	Booker T	27	Sting
19	Ron Simmons	20	Christian
20	Goldust	14	Ron Simmons
21	Val Venis	15	Ron Simmons
22	Steven Richards	16	Rikishi
23	Hardcore Holly	19	Booker T
24	The Hurricane	22	Mark Henry
25	Billy Kidman	21	Mark Henry
26	Mark Henry	26	Sting
27	Jamie Noble	23	Mark Henry
28	Rob Van Dam	25	Mark Henry
29	Big Bossman	24	Kurt Angle and Mark Henry
30	Sting	-	WINNER

[Joey]

Royal Rumble Fallout

RAW:
Awesome Kong's reign atop the women's division continued as she dismantled every woman in her sights, that is until Chyna made her return to the WWE attacking Kong and chasing her off setting up a match at No Way Out between the two.

Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas debuted as a tag team on the Raw brand and began dominating jobber tag teams. Meanwhile, Ron Simmons found a new tag team partner in Tajiri and the two ran roughshod through the tag division.

Chris Jericho calls Ric Flair out on not allowing him in the Royal Rumble match and challenges him to a match. Flair says that he'll do it on one condition, that the title is on the line and Jericho accepts for No Way Out.

Brock Lesnar all but disappeared from the WWE following The Undertaker's victory at the Royal Rumble. Meanwhile, Sting cut several promos on how The Undertaker's 10-0 streak at WrestleMania will soon come to an end.

SMACKDOWN:
The Un-Americans continued their reign as champions by saying that they will be the longest reigning champions of all time and there is absolutely nobody that can stop them. Maven and Albert wanted a rematch and were granted one, only to lose once again. D-Von Dudley and Al Snow decided that they wanted a shot to become the champions once again and a match was booked for No Way Out.

Matt Hardy boasted his huge victory over Raven at the Royal Rumble for the European Championship and said that he refuses to defend it and will hold it until he retires. Vince McMahon takes exception to this and says that there will be a 5-way elimination match featuring Matt Hardy, Raven, William Regal, Booker T and Jeff Hardy at No Way Out.

Triple H once again stood tall as the WWE Champion inside the Smackdown ring and put out a challenge to anyone in the back and said that he will continue to hold the championship that is until Chris Benoit made his presence felt and made Triple H submit to the Crippler Crossface thus setting up a match at No Way Out.