No Mercy (2002) - Aftermath

Aftermath

On October 24 edition of SmackDown, the show's newest acquisition Big Show challenged Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship at Survivor Series. Later that night, The Undertaker cut a promo and showed his respect for Lesnar on their Hell in a Cell match at No Mercy. However, the promo was interrupted by Big Show, who attacked Undertaker and injured him. Lesnar's manager Paul Heyman continuously advised Lesnar to get out of the title match against Big Show at Survivor Series because Heyman thought that Lesnar could not defeat Big Show, but Lesnar intended to wrestle Big Show. At Survivor Series, Big Show defeated Lesnar to win the WWE Championship, after Heyman betrayed Lesnar and helped Big Show in winning the title.

After losing to Triple H in the Title unification match at No Mercy, Kane continued his rivalry with Triple H. On October 21 edition of Raw, Kane and Rob Van Dam defeated Triple H and Ric Flair in a tag team match. After the match, Kane and Triple H continued to brawl with each other. On October 28 edition of Raw, Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff announced that the first-ever Elimination Chamber match would take place at Survivor Series and Triple H's World Heavyweight Championship would be on the line in the match. Kane, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, Booker T and Rob Van Dam were announced as the other participants of the match. Later that night, Kane and Triple H participated in a Casket match. At Survivor Series, Michaels defeated Triple H, Booker, RVD, Jericho and Kane in the first-ever Elimination Chamber to win the World Championship.