No Way Out (2003) - Event

Event

Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, Rey Mysterio pinned Jamie Noble on Sunday Night Heat. The first match that aired was the encounter of Jeff Hardy and Chris Jericho. In the beginning, Hardy and Jericho exchanged control over the match, however, Hardy gained the advantage midway into the match after he hit a Whisper in the Wind on Jericho. Hardy however, missed a Swanton Bomb, which allowed Jericho to hit a Lionsault, which gave Jericho a near pinfall. Jericho would then climb to the top turnbuckle where he gave Hardy a powerbomb, which proceeded to Jericho applying the Walls of Jericho, which forced Hardy to submit, thus, Jericho won the match. Next, was a World Tag Team Championship match between the team of Kane and Rob Van Dam against the defending champions, William Regal and Lance Storm. As Van Dam and Storm started the match, Van Dam gained the advantage over Storm, however, as Regal was tagged into the match, Van Dam attempted an aerial maneuver, Storm however, pushed him off, allowing Regal to gain the advantage. After Kane was tagged into the match, Storm attempted to pull his mask off, which resulted in the mask covering Kane's eyes. Following the incident, Regal pushed Van Dam into Kane, resulting in Kane delivering a chokeslam on Van Dam, as he was unable to see what had occurred. Regal and Storm retained the World Tag Team Championship following a pinfall after the chokeslam.

The third match was a Cruiserweight Championship match between Matt Hardy and the defending champion, Billy Kidman. Hardy gained the advantage early into the match; he remained in control until midway into the match, where Kidman hit an enzurigi on Hardy. Kidman would then attempt an aerial maneuver to no avail, which allowed Hardy to hit a Twist of Fate into a near pinfall. Hardy then attempted to Superplex Kidman off the top turnbuckle, however, Kidman was able to avoid the move by pushing Hardy down to the ring mat. As Kidman attempted an aerial maneuver, Shannon Moore, who was in Hardy's corner, however, hit a low blow on Kidman, which allowed Hardy to retaliate by hitting a Twist of Fate off the top turnbuckle into a successful pinfall, thus, Hardy won the match and the Cruiserweight Championship. Next was the encounter of The Big Show and The Undertaker. Show gained the advantage over The Undertaker, where he remained with the advantage, until The Undertaker delivered Old School on him. As Undertaker applied a Dragon sleeper, Paul Heyman, who was in Show's corner, distracted the referee, which allowed A-Train to interfere into the match. The interference distracted The Undertaker, which allowed Show to deliver a chokeslam into a pinfall attempt, however, The Undertaker countered the attempt into a Triangle choke, which forced Show to submit, thus The Undertaker won the match.

The fifth match was a Six-man tag team match between the team of Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Charlie Haas, and Shelton Benjamin) against the team of Brock Lesnar, Edge, and Chris Benoit. Before the match, Edge was attacked backstage and it was announced he could not participate in the match, thus the match became a Three-on-Two Handicap match. Lesnar and Benoit gained the advantage in the beginning of the match over Haas and Benjamin, however, Angle distracted Lesnar, which allowed Benjamin to superkick him, thus Team Angle gaining control of the match. Team Angle would remain in control, until Benoit countered an Ankle Lock attempt by Angle, who was illegally in the match, into a Crippler Crossface, however, Benjamin, who was also illegally in the match, interfered and broke the hold. Lesnar would then enter the ring and F-5 Angle, which allowed Benoit to apply the Crossface on Haas, the legal wrestler in the match, forcing him to submit, thus Brock Lesnar and Chris Benoit won the match. Next was a World Heavyweight Championship match between Scott Steiner and the defending champion, Triple H. Steiner gained the advantage early into the match by working over Triple H's leg, however, as he chased Ric Flair at ringside, who was in Triple H's corner, this allowed Triple H to hit Steiner on the steel ringsteps. Steiner however, retaliated by hitting a Belly-to-Belly Suplex on Triple H. As Steiner regained the advantage, Flair called down the remaining members of Evolution (Randy Orton and Batista), to interfere in the match to no avail, as Steiner attacked them and caused the referee, Earl Hebner, to ban Flair, Orton, and Batista from ringside and sent them to the backstage area. As the referee did so, Triple H hit Steiner with the World Heavyweight Championship belt, and proceeded to hitting a Pedigree into a pinfall, thus, Triple H won the match and retained the World Heavyweight Championship.

The final match on the undercard was the encounter of Eric Bischoff and Steve Austin. Before the match began, Bischoff offered Austin to forfeit the match, however, Austin proceeded to attacking him. As Austin attacked Bishoff, Bischoff would attempt to escape by running around ringside only to be attacked once again by Austin. As Austin rolled Bischoff back into the ring, he hit a Stone Cold Stunner on him, however, as Austin pinned Bischoff, Austin deliberately broke the pinfall, only to hit two more Stone Cold Stunners on Bischoff into a pinfall, thus Austin won the match. The main event was the WrestleMania X8 rematch between Hulk Hogan and The Rock. The Rock gained early advantage into the match, as he hit a Rock Bottom on Hogan, and applied two consecutive Sharpshooters. However, Hogan retaliated by hitting a Big Boot and a Leg drop, however, as the referee counted the pinfall, the lights in the arena went pitch black. As the lights came back on, the referee, Sylvan Grenier, was unconscious, which caused Vince McMahon to come down to the ring, only to distract Hogan, which allowed the referee to hand a steel chair to Rock, in which he used on Hogan. The chairshot proceeded into another Rock Bottom and a pinfall, thus The Rock won the match.