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No Way Out (2003) was the fourth annual (fifth overall) No Way Out pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was presented by Starburst, took place on February 23, 2003, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec and starred the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brands. The main event from the SmackDown! brand was a rematch from WrestleMania X8 between Hulk Hogan and The Rock, which Rock won by pinfall after Sylvain Grenier, the referee of the match, allowed Rock to hit Hogan with a steel chair, which proceeded to a Rock Bottom.〔〔 The main event from the Raw brand was a World Heavyweight Championship match between Triple H and Scott Steiner, which Triple H won via pinfall, after he hit Steiner with the championship belt and a Pedigree.〔〔 The main match on the undercard from Raw, was the encounter of Steve Austin and Eric Bischoff, which Austin won via pinfall after three consecutive Stone Cold Stunners.〔〔 The main match on the undercard from SmackDown! was a six-man tag team match between Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Charlie Haas, and Shelton Benjamin) and the team of Brock Lesnar, Edge, and Chris Benoit, where Edge was unable to participate in the match due to injury.〔〔 The match, however, was won by Lesnar and Benoit via submission, after Benoit forced Haas to submit to the Crippler Crossface.〔〔 This was the first pay-per-view in Montreal since the infamous Montreal Screwjob at the Survivor Series in 1997.〔http://mountaindewandwrestling.blogspot.com/2013/03/no-way-out-2003.html〕 ==Background== On the January 23 episode of ''SmackDown!'', SmackDown! General Manager Stephanie McMahon announced the return of Hulk Hogan to the WWE.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2008-03-13 )〕 During the returning segment of Hogan, the WWE Chairman, Vince McMahon, came down to the ring to insult Hogan, resulting in Hogan challenging McMahon into a match, however, Hogan then proceeded to attack McMahon.〔〔 The attack led to McMahon accepting Hogan's challenge, he however, instead booked a rematch from WrestleMania X8 between Hogan and his representative, The Rock at No Way Out, the following week on ''SmackDown!''; thus the beginning of the Rock-Hogan feud on the SmackDown! brand.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2008-03-13 )〕 During the weeks leading to No Way Out, both Rock and Hogan cut promos on who was the better wrestler.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2008-03-13 )〕 The feud intensified on the February 20, and final episode of ''SmackDown!'' before No Way Out, however, where, during a segment, Rock attempted to shake Hogan's hand, and then spat water into Hogan's face, turning heel in the process.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2008-03-13 )〕 At the Royal Rumble, Kurt Angle successfully defended the WWE Championship against Chris Benoit while Lesnar won the Royal Rumble match to earn himself a WWE title shot at WrestleMania XIX by last eliminating The Undertaker. On the January 23 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Kurt Angle confronted his protégés, Team Angle (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin), about their losses that night, as Benjamin was pinned by Edge, while Haas was pinned by Chris Benoit.〔〔 The following week on ''SmackDown!'', Haas and Benjamin were booked in a tag team match against Edge and Benoit. During the match Angle interfered in Haas and Benjamin's behalf, which led them to pinning Edge and Benoit for the win.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2008-03-13 )〕 Haas and Benjamin would then defeat the then-reigning Tag Team Champions, Los Guerreros, to win the Tag Team Championship on the February 6 episode of ''SmackDown!''.〔 The following week on ''SmackDown!'', General Manager Stephanie McMahon announced a match between Team Angle (Angle, Haas, and Benjamin) against the team of Lesnar, Benoit, and Edge at No Way Out, thus the official beginning of the Team Angle-Team Lesnar feud.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2008-03-13 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2008-03-13 )〕 On the February 20, and final episode of ''SmackDown!'' before No Way Out, Angle was booked in a match against Brock Lesnar, however, before the match started, Angle stated that Lesnar had to defeat Haas and Benjamin before he could wrestle Angle, which Lesnar was able to do.〔〔 As Lesnar then wrestled Angle, Paul Heyman, who was at ringside, interfered in the match and hit Lesnar with a steel chair, causing Angle to lose by disqualification.〔〔 On the January 20 episode of ''Raw'', Eric Bischoff made an announcement about how Stone Cold Steve Austin walked out on Vince McMahon during the summer of 2002 with no explanation and that he would like to give Steve Austin an opportunity to give his side of the story.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RAW results – January 20, 2003 )〕 Bischoff also invited Steve Austin to make an appearance at next month's No Way Out.〔〔 The following week, Bischoff stated that Austin has agreed to tell his story in the Raw magazine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RAW results – January 27, 2003 )〕 On the February 3 episode of ''Raw'', Bischoff headed to Texas, to sign Austin to the Raw brand. But, he was unsuccessful in doing so, as he couldn't locate Austin anywhere.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RAW results – February 3, 2003 )〕 The following week on ''Raw'', Bischoff (kayfabe) fired Jim Ross, after Bischoff stated that it was Ross' fault that Austin hasn't signed yet to the brand.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RAW results – February 10, 2003 )〕 Vince McMahon, who the previous week stated he would fire Bischoff and Chief Morley for the way they were running Raw the last couple of weeks, asked Bischoff if he'd signed Austin yet, which prompted Bischoff to say No.〔〔 J.R. informed McMahon that Austin would be at No Way Out, which led to McMahon booking a match between Bischoff and Austin for the pay-per-view.〔〔 At the Royal Rumble, a scheduled match for the World Heavyweight Championship match saw Triple H defend the title against Scott Steiner. The match saw Steiner defeat Triple H by disqualification, after Triple H brought a sledgehammer in during the match. As a result, Triple H retained the World Heavyweight title.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Royal Rumble 2003 Results )〕 The next night on ''Raw'', Steiner was put in a match against Batista. In the match, Batista was disqualified after interference by Randy Orton.〔〔 After the match, Triple H, Ric Flair, Orton and Batista all attack Steiner, which led to Triple H performing a Pedigree on Steiner.〔〔 On the February 3 episode of ''Raw'', Triple H formed a stable known as Evolution with Flair, Orton, and Batista.〔〔 That same night, a number one contender's match was scheduled between Chris Jericho and Steiner, in which the winner would meet Triple H at No Way Out for the World Heavyweight title.〔〔 The match saw Steiner claim victory.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「No Way Out (2003)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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