

Rico and Jamal worked on Bubba in the ring, but Bubba pulled Rico in front of him so Jamal splashed Rico in the corner. Jamal and Rosey were both knocked off the top rope by the faces. Spike nearly put Rico through a table, but 3MW saved Rico and slammed Spike through the table face first. Jeff off the top, Rosey was supposed to catch him, dropped him and a splash by Rosey on Jeff. Spike was against a table, Rosey charged in and Spike moved, so Rosey went through the table, but that didn’t count as an elimination.


Rosey with a back body drop on Jeff that sent him over the top to the floor. Bubba told his partners to get the tables, which were all around the ring. Jeff jumped off the top with a leg drop onto the crotch of Rico. Spike with a hurricanrana on Jamal and did the Whassup Drop with Bubba on Jamal. The faces sent the heels out of the ring, the heels caught Spike when he tried an attack, so Jeff went over the top and took them all out on the floor. Jeff and the Dudleys were the faces while 3MW are the heels. Pre-match notes: This is from the Raw brand. Three Minute Warning (Rosey & Jamal) & Rico The Raw announce team of Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler welcomed us to the show.Įlimination Tables Match: Jeff Hardy, Bubba Ray Dudley & Spike Dudley vs. The crowd was ready to go as they showed us the Elimination Chamber above the ring. It was a packed house at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, which bills itself as the World’s Most Famous Arena. Big Show from the Smackdown brand and the first ever Elimination Chamber match featuring Raw talent. The opening video package focused on Lesnar vs. Madison Square Garden in New York, New York A lot of us went into it not knowing what to expect, so there was a lot of curiosity about what it would be like.

The main event of the show is the first ever Elimination Chamber match. Other main roster rookies in 2002 included future multi-time World Champions John Cena, Randy Orton and Batista. Brock Lesnar was a main roster rookie that was holding the WWE Title on the Smackdown brand after he won it from The Rock at SummerSlam 2002. The Rock was gone to Hollywood although he was around in early 2003 as well. He came back in early 2003 and wrestled his last match at WrestleMania 19 shortly after. Steve Austin was at home due to a dispute with management. By Survivor Series 2002, Eric Bischoff was the General Manager of Raw and Stephanie McMahon was the General Manager of Smackdown. The 16th Survivor Series event took place in a year where major changes took place for the company that officially renamed itself World Wrestling Entertainment in May 2002.Īlong with the name change, WWE also did their first-ever brand extension that saw them split their loaded roster into two with Monday Night Raw getting half the talent and Smackdown getting the other half.
