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Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | ||
Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown! | ||
Date | November 16, 2003 | ||
City | Dallas, Texas | ||
Venue | American Airlines Center | ||
Attendance | 13,487 | ||
Buy rate | 450,000[1] | ||
Tagline(s) | A Fall from Grace | ||
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The 2003 Survivor Series was the 17th annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions. The event took place on November 16, 2003, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. It was the last WWE PPV to feature a Limp Bizkit song, which was "Build a Bridge".
The main event match on the Raw brand was for the World Heavyweight Championship between Goldberg and Triple H, which Goldberg won by pinfall after performing a Spear and Jackhammer. The predominant match on the SmackDown! brand was a Buried Alive match between The Undertaker and Mr. McMahon, which Vince won after Kane interfered and helped Vince bury Undertaker. This would also be marked as The Undertaker's last appearance portraying The American Badass/Big Evil until 16 and a half years later at WrestleMania 36 in 2020, as he would return four months later at WrestleMania XX in his Deadman persona for the first time since mid-1999. The predominant match on the Raw brand was a traditional 5-on-5 Survivor Series match between Team Bischoff (Chris Jericho, Christian, Randy Orton, Scott Steiner and Mark Henry) and Team Austin (Shawn Michaels, Rob Van Dam, Booker T, Bubba Ray Dudley, and D-Von Dudley). Team Bischoff won the match after Orton last eliminated Michaels, following interference from Batista. Another notable match featured an Ambulance match between Kane and Shane McMahon, which Kane won after throwing Shane into the ambulance.