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SummerSlam (2003) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on August 24, 2003, at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona . It was the 16th annual SummerSlam event and starred wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown! brands in nine professional wrestling matches . In the first main event, World Heavyweight Champion Triple H (pictured) defeated Chris Jericho , Goldberg , Kevin Nash , Randy Orton , and Shawn Michaels to retain his championship. In the other main match, featuring wrestlers from the SmackDown! brand, defending WWE Champion Kurt Angle defeated challenger Brock Lesnar . The other main match was a No Holds Barred match between wrestlers from the Raw brand, in which Kane defeated Rob Van Dam . The event marked the second time the Elimination Chamber format was used by WWE; the first was at Survivor Series 2002 . Including its scripted buildup, SummerSlam (2003) grossed over $715,000 ticket sales from an attendance of 16,113 and received about 415,000 pay-per-view buys, more than the following year's event . This event helped WWE increase its pay-per-view revenue by $6.2 million from the previous year. (Full article... )
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