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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam_(2003)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
617:
Li Yuan defeated a Sui Dynasty army in the Battle of Huoyi,
opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the
eventual establishment of the Tang Dynasty.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Huoyi>
1796:
French Revolutionary Wars: The French defeated Austrian forces
in Bassano, Venetia, present-day Italy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bassano>
1831:
William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen were crowned King and
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_of_Saxe-Meiningen>
1935:
U.S. Senator Huey Long was fatally shot in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Long>
1978:
Iranian Revolution: After the government of the Shah of Iran
declared martial law in response to protests, the Iranian Army shot and
killed at least 88 demonstrators in Tehran on Black Friday.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(1978)>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
unstinted:
Not constrained, not restrained, or not confined.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unstinted>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I like to watch.
--Being There
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Being_There>