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.
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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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