![]() ![]() The match was interrupted by Undertaker, who had a meeting with Stephanie earlier that night. On the October 9 episode of SmackDown!, Lesnar defended the title against Paul London. On the September 25 episode of SmackDown!, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon held a ceremony to introduce the new WWE Champion Lesnar, but was interrupted by Undertaker and SmackDown! General Manager Stephanie McMahon, who announced that Lesnar would face Undertaker at No Mercy for the WWE Championship. Lesnar scored five falls, while Angle scored four, thus, Lesnar won the match and became the new WWE Champion. On the September 18 episode of SmackDown!, Angle defended the title against Lesnar in a 60-minute Iron Man match. On the September 4 episode of SmackDown!, Angle defended the championship against Undertaker, however, the match ended in a no contest after Lesnar interfered and attacked them both with a steel folding chair Angle retained the championship as a result of Lesnar's interference. The buildup to the match began on the August 28 episode of SmackDown!, when Undertaker defeated Lesnar and The Big Show in a Triple Threat match, earning a title shot against then WWE Champion Kurt Angle. The match was between WWE Champion Brock Lesnar, who defended against The Undertaker. In this match, a chain was hung on a pole above the ring, and when it was retrieved it could be used as a legal weapon. The main event at No Mercy was a Biker Chain match for the WWE Championship. All wrestlers were from the SmackDown! brand, a storyline division in which WWE assigned its employees. The matches featured wrestlers portraying their characters in planned storylines that took place before, during and after the event. The event featured nine professional wrestling matches with outcomes predetermined by WWE script writers. ![]() While the previous year's event featured wrestlers from both the Raw and SmackDown! brands, the 2003 event was held exclusively for SmackDown!. The 2003 event was the sixth event under the No Mercy chronology and was held on October 19 at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. A second No Mercy was then held later that same year in October, but in the United States, which established No Mercy as the annual October PPV for the promotion. No Mercy was first held by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a United Kingdom-exclusive pay-per-view (PPV) in May 1999. When the event was released on DVD, it reached a peak position of seventh on Billboard's DVD Sales Chart. This event helped WWE increase its pay-per-view revenue by $6.2 million from the previous year. No Mercy had an attendance of approximately 8,500 and received about 254,000 pay-per-view buys, more than the following year's event. The other was also a standard match, in which Kurt Angle defeated John Cena. In a standard match for the WWE United States Championship, the Big Show defeated Eddie Guerrero to win the title. ![]() Two featured bouts were scheduled on the undercard. The main event saw WWE Champion Brock Lesnar defeat The Undertaker to retain his championship in a match where a chain was hung from a pole and the first man to reach it could use it as a legal weapon in what was called a Biker Chain match. ![]() Nine professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the event's card. The event took place on October 19, 2003, at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's SmackDown! brand division. The 2003 No Mercy was the sixth No Mercy professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Promotional poster featuring Brock Lesnar preparing the F5 to The Rock at SummerSlam (2002) ![]()
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