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WrestleMania XIX

WrestleMania XIX
WrestleManiaXIX.jpg
Promotional poster featuring the Space Needle among various WWE wrestlers
Tagline(s) Dare to Dream
Theme
song
(s)
"Crack Addict" by Limp Bizkit
Information
Promotion World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand(s) Raw
SmackDown!
Sponsor(s) Snickers
Date March 30, 2003 (2003-03-30)
Attendance 54,097
Venue Safeco Field
City Seattle, Washington
Pay-per-view chronology
No Way Out (2003) WrestleMania XIX Backlash (2003)
WrestleMania chronology
WrestleMania X8 WrestleMania XIX WrestleMania XX

WrestleMania XIX was the nineteenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was presented by Snickers Cruncher and took place on March 30, 2003, at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington. The event was the first WrestleMania held in the state of Washington. A record-breaking 54,097 fans from all fifty states and numerous countries from around the world at Safeco Field resulted in a gate attendance grossing US$2.76 million.

WrestleMania XIX was the first WrestleMania to be promoted under the WWE name and the first to have taken place after the WWE Brand Extension. It was a joint-promotion pay-per-view event, featuring performers from the Raw and SmackDown! brands. The tagline for WrestleMania XIX was "Dare to Dream". The official theme song for the event was "Crack Addict" by Limp Bizkit. Limp Bizkit performed the theme song live, as well as "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" during The Undertaker's entrance.

The main match on the SmackDown! brand was Kurt Angle versus Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship, which Lesnar won by pinfall after executing an F5. The main match on the Raw brand was the third WrestleMania meeting between The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin, in which The Rock won via pinfall after performing three Rock Bottoms on Austin; this marked Austin's final official match before his retirement from in-ring performance due to injuries sustained in previous years. The predominant match on the Raw brand was for the World Heavyweight Championship between Triple H and Booker T, which Triple H won by pinfall after performing a Pedigree. Other matches on the undercard included Shawn Michaels versus Chris Jericho, and Hulk Hogan versus Mr. McMahon in a Street Fight.


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