10 WORST WWE Matches Of 2003

From Eric Bischoff vs. Shane McMahon at SummerSlam to Triple H vs. Scott Steiner at Royal Rumble, these are the 10 WORST WWE Matches Of 2003.
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[@flippineck2825]

Lita spoke about Stephanie in her book. Steph actually wanted to go into full wrestling training and be a credible ompetitor, but each time anything came up that put her in the ring, Vince nixed the idea and made it more angle than match. This was 2000-2001 and stephanie worked Lita & Trish, both decent enough matches for the time, and wanted more physical action. Stephanies "ring work" showed promise and her character was amazing. Vince mcmahon at play yet again.

[@pok3rfacReturns]

To be fair he just was doing with his father did. He kept Vince out of the ring too.

[@TheRealAhoy]

Crazy how you turned that into a Vince being an idiot thing lol. Oh internet, never change.

[@Pricklypeen]

​@@TheRealAhoyguy that came up with choking daughter with a lead pipe is not an idiot then?

[@bobdonda]

I think we'd have to know the full context to really know who is right. Stephanie was solid in the ring back then, she kept it simple and somewhat aggressive, nothing too fancy so she didn't screw anything up, and it worked. If Stephanie wanted real training to become a more frequent in ring competitor, Vince was wrong to do that. But if the "training" she wanted was to learn to do easily botchable high spots, then he might have been right to tell her to stick to the basics.

[@jamiewalsh9184]

Probably the right decison. If she had her way shed have had undertaker like streak. Look at shane lmao cant gibe spoiled little rich kids roles of " badasses " in their dads company

[@PhoenixNoKiseki]

Imagine if at the Rumble we got 2000 Triple H vs. 1994 Scott Steiner.

[@Squeakypickles619]

HHH would have gotten shown up

[@BringSomeNoise]

Hell, even 2000 HHH v 2000 Steiner would have been great

[@theharv1490]

Match-wise, HHH had a bad 2003. Kayfabe-wise, he had a good 2003 with his reign of terror

[@danpereyra2165]

The only great match he had that year was against Shawn Michaels, and it was in the last episode of RAW from that year.

[@rc0057]

Apart from the end, the match he had with booker t and mania was pretty good

[@hersheybarber1424]

Yeah, it was a weird year for him. He had the injury later in the year but mostly had to work with slow-moving ex-WCW guys. Booker was the standout but obviously, the poor outcome didn't help either.

[@kbhalacy]

​@@rc0057Booker should have gone over.

[@diongrey5033]

@@rc0057cool

[@JonathanFournier]

I was in the audience for for No Way Out 2003. Being part of the anti-Steiner chorus of boos is one of the few things I actually remember.

[@hhtptai]

Damn 2003 really was not Triple H's year.

[@1stCommentCop]

Or it was depending on your view on it.

[@benpezzot8805]

And don't forget the ending to the booker t match at wrestlemania 19

[@Deadguy2322forreal]

HGH is massively overrated.

[@user-dp6cw9po5k]

& Neither was it for Mr. McMahon!

[@Michael-cz6ob]

2003 will always be nostalgic for me. Since the late 90s me and my childhood best friend would have sleep overs almost evedy week and watch raw and smackdown each week and record the ppvs on vhs so we could rewatch them countless times. By late 2003 we was in year 7 and slowly going our seperate ways about things. After survivor series 2003 which we recorded I dont think we ever watched another ppv again after that since his love for wrestling was gone shortly after

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

2003 was the year Smackdown was A Show & Land of Opportunity while RAW was only Triple H show by hogging spotlights all the time

[@CB-ci5ys]

He was the heel (see Hulk Hogan NWO, Ric Flair NWA, Nick Bockwinkel or Larry Zbyszko AWA, or Jeff Jarrett TNA. All examples of someone getting the time for promos in wrestling or hogging the spotlight as you say. Also whom in Raw could have been a better person to hold the belt and the spotlight? RVD? Goldberg? Test? Booker T? Y2J? Oh, I know Goldust. Lol Just because you didn't like him being on top or maybe you are one of those that thinks that Vince/Stephanie kept him there to spite us. Everyone else LEFT Rock, Austin, Hogan, and the list goes on. He along with Taker carried WWE for years.

[@ShawnMcClurg]

Replace RAW for SmackDown and Triple H for Roman and that’s pretty much what it’s gonna be for the rest of this year lol

[@TheRealAhoy]

​​@@CB-ci5ys In the attitude era, Triple H was still relatively young into his career, and he pretty much gave himself tenure for life with his brilliant mentality for being professional. He still had a lot more left in the tank so why wouldn't he consolidate his continued growth? Triple H and his apparent reign of terror is widespread internet bullying, end of.

[@shady3legend]

This was HHH's longest title reign of his career, every great heel or babyface had a long title reign and this was his...Imagine if Booker T, RVD, Goldberg, Kane even HBK all became champion in 2003 then people would complain that the title was losing value/watered down.

[@hhtptai]

At least Tazz and Cole treated the Dawn/Torrie/Al storyline as seriously as they could. Unlike on Raw, they would have sensationalized the hell out of it and used it as titillation for Jerry Lawler.

[@joedavidson6556]

And what’s wrong with that??? Jerry wasn’t the only one titalized

[@triggatrell14]

From an entertainment perspective, not a problem at all. However, when speaking on driving storyline and overall narrative, it went off the rails quick, fast and in a hurry. Keep in mind, this was taking place while Smackdown was still being treated more as an extension of Raw and not its own entity. A ton of storyline suffered as a result.

[@nickwhalen3741]

Lawler looking back at it was absolute trash on the booth . He's like a Don Cherry

[@onuoraawesome7777]

2003 wasn't the best year for WWE, but I loved what Paul Heyman was doing.

[@zanethind]

Steiner goes for the mic and everything gets thrown out the window 😂😅

[@SuperNinjaAustin213]

Can Anyone Believe that 2003 was 20 years ago 😳

[@DJDoubleCee]

Vince vs. Stephanie was definitely the most disturbing match from that year. Watching Vince torture his daughter didn’t feel right.

[@donovanch462]

The funny thing is that Stephanie married HHH 6 days later thankfully neither didn’t get her during the match imagine the wedding otherwise

[@LucotIC.]

Thats Vince McMahon for you. He is insane.

[@ubuk-5676]

dont be soft

[@CrankingItWithJeffToobin]

That match always gets me hard

[@pauliewalnuts829]

I think it's hilarious. Because of the absurdity.

[@MrBeardsley]

I know “WWE ruined Goldberg” is the conventional wisdom, but WCW had already done that. Think about it, they took a guy who couldn’t work anything but five minute squashes and had zero mic skills, then said “let’s make him one of our top guys.” Then they not only gave him an undefeated streak, they started putting titles on him! Like, how do you book a guy who can basically only do one thing as your number one guy? Turns out the answer is to dress Scott Hall up as a security guard and give him a cattle prod.

[@pauliewalnuts829]

I remember 2003 but I still have no memory of Triple H vs Goldberg at Survivor Series. Apparently I didn't miss anything.

[@themadkingatmey]

Seems like the recurring theme of this year's bad matches was either Triple H matches or bad matches between non-wrestlers

[@user-fp1vy6vy9w]

In my opinion Scott vs. HHH at No Way Out not bad. At Royal Rumble is wrose....

[@matthill3293]

Shane Vs Bischoff?! Literally one of my favourite ever matches ever with my absolute favourite heel turn ever. Coach's heel turn was genuinely shocking!! I will not accept this match on this list!

[@TheBuddha337]

Aside from Shane's punches. I've always enjoyed Shane in the ring, I'd consider him a sports entertainer. Rather than a wrestler, you could always expect a crazy spot from him.

[@Ripster99Eliot]

Did you guys know the sound you use after Adam says "Join us" is the same on Bluetooth Microphones

[@jurisfootrag]

Love the video, guys; was in middle school for all of these 😂

[@AkiraSO4]

legit surprised Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler vs Al Snow and Jonathan Coachman at Unforgiven didn't make the list

[@Mattd100]

Having just watched that match on DVD, I'd agree if it wasn't for King and Snow carrying the bulk of the match.

[@redrc9771]

Not only Eric kisses both the McMahon women (*luck*y... get it because the McMahon comes from an Irish famil- I'll stop) but Vince fought both of his kids. What a strange world we live in

[@TheMOMO11496]

And his son in law

[@unholyperiodza5442]

No Triple H vs Booker T at Wrestlemania XIX? That 3 minute ending pin was the worst it ruined everything.

[@Kalel2.0]

The match was good tho it's the result that stank up the place

[@Matthew6248]

Feel bad for those who ordered the 2003 Royal rumble PPV not only did they had to suffer through Torrie vs Dawn (Though Cole and Tazz treated the storyline as seriously as they could) but they also had to watch Triple H vs "Beat Em Up" Scotty Steiner. At least it has (Redacted) vs Kurt Angle

[@arvindshastry6434]

(Redacted) vs Kurt Angle is definitely worth it tho, it's like one of the technical wrestling match of all time.

[@Blazers04]

We needed some Steiner math sometime in his program with Triple H

[@Tsunami_Symon]

2003 was a really bad year for RAW Scott Steiner, Booker T, and Goldberg got absolutely buried, especially that moment with Triple H Booker T *Guy's like you don't get to be a world champion* SmackDown on the other hand had the higher ratings than RAW.

[@CB-ci5ys]

Paul Heyman was writing it SO DUH.

[@melanineyedoc]

Two words - Paul Heyman.

[@musicalcacti]

8:59 there is a man hiding in Scott Steiners arm

[@daltonpinell6251]

I am SHOCKED Triple H vs. Booker T at Wrestlemania XIX didn't make the list

[@tedwyn6964]

Tbf apart from the ending the match itself wasn’t actually bad, especially compared to all these

[@AkiraSO4]

good match but shit finish

[@Kalel2.0]

The result was bad but the match was actually very good

[@Bk26342]

2003 was the year I started watching wrestling like every week. All started the Sunday night heat before wrestlemania. We were too broke to order ppvs and I wanted to see it after watching heat. I was hooked from there!

[@CB-ci5ys]

The BEST/FUNNIEST thing about Vince vs. Stephanie's match was that the next Saturday was her WEDDING DAY!!!! Vince was told by Shane and Linda that it would be his ASS if he left a single mark on Steph. After the match he got into the back and told Linda "She doesn't have a mark on her." The storyline was a good storyline she is a good GM but not the type that Vince expected her to be (we got this when the Authority was around). Silly Adam always talking out of your bum.

[@CallumDickson666]

2003 was the year I got into wrestling and I cannot agree with this list more. Maybe Id change the ordering but you literally mentioned every bad match I remember in my formative year of wrestling

[@Zombiekilleryamato]

Pipper vs hogan was also over done in WCW

[@KyrinChase]

No Mercy 2003 was first WWE Show I'd ever been to. I was 3 Years Old at the time. 20 Years Later, I'm 23 years old and I still remember watching a Vince vs Stephanie live

[@VileSyndicxte]

Dang. I hope you're okay.😄

[@MrMegaManFan]

This era of WWE was so bad I started buying TNA pay per views. I mean you can't get much worse than that. They drove me to TNA.

[@MudSluggerBP]

Rowdy Roddy Piper was 49 in that match only 3 yrs older than A J Styles and the same age as Edge 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@tyrone5969]

Yeah, Piper’s also from an era where taking care of your health was a sign of weakness and not being strung out or drunk 20 hours a day made you the odd man out. Edge and AJ Styles have actually focused on their wellbeing and maintaining their bodies. Which, ironically, Piper’s generation mocks younger performers for and complains about. AJ Styles is in better shape at 46 years old than Piper was at 36. Hell, probably better shape than Piper was in at 26.

[@MudSluggerBP]

@@tyrone5969 that’s the point I was trying to make, it’s amazing how much better health athletes stay in these days 👍🏻

[@jasontodd1896]

@@tyrone5969 Aj and edge used roids to get that way. Roddy just stopped caring . Nothing to do with bolder generation. I rather watch older wrestling than current. New wrestling is soft and pc as fkkk. So take ur soy boy as$ somewhere

[@jasontodd1896]

@@tyrone5969 not true

[@killboggins]

Scott Steiner was awful. I never got the hype. His matches against hhh were awful. And what was with the pro war crap

[@zanethind]

I loved that bar brawl match 😂😅

[@user-tq9mn9df9e]

Nice work, lads.

[@KingTruffles]

2003 will probably always be my favorite year in WWE, solely because of HCTP

[@rhedosaurus2251]

Maybe it's just me, but I consider the Ruthless Aggression era to be an 'evolved' version of the Attitude Era. IE Better matches, better writing, and better sets.

[@gavinpower2020]

Vince vs Stephanie was a "its so absurd its funny" match whereas the steiner-hhh matches were just dull

[@matthewgoodhart3268]

Damn you did Scott Steiner dirty 😂😂😂

[@yujiro424]

The bar fight was great.

[@thecodester6669]

Just watched hhh Scott. Crowd turned on the match. Fun build though.

[@FlyingExplorer2022]

U missed it here, Mr America is definitely not Hulk Hogan it is proved in the lie detector test

[@Samboy1135]

20 years ago btw

[@randisallah]

Can't remember the exact timeline, but looking back was the Vince vs Stephanie match after the "alleged" storyline where he fathered her baby and she said "Er... No Dad, that's disgusting". Just a thought. Could be a bit of punishment on Vince's part and teach his, so called, daughter a very, very sick lesson on what happens when you say "No" to "Daddy"...???

[@michaelsinger4638]

Triple H made Raw borderline unwatchable with his Reign of Terror. It was SO BORING!! Luckily Smackdown was very cool around that time. Seeing Vince booking himself with women young enough to be his daughter, is even more creepy given what we know about him these days.

[@theharv1490]

Raw is pretty unwatchable right now as well except for Cody and maybe the Judgement Day

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

That & it still unwatchable along with Smackdown as well with roman holding titles hostage

[@jdkenada]

Take vs. A-Train & Show should replace the bar fight. The bar fight was a 4.5 minute bathroom break for most people. The handicap match was a painful 15 minutes.

[@nateh254]

If you did a 10 worst AEW matches they’d all be Jade Cargill 😂😂😂

[@CB-ci5ys]

Can't forget the exploding ring match!!!

[@unholyperiodza5442]

Thunder Rosa as well

[@nateh254]

@@CB-ci5ys ok yeah, that one and then 9 jade matches 🤣

[@skeetervalentine2471]

And Marina Shafir.

[@Vikdeb25502]

​@@CB-ci5ysthat was never a bad match it was a terrible ending of a fairly good match. Bad match was Jericho v Kingston barbwire mathm

[@Sunprism]

Vince once pitched an inc*st storyline between himself and Stephanie To Stephanie...after she gracefully turned it down, he asked it it would be better if it was with her and Shane instead

[@marvelsProtege]

The last one made me 😢it was one of the worst fights ever

[@thespanner5046]

Really starting to clutch at straws for content now. It’s only a matter of time until It’s Top 10 WWE house show attendances or most clotheslines in a match. KZbin Wrestling channels have reached saturation point.

[@tyrone5969]

Watch Other Channels. What is it with people watching content just to bitch about it? Does it please you? Make you feel smarter? Stimulate you sexually? I genuinely don’t get it. If I don’t like the content a channel or creator makes I simply stop watching it. It’s literally that easy.

[@Mazalara]

Bruh that APA Bar Brawl was GOLD🔥🔥🔥 FYM?

[@logankerr8090]

so how far back are we going with these lists? 1985??

[@logankerr8090]

also da hell you talking bout Bar room Brawl being on this list? that was easily a fun quick match. shouldn't be on here imo

[@smitty8680]

Was the Vince Vs. Steph match actually that bad? Brian Zayne seemed to think it was alright.

[@MTLoveridge]

Dawn and Torrie was one of the worst storylines of the decade. Bad taste, poor acting, idiotic ideas and HORRIBLE matches.

[@benespinosa6725]

Stephanie McMahon Vs Sable @ Vengeance 2003 and Torrie Wilson Vs Dawn Marie Royal Rumble 2003 were awesome matches that Era of Women's wrestling is iconic Triple H Vs Kevin nash inside Hell in a cell @ Bad Blood 2003 was awesome it was better than their Match at judgment day 2003 the only highlight of Triple H Vs Scott Steiner Royal Rumble 2003 was the promo package before the match and the fatal 4-way women's title match @ Judgement Day 2003 was amazing

[@tyrone5969]

The women’s wrestling was iconic? That’s gotta be sarcasm, right?

[@benespinosa6725]

​@Tyrone nope I'm deadly serious

[@GoodNyew]

Great timing on the video right after Britt Baker put out her woman beater shirt for sale

[@jackchew6021]

I wonder why there’s so many of these featuring Triple H 🤔

[@SomeDumbKid1]

APA Bradshaw with JBL hair is cursed

[@theguichardsadventures3720]

Hulk was mr america? I had no idea 😮

[@Sadtbhere]

Lets go 1973 is near

[@thechamp3875]

Put some respect on the bar fight so what it didn’t make sense it was fun as hell

[@donovanbradford8231]

I loved the APA Inventional good dumb fun.

[@VileSyndicxte]

Angle vs. Benoit saved the entire PPV. One of my favorite matches- PERIOD. Steiner vs. Triple H?... My friends and I were just kids like, "Ugh. This fcvk!ng sucks."

[@mohammadhamzashahid7154]

Amazing how much matches involve Triple h and McMahon Family

[@Brown87]

The reason why WWE put Goldberg in longer matches and "exposed his weaknesses" was to SHOW EVERYONE how inferior WCW talents were in comparison to even the most average members of the WWE roster 😄

[@moopert86]

Mr. America... Taking an angle done well in the territories and using all the sublety of a sledgehammer to the face. it's not like Hogan just changing the colors of his feather boas to red white and blue wasn't enough, he had to lift up his mask and wink at the camera.

[@gz1066]

Im sure the Vince/Steph match was super over in the arena. The crowd was really behind Steph.

[@RKOApexPredator]

Trish and Sable didn't deserve to be in such perverted storylines with Vince and Shane vs Eric was so bad

[@Lee82420]

1:50 middle finger in bottom left corner, it's back & to the left from the crowded corner

[@dannybursace9151]

I always thought Steiner then looked so muscular he looked odd like a cartoon & harmless

[@aidankelly1237]

That person doing the voice over sounds like he would look like Mr bean

[@TheRealAhoy]

Why wouldn't they put Goldberg in longer matches? Obviously, when they signed him, both parties would have looked for a good relationship. Vince was looking for a guy he could depend on, not someone who needed several things to make stuff easy for him.

[@Vikdeb25502]

I kind of agree with you. Goldberg had 7 years of wrestling experience with him. He should have learnt how to put together a match but no. He never liked wrestling any way. So I never cared about HHH burying Bill.

[@armnhc84]

Dude, Bischoff vs Shane was great stupid fun! Coach’s heel turn which subsequently resulted in Stone Cold stomping a colossal mud hole in him. JR and King were great too! This match shouldn’t be on this list.

[@chozin1976]

Did Scott Steiner have an undisclosed injury because he totally stopped being athletic when it came to his in ring performance

[@jasontodd1896]

Steiner was hurt the whole time in both matches

[@omarvazquez3355]

Can you please do the top 10 best matches of every year!? ❤

[@hhtptai]

I'm sure they will once they finish this series. I wonder if it will end in 1995.

[@ianmurphy9955]

Number 1, but Vince is a 'genius' right

[@hollowfox]

adam pacitti, ACKNOWLEDGE ME!

[@maxxxxx6511]

Yesss!! Keep it going pls

[@stoozdee]

1:49 s/o to the guy in the lower right corner

[@smeqwack7337]

2003 off-cycle HHH was some bad shit

[@Kyle-gi2jb]

And that is why HHH is not as good as Bret Hart or Shawn Michaels. He couldn't carry Kevin Nash to a good match. 🎉

[@SC2DM]

Nascar

[@dereckcarlson7092]

20 years I have managed to completely erase this time in wwe from memory tell now lol. They have toped this in the last 7 to 10 years.

[@trevonburtch4014]

Disagree with 9, it was fun for what it was.

[@yadielenielbellecolon982]

Thank For The Video 🙊🤯🥰💕💞💗

[@keyesy9]

Top shelf

[@noobsaibot8844]

Will Undertaker vs Hulk Hogan at Judgment Day 2002 be on the 'worst matches of 2002 list?

[@AndrewCARNBORN]

10:48 why Vince got bigger honkers

[@AshBloodfire]

It's funny. Scott Steiner throws out endless suplexes and he gets "Worst Match of The Year" talk. Brock Lesnar does it and he gets a gimmick and a bunch of T-Shirts. Maybe Steiner should have yelled "SUPLEX WORLD, WHORE!"

[@donovanbradford8231]

Triple H vs Scott Steiner at the Royal Rumble is why I just don't buy into WWE burying WCW guys because in this match the crowd clearly turns on Steiner. Freakzilla came in like a house on fire and made Triple H look scared, the man was built up like a champion only to be felled by his decreased ability to preform at a high level. And for those wondering why they did a take two be a planned angle was Steiner ti challenge Triple H at the Royal Rumble and dominate The Game so badly that he would create Evolution stave off Steiner. The two would meet at No Way Out and Evolution would interfere enough that Triple H would retain. Steiner would damned one more title shot at Wrestlemania and Triple H would demand Steiner put his career on the line only for Steiner to come out victorious. If the last part sounded familiar it was recycled for Triple H vs Goldberg. But because Steiner and Triple H was so bad they subbed Steiner out for Booker T at Mania hence the 5 time WCW champion not doing too much in the fued let alone winning the match because he wasn't designed to be in the plans originally.

[@jasontodd1896]

Hey wwe fanboy. Steiner was injured in both matches hence the reason for the bad matches. Wwe buried so many wcw and ecw guys. Look at what happened to sting

[@heresjohnny4836]

2:09 wow the wording could of used a bit of tweaking there

[@lilpoetat]

Thanks 😊

[@dylanogg347]

08:01: Sad for Piper. Typical for Terrible Terry.

[@dmercy8477]

At least Vince ended getting his own karma though a month later when Undertaker destroyed him at Survivor Series. That Stephanie match was horribly hard to watch and it was all to write Stephanie off for her and Triple H’s wedding. Overall, This year was pretty average . It was very bad for Raw but Great for Smackdown. Triple H really had a bad year in 03.

[@youngboss87]

Where’s Vince vs Zack Gowwin?

[@MudSluggerBP]

Hey don’t diss the Kiss Demon 🤟🏻

[@Kevin-dn8ti]

98-05 vince was on sum shit with those stories😂 it got no better after 05 but from 98-05 that was peak Vince wtf decisions 🤣🤣

[@showtime9508]

2002: Triple h vs jericho Bradshaw and tris vs gayda and nowitzki Triple h vs undertaker

[@Kalel2.0]

Triple H vs Jericho at WM X8 was a very good match but the positioning and story hurt the match