Unforgiven 2002
Promotion	WWE
Date	September 22, 2002
Venue	Staples Center
City	Los Angeles, California
Attendance	16,000
Last Event	SummerSlam
Next Event	No Mercy

Unforgiven 2002 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) that took place on September 22, 2002, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. It was the fifth annual WWE Unforgiven event and featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown! brands.

EVENT HISTORY

IMAGES

Eight professional wrestling matches were scheduled for the event—which featured a supercard, a scheduling of more than one main bout. The first match from the SmackDown! brand featured WWE Champion Brock Lesnar fighting The Undertaker to retain the title after both men were disqualified. After the match, The Undertaker continued to attack Lesnar, throwing him through the wall of a set. The second match from the Raw brand featured World Heavyweight Champion Triple H defeating Rob Van Dam to retain the title. Four matches were featured on the undercard. The first was a singles match where Chris Benoit defeated Kurt Angle. The next was between Trish Stratus and WWE Women's Champion Molly Holly, where Stratus won and captured the title. The third was a singles match between Eddie Guerrero and Edge, in which Guerrero won. The final featured undercard match had WWE Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho defeating Ric Flair to retain the title.

Background

The event featured nine professional wrestling matches, with outcomes predetermined by WWE script writers. The matches featured wrestlers portraying their characters in planned storylines that took place before, during and after the event. All wrestlers were from one of the WWE's brands--SmackDown or Raw--the two storyline divisions in which WWE assigned its employees.

Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Sunday Night Heat Match:Rey Mysterio defeated Chavo Guerrero (8:58)
• Kane, Goldust, Booker T & Bubba Ray Dudley defeated The Un-Americans (Lance Storm, Christian, William Regal & Test) (9:59)
• Chris Jericho (c) defeated Ric Flair to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship (6:16)
• Eddie Guerrero defeated Edge (11:55)
• 3-Minute Warning (Rosey & Jamal) (w/ Rico) defeated Billy and Chuck (Billy Gunn & Chuck Palumbo (6:38)
• Triple H (c) defeated Rob Van Dam to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (18:17)
• Trish Stratus defeated Molly Holly (c) to win the WWE Women's Championship (5:46)
• Chris Benoit defeated Kurt Angle (13:55)
• Brock Lesnar (c) (w/ Paul Heyman fought The Undertaker to a double disqualification for the WWE Championship (20:27)

Other on-screen talent

Commentators Jerry Lawler Jim Ross Michael Cole Tazz Interviewers Jonathan Coachman Ring announcer Howard Finkel Tony Chimel

Referees Nick Patrick Charles Robinson Jimmy Korderas Chad Patton Earl Hebner Jack Doan Mike Chioda

Also See

• List of WWE pay-per-view events
• WWE Event History
• Unforgiven

DVD release

• Unforgiven 2002 on DVD

External links

• Unforgiven 2002 Offical Website
• Unforgiven 2002 at CAGEMATCH.net
• Unforgiven 2002 at Online World of Wrestling

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2002 World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-views
Royal Rumble • No Way Out • WrestleMania • Backlash • Insurrextion • Judgment Day • King of the Ring • Vengeance • SummerSlam • Unforgiven • No Mercy • Rebellion • Survivor Series • Armageddon

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