10 Best WWE Matches of the Year 2003
The wrestling year of 2003 for WWE was generally well received by fans. Like most years, ratings began to take a sharp decline, but the wrestling itself remained top notch.
Not everything was perfect in 2003 WWE. Stone Cold Steve Austin wrestled for the final time, The Rock barely wrestled at all, Scott Steiner had a miserable run, Goldberg joined WWE but the majority of his performances were uninspiring, and Triple H was dealing with nagging injuries for a large portion of the year, so wrestling/entertainment wise, he had pretty much the worst year of his career and refused to put over should be main event players like Booker T and Rob Van Dam.
Despite all that that, RAW still had a fair share of solid matches and storylines, while SmackDown was generally on fire. Both shows delivered on great matches and pay-per-view matches were also off the charts. And that brings me to what I feel are the top 10 best WWE matches of the year 2003.
#10 Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels - RAW, December 29
Taking place in Shawn Michaels home of San Antonio, Texas, Shawn Michaels reignited his feud with then former best friend Triple H, as he challenged him for the World Heavyweight Championship.
There was a funny irony heading into this one. You see 2003 was a difficult year for Triple H. Despite being the World Heavyweight Champion for the majority of the year, he also spent most of it dealing with nagging injuries that, although were not serious enough for him to take time off, did hinder his performances.
Most of his matches ranged from mediocre to just about entertaining, but the one exception was this match with Shawn Michaels, which would turn out to be one of the best matches of the year. The irony is that this happened on the very last episode of RAW of the entire year. It took The Game that long to give us a performance that he should have been giving regularly.
The match was excellent, Shawn gave one of his best performances of the year and as mentioned , Triple H gave his best. They went back and forth all match, counter after counter, finishing moves and more. Shawn Michaels pinned Triple H to win the match, but interim referee Eric Bischoff awarded the title to Triple H, ruling it out as a double pin-fall.