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2003 - WWE taped the April 10 SmackDown! and April 12 Velocity at Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois. SmackDown! got a 3.2 rating on UPN and Velocity got a 1.1 on TNN. The results were:
Dark matches:
- Sean O'Haire defeated
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- Chris Kanyon defeated Tyson Dux.
Velocity:
- A-Train defeated Chad Collyer.
- Tajiri defeated Shannon Moore.
- The F.B.I. (Nunzio, Chuck Palumbo and Johnny Stamboli) defeated Funaki and Los Guerreros (Chavo and Eddie).
SmackDown!:
- WWE Champion Brock Lesnar pinned WWE Cruiserweight Champion Matt Hardy (with Shannon Moore) after the F5.
- Brian Kendrick and Torrie Wilson defeated Jamie Noble and Nidia, when Torrie pinned Nidia after a DDT.
- Chris Benoit pinned Rhyno with a backslide in a WWE Title #1 contender's tournament semifinal match.
- Rey Mysterio and Tajiri defeated WWE Tag Team Champions Team Angle (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas), when Mysterio pinned Haas after a springboard legdrop.
- Nathan Jones, making his WWE in-ring debut, pinned Bill DeMott after a kick to the head.
- In the other WWE Title #1 contender's tournament semifinal match, John Cena pinned The Undertaker after the F.B.I. interfered and hitting Undertaker with a chair several times.
- The show also included the first Piper's Pit to be held since WrestleMania V, with the guest being Vince McMahon. The segment was interrupted by Rikishi, who came to the ring with a coconut and tried to hit Piper with it, as payback for Piper hitting Jimmy Snuka with a coconut on a 1984 edition of Piper's Pit. Before Rikishi could do so, he was attacked by Piper's "protégé" Sean O'Haire, with Piper hitting Rikishi with the coconut. This was Piper's first appearance in WWE since his WrestleMania XII match with Goldust in 1996.
2003 - WWE taped the April 10 SmackDown! and April 12 Velocity at Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois. SmackDown! got a 3.2 rating on UPN and Velocity got a 1.1 on TNN. The results were:
Dark matches:
- Sean O'Haire defeated
.- Chris Kanyon defeated Tyson Dux.
Velocity:
- A-Train defeated Chad Collyer.
- Tajiri defeated Shannon Moore.
- The F.B.I. (Nunzio, Chuck Palumbo and Johnny Stamboli) defeated Funaki and Los Guerreros (Chavo and Eddie).
SmackDown!:
- WWE Champion Brock Lesnar pinned WWE Cruiserweight Champion Matt Hardy (with Shannon Moore) after the F5.
- Brian Kendrick and Torrie Wilson defeated Jamie Noble and Nidia, when Torrie pinned Nidia after a DDT.
- Chris Benoit pinned Rhyno with a backslide in a WWE Title #1 contender's tournament semifinal match.
- Rey Mysterio and Tajiri defeated WWE Tag Team Champions Team Angle (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas), when Mysterio pinned Haas after a springboard legdrop.
- Nathan Jones, making his WWE in-ring debut, pinned Bill DeMott after a kick to the head.
- In the other WWE Title #1 contender's tournament semifinal match, John Cena pinned The Undertaker after the F.B.I. interfered and hitting Undertaker with a chair several times.
- The show also included the first Piper's Pit to be held since WrestleMania V, with the guest being Vince McMahon. The segment was interrupted by Rikishi, who came to the ring with a coconut and tried to hit Piper with it, as payback for Piper hitting Jimmy Snuka with a coconut on a 1984 edition of Piper's Pit. Before Rikishi could do so, he was attacked by Piper's "protégé" Sean O'Haire, with Piper hitting Rikishi with the coconut. This was Piper's first appearance in WWE since his WrestleMania XII match with Goldust in 1996.