Armageddon (2002)

Armageddon (2002) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held on December 15, 2002 at Office Depot Center in Sunrise, Florida. It was the third Armageddon event held by the WWE.

Armageddon (2002)
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand (s)	Raw SmackDown!
Sponsor	Lugz
Date	December 15, 2002
Venue	Office Depot Center
City	Sunrise, Florida
Pay-per-view chronology
Survivor Series (2002) Armageddon (2002) Royal Rumble (2003)
Armageddon chronology
Armageddon (2000) Armageddon (2002) Armageddon (2003)

The main match for the Raw brand saw Triple H defeat Shawn Michaels in a Three Stages of Hell match for the World Heavyweight Championship. The first match was a Street Fight, which Triple H won after performing a Pedigree on Michaels and pinning him. The second match was a Steel cage match, which Michaels was able to win by pinfall after he jumped off the top of the steel cage onto Triple H and through a table. The third and final match was a Ladder match, which Triple H won after he climbed up a ladder and grabbed the belt which was suspended above the ring.

The main event for SmackDown! saw Kurt Angle defeat The Big Show to retain his WWE Championship. Angle pinned Big Show after Brock Lesnar interfered. Another match that was on the undercard saw Chris Benoit defeat Eddie Guerrero in a submission match. Benoit made Guerrero tap out to the Crippler Crossface.

Matches

#	Matches	Stipulations	Times
1H	Jeff Hardy defeated D'Lo Brown	Singles match	4:56
2	Booker T and Goldust defeated Lance Storm and William Regal, The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley), and Chris Jericho and Christian (c)	Tag team elimination match for the World Tag Team Championship	16:43
3	Edge defeated A-Train by disqualification	Singles match	7:12
4	Chris Benoit defeated Eddie Guerrero by submission	Singles match	16:47
5	Batista (with Ric Flair) defeated Kane	Singles match	6:38
6	Victoria (c) defeated Trish Stratus and Jacqueline	Triple threat match for the WWE Women's Championship	4:28
7	Kurt Angle defeated Big Show (c) (with Paul Heyman)	Singles match for the WWE Championship	12:36
8	Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels (c) 2 falls to 1	Three Stages of Hell match for the World Heavyweight Championship	38:35
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match H – indicates that the match was shown before the pay-per-view on Sunday Night Heat

Tag Team elimination match

Elimination	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time
1	Bubba Ray Dudley	The Dudley Boyz	William Regal	Pinned after a roll-up	05:17
2	William Regal	Lance Storm and William Regal	Goldust	Pinned after a scoop powerslam	05:33
3	Chris Jericho	Chris Jericho and Christian (c)	Booker T	Pinned after a Book End	16:43
Winners:	Booker T and Goldust (New World Tag Team Champions)

Armageddon (2002) Media

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  Eddie Guerrero, who faced off against Chris Benoit

Other websites

• Official Armageddon 2002 website