Royal Rumble (2003) was the sixteenth annual Royal Rumble PPV. It was presented by PlayStation and took place on January 19, 2003 at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts. As has been customary since 1993, the Royal Rumble match winner received a match at that year's WrestleMania, for his choice at either the WWE Championship or the World Heavyweight Championship. Six professional wrestling matches were featured at the event. The main event was the annual 30-man Royal Rumble match, which featured wrestlers from both brands. The primary match on the Raw brand was Triple H versus Scott Steiner for the World Heavyweight Championship. The predominant match on the SmackDown! brand was between Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit for the WWE Championship. The featured match on the undercard was a Royal Rumble qualification match between Brock Lesnar and The Big Show.
Kurt Angle
Chris Benoit
Paul Lévesque
Scott Rechsteiner
Mark Calaway
Brock Lesnar
Torrie Wilson
Dawn Marie Psaltis
Mark LoMonaco
Devon Hughes
Darren Matthews
Lance Evers
Paul Wight
Paul Heyman
Michael Hickenbottom
Chris Irvine
Óscar Gutiérrez
Adam Copeland
Jason Reso
Chavo Guerrero Jr.
Yoshihiro Tajiri
Tom Laughlin
Barry Buchanan
Rob Szatkowski
Glenn Jacobs
Matthew Hardy
Eddie Guerrero
Jeff Hardy
Matt Anoa'i
Andrew Martin
John Cena
Solofa Fatu Jr.
Edward Fatu
Booker Huffman, Jr.
Maven Huffman
Matt Bloom
Dustin Runnels
Dave Bautista
Shelton Benjamin
Charles Haas
Ric Flair
Tony Chimel
Peter Senerchia
Michael Coulthard
Terri Runnels
Jim Ross
Jerry Lawler
Howard Finkel
Sean Morley
Eric Bischoff
Randy Orton
Stephanie McMahon
Robert Remus
Christopher Nowinski
Bill DeMott
Shannon Moore
Rico Constantino
Stacy Keibler