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Judgment Day (2002) was the fourth annual Judgment Day professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was presented by 1-800-CALL-ATT, and took place on May 19, 2002, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. It featured talent from the Raw and SmackDown! brands. This event was the first pay-per-view to use the WWE name after the change from WWF, although promotional materials produced before May 5 still bore the WWF logo. The main match from SmackDown was a Singles match for the Undisputed WWE Championship featuring The Undertaker defeating Hollywood Hulk Hogan to win the championship. The main match from Raw was a Handicap match featuring Steve Austin defeating Ric Flair and The Big Show. The predominant match from SmackDown on the undercard was a Hell in a Cell match between Triple H and Chris Jericho, which Triple H won by pinfall following a Pedigree on the top of the cell. The other predominant from Raw was a singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship featuring Eddie Guerrero defeating Rob Van Dam to retain his championship. The other primary match on the undercard was a Hair vs. Hair match featuring Edge defeating Kurt Angle by using a small package. ==Background== The event featured nine professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or fan favorites as they followed a series of events which built tension, culminating in a wrestling match or series of matches. The main feud leading into Judgment Day 2002 on the Raw brand was between the Undisputed WWE Champion "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and The Undertaker. At Backlash The Undertaker defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin and became the number one contender to the championship, which Hogan won the same night. On the April 25 episode of ''SmackDown!'' Undertaker came to Smackdown in order to attack Triple H, prompting Hogan to run and save Triple H. On the next Raw, Hogan and Undertaker confronted as Hogan tried to attack Undertaker. However, later that night, during Hogan's match with William Regal, Undertaker attacked Hogan with Hogan's weight belt, busting him open. The next week, Hogan stole Undertaker's motorcycle and rode into the ring on it, and then tried to chase Undertaker with the motorcycle (Which didn't start). Later that night, Hogan destroyed the motorcycle with a truck. The next week, Undertaker attacked Hogan in the backstage, tied him into Hogan's motorcycle and dragged him all over the backstage. On that week's ''SmackDown!'', Hogan talked in front of the Montreal crowd, as Vince McMahon confronted him and Hogan attacked him. The main feud on the Smackdown! brand was between Chris Jericho and Triple H. On the April 25 ''SmackDown!'', Jericho defeated Triple H with Undertaker's help in order to get a title shot at Hulk Hogan the next week. The next week, Jericho managed to convince McMahon to make the match a No DQ match and to prevent Triple H from hitting Jericho. Jericho taunted Triple H later that night, but during the title match, the Undertaker's music hit. Undertaker didn't come to the ring and Hogan defeated Jericho. The next week, Vince made Jericho and five other wrestlers beat on Triple H, while booking Jericho and Triple H in a Hell in a Cell match. Jericho cost Triple H a match against Reverend D-Von later that night, making Triple H attack Jericho as he teamed up with Kurt Angle against Edge and Hulk Hogan. Vince McMahon then came to the ring and taunted Triple H, allowing Jericho to hit Triple H with the chair again. The next week, Jericho and Angle attacked Triple H and Edge, and defeated them in the main event. Another main feud from the Raw brand was Steve Austin against the Big Show and Ric Flair. At Backlash, Flair refereed the Austin-Undertaker #1 contenders match, and counted Austin without seeing he had his foot on the bottom rope. The next night, Flair told Austin that he made a mistake and booked Austin and Bradshaw against the nWo of Scott Hall and X-Pac, however, Bradshaw was attacked in the backstage. Flair put Big Show in the match as a replacement, but Big Show turned on Austin and joined the nWo, blaming Austin for him being left off Wrestlemania. The next week, while the Big Show was in India (And was revealed as the man who attacked Bradshaw), Flair refereed a tag team match between Hall and X-Pac and the team of Austin and Bradshaw. Austin won even though X-Pac's foot was on the bottom rope. Flair then booked himself in a six men tag match the next week, with Bradshaw and Austin against the nWo. The next week, however, Flair turned on Austin and booked himself and Big Show against Austin at Judgement Day. The next week, Austin cost Flair a title match against Hogan, making Flair booking Bradshaw against Big Show and X-Pac (Scott Hall was fired the week before) and booking Austin in a lumberjack match against a new nWo member. After the nWo defeated Bradshaw, Flair revealed Booker T as the new nWo member. Despite the entire lumberjack being heels, Austin defeated Booker but was attacked by the nWo and Flair after the match. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Judgment Day (2002)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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