Global warning tour wwe

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WWE Global Warning Tour was a World Wrestling Entertainment (Federeation) PPV held at Colonial Stadium (now known as Telsta Dome), in Melbourne, Australia on August 10 2002. It was the WWE/F's first visit to Australia in over 16 years the last being 1986.It set a new attendance record for Colonial Stadium which was announced by Michael Cole at somewhere near 56,700. Since this event the WWE has made it out to Australia atleast once a year for various tours including, Wrestlemania revenge tours and various other ones.

[edit] MATCHES

Rikishi def. Rico in a "kiss my ass" competition.

Mark Henry and Randy Orton defeated Batista and Devon via pinfall.

Jamie Noble (C) w/ Nidia defeated The Hurricane via pinfall to retain the cruiserweight title.

Tough Enough Match: Chavo Guerrero and Hardcore Holly (w/Maven in their corner) defeated Billy and Chuck via pinfall.

Kurt Angle defeated Test via pinfall.

(20 minute break then Michael Cole was introduced and thanked the crowd for setting a new attendance record for the venue.)

Christian and Lance Storm (C) defeated Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio via pinfall to retain.

Edge defeated Y2J via pinfall.

Torrie defeated Stacey in the "Bra and Panties" Match. The Big Valbowski was adjudicator.

Main Event : The Rock (C) vs HHH vs Lesner. The Rock retained the WWE Heavyweight Championship via pinfall over HHH.

The DVD was released on November 5, 2002 and it runs for 180 minutes. It includes:

Triple-Threat Match The Rock (C) vs HHH vs Lesner

Bra and Panties Match Stacy Keibler Vs. Torrie Wilson

Edge Vs. Chris Jericho

Tag Team Championship Lance Storm & Christian VS Billy Kidman & Rey Mysterio

Cruiserweight Title Jamie Noble VS The Hurricane

Kiss My Ass Match Rikishi VS Rico

Extras: Tour Recap, The Aftermath, The Rock after the Triple-Threat Match, 3 Classic matches from the 1986 Australian Tour

[edit] Trivia

Hulk Hogan was originally meant to appear in the main event instead of Brock Lesnar but pulled out of the event days before.

Until WWE 24/7 was introduced, fans in the United States of America had never had access to this pay-per-view.

When this event was released on DVD and VHS in the year 2002, three matches were not included in it: Henry/Orton vs. D-Von/Batista, Holly/Chavo vs. Billy/Chuck, and Angle vs. Test.