

Afterwards, Lesnar broke The Undertaker's hand with a propane tank. On the October 3 episode of SmackDown!, Hardy defeated The Undertaker in a Falls Count Anywhere match after Lesnar interfered and hit an F-5 on The Undertaker. After the match, Lesnar attacked The Undertaker with the WWE title belt. On the September 26 episode of SmackDown!, The Undertaker defeated Matt Hardy, who had interfered in Lesnar and The Undertaker's match at Unforgiven. The match resulted in a no contest after the referee was attacked by brawling Lesnar and The Undertaker. At Unforgiven, Lesnar defended the title against The Undertaker in a single match. The main rivalry from the SmackDown! brand was between Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker over the WWE Championship. The Undertaker challenged Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship in a Hell in a Cell match at the event All wrestlers were from either one of the WWE's brands – SmackDown! or Raw – the two storyline divisions in which WWE assigned its employees.
#WWE RAW 2002 ARENA PROFESSIONAL#
The event featured nine professional wrestling matches with outcomes predetermined by WWE The matches featured wrestlers portraying their characters in planned storylines that took place before, during and after the event. The 2002 event in turn featured wrestlers from both brands, but the following year's event was produced exclusively for SmackDown. It was also the first No Mercy to be held after the introduction of the brand extension in March, in which the promotion divided its roster between the Raw and SmackDown! brands where wrestlers exclusively performed. It was also the first No Mercy held under the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) name as the promotion was renamed from WWF to WWE in May. The 2002 event was the fifth event under the No Mercy name and was held on October 20 at the Alltel Arena, now known as Simmons Bank Arena, in North Little Rock, Arkansas. This second event established No Mercy as the annual October PPV for the promotion.

A second No Mercy was then held later that same year on October 17, but in the United States. No Mercy was first held by the then- World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) as a United Kingdom-exclusive pay-per-view (PPV) in May 1999. Other matches included Trish Stratus versus Victoria for the WWE Women's Championship, Jamie Noble versus Tajiri for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, Rob Van Dam versus Ric Flair, Torrie Wilson versus Dawn Marie, and Chris Jericho and Christian versus Booker T and Goldust for the World Tag Team Championship. The undercard featured Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit versus Edge and Rey Mysterio to determine the inaugural WWE Tag Team Champions. The main event from the Raw brand was a title unification match, where World Heavyweight Champion Triple H defeated WWE Intercontinental Champion Kane to unify the Intercontinental Championship into the World Heavyweight Championship. The main event from the SmackDown! brand featured WWE Champion Brock Lesnar defeat The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match to retain the title. To date, it is the only WWE pay-per-view event ever held in the state of Arkansas. It was the first No Mercy held following the introduction of the brand extension, as well as the first No Mercy held under the WWE name after the promotion was renamed from World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in May. It was the fifth event under the No Mercy chronology and featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions. It took place on October 20, 2002, at the Alltel Arena, now known as Simmons Bank Arena, in North Little Rock, Arkansas. No Mercy was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
