Line #3 Wrestling/Vengeance


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3	Vengeance is a {{professional wrestling}} pay-per-view event produced by Wrestling/{{WWE}}. The event was first held in December 2001, replacing ''Wrestling/{{Armageddon\|WWE}}'' for that year [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents due to the possible insensitivity of the latter's name with respect to]] [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror the 9/11 tragedy]]. In 2002, ''Vengeance'' replaced ''[=WWF=] Fully Loaded'''s schedule date, making it an annual event in July and featured the ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]]'' and ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackdown SmackDown!]]'' brands. The event was made exclusive to the ''[=SmackDown=]!'' brand in 2003 and then was made exclusive to the Raw brand in 2004. In 2005, the event was moved to June, switching schedules with ''Wrestling/TheGreatAmericanBash''. In 2007, after ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania 23]]'', all PPV events became tri-branded, and ''Vengeance'' was promoted as ''Night of Champions'' which featured all WWE titles being defended.
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5	In 2008, the event dropped the ''Vengeance'' name and is now named ''Night of Champions'', later moving to September in 2010. After tentatively scheduling ''Night of Champions'' in 2011, the October-held ''Bragging Rights'' was cancelled, being replaced by the event once again under the ''Vengeance'' name.
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7	In February 2021, WWE revived Vengeance for the NXT brand as a [=TakeOver=] event called Vengeance Day, which was the first and only Vengeance to air on the WWE Network in addition to traditional PPV. The name was also a reference to its Valentine's Day scheduling. The [=TakeOver=] series was discontinued that September, however, Vengeance continued on under the Vengeance Day name with the 2022 event being held as a special episode of NXT 2.0. This established Vengeance Day as NXT's annual Valentine's event.
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9	!!Vengeance contains examples of:
10	* TheBadGuyWins:
11	** 2001: Wrestling/ChrisJericho defeated [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] and then Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to become the first ever WWF Undisputed Champion after Wrestling/BookerT interfered.
12	** 2002: The Un-Americans (Wrestling/{{Christian}} and Wrestling/LanceStorm) defeated Wrestling/HulkHogan and Wrestling/{{Edge\|Wrestler}} for the WWE World Tag Team Titles.
13	** 2003: Jamie Noble defeated Wrestling/BillyGunn, Wrestling/EddieGuerrero defeated Wrestling/ChrisBenoit to claim the reinstated U.S title, Wrestling/TheWorldsGreatestTagTeam defeated Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio\|Jr}} and Wrestling/BillyKidman, Wrestling/{{Sable}} defeated Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon, and Wrestling/VinceMcMahon defeated Zac Gowen.
14	** 2004: Wrestling/{{Batista}} defeated Wrestling/ChrisJericho.
15	** 2005: Wrestling/{{Carlito\|Colon}} defeated Shelton Benjamin to retain the Intercontinental title.
16	** 2006: Wrestling/RandyOrton defeated Wrestling/KurtAngle in what turned out to be the latter's final PPV match in his original WWE run, Wrestling/{{Umaga}} defeated [[Wrestling/NickDinsmore Eugene]], [[Wrestling/JohnMorrison Johnny Nitro]] defeated Shelton Benjamin, and Wrestling/{{Carlito\|Colon}} to win the Intercontinental Title, and [[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Impostor Kane]] defeated Wrestling/{{Kane}}.
17	** 2007: Wrestling/{{Chavo Guerrero\|Jr}} defeated Wrestling/JimmyWangYang to retain the Cruiserweight title, [[Wrestling/JohnMorrison Johnny Nitro]] defeated Wrestling/CMPunk to win the vacant ECW World title, Wrestling/{{MVP}} defeated Wrestling/RicFlair to retain the U.S. title, Deuce and Domino defeated Wrestling/JimmySnuka and Wrestling/RoddyPiper to retain the WWE Tag Team title, Wrestling/{{Edge\|Wrestler}} defeated Wrestling/{{Batista}} (by count-out) to retain the World Heavyweight title.
18	** 2011: Wrestling/TheMiz and [[Wrestling/RonKillings R-Truth]] defeated Wrestling/CMPunk and Wrestling/TripleH thanks to interference by Wrestling/KevinNash. Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio defeated Wrestling/JohnCena in a Last Man Standing match to retain the WWE Title thanks to the interference by The Miz and R-Truth. Wrestling/DolphZiggler defeated Wrestling/ZackRyder to retain his United States Championship. Wrestling/BethPhoenix beat Wrestling/EveTorres to retain her Divas Championship. Wrestling/MarkHenry and Wrestling/BigShow ended in a no-contest due to the ring being destroyed, but Henry nevertheless retained his title.
19	* BrokenWinLossStreak: Triple H was undefeated in one-on-one[[note]]He participated in a six-man Wrestling/HellInACell match in the 2000 ''Armageddon'' event, but then WWF Champion Wrestling/KurtAngle retained his title by pinning [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]][[/note]] Hell in a Cell matches, having winning 4 of them in his career at that time. This changed in 2005 when Wrestling/{{Batista}} defeated him.
20	* TheChewToy: Both Wrestling/{{Kane}} and Wrestling/CMPunk have never won a match at this event.
21	* CommutingOnABus: Vengeance debuted in 2001 and lasted until 2007. It returned in 2011. It returns under the new name Vengeance Day and is exclusive to the NXT brand.
22	* CoversAlwaysLie: Wrestling/TripleH was on the 2001 cover even though he did not appear at the event due to an injury.
23	* DefeatingTheUndefeatable:
24	** In 2004, Wrestling/{{Edge\|Wrestler}} ended Wrestling/RandyOrton's seven month reign as Intercontinental champion.
25	** In 2005, Wrestling/{{Batista}} became the first wrestler to defeat Wrestling/TripleH one-on-one inside Wrestling/HellInACell.
26	* DisqualificationInducedVictory:
27	** 2002: Wrestling/RobVanDam defeats Wrestling/BrockLesnar after Wrestling/PaulHeyman pulled the referee.
28	** 2004: La Résistance defeated Eugene and Ric Flair by disqualification to retain their titles after Eugene pushed the referee.
29	** 2006: In their third fall in their two-out-of-three falls match, Wrestling/MickFoley attacks Wrestling/RicFlair with a trash can, which led Flair winning the match.
30	** 2007: Wrestling/SantinoMarella defeated Wrestling/{{Umaga}} via disqualification due to Umaga ignoring the referee's count as he was punching Santino continuously.
31	* DoubleKnockout: In 2011, the match between Wrestling/TheBigShow and Wrestling/MarkHenry ended at a no contest after they collapsed the ring via a superplex.
32	* FinalBattle: In 2005, then-World Heavyweight Champion Wrestling/{{Batista}} and Wrestling/TripleH fought inside Wrestling/HellInACell, which served as the culmination of their heated feud of that year.
33	* HistoryRepeats:
34	** Wrestling/KurtAngle has competed for the World title in this event during its first three incarnations, the last two both being Triple Threat matches.
35	** Wrestling/JohnCena was the defending champion in the 2005 and 2007 events.
36	** Wrestling/{{Carlito\|Colon}} and Shelton competed with each other for the Intercontinental title twice in this event. First in 2005, then in 2006 in a Triple-Threat match that also involved [[Wrestling/JohnMorrison Johnny Nitro]].
37	** In 2011, Wrestling/MarkHenry superplexed Wrestling/TheBigShow, collapsing the ring in the process, much like in Show's encounter with Wrestling/BrockLesnar 8 years prior on ''[=SmackDown=]''. Wrestling/BraunStrowman would do the exact same thing in 2017.
38	* LiteralAssKissing: In 2006, Mitch was made to kiss Wrestling/TripleH's ass. His face was shoved in by Wrestling/ShawnMichaels.
39	* MeleeATrois: A few have taken place at the event:
40	** 2002: Wrestling/TheUndertaker vs Wrestling/KurtAngle vs [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] for the WWE Title.
41	** 2003: Wrestling/BrockLesnar vs Wrestling/KurtAngle vs Wrestling/TheBigShow for the WWE title.
42	** 2005: Wrestling/JohnCena vs Chris Jericho vs Wrestling/{{Christian}} for the WWE Title.
43	** 2006: Shelton Benjamin vs [[Wrestling/JohnMorrison Johnny Nitro]] vs Wrestling/{{Carlito\|Colon}} for the Intercontinental Title.
44	** 2007: The Championship challenge which featured John Cena, Wrestling/MickFoley, Wrestling/BobbyLashley, Wrestling/RandyOrton, and [[Wrestling/BookerT King Booker]] with the WWE Title on the line.
45	* MirrorMatch: The 2006 event had Wrestling/{{Kane}} going against [[Wrestling/DrewHankinson an impostor]] who was dressed like the masked Kane.
46	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: In the 2006 event, Mick Foley attacks Wrestling/RicFlair with a trash can, which resulted in a disqualification in their third bout in the 2-out-of-3 falls match, and then viciously assaults him with the barbed-wire bat, busting him wide open.
47	* TheShowMustGoOn:
48	** In 2011, the Last Man Standing match between Wrestling/JohnCena and Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio still took place in the ring that had been trashed by The Big Show and Mark Henry previously.
49	** The 2007 event was supposed to have a match between Wrestling/ChrisBenoit and Wrestling/CMPunk for the ECW World Championship (ECW having being revived by WWE as a third brand in 2006). However, Benoit no-showed due to a "family emergency" ([[PaterFamilicide the real reason would be revealed the next day...]]) and his spot in the match was taken by [[Wrestling/JohnMorrison Johnny Nitro]], who went on to defeat Punk and win his first and only world title in WWE.
50	* ThrowTheDogABone: Wrestling/KurtAngle only won once at this event, but that sole victory was for the WWE title after coming back from a neck injury.
51	* TournamentArc: The 2001 event featured a four-man tournament to determine the first WWE Undisputed Champion, which Wrestling/ChrisJericho won.

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