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Vengeance is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . The event started in 2001 replacing WWE Armageddon for that year and eventually took over Fully Loaded 's pay-per-view spot in 2002. The 2003 event was exclusive to the SmackDown! brand, while from 2004 to 2006 the events were RAW exclusive. In 2005, Vengeance was moved once again, this time switching positions with The Great American Bash .
Results
2001
Vengeance 2001 took place on December 9 2001 at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California . The theme song was "Sinner " by Drowning Pool . The promotional poster featured Triple H .[1]
2002
Vengeance 2002 took place on July 21 2002 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan . The official theme song was "Downfall " by Trust Company . The promotional poster featured Steve Austin .[2]
2003
Vengeance 2003 took place on July 27 2003 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado . The official theme song was "Price To Play " by Staind . This was the first SmackDown! -exclusive PPV. The promotional poster featured The Undertaker .[3]
Sunday Night HEAT match : Ultimo Dragon defeated Chris Kanyon (4:04)
Eddie Guerrero defeated Chris Benoit to win the WWE United States Championship (22:14)
Guerrero pinned Benoit after a Frog Splash after Rhyno interfered and hit Benoit with a Gore .
This was the finals of a tournament to crown the first WWE US Champion.
Jamie Noble (w/Nidia ) defeated Billy Gunn (w/Torrie Wilson ) (5:00)
Noble pinned Gunn with a roll-up . As a result, Noble won the right to spend a night with Torrie Wilson.
Bradshaw defeated Shannon Moore , Doink The Clown , Faarooq , Brother Love , Nunzio , Matt Hardy , A-Train , Danny Basham , Doug Basham , The Easter Bunny , Sean O'Haire , John Hennigan , Orlando Jordan , Funaki , Los Conquistadores (Rob Conway and Johnny Jeter ), The Brooklyn Brawler , Johnny Stamboli , Chuck Palumbo , Matt Cappotelli and Spanky in the APA Invitational Bar Room Brawl (4:29)
Bradshaw won the match when he leveled Brother Love with a beer bottle.
The World's Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas ) defeated Rey Mysterio and Billy Kidman to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship (14:53)
Benjamin pinned Mysterio after a springboard clothesline/powerbomb combo on Mysterio.
Sable defeated Stephanie McMahon in a No Count-Out match (6:29)
Sable pinned Stephanie after A-Train came out and clotheslined Stephanie.
The Undertaker defeated John Cena (16:02)
Vince McMahon (w/Sable ) defeated Zach Gowen (14:22)
Kurt Angle defeated Brock Lesnar (c) and The Big Show in a No Disqualification Triple Threat match to win the WWE Championship (17:38)
2004
Vengeance 2004 took place on July 11 2004 at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut . The promotional poster featured Randy Orton .[4]
2005
Vengeance 2005 took place on June 26 2005 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada . The official theme song was "Happy? " by Mudvayne . The promotional poster featured Batisa and Triple H .[5]
2006
Vengeance 2006 took place on June 25 2006 at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina . The official theme song was "Victim" by Eighteen Visions . The promotional poster featured Edge and John Cena .[6]
Dark match : Val Venis defeated Rob Conway
Randy Orton defeated Kurt Angle (12:45)
Orton pinned Angle after an RKO .
Umaga (w/Armando Alejandro Estrada ) defeated Eugene (w/Jim Duggan , Doink the Clown and Kamala ) (1:37)
Ric Flair defeated Mick Foley in a 2 out of 3 Falls match (6:57)
Flair pinned Foley with an inside cradle to win the first fall (4:09)
Flair won the second fall when Foley was disqualified for hitting Flair with a trash can (6:57)
Johnny Nitro (w/Melina ) defeated Shelton Benjamin (c) and Carlito in a Triple Threat Match to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship (12:09)
Nitro pinned Benjamin following a Backcracker by Carlito.
Rob Van Dam defeated Edge (w/Lita ) to retain the WWE Championship (17:55)
"Impostor Kane" defeated Kane (7:07)
John Cena defeated Sabu in an Extreme Lumberjack Match (6:46) .
Cena made Sabu submit with the STFU .
RAW lumberjacks: Viscera , Trevor Murdoch , Lance Cade , Rob Conway , Snitsky , Matt Striker , Charlie Haas and Val Venis .
ECW lumberjacks: Tommy Dreamer , Balls Mahoney , Stevie Richards , Little Guido Maritato , Roadkill , Danny Doring , Justin Credible , Al Snow and The Sandman
D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels ) defeated The Spirit Squad (Kenny , Johnny , Mitch , Nicky and Mikey ) in a Handicap Match (17:48)
2007
Vengeance: Night of Champions took place on June 24 2007 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas . The official theme song was "Gone" by Fuel . The promotional poster featured Bobby Lashley , Edge and John Cena . This marks the first time that all 9 championships of the WWE are on the line all in one night
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