WWE Vengeance

WWE Vengeance
The WWE Vengeance and Night of Champions logos

Vengeance is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by professional wrestling promotion WWE.[1] The inaugural event took place on December 9, 2001 and replaced WWE Armageddon for that year due to the possible insensitivity of the latter's name with respect to the September 11 attacks.[2] The 2002 event featured the Raw and SmackDown! brands. The event was made exclusive to the SmackDown brand in 2003, and in 2004 it was made exclusive to the Raw brand. In 2007, following WrestleMania, all PPV events became tri-branded. Vengeance took over WWF Fully Loaded's scheduled date in July 2002 and later moved to June in 2005, switching schedules with The Great American Bash.

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Name change

The 2007 event was promoted as Vengeance: Night of Champions and featured all WWE titles being defended. In 2008, the event dropped the Vengeance name and continued to promote as Night of Champions, later moving to September in 2010. In 2011, WWE scheduled both a Night of Champions and Vengeance event where the latter name would replace WWE Bragging Rights for October while Night of Champions would retain its original slot.[3][4]

History

Vengeance is a pay-per-view event consisting of a main event and undercard that feature championship matches and other various matches. The first Vengeance event was produced as a pay-per-view event for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), the former name of WWE. The inaugural event took place on December 9, 2001 at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California and aired live on PPV.

In 2002, WWF was court ordered to change their name, which resulted in the promotion changing its name to WWE.[5] Earlier in the year, WWF held a draft that split its roster into two distinctive brands of wrestling, Raw and SmackDown,[6] and the ECW brand was added in 2006.[7] Before the draft, matches featured wrestlers from the roster without any limitations; after the draft, matches only consisted of wrestlers from their distinctive brands. The first Vengeance event to be produced under the WWE banner and with roster limitations was Vengeance (2002), which took place on July 21, 2002. The following year, WWE announced that PPV events, excluding WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and the Royal Rumble, would be made exclusive to each brand; Vengeance was made exclusive to the Smackdown! brand in 2003 and in 2004 was made exclusive to the Raw brand. After three years of being produced as a brand exclusive event, Vengeance (2006) was the final Vengeance event that was brand exclusive, as WWE announced that PPV events from April 2007 onwards would feature all three brands of WWE.[8]

Each Night of Champions and Vengeance event has been held in an indoor arena with all eight events taking place in the United States.

Vengeance dates and venues

Event Date City Venue Main Event
Vengeance (2001)[9] December 9, 2001 San Diego, California San Diego Sports Arena[10] Chris Jericho vs. Steve Austin in a World vs. WWF Championship unification match to determine the first Undisputed Champion[11]
Vengeance (2002) July 21, 2002 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena[12] The Undertaker (c) vs. The Rock vs. Kurt Angle in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Undisputed Championship[13]
Vengeance (2003)[14] July 27, 2003 Denver, Colorado Pepsi Center[15] Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Kurt Angle vs. The Big Show in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship[16]
Vengeance (2004)[17] July 11, 2004 Hartford, Connecticut Hartford Civic Center[18] Chris Benoit (c) vs. Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship[19]
Vengeance (2005)[20] June 26, 2005 Las Vegas, Nevada Thomas & Mack Center[21] Batista (c) vs. Triple H in a Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship[22]
Vengeance (2006)[23] June 25, 2006 Charlotte, North Carolina Time Warner Cable Arena[24] Rob Van Dam (c) vs. Edge for the WWE Championship
D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) vs. the Spirit Squad (Kenny, Johnny, Mitch, Nicky, and Mikey)[25]
Vengeance: Night of Champions (2007)[26] June 24, 2007 Houston, Texas Toyota Center[27] John Cena (c) vs. Mick Foley vs. King Booker vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Randy Orton in a "WWE Championship Challenge" for the WWE Championship[28]
Vengeance (2011) October 23, 2011 San Antonio, Texas AT&T Center Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. John Cena in a Last Man Standing match for the WWE Championship

Night of Champions dates and venues

Event Date City Venue Main Event
Night of Champions (2008)[29] June 29, 2008 Dallas, Texas American Airlines Center[30] Triple H (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship
Night of Champions (2009) July 26, 2009[31] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[31] Wachovia Center[31] CM Punk (c) vs. Jeff Hardy for the World Heavyweight Championship
Night of Champions (2010) September 19, 2010[32] Rosemont, Illinois[32] Allstate Arena[32] Sheamus (c) vs. Wade Barrett vs. Chris Jericho vs. Edge vs. Randy Orton vs. John Cena in a "Six Pack Elimination Challenge" for the WWE Championship
Night of Champions (2011) September 18, 2011 Buffalo, New York First Niagara Center Triple H vs. CM Punk in a No Disqualification match

See also

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References

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