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The seventh match was a [[Tag Team]] match for the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWE Tag Team Championship]] between champions [[Hulk Hogan|Hollwood Hogan]] and [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] versus [[The Un-Americans]] ([[Lance Storm]] and [[Jason Reso|Christian (Jason Reso)]]. Edge and Hogan dominated the match early and looked like they were going to retain until [[Andrew Martin|Test (Andrew Martin)]] big booted Edge. Edge seemed to recover but then Chris Jericho interfered and hit Edge with one of the tag team title belts allowing Lance Storm to cover Edge and win the tag team championship.<ref name="Christian and Storm's first reign">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/30445413211312|title=Christian and Storm's first reign|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-12}}</ref>
The seventh match was a [[Tag Team]] match for the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWE Tag Team Championship]] between champions [[Hulk Hogan|Hollwood Hogan]] and [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] versus [[The Un-Americans]] ([[Lance Storm]] and [[Jason Reso|Christian (Jason Reso)]]. Edge and Hogan dominated the match early and looked like they were going to retain until [[Andrew Martin|Test (Andrew Martin)]] big booted Edge. Edge seemed to recover but then Chris Jericho interfered and hit Edge with one of the tag team title belts allowing Lance Storm to cover Edge and win the tag team championship.<ref name="Christian and Storm's first reign">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/30445413211312|title=Christian and Storm's first reign|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-12}}</ref>


The Main Event was a Triple Threat wrestling match involving three wrestlers for the [[WWE Championship|WWE Undisputed Championship]], where [[The Undertaker]] defended his championship against [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] and [[Kurt Angle]]. A notable spot in this match had all three competitors copy each other's finishing moves as The Rock put Kurt Angle in the [[Professional wrestling holds#Ankle lock|Ankle lock]], Kurt Angle then performed a Rock Bottom on The Rock. Undertaker then gave Kurt Angle an [[Professional wrestling throws#Olympic slam|Angle Slam]]. The Rock won the match after a [[Powerslam#Side slam|Rock Bottom]] on Kurt Angle and became the new Undisputed Champion. This would start The Rock's[[List of WWE Champions|7th and final record breaking reign]].<ref name="Rock's back where he belongs">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive2001/jul28_baines-sun.html|title=Rock back where he belongs Information|publisher=SLAM SPORTS|accessdate=2008-08-16}}</ref>
The Main Event was a Triple Threat wrestling match involving three wrestlers for the [[WWE Championship|WWE Undisputed Championship]], where [[The Undertaker]] defended his championship against [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] and [[Kurt Angle]]. A notable spot in this match had all three competitors copy each other's finishing moves as The Rock put Kurt Angle in the [[Professional wrestling holds#Ankle lock|Ankle lock]], Kurt Angle then performed a Rock Bottom on The Rock. Undertaker then gave Kurt Angle an [[Professional wrestling throws#Olympic slam|Angle Slam]]. The Rock won the match after a [[Powerslam#Side slam|Rock Bottom]] on Kurt Angle and became the new Undisputed Champion. This would start The Rock's [[List of WWE Champions|7th and final record breaking reign]].<ref name="Rock's back where he belongs">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive2001/jul28_baines-sun.html|title=Rock back where he belongs Information|publisher=SLAM SPORTS|accessdate=2008-08-16}}</ref>
<ref name="Rock's 7th reign">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454141122|title=Rock's 7th Reign Information|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-12}}</ref>
<ref name="Rock's 7th reign">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454141122|title=Rock's 7th Reign Information|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-12}}</ref>


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Vengeance (2002)
PromotionWorld Wrestling Entertainment
Brand(s)RAW
SmackDown!
DateJuly 21 2002
CityDetroit, Michigan
VenueJoe Louis Arena
Attendance12,000
Tagline(s)Quick & Merciless
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Vengeance (2003)

Vengeance (2002) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which took place on July 21 2002 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. It was the second annual Vengeance produced by WWE. Professional wrestling is a type of sports entertainment in which theatrical events are combined with a competitive sport. The buildup to the matches and the scenarios that took place before, during, and after the event, were planned by WWE's script writers. The event starred wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown! brands: storyline expansions of the promotion where employees are assigned to wrestling brands under the WWE banner.

The main event saw The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) win the WWE Undisputed Championship in a Triple Threat match also involving Kurt Angle and the defending champion The Undertaker. The main matches on the undercard were John Cena versus Chris Jericho, Rob Van Dam versus Brock Lesnar for the WWE Intercontinental Championship and The Un-Americans (Lance Storm and Christian) versus Hollywood Hogan and Edge for the WWE Tag Team Championship.

Background

The main feud heading into Vengeance was between The Rock, Kurt Angle and The Undertaker fighting for the Undisputed Championship. At King of the Ring (2002) Undertaker defeated Triple H to retain the Undisputed Championship.[1] During the match The Rock interfered hitting Undertaker with a Rock Bottom. Undertaker, fuming because of The Rock's interference, asked Mr. McMahon for a match with The Rock. Vince booked the match for Vengeance and told Undertaker that it was for the Undisputed Championship. On the July 4 edition SmackDown!, however, Undertaker wrestled Kurt Angle to a draw when Undertaker won by pinfall and tapped out to Angle's submission hold.[2] On the following Raw McMahon announced that Angle would be added to the match.[3]

Another storyline heading into Vengeance was Triple H determining what brand he would permanently join. He could either stay on SmackDown! with then-new General Manager Stephanie McMahon or move back to Raw with General Manager Eric Bischoff. Originally the New World Order (nWo) was planning to threaten Triple H to join the nWo on his return to Raw, but due to backstage circumstances, the nWo was written off television a week before Vengeance. Shawn Michaels, however, would still promise to bring Triple H back to Raw.[4]

The biggest match on the undercard was Brock Lesnar versus Rob Van Dam for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. The previous month at King of the Ring Lesnar defeated RVD to become King of the Ring 2002 and get a WWE Undisputed championship shot at SummerSlam.[5] RVD had held the Intercontinental championship since the May 27 edition of Raw when he defeated Eddie Guerrero in a ladder match.[6][7]

John Cena had made his WWE debut a month before Vengeance on the June 27 edition of SmackDown! and had entered a minor feud with Chris Jericho. Jericho and Edge were also feuding at that time and were booked to fight each other at Vengeance, until Hollywood Hogan and Edge defeated Billy and Chuck for the WWE Tag Team Championship on the July 4 edition of SmackDown![8][9]

Chris Jericho then asked Mr. McMahon to let The Un-Americans (Lance Storm and Christian {Jason Reso}) to wrestle Hogan and Edge for the Tag Titles at Vengeance instead, to which McMahon agreed.[10]

On the July 8 edition of Raw,Jeff Hardy had defeated William Regal to win the WWE European Championship. Regal, upset after his loss, used his rematch clause at Vengeance.[11].[3] Booker T had been feuding with the nWo at the time of their demise after being literally kicked out of it on the June 10 edition of Raw.[12] On the July 15 edition of Raw Booker T defeated former nWo member The Big Show (Paul Wight) by disqualification after Big Show hit Booker with a chair. After the match Big Show asked Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff if he could fight Booker in a No Disqualification match at Vengeance, which Bischoff granted. [13]

Finally Jamie Noble had debuted a month before Vengeance and (at King of the Ring) defeated The Hurricane (Gregory Helms) for the Cruiserweight Championship.[5] Billy Kidman then challenged Jamie Noble to a Cruiserweight Championship match at Vengeance.

Event

Before the event went live on pay-per-view, Goldust (Dustin Rhodes) defeated Stevie Richards in a standard wrestling match taped for Sunday Night HEAT. The show began with Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler until Tazz and Michael Cole said they deserved to call WWE Vengeance just as much as Ross and Lawler should. Ross agreed and let Tazz and Cole call the first half of the show.

Preliminary matches

William Regal, who would challenge Jeff Hardy for the European Championship

After Sunday Night Heat, the event began with a tag team elimination tables match between the teams of Bubba Ray Dudley (Mark LoMonaco) and Spike Dudley (Matt Hyson) and Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit. Eddie Guerrero was eliminated first after a Dudley Dog from Spike onto a table. Spike was then eliminated by Chris Benoit after Benoit tossed Spike to the outside table. Bubba and Spike won after Benoit was eliminated by a Bubba Bomb onto a table.

The following was a standard wrestling match between Jamie Noble (with Nidia) versus Billy Kidman for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. Kidman dominated the early goings until Noble pushed Nidia into Kidman and performed a DDT onto the steel floor. Noble took control with suplex and focused on Kidman's left arm until Kidman countered a powerbomb into a facecrusher. Kidman continued to dominate Noble until Kidman missed a Shooting Star press and Jamie Noble took advantage. After Noble executed a tigerbomb Noble covered Kidman for the win to retain the Cruiserweight Championship.

The third match was contested under standard wrestling rules between Jeff Hardy versus William Regal for the WWE European Championship. Hardy had the advantage in the early goings until he went for a Swanton Bomb but Regal put his knees up. Regal then dominated Hardy with suplexes and hard strikes until Hardy caught him off guard with a roll up for the win to retain the European Championship.

Next was a standard wrestling match between Chris Jericho and John Cena. Before this match got started Jericho ran at Cena with a chair but missed and Cena grabbed the chair and hit Jericho with it. Cena then threw Jericho in the ring and the referee started the match. This match saw both superstars get the advantage over each other. Near the conclusion of the match Jericho started to dominate. Jericho performed a lionsault and tried to lock in the Walls of Jericho but Cena reversed it into a school boy and won.

Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler joined the announcers' table and Tazz and Michael Cole left.

Main event matches

The Rock, who would challenge Undertaker and Kurt Angle for the Undisputed Championship.

The next match was the featured preliminary match from the RAW brand: a standard wrestling match between champion Rob Van Dam and Brock Lesnar for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. It was a pretty balanced match with no superstar getting a clear advantage until RVD started to dominate with some high flying moves and performed a Five-Star Frog Splash and went for the pin. Seeing that his client was in danger Paul Heyman grabbed referee Charles Robinson to the outside and Robinson immediately disqualified Lesnar, thus RVD won and retained his championship.

The sixth match was a No Disqualification match between Booker T and The Big Show (Paul Wight). Booker T dominated the match after Big Show missed Booker T and ran straight into the steel post. A notable spot in the match happened when Booker T did a scissors kick to Big Show who was on the Spanish announcers' table. The match ended when Booker T executed a Houston Hangover off the top rope onto Big Show and covered him for the win.

After the sixth match there was a segment with Triple H deciding which brand he wanted to be on. Before Triple H could get a word out RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff came out and said Triple H should go to RAW so he could have a chance in Hollywood. SmackDown! General Manager Stephanie McMahon came out and told Bischoff to "Shut up". She then said Triple H should come to SmackDown! and nothing personal would come between them. Triple said he had come to a decision. He then started to say but was interrupted as Shawn Michaels came down to the ring. Michaels then said that they could reform DX if he joined RAW. Triple H said that he would go to RAW, and then left with Shawn Michaels. Bischoff then started to gloat and Stephanie McMahon slapped him.[15]

The seventh match was a Tag Team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship between champions Hollwood Hogan and Edge versus The Un-Americans (Lance Storm and Christian (Jason Reso). Edge and Hogan dominated the match early and looked like they were going to retain until Test (Andrew Martin) big booted Edge. Edge seemed to recover but then Chris Jericho interfered and hit Edge with one of the tag team title belts allowing Lance Storm to cover Edge and win the tag team championship.[16]

The Main Event was a Triple Threat wrestling match involving three wrestlers for the WWE Undisputed Championship, where The Undertaker defended his championship against The Rock and Kurt Angle. A notable spot in this match had all three competitors copy each other's finishing moves as The Rock put Kurt Angle in the Ankle lock, Kurt Angle then performed a Rock Bottom on The Rock. Undertaker then gave Kurt Angle an Angle Slam. The Rock won the match after a Rock Bottom on Kurt Angle and became the new Undisputed Champion. This would start The Rock's 7th and final record breaking reign.[17] [18]

Aftermath

Brock Lesnar, who would go onto win the WWE Championship at SummerSlam 2002

After winning the WWE Undisputed Championship, The Rock then entered a feud with the number one contender Brock Lesnar for the upcoming PPV SummerSlam. Brock Lesnar would go on to win the match and become the youngest WWE Champion in history.[19] It would also be the last match for The Rock until early 2003 and The Rock's last reign as WWE Champion.[20]

Triple H and Shawn Michaels came out the night after Vengeance and what appeared to be a reunion for D-Generation X was instead Triple H nailing a Pedigree on Michaels.[21] This caused Michaels to retaliate and challenge Triple H to a street fight at SummerSlam, marking his first official match since WrestleMania XIV. Shawn Michaels would go on to win in a miraculous upset, though Triple H would still send him out of the arena on a stretcher.

A night after Vengeance, Eric Bischoff decided to merge the WWE Intercontinental Championship and the WWE European Championship into one, putting Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy against each other in a ladder match. RVD would win the match, and the European Championship was retired.[21] A week later, Van Dam lost the Intercontinental Championship to Chris Benoit, who would then jump to SmackDown!.[22] Van Dam used his rematch clause for Summerslam and brought the Intercontinental title back to RAW.[23] [24]

After losing to John Cena, Chris Jericho had to face Edge in a steel cage match on the July 25th edition of SmackDown!.[25] Edge would go on to win the match, and Jericho, along with The Un-Americans, would jump to RAW.[26][27] Jericho went on to feud with Ric Flair. Lance Storm and Christian (Jason Resso) began to feud with Booker T (Booker Huffman) and Goldust (Dustin Rhodes), while Test (Andrew Martin) had a one-month feud with The Undertaker. After his cage match win over Chris Jericho, Edge began a two-month long feud with Eddie Guerrero.

After losing the triple threat match to The Rock, Kurt Angle would soon be pinned by Rey Mysterio (Oscar Gutierrez) in a six man tag team match on the 8th of August edition of SmackDown![28] And would challenge Mysterio to a match at Summerslam which Mysterio would accept.[29]

Results

# Results Stipulations Times
Sunday Night HEAT Goldust defeated Steven Richards. Singles match 03:49
1 Bubba Ray Dudley and Spike Dudley defeated Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit.[30] Elimination Tables Match 14:59
2 Jamie Noble (c) (with Nidia) defeated Billy Kidman.[30] Singles match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship 07:34
3 Jeff Hardy (c) defeated William Regal.[30] Singles match for the WWE European Championship 04:16
4 John Cena defeated Chris Jericho.[30] Singles match 06:21
5 Rob Van Dam (c) defeated Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) by disqualification.[30] Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship 09:38
6 Booker T defeated The Big Show.[30] No Disqualification match 06:12
7 The Un-Americans (Lance Storm and Christian) defeated Hollywood Hogan and Edge (c).[30] Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship 10:00
8 The Rock defeated Kurt Angle and The Undertaker (c).[30][31] Triple threat match for the WWE Undisputed Championship 19:35

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