WWE Vengeance
WWE Vengeance | |
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The WWE Vengeance logo used in 2011 | |
Other name(s) | Vengeance: Night of Champions (2007) |
Promotion(s) | WWE |
Brand(s) |
Raw (2002; 2004–2007) SmackDown (2002–2003; 2007) ECW (2007) |
First event | Vengeance (2001) |
Last event | Vengeance (2011) |
Event gimmick | All active WWE championships are defended (2007 only) |
WWE Vengeance was 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 the regularly scheduled WWE Armageddon for that year. The 2002 event featured the Raw and SmackDown! brands. The event was made exclusive to the SmackDown brand in 2003, and beginning 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. The 2007 event was a crossover event with Night of Champions called Vengeance: Night of Champions.[2] In 2008, Vengeance was retired in favor of keeping Night of Champions as its own event. In 2011, Vengeance would return to replace WWE Bragging Rights on the October 2011 event card.[3]. In 2012, the Vengeance name was removed from the scheduled event calendar for that year.
History
Vengeance was a pay-per-view event consisting of a main event and undercard that feature championship matches and other various matches. The first 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 under the name Vengeance 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.[4] Earlier in the year, WWF held a draft that split its roster into two distinctive brands of wrestling, Raw and SmackDown,[5] and the ECW brand was added in 2006.[6] 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.[7]
Dates and venues
Raw-branded event | SmackDown-branded event |
See also
References
- ↑ "WWE Vengeance history". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
- ↑ "Vengeance: Night of Champions Official website". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
- ↑ "WWE Presents Vengeance". WWE. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ↑ "World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Drops The "F" To Emphasize the "E" for Entertainment". WWE. 2002-05-06. Archived from the original on 2009-01-19. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- ↑ "WWE Entertainment To Make RAW and SMACKDOWN Distinct Television Brands". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2002-05-27. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- ↑ "WWE Launches ECW as Third Brand". WWE. 2006-05-25. Archived from the original on 2008-12-23. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- ↑ "WWE Pay-Per-Views To Follow WrestleMania Formula". WWE. 2007-03-14. Archived from the original on March 19, 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- ↑ Morinaro, John (2001-12-10). "Jericho new WWF World Champion". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ "Vengeance (2001) Venue". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ "Vengeance (2002) Venue". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ "Vengeance 2002 Main Event Synopsis". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ Clevett, Jason (2003-07-28). "Angle takes Vengeance on Lesnar". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ "Vengeance (2003) Venue". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ "Vengeance 2003 Main Event Synopsis". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ Sokol, Chris (2004-07-12). "Canadians have Edge at Vengeance". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ "Vengeance (2004) Venue". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ "Vengeance 2004 Main Event Synopsis". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ Sokol, Chris (2005-06-27). "Batista retains with a Vengeance". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ "Vengeance (2005) Venue". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ "Vengeance 2005 Main Event Synopsis". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ Plummer, Dale (2006-06-21). "DX returns with a Vengeance". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ Zeigler, Zack (June 24, 2006). "Charlotte Bobcats Arena". WWE. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ↑ Powell, John (2007-06-24). "Vengeance banal and badly booked". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ "Vengeance: Night of Champions (2007) Venue". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ "WWE Champion John Cena def. King Booker, Randy Orton, Bobby Lashley & Mick Foley (Challenge Match)". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved May 16, 2012.