Vengeance (2003)
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | |
| Brand (s) | SmackDown! | |
| Date | July 27, 2003 | |
| Venue | Pepsi Center | |
| City | Denver, Colorado | |
| Attendance | 9,500 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Bad Blood (2003) | Vengeance (2003) | SummerSlam (2003) |
| Vengeance chronology | ||
| Vengeance (2002) | Vengeance (2003) | Vengeance (2004) |
Vengeance (2003) was the third annual Vengeance professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on July 27, 2003 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado and was the first SmackDown! brand-exclusive pay-per-view. The official theme song was "Price to Play" by Staind.
The main event was between Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle and The Big Show in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship, which Angle won after delivering Lesnar an Angle Slam.[1] The main matches on the undercard were John Cena versus The Undertaker, Vince McMahon vs. Zach Gowen, and Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit for the WWE United States Championship.[1]
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[edit] Background
The main feud heading into Vengeance was between Kurt Angle, Brock Lesnar and The Big Show battling for the WWE Championship. It all started at WrestleMania XIX when Angle suffered a broken neck in his match against Lesnar for the WWE Championship. Lesnar also suffered a concussion when he missed a shooting star press onto Angle; however, Lesnar won the WWE Title anyway. Two months later, after Angle had returned from his surgery, he came out and demanded a WWE Championship shot. Lesnar agreed, but Show came out and also demanded a Championship opportunity. Later that night Vince McMahon decided that it would be Lesnar defending the Title against Angle and Show in a triple threat match at Vengeance. Then the remaning weeks leading up to Vengeance they had a series of triple threat matches, which saw Angle pinning Show after an Angle Slam, Lesnar pinning Angle after an F-5 and Show pinning both Angle and Lesnar after a double chokeslam.[1]
The secondary feud heading into Vengeance was between John Cena and The Undertaker.[1] Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero had a match in the finals of a tournament to crown the new U.S. Champion. Vince McMahon was feuding with the one-legged Zach Gowen.
[edit] Event
Angle would pin Lesnar after the delivery of an Angle Slam to win the triple threat for the WWE title. Undertaker would defeat Cena in a 16-minute match. McMahon would defeat Gowen, and Gurrerro would defeat Benoit in the tournament finals to become the new United States champion. Also, Bradshaw would win a Bar Room Brawl Battle Royal.
[edit] Aftermath
After Angle won the WWE Title from Lesnar, the two had a rematch at SummerSlam 2003. Angle retained the WWE Championship. Cena and Taker's feud would end. Taker would go on to be a challenger for the WWE title in the fall.
[edit] Results
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- Sunday Night HEAT match: Ultimo Dragon defeated Chris Kanyon (4:04)
- Dragon pinned Kanyon after an Asai DDT.
- Eddie Guerrero defeated Chris Benoit to win the WWE United States Championship (22:14)[1]
- Guerrero pinned Benoit after Rhyno interfered and Gored Benoit followed by a Frog Splash by Guerrero.
- 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)[1]
- 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)[1]
- 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)[1]
- Benjamin pinned Mysterio after a springboard clothesline/powerbomb combo on Mysterio.
- Sable defeated Stephanie McMahon in a No Count-Out match (6:29)[1]
- Sable pinned Stephanie after A-Train came out and speared Stephanie.
- The Undertaker defeated John Cena (16:02)[1]
- Undertaker pinned Cena after a Last Ride.
- Vince McMahon (w/Sable) defeated Zach Gowen (14:22)[1]
- McMahon pinned Gowen when Zach missed a one-legged moonsault.
- Kurt Angle defeated Brock Lesnar (c) and The Big Show in a No Disqualification Triple Threat match to win the WWE Championship (17:38)[1]
- Angle pinned Lesnar after an Angle Slam.
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
[edit] External links
| Royal Rumble • No Way Out • WrestleMania • Backlash • Judgment Day • One Night Stand • Night of Champions |
| The Great American Bash • SummerSlam • Unforgiven • No Mercy • Cyber Sunday • Survivor Series • Armageddon |
| WWE Night of Champions |
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| Vengeance : 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • Vengeance: Night of Champions Night of Champions : 2008 |
| Former pay-per-view events |
| The Wrestling Classic (1985) • This Tuesday in Texas (1991) • King of the Ring (1993-2002) |
| In Your House (1995-1999) • Bad Blood (1997, 2003-2004) • Fully Loaded (1998-2000) • Over the Edge (1998-1999) |
| InVasion (2001) • December to Dismember (2006) • New Year's Revolution (2005-2007) |
| Former International pay-per-view events |
| One Night Only (1997) • Mayhem in Manchester (1998) • Capital Carnage (1998) |
| No Mercy (UK) (1999) • Rebellion (1999-2002) • Insurrextion (2000-2003) |
