Vengeance (2004)

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Vengeance (2004)
Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand (s)	RAW
Date	July 11, 2004
Venue	Hartford Civic Center
City	Hartford, Connecticut
Attendance	7,000[1]
Pay-per-view chronology
The Great American Bash (2004)	Vengeance (2004)	SummerSlam (2004)
Vengeance chronology
Vengeance (2003)	Vengeance (2004)	Vengeance (2005)

Vengeance (2004) was the fourth annual Vengeance professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on July 11, 2004 from the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.

The main event was for World Heavyweight Championship between Chris Benoit and Triple H, which Benoit won by pinfall after performing a roll-up.^[2] The predominant match on the card featured a WWE Intercontinental Championship between Randy Orton and Edge, which Edge won by pinfall after performing a Spear. Another primary match on the undercard was a No Disqualification match between Matt Hardy and Kane, which Hardy won by pinfall after he hit Kane with a steel chair which ricocheted the steel steps off his face.^[1][3]

Contents 1 Report 1.1 Background 1.2 Event 1.3 Aftermath 2 Results 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Report

[edit] Background

The main feud heading into Vengeance was between Chris Benoit and Triple H, with the two battling over the World Heavyweight Championship. In January at the Royal Rumble, Chris Benoit won the Royal Rumble match and earned a World Heavyweight Championship match against Triple H at WrestleMania.^[4] At WrestleMania, Benoit defeated champion Triple H and Shawn Michaels in a Triple Threat match to win the World Heavyweight Championship. Benoit won the match by forcing Triple H to submit to the Crippler Crossface.^[5]

[edit] Event

Before the Pay-per View went on live. Tyson Tomko defeated Val Venis on Sunday Night Heat.

The first match was Tajiri and Rhyno versus Garrison Cade and Jonathan Coachman. Tajiri's team won after Cade got delivered a Gore by Rhyno and Coachman got delivered a Buzzsaw kick by Tajiri and pinning Coachman to pick up the victory for his team.^[6]

The next match was Batista going up against Chris Jericho. The match started with Batista getting the advantage by hitting some big moves. Jericho would then play around with Batista by getting Batista to fall out of the ring. Jericho would then follow up by hitting a kick onto Batista. Batista would then put Jericho in a choke hold. Then Jericho would try and put Batista into the Walls of Jericho, but Batista would reverse the Walls of Jericho into a Spinebuster. The match would go back and fourth, but at the end Batista would win the match after delivering Jericho a Batista Bomb. Jericho would have his foot on the bottom rope but the referee didn't see it.^[6]

The next match was Eugene and Ric Flair versus La Résistance (Róbert Conway and Sylvain Grenier) for the World Tag Team Championship. The match started with Eugene using Flair's taunts to piss off La Resistance, but La Resistance would get the advantage for about 5 seconds until Eugene got the upper hand. Highlights of the match were, Eugene delivering Grenier a Rock Bottom and Conway a Stone Cold Stunner and Flair locking Grenier in the Figure Four Leglock. At the end it was Eugene getting himself intentionally disqualified after he pushed the referee.^[6]

The next match was Matt Hardy going up against Kane in a No Disqualification match. The match started on the outside with Kane getting the upper hand. Moments later Hardy would run Kane's head into the steel post followed by Hardy hitting Kane with a television monitor. Kane and Hardy would get on the spanish announce table, then Hardy went for a Twist of Fate but Kane would then push Hardy off the table into the security wall head first. Kane would then deliver Hardy an uppercut, which made Hardy fall over the security wall. Both men would dominate the remainder of the match. Highlights of the remainder of the match were Kane running Hardy into the steel steps, Kane smashing Hardy head into the entrance way steel floor, Hardy delivering Kane a leg drop, Hardy deivering Kane a Twist of Fate, Kane delivering Hardy a chokeslam moments later and Kane bringing in the steel steps. At the end Hardy would win the match after he hit Kane with a steel chair which ricocheted the steel steps off his face.^[6]

The next match was Randy Orton putting his WWE Intercontinental Championship on the line against Edge. At the end Orton would try to throw Edge into the exposed turnbuckle, but Edge would throw Orton into the exposed turnbuckle followed by delivering Orton a Spear and pinning Orton to become the new WWE Intercontinental Championship.^[6]

The sixth match of the night was the encounter of Victoria and Molly Holly for the Number 1 Contendership for the WWE Womens Championship. Victoria won the match after delivering Holly a Superkick.^[6]

The seventh and final match of the night was between Chris Benoit and Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship.^[6] At the end Eugene and Benoit were fighting over a steel chair then Benoit would let go which made Eugene smash the steel chair into Triple H's face inadverntenly. After Eugene smashed the steel chair into Triple H's face he run out of the ring which allowed Benoit to pin Triple H after a roll-up, thus retaining the World Heavyweight Championship.^[7]

[edit] Aftermath

On the July 26 edition of Raw, Randy Orton competed in a 20 man over the top rope Battle Royal to determine who would be the Number 1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam. Orton won the match by last eliminating Chris Jericho. At SummerSlam, Orton faced Chris Benoit for the World Heavyweight Championship. Orton won the match by pinfall after performing an RKO. The next night, Evolution (Batista, Ric Flair and Triple H) threw a mock celebration for Orton's victory over Benoit, it was only a ruse. Evolution assualted Orton and kicked Orton out of Evolution. The next week, Triple H forced Orton to give him the World Heavyweight Championship, but instead Orton spat in Triple H's face, which was then preceeded by Orton hitting Triple H in the head with the belt. Later that night, Triple H faced Eugene in a No Disquallification match, which Eugene won after Orton interfered and executed an RKO on Triple H, which allowed Eugene to pin him for the victory. It was then announced that Orton would have to defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Triple H at the next Raw pay-per view, which was Unforgiven. At Unforgiven, Triple H defeated Orton to win the World Heavyweight Championship by pinfall after executing a Pedigree onto a steel chair, which ended Orton one month reign as World Heavyweight Champion.

[edit] Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Sunday Night HEAT match: Tyson Tomko (w/Trish Stratus) defeated Val Venis (w/Nidia) (2:52)
  • Tomko pinned Venis after a Big Boot.
  • Maven came out after the match to protect Nidia from Tomko.
• Tajiri and Rhyno defeated Garrison Cade and Jonathan Coachman (7:30)^[6]
  • Tajiri pinned Coach after a Buzzsaw kick.
• Batista defeated Chris Jericho (12:19)^[6]
  • Batista pinned Jericho after a Batista Bomb.
  • Jericho had his foot on the bottom rope but referee Earl Hebner didn't see it.
• La Résistance (Róbert Conway and Sylvain Grenier) defeated Ric Flair and Eugene by disqualification to retain the World Tag Team Championship (12:30)^[6]
  • Eugene was disqualified after shoving referee Mike Chioda.
• Matt Hardy defeated Kane in a No Disqualification match (10:34)^[6]
  • Hardy pinned Kane after he hit Kane with a steel chair which ricocheted the steel steps off his face.
  • Lita came to ringside during the match
• Edge defeated Randy Orton to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship (26:36)^[6]
  • Edge pinned Orton after a Spear.
• Victoria defeated Molly Holly (6:20)^[6]
  • Victoria pinned Molly after a Superkick to become #1 contender to the WWE Women's Championship.
• Chris Benoit defeated Triple H to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (29:04)^[6]
  • Benoit pinned Triple H with a roll-up after Eugene accidentally hit Triple H with a steel chair.^[8]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Vengeance 2004 Official website