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WWE Raw Presents: Vengeance

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2 star:		(2)
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80-76%-perfect
75-71%-awsome
70-66%-good
65-61%-poor
60-56%-awful

1. Kurt Angle vs. Randy Orton- This was a goo dmatch to kick off the show> they did about the same job here as they did at vengence. I think that both of these guys could have borught better than this becuase at times it seemed like this amcth was a little slow for my liking. Picked up near he end not as many near falls but a nice counter by orton which leads to a rko and a 1 2 3. Winner randy orton. Match Rating 7/10.

2. Umaga vs. Eugene- this was what i thought it was going to be a squash match. Not good at all and i dont know why the wwe is trying to push umaga. I am happy that umaga won this match just becuase if eugene won i would have killed myself. Umaga has one thing going for him and that is his manger. He is funny. Winner umaga. Match Rating 3/10.

3. Rick Flair vs. Mick Foley 2 out of 3 falls- This was not what i was expecting this to be. Usually when i see a 2 out of 3 falls match there is always a third fall. This was not that good of a wrestling match. i give it to foley he was one of the craziest people i ever saw but when it came to a technical wrestling match he could not do it. Also flair can still wreslte but not the same back in the 80s. this had a bad ending but it wil proboly continue there fued thorughout the summer. Winner Rick Flair. Match Rating 6/10.

4. Shelton Benjamin vs. Jonny Nitro vs. Carlito for the itc title- This was an awsome match. The people i was watching this with said the could care less about this when it was one of the best matches on this card. This was played out beatiful. Carlito started out with some high flying moves whcih was cool. Also there was one point in this match were all three men went to the top rope and there was a powerebomb german suplex off the top rope. Very good match. Winner and new wwe itc champ Jonny nitro. match Rating 8.5/10.

5. Rvd vs. Edge for the wwe title- This is what should have been the main event. This in my opion was the match of the night. It seemed like the crowd was confused that this was not the main event. Anyway this was an awsome wrestling match. There were nice moves as a crossbody jumping over the top rope and a sunsetflip over the top rope. Also near the end edge took and sick running chair shot to the head. Also lots of near fall makes for the match of the night. WInner and still wwe champ RVD. Match rating 9/10.

6. Kane vs. Imposter Kane- This was your typical big man match. It was a little less excitning. this seemed like a filler but it accualty had a storyline. Not much to say but not that exciting and i dont know were kane goes from here. Winner Imposter Kane. Match rating 5.5/10.

7. Sabu vs. John Cena in an extreme lumberjack match- This was a good match. i would have liked to seen this be given more than just 10 minutes. It was very fast pace and i liked the idea of the lumberjacks but i wished that it would have been a one on one hardcore match. Sick part in htius match were cena F-Ued sabu through a table. Winner John Cena. match Rating 8/10.

8. Dx vs. The Spirt Squad in a 5-2 handicap match- I at first was wondering why the hell is this the mani event instead of thw wwe title. This started out bad but got alot better when they accualty started wrestling. Good soild work shown by everyone here and a sick chair shot to HHH was given during this match. Also a funny part at the end were Micky kissed HHH butt. Winners DX. match Rating 8/10.

Well that raps up another. I would give Vengence 2006 a grade of 55/80 which is a 69% which means this is a good ppv. That is about right not as good as last years but you have some upo matches with the wwe title cena sabu and the triple thret and dx and than u have umaga kane and the foley match which were a little dissapointing. Overal worth my money. If you can tell me if my review was helpful or not i would appreicate that. thanks for your time.

Angle vs. Orton
A good match, however wasn't as good as it could have been. I still get this feeling that these 2 could really have a great match but are currently just having good matches.
RATING: 82/100

Kane vs. Kane
This match was not shown in SA (probably to save time) so I cannot rate it.

Umaga vs. Eugene
Terrible short 1 minute squash. Plus I hate Umaga's finisher. I may be too generous with this rating
RATING: 40/100

Foley vs. Flair
This match was decently good (mainly in the beginning) but wasn't as good as it could have been if the match went a bit longer with Foley also get a fall victory. I hope they face again in a match that suits Foley more.
RATING: 78/100

Benjamin vs. Nitro vs. Carlito
Brilliant IC title match. It exceeded my expectations big time as it just had so many shows of athleticism by mainly Carlito and Benjamin. It is unfortunate that the person that brought the least to the match leaves with the title but we just can't help that.
RATING: 89/100

Edge vs. RVD
This match was another very good match that also had many great shows of athleticism. Many momentum changes and a good ending. I believe this match should have been the main event and if for some reason not, at least the second last match.
RATING: 90/100

Cena vs. Sabu
This match had some very good spots but it just wasn't long enough. It was also pretty similar to their previous match from WWE vs. ECW (give or take the lumberjacks). Pretty much the same length as well makes this match slightly short (perhaps 5 minutes) for my liking.
RATING: 83/100

DX vs. Spirit Squad
Interesting choice as the main event considering it is a tag match with no titles on the line. But still a tag match better than most and did what it had to do. Damn do I love DX?!
RATING: 80/100

543/700 = 78%
overall Impression = 78%

78% - The 2006 version of Vengeance continues the trend of a brilliant PPV for the second year running. It was a packed card that didn't disappoint. Out of what I saw, for only 2 matches out of the whole PPV to fail to get an 80 or above truly is a great achievement. Great follow up to ECW One Night Stand!

SUCK IT!

1.Raw's Randy Orton vs ECW's Kurt Angle 6/10
not a good bout simply because of the similarity to their other 2 matches they didn't but their all into it so it's just decent.

2. Umaga vs Eugene 2/10 squash match that was just pointless who hasn't beat eugene.

3.2 out of 3 falls match Ric Flair vs Mick Foley foley 6/10 had it right what a stinkeroo it just shows you foley is a glorified stuntman but i still respect him.This match came out of nowhere though and wasn't good

4.Triple Threat Match for the ic title Shelton Benjamen vs Carlito vs Johnny Nitro 8.5/10 vengeance will always be famous for triple threat matches including this one an almost perfect match but all I can say is that the wrong man won.

5.WWE/ECW Title match ECW's RVD vs Raw's Edge 9.5/10 MATCH OF THE NIGHT!!! Man what a great match these guys were on the top of their game but why isn't this the main event or the match before seeing that this ppv was based on dx's return but the 5th out of 8 matches man that sucks but this match proves the edge and rvd are 2 of the top guys in this great sport.

6.Kane vs "Kane" 5/10 a big man with talent vs a big man with no talent

7.Extreme Lumberjack Match ECW's Sabu vs Raw's John Cena 7.5/10 Bottomline cena sucks but it's a good match sabu carried cena in this one but it just looks like a match from raw not on a ppv be cause im not sure but i beleive that this is the first lumberjack match on a ppv

8.DX vs The Sprit Squad 9/10 a fun match and funny dx is great and sprit squad are great too.

overall 8.5/10 a fun vengeance that will always be remembered some matches should have not been on the card but that's ok I advise you to buy this when it comes out.

1ST MATCH: INTERONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP TRIPLE THREAT- SHELTON BENJAMIN VS. CARLITO VS. NITRO. Im looking forward to this match especially because carlito and shelton benjamin are in it. I expect a 8-10 minute opener that i expect either shelton to retain or carlito gain the gold.

UMAGA VS. EUGENE. Im stuck with this one in that im not sure if it will be quick squash or wwe will give them a little more time. Umaga is going to win of course, and i think it will be decent in around 5 or 6 minute match. I do like umaga's style though so if this one has some time it could be pretty good.

ECW VS. WWE- KURT ANGLE VS. RANDY ORTON. This should be a great match. I love both angle and orton and i think they mix real well. I expect orton to win this one in a 15 minute match.

BEST 2 OUT OF 3 FALLS MATCH: RIC FLAIR VS. MICK FOLEY. Im not sure what to expect out of this seeing what mick foley said on raw that he wasn't going to try. If thats true i'll be pissed because if they're gonna advertise this match it has to happen or it will be like false advertisement. If it does happen it should be pretty good around 20 minutes total.

EXTREME LUMBERJACK MATCH: JOHN CENA VS. SABU. Im really looking forward to this match but im not really sure what the rules of this match are. I know there will be ecw wrestlers on the outside of the ring, but what i think will happen will be that all of them will hold weapons and when cena gets thrown out they'll attack him with the weapons. They'll probably also give sabu weapons so i expect a modified hardcore match.

KANE VS. IMPOSTER KANE. What i expect to happen is that they will fight for a good 8 minutes or so and then they'll just brawl up the rampway and end in one of the kane's being chokeslammed off the stage. I expect a decent big man's match while it lasts.

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: ROB VAN DAM VS. EDGE. This should be an awesome matchup that im really looking forward to. I think these two mix real well together and i expect edge to regain wwe title gold since rvd has the ecw title. then it will be another feud of cena and edge and theyll fight for the title at summerslam.

5 ON 2 HANDICAP MATCH: DEGENERATION X VS. SPIRIT SQUAD. This should be awesome because triple h and shawn michaels are the best in the business and when you have them in the same match, either facing eachother or teaming with eachother. This should be awesome main event with DX winning.

After taking a break from watching WWE that lasted roughly four years (2002 onwards), I recently bought a whole bunch of WWE PPVs to catch up a little. Now, I wasn't crazy about the ones I got (Summerslam 2005 especially), but boy oh boy was this Vengeance an eye- opener. WWE seems to be in really bad shape, but more later, let me have a little summary of the matches first.

The opener between Kurt Angle and Randy Orton was average. They don't seem to harmonise very well, their match seriously lacked coherence. There was one good spot where Angle pulled off eight German suplexes in a row. Apart from that, nothing memorable happened. The ending looked forced.
Then we are forced to watch Eugene vs. Umaga. Now there are 10 minutes of my life I won't get back. No hard feelings, I have nothing against some well- placed, senseless humor in a PPV, it lightens things up, but this was just stupid, pointless, embarassing. It was apparently meant to underline Umaga's power, but failed big way.
At this point, pause your DVD, close your eyes, and think about the great matches Ric Flair and Mick Foley gave us. Flair Vs. Savage, Flair Vs. Triple H, Flair Vs. Hogan, Foley Vs. The Rock, Foley Vs. The Undertaker ... then push "Play" and watch the next 5 minutes of gigantic dissapointment, known as Ric Flair Vs. Mick Foley. Oh, with 2 out of 3 ruling, by the way. Not that it matters. For god's sake, if you have such a ruling, USE IT! Everyone knows that after the 1-0, a 1-1 has to follow to create tension. This kind of match has created dozens of fantastic battles. But this is over literally after 5 minutes!
This is a pure waste of a fan's time and anticipation.
Shelton Benjamin Vs. Johnny Nitro Vs. Carlito for the IC title is by far the best match of the evening. Hands down. Good, fast, well- flowing match with a couple of really exciting moments. Nitro and Carlito are two promising newcomers.
RVD Vs Edge was ... well, let me put it this way: had it been for the IC title, it would have been good. The match itself was indeed nice, but seeing these two fighting for the WWE title doesn't sit well. What qualifies Edge to be a WWE champion? What qualifies RVD? That they have been in this sport for more than 10 years?
Kane vs. Importer Kane wasn't even a rehash of Undertaker Vs. Undertaker, it was the rehash of a rehash of a questionable idea. That being said, seeing these two going at each other was actually pretty freaky. And THAT being said, I wouldn't watch it again.
The John Cena Vs. Sabu Lumberjack Extreme Rules match was as much a disgrace to its origins as the 2 out of 3 falls match earlier. A crash through a table and some moves with a chair doesn't make a match ECW- style. Every TLC match between the Hardy Boys and Edge and Christian from earlier times (god bless them) was more ECW than this.
By the way, this charade also lasted merely 5 minutes.

Now to the main ev ... wait, already? But we haven't seen anything memorable so far, this better be good!
So, the DX is back, huh? I sure hope this doesn't turn out to be as much a parody of itself as the "2 out of 3 falls" and "Extreme Rules" matches.
But it does. Triple H and Shawn Michaels give a little speech before the actual match, but instead of saying anything really funny or witty, they just bellow out their usual catchphrases.
The Spirit Squad is really a damn stupid idea, but they are unquestionably funny. More funny than the DX itself in this match, actually.
Triple H and Michaels aren't the DX, they are playing the DX, and that does make one hell of a difference.

Where are we at with this PPV? What does it do, where is its place in the long, glorious history of WWE/WWF PPVs? I don't know, but it's got to be somewhere at the rock bottom. WWE needs ideas, and it needs them badly. SO badly. Not so long ago, I didn't like the way they treated Chris Jericho. Today I would kill to see him back in the ring.
This whole Vengeance PPV feels like watching some strange revival show.
Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Doink, Kamala, Mick Foley, Kane Vs. Kane ... and Ric Flair. He's the greatest performer who ever lived, but please! PLEASE, Ric, if you want to continue to wrestle, Get.In.Shape! It looks like Foley is beating up just a really old, wrinkly guy.

And the DX won't survive very long, believe me. It will suffer the fate of the nWo. It won't take very long until Triple H and Shawn Michaels will face each other.

The only consolation can be that after great lows, there are usually great heights.

Please, wrestling fans, open your eyes! I've never seen TNA, but it can't be any worse than *this*!

When I watched this PPV live I thought it was the best of the year (aside from WrestleMania) - and I still think it is. But now that I keep watching, D-X is getting boring! How long are they gonna rule RAW?! Cena did that for about 8 months before Edge and RVD ended his reigns - and now he's back as Champ AGAIN! - but D-X need to really let Rated RKO break them up and defeat them. Anyway, here is my review for the top 3 matches:

Randy Orton vs. ECW's Kurt Angle

Wow! I am a 100% Orton fan and although I knew Orton would win this match it was still great to see him get his revenge on Angle for breaking his ankle (storyline injury). A really good wrestling match, with highlights including 8 German Suplexes from Angle to Randy and a German Suplex on the outside. After Randy separated his shoulders on ECW I was worried he had iinjured himself again after being suplexed from the top ropes. A great heel victory, with Orton countering the Ankle Lock and throwing Angle into the exposed turnbuckle before hitting the RKO for the win ( beatiful RKO at that!). My personal match of the night (and it was the opener!) Shame it wasn't longer than 10 minutes.

Winner: Randy Orton
10/10


Shelton Benjamin vs. Carlito vs. Johnny Nitro - Intercontinental Championship

An amazing high-flying match, spoilt only by the wrong person winning. Carlito should have won the title and held it until Unforgiven before losing to Randy. Anyway, a good fast-paced match, with an awesome Super German Suplex from Nitro to Carlito whilst he was doing a Superplex to Benjamin. Great match, and a nice Back-Cracker spoilt only by Nitro stealing the win.

Winner: New I.C. Champion Johnny Nitro
8/10


ECW's RVD vs. Edge - WWE Championship Match

I expected a boring match with Edge defeating RVD. Instead I got to see a good title match with some good wrestling and some good brawling. Edge took a nasty Van Daminator in the match but still kicked out. RVD then dodged a Spear attempt and Edge cracked his head onto a Steel Chair held up by Lita. RVD then nailed a gigantic 5-Star Frog Splash to retain the title.

Winner: WWE & ECW Champion Rob Van Dam


Overall this was a solid show. If you like Randy, Cena, Foley, D-X, RVD or Nitro then you should get this asap. If you just wanna see a good PPV for once then get this and WM22 for some quality matches.

Just like last year, Vengence was a RAW event that was heavily booked two weeks before the PPV (due to ECW One Night Stand) however unlike last year (where it resulted in a WrestleMania quality card), this years event just came off like a 3 hour version of RAW with alot of matches & angles that weren't worth the price of Pay Per View. And I'm warning you right now that Jerry Lawler spends more time bashing ECW in their matches than actually calling the match & is more annoying than he is during a divas match so if you can't stand that then I suggest you press the mute button.

Kurt Angle vs. Randy Orton - In a rematch from One Night Stand, these two went at it again and it almost exactly mirrored their match from One Night Stand (minus the crowd being all over Orton). It was a nice match & Orton got the win in the end.

Eugene Vs Umaga - Glorified squash match as Umaga killed Eugene followed by taking out Doink The Clown & Hacksaw Jim Duggan. But after that, Umaga left when Kamala confronted him (but that didn't lead anywhere as Umaga squashed him the next night on RAW). I'm no fan of squash matches on PPV so this match could have been saved for RAW.

Ric Flair Vs Mick Foley (2 out of 3 falls): They actually do wrestle each other until Flair scores the first pinfall in around 7 mins. and then Foley completely goes hardcore on Flair & bloodies Flair; disqualifing himself in the process. Again, for all the hype (not just the two week buildup but years worth of hype) and it just ends a little after 7 mins. This again was something that should have happened on RAW, not a PPV.

Intercontinental Champion Shelton Benjamin Vs Johnny Nitro Vs Carlito - The PPV stars to pick up here again as these two pulled off a great match. Shelton is one of the most underrated (based on how he's used from time to time), Carlito is finally coming into his own as a wrestler & not a comedy act, while Nitro is out to prove he can make it as a singles star. Again, it's not a wrestling mat classic but it's an awesome match to watch.

WWE Champion RVD Vs Edge - Their styles really compliment each other & give another great match to watch. Match of the night for me.

Kane Vs Imposter Kane - This match wasn't ugly or bad, it was just a boring "big man vs. big man" match. Want to know how boring this match is, they killed the character & the storyline the next night on RAW.

Extreme Lumberjack Match: John Cena Vs Sabu - First of all, it's no secret that Stephanie McMahon (head of creative for RAW & SmackDown) is no fan of ECW & that was heavily reflected in his match as the ECW originals were lumberjacks (no Big Show or Angle) and were made to look inferior to the Sunday Night Heat roster (Rob Conway, Charlie Hass, ect.) throughout the match. And course, Lawler making a bunch of "Extremely Crappy Wrestling" comments & even J.R. joining in on it from time didn't help the match any as well. But besides all of that, this match was good for what it was. It was basically both men getting their traditional spots in a 10 min. match with Sabu tapping out (FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS CAREER) to Cena.

Spirit Squad Vs DX - Unlike their Saturday Night Main Event match the next month where it was a complete squash, this was really good with a mix of wrestling & some humorious spots every now & then. The Squad still looked somewhat strong throughout the match but they were just bodies for the DX reunion to go on strong.

There is also a bonus disc full of extras such as the behind the scenes of Torrie's magazine photo shoot, Mick Foley meeting Melina, Edge & Ric Flair interviews along with the RVD vs. Cena rematch from RAW the next night. The rest are all the DX skits from the previous & following weeks including the Handicap match between Triple H & Spirit Squad, Spirit Squad being slimed, DX giving gifts to Mr. McMahon & hanging out with Coach, the official DX reunion, the new & updated DX music video, and the McMahon impersonations leading to Vince & Shane & Spirit Squad getting showered in "holy" sh*t!

Bottom line is that Vengence is a strong RAW PPV but three of these matches were complete duds & really killed the crowd & the good flow of the PPV. The extras were a nice additional touch & hope WWE concidered that for future releases as well.

This was on of the best vengeance pay per views
1.Randy Orton vs. Kurt Angle
This match was a great performance of skill just like there match at one night stand in a match like this you'll never you is gonna win
8.1
2.Umaga vs. Eugene
This match couldn't be any sucker number one why do the have gimmick of eugene and why did mcmahon make this it was obvious who is gonna win. i'm just gonna give it away umaga won. BIG SUPRISE.
1.1
3.Johnny Nitro vs. Carlito vs. Shelton Benjamin (C)
I.C Title
This match was a great performance of skill just like angle vs. orton this was such a great match im not telling who won
7.1
4.RVD vs. Edge
WWE/ECW Title
Now why would they put this match 4th to last in my opinon the
kane match should've been 4th to last anyway if you like suprises you'll be suprised you wins this match
8.8
5."Imposter Kane" vs. Kane
This was the worst gimmick in wwe history they didn't even tell you was beind the mask and why he was stalking kane anyway this was like booker t vs. lashley match the least favorite domates the hole rivalry and the last day of the rivalry the favorite beats the crap out of the least favorite (which happened the next night on RAW) stupid
5.3
6.John Cena vs. Sabu
Extreme LumberJack Match
This had to be the match of the night awesome ending or shall i say extremly awesome ending ending
no rating it was so good
7.DX vs.Spirit Squad
This match was a great match dx beats the crap out of the squad
and mitch joins triple h's "new club"
Overall this ppv was Rated RVD

Kurt Angle vs. Randy Orton
Winner: Randy Orton
Match Rating: 8/10

Eugene vs. Umaga
Winner: Umaga
Match Rating: 3/10

Two-Out-Of-Three Falls Match:
Ric Flair vs. Mick Foley
Winner: Ric Flair
Match Rating: 7/10

Intercontinental Champion, Triple Threat Match:
Shelton Benjamin (c) vs. Johnny Nitro vs. Carlito
Winner: Johnny Nitro (new Intercontinental Champion)
Match Rating: 8.5/10

WWE Championship Match:
Rob Van Dam (c) vs. Edge (w\ Lita)
Winner: Rob Van Dam (still WWE Champion)
Match Rating: 9/10

Kane vs. ''Kane''
Winner: ''Kane''
Match Rating: 6.5/10

Extreme Lumberjack Match:
John Cena (w\ Raw lumberjacks) vs. Sabu (w\ ECW lumberjacks)
Winner: John Cena
Match Rating: 7.5/10

5 on 2 Handicap Match:
D-Generation X vs. Spirit Squad
Winner: D-Generation X
Match Rating: 8/10

Vengeance 2006 was one of the best PPVs in years.Vengeance was clearly better than Wrestlemania 22.In my opinion, Vengeance 2006 was better than the 2005 edition.I give this PPV a 10/10 which means you need to buy this bad-boy and lock it up.

1. Kurt Angle vs Randy Orton- A good rematch from ECW One Night Stand. Another technical match as expected. Not as good as One Night Stand but definately a good match. 8/10

2. Umaga vs Eugene- Another squash. I can't believe what I heard on a website. Umaga is gonna win the wwe title at Summerslam!?!! I hope this is not true because he is not championship material in my opinion. Anyway nothing special in this match. 3/10

3. Mick Foley vs Ric Flair- I am very dissapointed in this match. They were hyping this match to be very good. They could've made 1 match single competition 2nd match street fight and 3rd match a cage match or something like that. That would've been way better. This match was a big letdown and the ending really doesn't help the rating. 5/10

4. Triple Threat Match- Wow! A very good match and one of the best triple threats I've seen. Carlito really impressed me in this match and he done some impressive moves. A great match and the best match thus far. 9/10

5. Edge vs RVD- An excellent title match that never got boring. Some sick bumps taken by RVD. A suprising ending in my opinion and probably for everyone. I thought Edge was gonna win but now I think Cena could win at SNME. 9.5/10

6. Kane vs Imposter Kane- A boring, big man style type of match. I hope this storyline is ending soon and I agree with a wrestling columnist when he said that Kane has had the worst storylined out of any wrestler. 4/10

7. Sabu vs John Cena- A nice ECW style match. It was kinda short. It was fast paced throughout and it was good in the time given. Some sick chair spots. This match along with RVD and Cena from One Night Stand shows how homecourt advantage helps a lot. 8.5/10

8. DX vs Spirit Squad- A good match but it is not really main event material. It was good but it could be a nice midcard match or the match before the main event. RVD and Edge should've been the main event. DX is looking good and are better than ever. 8/1-

A good raw ppv and it is worth a buy. 5 matches are worth checking out. DX!!