VENGEANCE HAS STARTEDThe fireworks and music set off as Vengeance begins. Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler welcome us and run down the card.
INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
CHRIS JERICHO vs DIAMOND DALLAS PAGEDDP came out first but was attacked by Y2J. Jericho and DDP brawled outside for a while, when Y2J hit DDP with a chair ! The bell didn't ring since they were outside and so it was legal. Jericho threw DDP back into the ring and pinned him only to get a two count. Jericho started using underhanded tactics, like low-blows, eye rakes and distractions to avoid DDP's attacks. DDP nearly hit a Diamond Cutter but Jericho reversed it into a Rear-Naked Drop. DDP then tried a clothesline, but Y2J ducked and hit a facecrusher. Jericho went for the Lionsault but DDP got up, DDP then ran for Jericho but Jericho tripped him up and locked in the Walls Of Jericho. DDP got to the rope, and Jericho thought he won but realised he didn't. Y2J then went outside and grabbed the IC belt, the ref then saw and Y2J and the ref were both grabbing the belt. Jericho was distracted and turned around to a Diamond Cutter ! Jericho kicked out though ! DDP then attempted to grab Y2J off the floor but Jericho turned it into a small package and picked up the victory !
BOOKER TMichael Cole is backstage interviewing Booker T about his match with Rico. Cole askes Booker about Rico attacking him last week on RAW. Booker responds by saying he has a little surprise instore for Rico tonight. Cole tries to ask him more questions but Booker just walks off smiling.
BOOKER T vs RICOBooker came out first looking very confident. Rico then came out to lots of boos, especially when he introduced the ''special enforcer'' for the match : Chuck Palumbo. Chuck unfairly distracted Booker at first, leading to Rico taking advantage. Rico missed a karate kick which gave Booker an opening. Booker dominated from then on, and when for the Scissors Kick, but Chuck grabbed his leg. Booker then went after Chuck and delivered a Scissors Kick to him. Booker turned around to a straight kick though from Rico which gave him the win ! Rico and Chuck double-teamed Booker T after the match until Stevie Ray came to the rescue !!! Harlem Heat cleaned house, then Booker and Stevie hugged.
MR. PERFECTMr. Perfect comes out to a mixed reaction infront of a sold out crowd here at Vengeance. Perfect announces that it's great to be back in a WWF ring, but unfortunately he's not wrestling because of an injury. Perfect then says he will be back next month though, at the Royal Rumble. He then finishes by saying that when he returns, it won't be bad, it won't be great, it will be perfect.
THE ROCKThe Rock is shown backstage warming up for the main event later tonight.
CHRIS BENOIT & EDDIE GUERRERO vs
WILLIAM REGAL & CHRISTIANBenoit and Christian start out with Benoit taking the lead. Benoit hits a lot of stuff moves, like chops, stiff strikes and elbows. Benoit then starts to fire it up a bit by hitting 3 german suplexes. Benoit then tags in Eddie who hits his 3 amigos. Regal tries to intefere but Benoit takes care of him on the outside. Eddie is distracted by it and turns around to a low blow from Christian. Christian then starts pounding on Eddie, working on him a lot. Regal and Christian start to exchange timely tags. Regal gets out the brass knucks to hit Eddie but Benoit comes in and saves him. Eddie finally gets a tag to Benoit who cleans house knocking out Christian and Regal. Benoit knocks down Regal and is about to hit the Headbutt but Christian knocks him off the rope. Eddie soon takes care of him though. Regal is up and has the knucks and tries to hit Benoit but Benoit grabbed his arm and took him down and locked in the crossface. Regal tapped leaving Chris Benoit & Eddie Guerrero with the win.
UNDERTAKERJonathan Coachman is in the back with Undertaker interviewing him about his match with Kane later on tonight. Taker tells Coach he will destroy Kane and end his career tonight. He finished by saying that he'll make Kane famous.
CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
BILLY KIDMAN vs CHAVO GUERREROChavo attacked Kidman at the bell, and the two men slugged it out before Chavo sent Kidman to the floor. Chavo hit a plancha, but Kidman was able to ram the champion’s arm and shoulder into the post, establishing his point of attack. Kidman had Chavo set up for a moonsault, but the champion was able to get his knees up and take control. Chavo hit a top-rope hurricanrana on the challenger, but appeared to hurt his knee on the way down, and a delay in covering Kidman allowed him to get a foot on the ropes. Chavo was then able to hit the Gory Bomb after a sequence of reversals, but the challenger kicked out at 2. Chavo went to the second rope, but Kidman avoided a somersault legdrop. The challenger then immediately capitalized, hitting a Shooting Star Press to pick up the victory and become Cruiserweight Champion.
VINCE MCMAHONVince McMahon comes out to the ring and announces that the Undertaker vs Kane match is now a No.1 Contender Match for the WWF Championship at Royal Rumble but Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman interrupt. Heyman tells Vince that Brock Lesnar wants a WWF Championship shot at Royal Rumble. Vince then tells Heyman that Brock has only been in one match and so he most definately cannot have a title shot. But Vince says that he will enter Brock Lesnar into the 2002 Royal Rumble Match. Vince exits leaving Heyman with a sadistic smile on his face.
KURT ANGLEKurt Angle is shown backstage hyping up and training for tonight's main event.
THE DEBUT OF DAVE FINLAY
DAVE FINLAY vs BRADSHAWDave Finlay entered to silence as did Bradshaw. Finlay got an advantage by attacking him quickly. Finlay took control for most of the match. Pounding him into the ground. Late in the match, Finlay caught Bradshaw with a punishing Emerald Fusion to earn the win. Bradshaw bought some time by pushing a ref toward Finlay, and Finlay promptly put the ref through an announce table. Finlay then caught Bradshaw crawling up the entrance ramp and hit yet another Emerald Fusion – this time onto the metal ramp. Finlay then did the unthinkable, he threw Bradshaw off the stage through 4 tables. Finlay had picked up the win and possibly ended Bradshaw's career.
STONE COLDStone Cold is shown in his locker room warming up for tonight's main event for the Undisputed WWF Championship.
KEVIN NASH, SCOTT HALL & X-PAC vs
GOLDUST, EDGE & The nWo entered first in fashionable black and white style. Goldust's entrance quickly overshadowed the nWo's entrance as did Edge's. The crowd was waiting in anticipation to see who Edge & Goldust had picked to be on their team. Holla, if ya hear me echoed throughout the arena as the fans went nuts for the Big Booty Daddy, Big Poppa Pump, Scott Steiner !!! Steiner, Edge and Goldust quickly started brawling with the nWo in the early going. For most of the match, the nWo triple-teamed Goldust, using dirty nWo type tactics. Edge finally got the tag but suffered the same fate as Goldust. Edge finally countered a Jacknife from Kevin Nash into a hurricanrana and tagged in Scott Steiner ! Steiner cleaned house hitting suplexes all over the place. Edge & Goldust took care of X-Pac and Scott Hall as Kevin Nash tapped out to the Steiner Recliner. After the match, Steiner, Goldust & Edge celebrated.
TEST & LANCE STORMTest and Lance Storm come out to the ring....and lots of boos. Test and Storm discuss how Americans are predgidist and biast today. Test complains that an American broke his leg and Storm complains that an American made him think about retiring. Storm and Test complain until out comes Rikishi. Test and Storm go to attack him but Rikishi clears house and delivers two stink faces to the anti-americans.
WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
TRISH STRATUS vs JAZZEarly in the bout, Jazz worked over Trish’s arm, frustrating her to no end. Jazz cheated a bit by raking her eye. While it wasn't the correct thing to do according to the rulebook, it gave Jazz a chance to cheap shot Trish and dominate. Jazz spent the majority of the match focusing on Trish’s arm and back, at one point applying a brutal sitting variation of a bow and arrow. Trish made a comeback, however, and pounded Jazz in the corner. Trish shook off Jazz’s attempt to separate them, nailing Jazz with a spear into the corner. At this point, Trish stood Jazz up in the corner, and climbed the ropes to pound her some more. Instead, Jazz grabbed Trish, driving her hard into the mat with a vicious powerbomb. The powerbomb was enough for the three count, giving Jazz the victory and the WWF Women's Championship.
REY MYSTERIOA promo runs hyping the debut of former WCW star Rey Mysterio.
BIG SHOW & ROB VAN DAMA video is shown recaping how Rob Van Dam and the Big Show's fued began.
HARDCORE CHAMPIONSHIP
BIG SHOW vs ROB VAN DAMThe capacity crowd witnessed a side of RVD that has long been absent — the “Whole Damn Show” side. On multiple occasions, RVD passed up opportunities to put away the massive giant, Big Show. Instead, each time RVD chose to inflict further damage and ruthlessnes. The first time, RVD went up for a Five-Star but stopped short. He then went under the ring to fetch a ladder, which he used to smash Show squarely in the head. The impact ripped Show wide open and blood gushed down his face. RVD set up the Five-Star again, but stopped short to get a trash can and table. RVD was then set to hit his Five-Star Frog Splash from atop a ladder but instead turned back to retrieve an inconceivably tall ladder. RVD then placed a trash can over the head and chest of Show, and hit a Van Daminator which placed him atop a table and then RVD scaled the massive ladder in the corner. RVD sealed Show’s fate with a Five-Star, plummeting from the ladder, dropping through the trash can into the face of Show, with the impact sending them both through the table. The trash can was so badly dented that the referee frantically called for help, fearing that the jagged metal could have sliced into Show’s head or cut off the flow of oxygen. A vengeful RVD prevented ringside medical personnel from reaching Big Show. RVD had seemingly transformed right before the fans’ eyes into the RVD of the ECW days. RVD finally finished Show with another Van Daminator to mercifully end the match.
KURT ANGLE, STONE COLD & THE ROCKA video is shown hyping tonight's main event, The Rock vs Kurt Angle vs Stone Cold for the Undisputed WWF Championship.
TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
HARDY BOYZ vs DUDLEY BOYZBackstage before the match, Stacy Keibler offered her services if they cancel the match. Instead, the Hardy Boyz walked away with Lita. Hardy Boyz dominated the early going, highlighted by both Jeff & Matt hitting corkscrew planchas onto Dudley Boyz on the floor. Stacy Keibler would turn the tide for her team, however, pulling Jeff off the top rope and allowing Bubba to take control. Dudley Boyz then cut the ring in half and would not allow Jeff to tag out, until an enzuiguri to Bubba allowed the Hardy Boyz to make a tag. After hitting a tornado DDT on D-Von, Matt Hardy went up for the moonsault. Stacy tried to stop him, but was kicked away. Matt would hit the moonsault, but the distraction by Stacy allowed Bubba to recover enough to break up the pin. Jeff then tried to fight off both of the Dudley Boyz, but walked right into the 3-D, allowing Bubba & D-Von to claim the victory and remain Tag Team Champions.
KANELilian Garcia is entering Kane's locker room to conduct an interview. Lilian tries to ask Kane questions but he is silent. He eventually answers all her questions by saying that even though Undertaker said he would destroy him, he can't destroy The Big Red Monster !
KANE & UNDERTAKERA recap of how Kane and Undertaker's fued shows, including Taker chokeslamming Kane through an announce table, how Taker turned on Kane, and how Kane challenged Undertaker to a match.
NO.1 CONTENDER MATCH
UNDERTAKER vs KANEThe atmosphere was utterly electric in this charged, highly emotional environment. And the loudly derisive chants aimed at Taker must have had a psychological weakening on the once unanimously popular man. The match seemed over after Taker connected with his signature Chokeslam. But Kane willed his way out of consecutive covers. Taker next attempted a Last Ride, but Kane escaped through the back door and instead hit a Chokeslam. Taker answered with a kick out that put Kane into a state of dismay. The Chokeslam has ended countless matches, but not on this night. He seemed to be wondering if it wasn’t meant to be on this night with no much to overcome. Out of desperation, Kane took to the top rope and attempted a flying cross-body. Taker moved and quickly pounced for the Tombstone. The match-ending impact seemed imminent when Kane reversed it into his own Tombstone. This was enough to put away the Undertaker and for the first time Kane had beaten his brother.
THE ROCKJonathan Coachman is conducting an interview with the World Champion The Rock. Rock gets up to his usual antics like making Coach do things. Rock tells Angle and Austin that he's gonna take both his boots, stick both of them side ways, and stick them both up Angle and Austin's candy asses.
KURT ANGLEAl Snow is in the back about to conduct an interview with Kurt Angle but he can't find him. Al Snow goes into his locker room but can't see him, Angle then attacks Snow from behind. He tells Snow that he hasn't got time for stupid interviews because he's got some ass to whoop. It's True, It's True.
STONE COLDMichael Cole is backstage doing an interview with Stone Cold. Stone Cold says he's gonna open up a can of whoop-ass on Rock and Angle, then put some stank on it, and then open up another can of whoop-ass on them and that's the bottom line cause Stone Cold says so.
UNDISPUTED CHAMPIONSHIP
KURT ANGLE vs STONE COLD vs THE ROCKWith all Kurt Angle's talk of destiny, it was the Texas Rattlesnake Stone Cold or The People's Champ The Rock who seemed destined to retain the World/WWF Championship. They all put on a clinic including hitting a jaw-dropping German suplex to both Austin and Rock that sent Rock flying clear across the ring. Angle then made both Rock and Austin tap to a grapevined angle lock — only to be foiled each time by a second opponent who could distract the referee and physically detain him. Angle also kicked out of a Rock Bottom and a Stone Cold Stunner. Angle wasn't the only one though as Rock and Austin did their part in kicking out of Angle Slams, Rock Bottoms and Stone Cold Stunners. At one point Rock was so close to victory, he had Austin down and had hit Angle with the Rock Bottom - but the referee was down. That led to the end, as The Rock turned around to a Stunner from Stone Cold. However, Angle got up and delivered an Angle Slam to Stone Cold knocking him down and out of the ring. Angle then locked in the Angle Lock which was reversed by The Rock. The ref was up now, and Rock was about to hit the Rock Bottom until Vince McMahon run down and attempted to hit The Rock with a chair. Rock got rid of Vince though, but in the end, the distraction prooved costly, as Angle hit an Angle Slam and pinned The Rock to become the Undisputed Championship. Vince and Angle celebrated in the ring with confetti everywhere as Vengeance goes off the air !!!
QUICK RESULTSChris Jericho def. Diamond Dallas Page
Rico def. Booker T
Chris Benoit/Eddie Guerrero def. William Regal/Christian
Billy Kidman def. Chavo Guerrero
Dave Finlay def. Bradshaw
Goldust/Edge/Scott Steiner def. the nWo
Jazz def. Trish Stratus
Kane def. Undertaker
Rob Van Dam def. Big Show
Dudley Boyz def. Hardy Boyz
Kurt Angle def. The Rock & Stone Cold