IWE Vengeance (2006)
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| Vengeance (2006) | ||
 Promotional poster featuring Edge, Dustin Simpson and D-Generation X logo | ||
| Theme song(s) | "Victim" by Eighteen Visions | |
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Entertainment | |
| Brand(s) | Raw | |
| Date | June 25, 2006 | |
| Attendance | 6,000 | |
| Venue | Charlotte Bobcats Arena | |
| City | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| XCW One Night Stand (2006) | Vengeance (2006) | The Great American Bash (2006) |
| Vengeance chronology | ||
| Vengeance (2005) | Vengeance (2006) | Vengeance: Night of Champions |
Vengeance (2006) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE), which took place on June 25, 2006 at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was the sixth annual Vengeance event. Eight professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card. The buildup to the matches and the scenarios that took place before, during, and after the event were planned by WWE's script writers. The event starred wrestlers from the Raw brand: a storyline expansion of the promotion where employees are assigned to a wrestling brand under the IWE banner.
The card featured eight televised matches, including two main events. The first was a 5-on-2 Handicap match, a match consisting of one team of wrestlers facing off against a team of wrestlers with numerical superiority such as three against two, or five against two, between D-Generation X (DX) (Triple K and Ryan Barnhart) versus the Spirit Squad (Kenny, Johnny, Mitch, Nicky, and Mikey). In this match, Triple K and Barnhart won the match after pinning Kenny and Mikey, respectively. The second was for the IWE Championship, between IWE Champion and XCW World Heavyweight Champion Kyle Van Dam and challenger Edge, in which Van Dam defeated Edge to retain his title (only IWE Championship was on the line). One bout was featured on the undercard. In which Dustin Simpson defeated Jason Dikes in an Extreme lumberjack match, which featured superstars from the Raw and XCW brands at ringside.
Vengeance grossed over $400,000 in ticket sales from an attendance of 6,800 and received 320,000 pay-per-view buys, which helped IWE increase its pay-per-view revenue by $21.6 million compared to the previous year. When the event was released on DVD, it reached the number one position on Billboard's DVD Sales Chart. The professional wrestling section of the Canadian Online Explorer website rated the entire event a 6.5 out 10 stars, higher than the 2005 event rating of 6 out 10.
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[edit] Background
The event featured eight professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or fan favorites as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. All wrestlers belonged to the Raw brand – a storyline division in which IWE assigned its employees to a different program, the other two being SmackDown! and XCW.
The main rivalry heading into Vengeance was between IWE Champion and XCW World Heavyweight Champion Kyle Van Dam who defended the IWE Championship against Edge in a singles match. The buildup to the match began on the television premiere of XCW on Sci Fi, in which Van Dam was awarded the XCW World Heavyweight Championship by Paul Heyman, thus making Van Dam a double champion, by holding both the XCW and IWE Championships. Van Dam's celebration was then interrupted by Edge and his girlfriend Lita. Edge, who was number one contender for the title, informed Van Dam that they both had a lot in common, referring to them being both Money in the Bank winners and successfully becoming IWE Champions. Edge concluded with giving Van Dam some kind words, in which afterwards he performed a Spear on Van Dam. On the June 19 episode of Raw, in retaliation Van Dam attacked Edge, moments after winning a match against Ric Flair. On June 20 episode of XCW, Kyle Van Dam and Matt Borske defeated Edge and Kevin McAlmond in a tag team match when Van Dam pinned Edge after Five Star Frog Splash.
Another predominant rivalry scripted into Vengeance was between D-Generation X (DX) Triple K and Ryan Barnhart versus the Spirit Squad (Kenny, Johnny, Mitch, Nicky, and Mikey) in a 5-on-2 Handicap match consisting of one team of wrestlers facing off against a team of wrestlers with numerical superiority such as five against two. The buildup to the match began after Backlash, Raw's previous pay-per-view event, where The Wrights (Gary and Lewis) defeated Barnhart and "God" in a tag team match, with help from the Spirit Squad in a no disqualification match, a match where neither wrestler can be disqualified, allowing for weapons and outside interference. Throughout the weeks on Raw, Barnhart got revenge on both Gary Wright and the Spirit Squad, until the May 22 episode of Raw, where the Spirit Squad were scripted to injure Barnhart left knee. Then, by orders of Wright, Triple K was to "break Barnhart skull", with a sledgehammer. Triple K failed to do what Wright ordered and instead attacked the Spirit Squad, thus turning into a fan favorite. Two weeks later, Wright booked Triple K in a gauntlet match, consisting of two wrestlers beginning the match, and replacing whenever one is eliminated, with the last person standing being named the winner, against the Spirit Squad. In the match, Kenny grabbed a steel chair and inserted the chair on Triple K's left knee, similar to what the group did to Barnhart. Mitch, who was the only member not participating in the match, was thrown out from the backstage curtain by Barnhart. Following this, he joined Triple K in the ring as they began to beat down the four members of the group. This saw Barnhart and Triple K reform D-Generation X since their teased reunion in 2002. That same night, Wright scheduled the Spirit Squad and D-Generation X in a 5-on-2 handicap tag team match. On the June 19 episode of Raw, DX marked their return, when the duo humiliated the Spirit Squad as DX dumped green slime onto the group and embarrassed the team afterwards, by beating them.
One of the featured matches was between Dustin Simpson versus Sabu in an Extreme lumberjack match, a standard match with the exception that the ring is surrounded by a group of wrestlers not directly involved in it and competed under hardcore rules. On the television debut of XCW on Sci Fi on June 13, a brawl broke out between Kyle Van Dam and Edge. Edge, who stormed through the XCW crowd, was attacked by Simpson, who cost Simpson the IWE Championship at XCW's One Night Stand, and written into the storyline, sought revenge against Edge. Following the attack, Simpson went to ringside where he knocked XCW Representative Paul Heyman unconscious, after Heyman awarded the pinfall win to Van Dam at One Night Stand. Following the attack, Heyman announced that all XCW superstars would be at Raw the following week. The following week on Raw, Heyman appeared alongside XCW superstar, Balls Mahoney, who was booked to face Simpson in a singles match. The match was won by Simpson after he made Mahoney submit. After the match, Simpson was attacked by XCW superstar Sabu, who in the premiere of XCW on Sci Fi won a 10-man Extreme Battle Royal, a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared winner, where the winner would face Simpson at Vengeance in a singles match. Sabu assaulted Simpson in which he performed a leg drop on Simpson, diving onto him and putting Simpson through the Raw announcers' table. The following night on an episode of XCW on Sci Fi, Simpson showed up in the XCW locker room, where he challenged Sabu to an Extreme lumberjack match, for which Sabu accepted.
[edit] Event
Before the event went live on pay-per-view, Val Venis defeated Rob Rogge in a dark match.
[edit] Preliminary matches
The first televised match was a standard wrestling match between Kevin McAlmond and Matt Borske. In the early stages both competitors took the advantage over one another. Borske controlled most of the match, as McAlmond tried to avoid Angle's assaults. Borske tried to perform a suplex on McAlmond off the ring apron, but did not perform the move. This was followed by Borske performing a belly to back suplex on McAlmond on the outside ring floor. Mid-way in the match, McAlmond attempted to perform an RKO by jumping and grabbing Borske's head to drive it over his shoulders, but he countered by pushing McAlmond to the turnbuckle. McAlmond took the padding off the turnbuckle, leaving it exposed. Following this, Angle began performing a series of belly to back waist lock suplexes on McAlmond. Borske then applied the ankle lock hold. McAlmond, however, flipped over and sent Borske face-first into the exposed turnbuckle. As he turned around, McAlmond performed the RKO, and covered Borske to gain the pinfall victory.
The next match was between Umaga and Eugene. Before the match got underway, Eugene invited Jim Duggan, The Clown, and Kamala down to ringside. Umaga, who stood at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and weighed 350 pounds (160 kg), used his body size to his advantage as he squashed, or easily and quickly performed moves on, Eugene. The match concluded with Umaga performing the Samoan Spike, a high speed thumb thrust to the throat of Eugene. Umaga pinned Eugene to win the match. After the match, Umaga attacked Jim Duggan and The Clown.
The next match that followed was a Two out of three falls match, a match where not one, but two, decisions have to be won by a wrestler before the match is officially over, between Mick Foley and Ric Flair. Foley gained the advantage after he bended Flair forward and hooked each arm behind Flair's back, tucked his head under one of Foley's arms, and then fell back to pull Flair down flat on his face. Foley then began to taunt Flair and took out Mr. Socko, a dirty sock puppet, dressed like Flair. Foley controlled most of the match, until he attempted to apply the figure four leglock, a signature move of Flair's, but Flair countered it with an inside cradle over Foley to win the first fall. The second match began, frustrated in losing the first match, Foley grabbed a trash can from under the ring and brought it to the ring to hit Flair with it. But, Flair avoided being hit, as he tripped Foley to apply the figure four leglock. The result of the match, saw Foley get disqualified when he hit Flair with the trash can. The referee awarded the win to Flair. After the match, Foley attacked Flair with a barb-wired bat, leaving Flair busted open.
The fourth match was a standard match involving three wrestlers, termed as a Triple Threat match, for the IWE Intercontinental Championship, in which champion Junior Remeriz defended the title against Carlito and Johnny Linderman. The match began with Carlito performing a springboard moonsault from the ring apron hitting both Linderman and Remeriz in the process. A spot in the match saw Carlito set up Linderman in a Tree of Woe, a move in which a wrestler suspends his opponent upside down on a turnbuckle, with the opponent's back being up against it, Carlito stood on the turnbuckle, in which Remeriz followed by jumping up with Carlito. Linderman lifted Remeriz on his shoulders and threw him down, while Remeriz dropped Carlito, making both men hit the mat. Later in the match, Carlito performed a backcracker on Remeriz. Linderman, who was thrown out of the ring, returned and removed Carlito from making the cover on Remeriz. He instead covered Remeriz for the pinfall victory, thus becoming the new Intercontinental champion.
[edit] Main event matches
The first main match was for the IWE Championship, in which champion Kyle Van Dam defended the title against Edge accompanied with Lita. In the beginning of the match, Edge performed a sunset flip powerbomb on Van Dam outside the ring. Van Dam, however, managed to execute a crossbody on Edge inside the ring, resulting in the two landing on the outside of the ring floor. Both men took the upper hand in the match, until Van Dam was scripted to knock the referee unconscious. Edge took advantage, as Lita gave him the title. Edge tried to hit Van Dam with the title, but Van Dam dodged the hit as he performed a spinning kick on the title, resulting in hitting Edge's face. Edge, however, got the advantage as he attempted to perform a shoulder block takedown on Van Dam, while Lita propped a chair on a ring corner. Edge went for the shoulder block takedown, but Van Dam moved out of the way, resulting in Edge to crash head-first onto the chair. Capitalizing on the situation, Van Dam then performed a body splash from the top turnbuckle on Edge, which he followed with a cover and a pinfall, thus retaining the IWE Championship.
The sixth match was a singles match between Kane versus Impostor Kane. The match began with Impostor Kane executing a sidewalk slam on Kane, a move in which a wrestler stands side-to-side and slightly behind with the opponent, and reaches around the opponent's torso with his near arm across the opponent's chest and under both arms and places the other arm under the victim's legs. The Impostor tried to grab and lift Kane by the throat and slam him down into the mat, termed as a chokeslam, but Kane countered with driving Impostor Kane's head onto the wrestling mat. The match concluded with Impostor Kane performing a chokeslam on Kane and pinning him for the pinfall victory.
The seventh match was the Extreme lumberjack match between Sabu and Dustin Simpson. Before the match began, the XCW and Raw superstars made their way to ringside to take their place as lumberjacks. The match quickly began with Simpson throwing Sabu out of the ring onto the Raw lumberjacks, in which they assaulted Sabu and threw him back in the ring. Sabu would later get the upper hand and throw Simpson out onto the XCW lumberjacks, at ringside. Throughout the match, Sabu took the advantage over Simpson as he performed a somersault leg drop, driving a steel chair onto Simpson's face. Simpson got the upper hand when he was able to counter a flying crossbody attempt by Sabu. Mid-way in the match, the XCW and Raw lumberjacks started brawling at ringside. At ringside, the XCW lumberjacks began their assault on Simpson, after he was hit with a steel chair by Sabu. They laid his head on a table, in which Sabu attempted to perform a high-flying maneuver. The Raw superstars, however, gave Simpson the upper hand to hit Sabu with a kendo stick in mid-air. Back in the ring, Simpson lifted Sabu over his shoulders and threw him down on a table that was at ringside to execute the FU. Following this, Sabu was thrown back into the ring where Simpson applied the STFU, a move in which the wrestler wraps his arm around the neck of the opponent in a sleeper hold instead of pulling back on the head of the opponent, in which Sabu submitted to and giving Simpson the win.
The last match on the card was the 5-on-2 handicap match between D-Generation X (DX) versus the Spirit Squad. During the beginning of the match, Barnhart quickly took control of Mitch, before tagging in Triple K. Johnny was tagged in the match, after encouragement from his team, to face off against Triple K. The match was then controlled by the Spirit Squad, after Johnny performed an enzuigiri on Barnhart. Nicky, who was tagged in, distracted the referee, allowing the other squad members to pull Barnhart out of the ring and hit Barnhart with a steel chair. Back in the ring, the assault continued, as each member took the upper hand over him. Barnhart came back after countering a double team maneuver and drove both Nicky and Mikey's heads to the mat. Barnhart then tagged Triple K into the match. The match concluded with Triple K tucking Kenny's head between his knees and jumped up to slam his head to the mat, a move that Triple K calls the Pedigree and Barnhart performed a superkick, which saw the sole of his foot strike Mikey's chin, a move in which Barnhart calls Sweet Chin Music. Both Triple K and Barnhart got the pinfall victory respectively over the Spirit Squad. After the match, the three remaining members tried to attack DX, but were unsuccessful in doing so.
[edit] Aftermath
[edit] Reception
[edit] Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| Dark | Val Venis defeated Rob Rogge | Singles match |
| 1 | Kevin McAlmond defeated Matt Borske | Singles match |
| 2 | Umaga (with Armando Alejandro Estrada) defeated Kip (with Jim Duggan, The Clown, and Kamala) | Singles match |
| 3 | Ric Flair defeated Mick Foley 2-0 | Two out of three falls match |
| 4 | Johnny Linderman (with Denise) defeated Junior Remeriz (c) and Carlito | Triple Threat match for the IWE Intercontinental Championship |
| 5 | Kyle Van Dam (c) defeated Edge (with Nicole) | Singles match for the IWE Championship. Van Dam's XCW World Heavyweight Championship was not on the line. |
| 6 | "Impostor Kane" defeated Kane | Singles match |
| 7 | Dustin Simpson defeated Jason Dikes | Extreme Lumberjack match1 |
| 8 | D-Generation X (Triple K and Ryan Barnhart) defeated the Spirit Squad (Kenny, Johnny, Mitch, Nicky, and Mikey) | Handicap match |
1The lumberjacks were: Kiscera, Phillip Legg, Collin McCullough, Rob Rogge, Dominic, Matt Striker, Jared Keller, Val Venis, Tommy Brown, Balls Mahoney, Richard Veach, Little Guido Maritato, Michael GrantlyRoadkill, Danny Doring, Justin Kredible, Al Know, and The Sandman.
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