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The 2006 Unforgiven was the ninth annual
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(PPV)
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produced by
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(WWE). It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw brand division. The event took place on September 17, 2006, at the
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in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The
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was a
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for the
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between
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and
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, which Cena won after retrieving the belt suspended above the ring. One of the predominant matches on the
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was
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(DX) (
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and
Shawn Michaels Shawn Michaels (born Michael Shawn Hickenbottom on July 22, 1965) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is the Senior Vice President of Talent Development, Creative, and oversees the creative aspects of th ...
) versus The Big Show, Vince and
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in a Handicap
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match. Triple H and Michaels won the match after Triple H pinned Vince following a
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shot to his back. Another primary match on the undercard was Lita versus
Trish Stratus Patricia Anne Stratigeas (; born December 18, 1975), better known by the ring name Trish Stratus, is a Canadian professional wrestler, yoga instructor, actress and former fitness model. She is signed to WWE. An inductee of the 2013 WWE Hall ...
for the
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in what was Stratus' final match of her full-time wrestling career. Stratus won the match after forcing Lita to submit to the
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, thus becoming a record setting seven time WWE Women's Champion. As many of the existing feuds ended following the event, some did not. Notably,
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continued to feud with Johnny Nitro, facing off against him for the
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throughout September. The feud between DX and The McMahons ended after the event, as DX began an
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with Edge and
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. Following his win against Edge, Cena began an angle with Kevin Federline, which started the following month at Cyber Sunday and lasted throughout the year.


Production


Background

Unforgiven ''Unforgiven'' is a 1992 American revisionist Western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by David Webb Peoples. It stars Eastwood as William Munny, an aging outlaw and killer who takes on one more job years after ...
was first held by
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(WWE) as the 21st In Your House
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(PPV) in April 1998. Following the discontinuation of the In Your House series in February 1999, Unforgiven branched off as its own PPV in September that year, becoming WWE's annual September PPV. The 2006 event was the ninth event in the Unforgiven chronology and took place on September 17 at the
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in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Like the previous three years' events, it featured wrestlers exclusively from the Raw
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.


Storylines

The event featured seven
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with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing
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ed feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either
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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 WWE assigned its employees to a different program, the other being
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. The main
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heading into Unforgiven was between
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and
John Cena John Felix Anthony Cena ( ; born April 23, 1977) is an American actor and professional wrestler. As a wrestler, he has been signed to WWE , where he is the current WWE Championship, Undisputed WWE Champion in his record 14th reign, which is ...
over the
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. The two were evenly matched, with one victory each. Cena defeated Edge by disqualification at '' Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIII'', and Edge had beaten Cena at
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to retain his championship. On the edition of August 21, 2006 of ''Raw'', Lita, Edge's girlfriend, threw Cena's customized belt, which had a spinning center plate of the WWE logo, into the
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. Afterwards, Edge proclaimed that it was the end of the "Cena era" in his life. Edge went on to unveil a new version of the belt, which had a spinning center plate of his "Rated-R Superstar" logo. Later in the evening, Edge had a match with the returning
Jeff Hardy Jeffrey Nero Hardy (born August 31, 1977) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and also appears on partner promotion WWE on its NXT (WWE brand), NXT brand. He is re ...
; however, the match ended in a no-contest after Cena interfered and attacked Edge. After the match, the two fought outside the arena, and Cena tossed Edge into the Long Island Sound. On the edition of August 28, 2006 of ''Raw'', Edge demanded that
Shane McMahon Shane Brandon McMahon ( ; born January 15, 1970) is an American businessman and retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler best known for his tenures in WWE. The son of Vince McMahon, he is a fourth-generation wrestling promoter as a ...
, who was in charge of ''Raw'' that night, fire Cena for his actions the week before. Cena, however, interrupted and told Edge that if he got another WWE Championship match and lost, he would sign a contract with
SmackDown! ''WWE SmackDown'', also known as ''Friday Night SmackDown'' or simply ''SmackDown'', is an American professional wrestling television program produced by WWE. It airs live every Friday at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on USA Network in the United ...
and leave Edge's life. Edge agreed, but on the condition that he decided when, where, and what type of match it would be. After Cena defeated Chris Masters later that night, Edge hit Cena with a chair, a ladder, and later put him through a table. Following his attack, Edge told Cena that the match was going to be a
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at Unforgiven in his hometown of
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. The other main match on the card was
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(DX) (
Triple H Paul Michael Levesque (; born July 27, 1969), also known by the ring name Triple H, is an American business executive and former professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he serves as its chief content officer. Levesque began his wres ...
and
Shawn Michaels Shawn Michaels (born Michael Shawn Hickenbottom on July 22, 1965) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is the Senior Vice President of Talent Development, Creative, and oversees the creative aspects of th ...
) versus The McMahons ( Vince and Shane) and The Big Show in a
Hell in a Cell Hell in a Cell is a professional wrestling steel cage-based match which originated in 1997 in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It features a large cell structure, a four-sided cuboid made from open-weave steel mesh chain-link f ...
match. At SummerSlam, DX defeated The McMahons in a tag team match. On the edition of August 21, 2006 of ''Raw'', as part of the storyline, DX vandalized the WWE headquarters and Vince McMahon's personal jet plane and limousine. On the edition of August 28 of ''Raw'', The McMahons viciously attacked DX after their 3-on-2 handicap match with their SummerSlam opponents,
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, Finlay and
William Regal Darren Kenneth Matthews (born 10 May 1968), better known by the ring name William Regal, is an English retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he serves as the vice-president of Global Talent Development. He is also known for ...
. But before Vince and Shane proceeded to attack DX, Big Show attacked DX, giving the advantage to The McMahons. Moments after the assault, Vince booked a match at Unforgiven, where he teamed up with Shane and Big Show to take on DX in a 3-on-2 handicap Hell in a Cell match. One of the main
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matches was between Lita and
Trish Stratus Patricia Anne Stratigeas (; born December 18, 1975), better known by the ring name Trish Stratus, is a Canadian professional wrestler, yoga instructor, actress and former fitness model. She is signed to WWE. An inductee of the 2013 WWE Hall ...
for the
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. Lita engaged herself in a feud with Trish Stratus, after Lita and Edge interrupted Stratus' title match with
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. Lita and Edge then went on to attack Stratus', only to involve Carlito, who was in an on-screen relationship with Stratus, to brawl with Lita and Edge. A scheduled tag team match between Lita and Edge versus Stratus and Carlito occurred, in which Edge and Lita were the winners. On the edition of August 28, 2006 of ''Raw'', Lita revealed that Stratus would retire following Unforgiven, which was later confirmed by Stratus. On the edition of September 4 of ''Raw'', Stratus challenged Lita to a match at Unforgiven for the WWE Women's title, for her retirement match, in which Lita accepted.


Event

The event unofficially began with a
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between
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and
Shelton Benjamin Shelton James Benjamin (born July 9, 1975) is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler. , he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Hurt Syndicate and is one-half of the AEW World Tag Team Champ ...
. Crazy pinned Benjamin for the win.


Preliminary matches

The first match was between
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and Johnny Nitro for the Intercontinental Championship. In the start of the match, Hardy gained the advantage over Nitro by countering his attacks. Hardy performed the Swanton Bomb, but Nitro put his foot on the rope to break a pinfall attempt. Melina, however, hit Hardy with her boot, and Nitro pinned Hardy and retained the title. The match that followed was between Kane and Umaga. The match was taken to the outside of the ring. Kane performed a clothesline on Umaga into the crowd for a double countout called by the referee. The third match was for the
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between the Spirit Squad (
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and Mikey) and The Highlanders. back and forth action was seen by both teams. The members of the Squad, who were at ringside, interfered in the match and gave the upper hand to their teammates, as Mikey was able to pin Rory after a Facebuster, thus able to retain the World Tag Team Championship.


Main event matches

In the next match,
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,
Shane McMahon Shane Brandon McMahon ( ; born January 15, 1970) is an American businessman and retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler best known for his tenures in WWE. The son of Vince McMahon, he is a fourth-generation wrestling promoter as a ...
and
Vince McMahon Vincent Kennedy McMahon ( ; born August 24, 1945) is an American businessman and former professional wrestling promoter. McMahon, along with his later-estranged wife Linda McMahon, Linda, is a co-founder of the modern WWE, the world's largest ...
faced
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(
Triple H Paul Michael Levesque (; born July 27, 1969), also known by the ring name Triple H, is an American business executive and former professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he serves as its chief content officer. Levesque began his wres ...
and
Shawn Michaels Shawn Michaels (born Michael Shawn Hickenbottom on July 22, 1965) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is the Senior Vice President of Talent Development, Creative, and oversees the creative aspects of th ...
) (DX) in a Handicap
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match. At first, DX got the upper hand over the McMahons and Big Show. Back and forth action occurred between the teams. During the match, Triple H wrapped a chair around Shane's neck and Michaels dropped an elbow onto the chair, injuring Shane. Michaels proceeded to perform Sweet Chin Music on Big Show, causing him to dangle over the top rope. DX then pulled Big Show's trunks down and shoved Vince's head up Big Show's
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. Michaels performed a second Sweet Chin Music on Vince, followed by Triple H hitting him in the back with a
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and covering him for the win. Following the match, both Shane and Vince were stretchered out of the ring. The next singles match was between
Trish Stratus Patricia Anne Stratigeas (; born December 18, 1975), better known by the ring name Trish Stratus, is a Canadian professional wrestler, yoga instructor, actress and former fitness model. She is signed to WWE. An inductee of the 2013 WWE Hall ...
and Lita for the
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in Stratus' last match as a full-time competitor. Stratus gained control early in the match, but Lita took it from her after she threw her from the top rope. Stratus won the match after she locked in the
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on Lita, who submitted to the move, and Stratus became Women's Champion for the last time in her career. In the sixth match,
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faced Carlito. As the match began, Carlito spat on Orton and momentarily was followed by a
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. Mid-way in the match, Carlito performed a springboard moonsault from each side of the ring. His elbow caught Orton in the mouth on the second moonsault causing Orton to bleed from the mouth. After back-and-forth action, Carlito attempted another springboard, only for Orton to counter it into a mid-air
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for the win. In the main event,
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faced
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in a
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for the
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. The match stipulation added that if Cena lost to Edge, Cena would move to the
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brand. At the start, Cena took the advantage over Edge. Edge, however, countered Cena's moves with a
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. The match saw Cena sandwich Edge in a ladder as he applied the STFU on Edge, to which Edge submitted. At one point, Cena began to climb the ladder, but as he was moments away from retrieving the title, Lita, who interfered on Edge's behalf, tipped the ladder over, making Cena fall off the ladder through a table at ringside. Lita's interference was short, as Cena would later recover, and as Edge was climbing the ladder, Lita hit Cena with a steel chair to the back, only for him to inadvertently fall towards and push the ladder, making Edge fall off the ladder through a table at ringside. Lita then received an FU off Cena. Cena then began to make his way up the ladder, as did Edge when he re-entered the ring. The two fought until Cena performed an FU on Edge off the ladder through two stacked tables. Cena then grabbed the belt to win the WWE Championship for a third time.


Reception

The event received mostly positive reviews from critics. Writing for
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, Brian Elliott stated that the event was "a card of averages, with nothing excellent and little poor". He rated the overall event 7 out 10 stars. The main event between Edge and John Cena for the WWE Championship was rated 9 out of 10 stars, the Hell in a Cell match was rated 9 and a half out of 10 with the Sun saying it was an extreme bloodbath that lived up to its hype, the World Tag Team Championship between the Spirit Squad and the Highlanders was rated a 5 out of 10 stars, and the Intercontinental Championship match between Johnny Nitro and Jeff Hardy was rated a 7 out of 10 stars.


Aftermath

On the edition of October 2, 2006 of '' Raw'',
John Cena John Felix Anthony Cena ( ; born April 23, 1977) is an American actor and professional wrestler. As a wrestler, he has been signed to WWE , where he is the current WWE Championship, Undisputed WWE Champion in his record 14th reign, which is ...
was scheduled to defend the
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against
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in a
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, after Edge invoked his rematch clause for the title. Cena defeated Edge to retain the title, as he was able to perform an FU for the win, and thus ended the feud between the two. Edge, however, would begin a feud with DX, after Edge blamed DX for costing him the title match against Cena, due to interference from DX the previous week. The following week, Edge used an edition of ''
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'' to join forces with
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to form a
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and began a feud against DX. Edge cited Randy Orton's lack of success after being kicked out of
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by Triple H and DX's "stale" antics "taking up TV time" as reasons to join forces. The duo dubbed themselves Rated-RKO. At Cyber Sunday, Edge and Orton became the first team to finally defeat DX since their reunion in June. Kane and Umaga continued their feud, as both individuals interfered in one another's matches. On the edition of October 9, 2006 of Raw, Kane and Umaga were scheduled in a " Loser Leaves Raw match"; Umaga defeated Kane and sent him to the SmackDown! brand. Despite their separation into different brands, Umaga and Kane had one final match at Cyber Sunday. Umaga won again, after fans selected him to be Umaga's opponent instead of Chris Benoit and The Sandman. The angle between Johnny Nitro and
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continued, as the two were involved in another Intercontinental Championship match where Nitro retained the title. Nitro, however, lost the title to Hardy, on the October 2 edition of ''Raw''. The
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was vacated on September 18, 2006, following
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' win at Unforgiven. On the edition of September 25 of ''Raw'', a Women's title tournament began, and the first match was won by Lita, after she defeated Candice Michelle. The second tournament match was a Lingerie match between
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and Victoria, which James won. On the edition of October 9 of ''Raw'', Melina defeated
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in a Lumberjill match to advance in the tournament match. The following week, Maria won a Fatal Four-Way Bra and Panties match against Victoria, Candice Michelle, and Torrie Wilson to advance to the semi-finals. On the edition of October 23 of ''Raw'', James defeated Melina to advance in the semi-finals. The following week on ''Raw'', Lita advanced in the tournament, after she defeated Maria. At Cyber Sunday, Lita and Mickie James advanced to the seventh match of the tournament. Lita won the vacant Women's title, after she pinned James with a Swinging snap DDT. John Cena was placed in an inter-
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to determine the "Champion of Champions" – or who was the most dominant champion in WWE's three brands. Cena, King Booker (SmackDown!'s
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), and
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( ECW's
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) engaged in a feud leading to a
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at Cyber Sunday in November; viewers chose which championship would be placed on the line. At the same time, Cena became involved in a storyline with non-wrestler Kevin Federline when he began appearing on ''Raw'' with Johnny Nitro and Melina. After getting into a worked physical altercation with Federline on ''Raw'', Federline helped King Booker retain his title at Cyber Sunday in the Triple Threat match by hitting Cena with the World Heavyweight Title belt. The 2006 Unforgiven would be the final brand-exclusive Unforgiven, as following
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the following year, brand-exclusive pay-per-views were discontinued.


Results


See also

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Notes


References

*(2006). ''SummerSlam VD World Wrestling Entertainment''. *(2006). ''Unforgiven VD World Wrestling Entertainment''.


External links


Unforgiven Official Website
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