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The 2005 Vengeance was a
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produced by
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(WWE). It was the fifth annual
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and took place on June 26, 2005, at the
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in
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,
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, held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw brand division. The
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was a
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match for the World Heavyweight Championship between
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and
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, which Batista won by pinfall after executing a Batista Bomb. One of the predominant matches on the
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was
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versus
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versus
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in a
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for the
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. Cena won the match and retained the title after pinning Christian. Another primary match on the undercard was
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versus
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in a rematch of their bout at
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. Michaels won the match by pinfall after executing Sweet Chin Music. Many of the existing
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were settled following the event. Notably, Batista was drafted to the
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brand, thus ending his feud with Triple H. The feud between Kane and Edge also concluded after the event, as Edge entered an
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with
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. The feud between Cena and Jericho, however, continued and led to a match at
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, which Cena won.


Production


Background

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was an annual
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(PPV) event produced by
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(WWE) since
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. Like the 2004 event, the 2005 event was a Raw-exclusive PPV, only featuring wrestlers from that
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. The 2005 event was the fifth event in the Vengeance chronology and was held on June 26 at the
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in
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,
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.


Storylines

The event featured six
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that resulted from
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storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw brand, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television show, ''
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''. The main
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heading into Vengeance was between
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and
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 ...
, with the two battling over the World Heavyweight Championship. After Batista defeated Triple H at
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, they continued to fight over the World Heavyweight Championship at
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, which saw Batista retain the title. Following Backlash, a series of Gold Rush Tournament matches to determine a number one contender to face Batista for the World title took place with
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,
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 ...
,
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, and
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winning in the first round of the tournament. In this round, Benoit forced Triple H to submit to the
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, Benoit's submission finisher. On the May 23 episode of ''Raw'', Batista faced Edge, who had won the tournament to become the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship. Batista retained the title after he pinned Edge following a Batista Bomb. Following the match, Triple H attacked Batista with a
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and challenged him to a
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match. After making the challenge, Triple H performed a
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to Batista on the World title. Batista accepted Triple H's challenge, which led to a contract signing for their scheduled match at Vengeance, which would be for the World Heavyweight Championship in a Hell in a Cell match. The other main feud heading into the event was between
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,
Chris Jericho Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known by the ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-Canadian professional wrestler, rock musician, and actor. As a wrestler, he has been signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) , where he ...
, and
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, with the three battling over the
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. On the June 6 episode of ''Raw'', John Cena's
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tenure came to an end when he became the first wrestler selected by the Raw brand
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,
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, in the draft lottery. Cena was introduced as Raw's newest member in Chris Jericho's segment, the ''Highlight Reel'', but Christian interrupted and called Cena a poser. This built on their existing rivalry, as Cena and Christian had an encounter at the Royal Rumble, in which Christian claimed that he was a better rapper than Cena. At the time, Cena was a member of the SmackDown! brand and Christian was part of the Raw brand. Over the next months, Christian began cutting promos denouncing Cena as a 'poser'. Cena rebutted Christian's comments by performing a
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about Christian, which quickly led to the two brawling in the ring. The same evening, Cena entered a feud with Bischoff by refusing to participate in Bischoff's "war" against the upcoming
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(ECW) reunion show. On the June 13 episode of ''Raw'', Bischoff booked a WWE Championship match between Christian and Cena at Vengeance, although Jericho protested the idea of Christian being the contender to face Cena for the title. Later that night, Cena and Jericho were placed in a
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and faced off against Christian and
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. Cena and Jericho won the match after Cena got the
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. After the match, Jericho turned on Cena and attacked him. Bischoff then changed the original match between Cena and Christian to a triple threat match at Vengeance that also included Jericho. One of the main matches on the undercard was between
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and Shawn Michaels. At the start of the year, Angle and Michaels both participated in the Royal Rumble match at the 2005 Royal Rumble pay-per-view event. During the match, Michaels eliminated Angle. In retaliation, Angle returned to the match and eliminated Michaels and then attacked him outside the ring. The two engaged in a feud, which led to an Interpromotional match at WrestleMania 21, as Angle was part of the SmackDown! roster and Michaels belonged to the Raw roster. At WrestleMania 21, Angle got the win over Michaels by forcing him to submit to the
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. On the June 13 episode of ''Raw'', Angle was revealed to be the second draft pick for the Raw brand. That same evening, Michaels challenged Angle to a rematch at Vengeance, which Angle accepted. The Divas match set for Vengeance was between
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and
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. On the May 30 edition of ''Raw'', Christy Hemme won a bikini contest; defeating Victoria,
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,
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, and
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. After the contest ended, Victoria turned heel and attacked all of the participants, saving Hemme for last. In a backstage interview following, the evil Victoria expressed jealousy of Hemme, stating that she was tired of Hemme getting all of the attention. On the June 20 episode of ''Raw'', it was announced in a backstage interview that Hemme and Victoria would face each other at Vengeance. Hemme stated that she couldn't wait to get her hands on Victoria, but during the segment, Victoria interrupted the interview by smashing a glass jar on the back of Hemme's head.


Event


Sunday Night Heat matches

Before the event went live on pay-per-view, Rosey and The Hurricane (with Super Stacy) defeated
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(
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and
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) in a match taped for ''
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''.


Preliminary matches

The first match that aired was between
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and
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for the Intercontinental Championship. After back and forth action, Carlito removed the padding from one of the turnbuckles. Benjamin then hit his head on the exposed metal while performing a Stinger splash. Carlito pinned Benjamin with a roll-up, allowing Carlito to retain the Intercontinental Championship. Next was a match between
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and
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. The match saw Victoria lift Hemme in the air and drop her down with force. Control of the match went back and forth, but the bout came to an end when Victoria countered Hemme's sunset flip. Victoria got the pinfall by using the ring ropes for leverage. The third match of the night saw
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face
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, during which both men took the upper hand.
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interfered in the match, delivering a
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to Kane. Moments later, Snitsky was quickly taken out by Edge after he accidentally hit him with his Money in the Bank briefcase. Kane performed a
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and pinned Edge for the win.


Main event matches

This bout was followed by a
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rematch that involved
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and
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. In a brawling match, Angle had an
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applied on Michaels. Moments later, however, Michaels recuperated and performed Sweet Chin Music on Angle before pinning Angle for the win. After the match, both men were given a standing ovation. An in-ring segment took place next between Raw's
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,
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and
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. During the segment, Garcia proposed to Viscera. Before Viscera could have given an answer, he was interrupted by
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. The Godfather gave Viscera advice about the life he would miss out on if he got married. This led to Viscera rejecting Garcia's marriage proposal and leaving the ring with the Godfather's hos and abandoning a crying Garcia in the ring. The fifth match was a
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for the
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between champion
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 ...
,
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, and
Chris Jericho Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known by the ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-Canadian professional wrestler, rock musician, and actor. As a wrestler, he has been signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) , where he ...
. The match saw all three wrestlers take the advantage over one another. A spot in the match included Jericho applying the Walls of Jericho on Cena, but he released the move and performed a
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on Christian, after Christian got up on the ring apron. Late in the match, Jericho reversed an
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attempt by Christian by tossing Christian directly to Cena. Cena performed an FU on Christian and pinned Christian to retain the WWE title. The main event was a Hell in a Cell match between
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and
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 ...
for the World Heavyweight Championship. During the match, Triple H choked Batista with a chain and repeatedly hit him in the back with a steel chair wrapped with
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. Batista regained the momentum by grabbing Triple H's
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and hitting him with it. Batista performed a
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onto the steel steps on Triple H, which was followed with a Batista Bomb for the win to retain the title. After the match, Triple H was given a standing ovation by the audience.


Aftermath

Immediately after their Hell in a Cell match as an exclusive to
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, Triple H (with Ric Flair) and Batista encountered backstage to put their differences aside and embraced with Triple H quipping "This is
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, baby", referring to their past as a stable, which had disbanded until 2014. In June 2005, the 2005 WWE Draft Lottery took place, in which wrestlers were drafted and traded between the Raw and SmackDown!
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. On the June 30 episode of ''SmackDown!'',
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's tenure on the Raw brand ended, when he was SmackDown!'s final pick in the draft lottery. SmackDown! General Manager
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scheduled a six-man elimination match between
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(JBL),
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, Muhammad Hassan,
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,
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and
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, in which the winner would receive the SmackDown! Championship, as the
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had been moved to the Raw brand. JBL won the match, but Teddy Long informed JBL that he did not win the SmackDown! championship. As the winner of the match, however, he would face Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship. On the July 7 episode of ''SmackDown!'', it was revealed that the match between JBL and Batista would take place at
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. At The Great American Bash, Batista was disqualified for attacking JBL with a chair. JBL won the match, but did not win the title because titles cannot change hands by
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or disqualification unless otherwise stipulated. Following Vengeance,
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vowed to make
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's stint on Raw difficult. He "hand-picked"
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to take the WWE title off Cena by booking a match between Cena and Jericho at
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. During their feud, even though Cena was portrayed as the
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and Jericho as the
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, a vocal section of live crowds nonetheless chose to boo Cena during their matches, including at SummerSlam where Cena retained the title after executing an FU. After a successful tag team win at Backlash, in which Shawn Michaels and
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defeated Muhammad Hassan and Daivari. Michaels and Hogan were placed in tag team match against Kurt Angle and
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on the July 4 episode of ''Raw''. The match saw Hogan and Michaels get the victory. During the post-match pose, Michaels
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ed Hogan, which knocked Hogan to the ground and turning Michaels heel for the first time since returning to the company in 2002. The following week, Michaels challenged Hogan to a match at SummerSlam, which Hogan accepted. In this match, Hogan maintained his perfect record at SummerSlam by defeating Michaels. The feud between
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and
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came to an end when Edge was put in an
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with
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. On the July 11 episode of ''Raw'', Hardy, who at the time was unemployed by WWE, made a surprise appearance, interfering in a match between Edge and Kane. The following week, as both Edge and Lita were walking towards the ring before a scheduled Steel cage match against Kane, Hardy attacked Edge from behind. On the August 1 episode of ''Raw'',
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officially announced Hardy's return to WWE, adding that Hardy would face Edge at SummerSlam. The following week, Hardy made his in-ring return, defeating
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. After the victory, Hardy was attacked by Edge, and was carried backstage. In retaliation, Hardy counterattacked Edge in the locker room. At SummerSlam, Edge was given the win in the match after Hardy hit the ring post and began to bleed profusely, which caused the
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to stop the match. After a three-month hiatus,
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returned on the ''WWE Homecoming'' episode of ''Raw'' on October 3. He took part in a match, teaming up with
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, who was wrestling as a face, to take on
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and Carlito. The duo defeated Masters and Carlito; after the match, Triple H turned on Flair and hit him with a
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marked the end of
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after more than two years since 2003. This led to an angle between Triple H and Flair. At Taboo Tuesday, Triple H and Flair met in a
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, a stipulation chosen by the fans, for the Intercontinental Championship. The match saw Flair retain the Intercontinental Championship, after escaping through the cage door.


Results


References


External links


Vengeance 2005 Official website
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