Cena, Edge Victorious At WWE Vengeance

WWE Vengeance opened with a video package covering the World title matches. Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham were introduced at ringside.

The opening match is Cade & Murdoch vs. The Hardys. The match was good. Cade and Murdoch were victorious after Cade pinned Jeff Hardy after blocking the swanton bomb and hitting a modified power bomb. Winners by pinfall: Cade and Murdoch.

An interview aired with Booker T and Sharmell where Booker talked about his past achievements. The cruiserweight title match is up next.

A video package of Eddie Guerrero winning the WWE title from Brock Lesnar was shown. When they came back from the clip, the audience was chanting "Eddie".

Chavo Guerrero vs. Jimmy Wang Yang: Former cruiserweight champion Dean Malenko is shown watching the match from a monitor in the back. Another good match, crowd got more into it as it went on. Guerrero defeated Yang after a frog splash from the top: Winner by pinfall: Chavo Guererro.

The video of Vince McMahon walking to the limo before it blew up two weeks ago on Raw was aired with Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross speculating that McMahon may have suspected something was up before he got in the limo. Some fans started singing 'Na Na Na Na, hey hey hey, goodbye" after the video was aired. Fans clearly aren't buying this angle.

Bobby Lashley was interviewed backstage. He basically just said that he wished Vince McMahon was here tonight just to see McMahon's face after he wins the WWE title.

Chris Benoit vs. CM Punk for the vacant ECW title is up next. Johnny Nitro was named as Chris Benoit's replacement. As reporter earlier, Benoit had to miss the event due to personal reasons. Fans started chanting "We Want Benoit" early in the match. Johnny Nitro pinned CM Punk after a neckbreaker to win the ECW title. The ECW title is officially dead. The match itself wasn't bad, but the crowd wasn't into it from the beginning which hurt it. Winner by pinfall: Johnny Nitro.

A recap of the classic Shawn Michaels ? Bret Hart iron man match was shown from WrestleMania 12. Mick Foley and Randy Orton were shown backstage and Orton warned Foley after his match with Umaga on Raw. Foley reminded Orton of what he is capable of and Orton reminded Foley of him beating Foley the last time they met.

Former Intercontinental champion Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat was introduced to the audience. Santino Marella vs. Umaga is up next. Marella defeated Umaga via disqualification when Umaga kept kicking Marella in the head and ignored the referee's count to stop. Umaga continued to beat on Marella after the match, including hitting Marella with a splash from the top rope and then hitting Marella with the Samoan spike. Fans clearly aren't into Marella as they cheered Umaga beating down Marella after the match and were chanting 'One More Time' after Umaga hit Marella with the Samoan spike. Winner by disqualification: Santino Marella.

A promo for The Great American Bash was shown. Another clip was shown of Daniel Beck (the 'lead federal investigator') saying that the DNA was found in the limo of McMahon, the limo driver and another well known personality. Michael Cole said he had heard rumors that there may be another major announcement regarding the case tomorrow on Raw.

Former U.S. Champion Magnum T.A. was shown in the crowd. MVP vs. Ric Flair for the U.S. title is up next. MVP got in Magnum T.A.'s face when he was entering the ring. MVP pinned Ric Flair after the playmaker. The match was decent and the crowd was into it. Winner by pinfall: MVP.

John Cena was interviewed in the back to a chorus of boos from the crowd. Edge butted into the interview. Cena basically saying that Edge didn't have the guts to pull off the limo explosion. Cena left to show Beck waiting to talk to Edge.

Tony Garea and Rick Martel were introduced to the crowd. The open challenge for the WWE Tag Team Championship is up next. As we reported earlier, Sgt. Slaughter and Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka are announced as the opponents for Deuce and Domino. Incidentally, Snuka is Deuce's father in real life. Of course, no mention of that is being made. The match was bad, but all things considered, it could have been a lot worse. Deuce and Domino won the match after Deuce pinned Snuka. After the match Deuce and Domino continued to beat on Slaughter and Snuka until Tony Garea and Rick Martel hit the ring and cleared the ring of the champions. Winners by pinfall: Deuce and Domino.

Edge vs. Batista for the World Championship is up next. Former World Champion Harley Race was introduced at ringside. Crowd wasn't into it for most of the match, but they got the crowd by the end. Edge hit Batista with a low blow at the end causing Batista to win the match by DQ, so Edge would have retained the World Heavyweight title. However, Teddy Long came out and ordered the match to continue, and said that if Edge got himself disqualified again, he would lose the title. Crowd is really into the match now. Batista hit a Batista Bomb on Edge on the outside, however by the time he rolled Edge into the ring, he wasn't able to make the count and lost the match via countout. After the match, Batista hit Edge with the Batista Bomb again. Winner by countout: Edge.

The WWE Women's Championship match is up next. A video recap of the controversial Fabulous Moolah ? Wendi Richter match was aired where Richter was double crossed and lost the Women's Championship.

Melina vs. Candice Michelle: Crowd was totally dead for this match. Candice Michelle won the Women's title after pinning Melina with a spinning kick. Winner by pinfall: Candice Michelle.

The WWE Championship Challenge match is up next. JBL was first introduced to the crowd and gave the ring announcer a prepared speech to read about his achievements.

WWE Championship Challenge match: At one point, John Cena put Bobby Lashley through a table with an FU. Too many people in the match made this kind of a mess. The finish saw John Cena hit the FU on Mick Foley to win the match and retain the title. Winner by pinfall: John Cena.

Overall, a disappointing show.