Umaga vs Eugene
Umaga's impressive undefeated streak remains intact after defeating Eugene at Vengeance. After the match, the Samoan Bulldozer took out Eugene's friends "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan and Doink. Umaga also wanted a piece of Kamala, but Estrada pulled his man from the ring first.
Nitro vs Carlito vs Shelton
An opportunistic Johnny Nitro covered Shelton Benjamin at Vengeance after Carlito floored the champ with a back cracker. As a result, Nitro is the new Intercontinental Champion.
Flair vs Foley
Mick Foley said he was going to out-wrestle Ric Flair at Vengeance. But after losing two straight falls to Flair (the second by disqualification), Foley bloodied the Nature Boy in front of his own hometown fans.
Orton vs Angle
Randy Orton picked up a win for WWE when he defeated ECW's Kurt Angle at Vengeance. The win came after Orton sent The Wrestling Machine into an exposed turnbuckle and hit the RKO.
Kane vs uhhhhh Kane?
The imposter Kane shocked the sports-entertainment world at Vengeance when he defeated the original Kane after hitting him with a devastating chokeslam.
Sabu vs Cena
At Vengeance, John Cena did what few people have been able to do. In an Extreme Lumberjack Match, Cena made Sabu tap out to the STFU.
kiss it match
In their first match since reuniting, DX defeated the Spirit Squad at Vengeance. After the match, HBK forced Mitch to kiss Triple H's ass before Mr. McMahon sarcastically congratulated DX and told them he would see them on RAW.
RVD vs EDGE
The WWE Championship is not going back to RAW after all. Edge was flattened after an attempt to hit RVD with a steel chair backfired. Immediately afterwards, Van Dam hit the Five-Star Frog Splash for the win.
TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It has been 15 days since the WWE Championship was won by ECW’s Rob Van Dam. Tonight on RAW, former champion John Cena gets his rematch in a match that was actually offered to Cena by Van Dam last night at Vengeance.
Following Cena’s victory over Sabu, RVD accosted Cena in the backstage area and offered him the rematch on his own turf. But after his own brutal championship defense against Edge last night, why would the WWE Champion make the offer? The answer is twofold; on one hand, RVD feels the need to prove the critics wrong.
“People have heard the word transitional champion, but that’s not what I am,” RVD told WWE.com. “People are impressed (that) I’m the champion; beating Edge proved that I’m a fighting champion, but I still have to beat Cena again because people think it was a fluke.”
And on the other hand, the WWE Champion wants to challenge himself as well.
“ECW rules aren’t understood by everybody,” Van Dam said. “He (Cena) thinks it’s his championship, but it’s not. In a respectable way, I wanted to give him a shot. I’m the champion and I love challenging myself, because that’s what it takes to be the best.”
Naturally, Cena quickly accepted RVD’s challenge. And when WWE.com caught up with him just minutes after the offer (and the match with Sabu), he had already put Sabu in the back of his mind and switched his focus onto Van Dam.
“I just somehow luckily earned a championship match; I’m not going to ask how or why, I’ll just take it,” Cena said. “I was thrown into the hornets’ nest (tonight) and I did okay; I came back and the WWE Champion was waiting for me. That means he was watching and taking notes. I’ve been in there with Rob before but (tonight) will be something special.”
At One Night Stand, being on ECW turf was instrumental in Van Dam’s victory. This time, WWE turf means WWE rules; Van Dam is comfortable with that, simply choosing to see it as an opportunity to prove himself even further.
“(Cena) hasn’t complained about it, but I’ve heard his fans complain that he was out of bounds at One Night Stand; he was out of his element,” the champion said. “We all knew that going in and he hasn’t complained about it, but I know he’s bothered by it. I’m out to prove that I’m the best, and that the reason I have the (WWE Championship) is because I continually have the best matches. I’ll do it ECW style or WWE style because I’m the best at both.”
No matter what the rules are or whose turf the match is on, Cena is 100 percent ready.
“I ain’t worried about turf or rules. Like I told Rob, I didn’t come to his house to beg for a rematch, I came to his house to handle my business,” Cena said. “I don’t back down from (anything); if someone calls me out I’m going to get it done. I never once asked for a rematch; he beat me fair and square, and he offered me the match. People forget that he was a huge WWE Superstar, so he knows what it’s like to be on WWE grounds.”
The time for talking is almost done. “Home field advantage” meant nothing last night at Vengeance, as Edge failed to bring the WWE Championship back to RAW. Can Cena reverse that trend tonight?