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{{Infobox Wrestling event
|name=Vengeance (2002)
|image=
|tagline=Quick & Merciless
|theme="Downfall" ([[Trust Company (band)|Trust Company]])
|promotion=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]
|brand=[[WWE Raw|RAW]]<br>[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown!]]
|date=July 21, 2002
|venue=[[Joe Louis Arena]] 
|city=[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|attendance=12,000
|lastevent=[[King of the Ring#2002|King of the Ring (2002)]]
|nextevent=[[SummerSlam (2002)]]
|event=[[WWE Night of Champions|Vengeance]]
|lastevent2=[[Vengeance (2001)]]
|nextevent2=[[Vengeance (2003)]]
}}

'''Vengeance (2002)''' was a [[professional wrestling]] [[pay-per-view]] event produced by [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE), which took place on July 21, 2002 at the [[Joe Louis Arena]] in [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]. It was the second annual [[WWE Night of Champions|Vengeance]] produced by WWE. Professional wrestling is a type of [[sports entertainment]] in which theatrical events are combined with a competitive sport. The buildup to the matches and the scenarios that took place before, during, and after the event, were planned by WWE's [[List of World Wrestling Entertainment employees#Creative writers|script writers]]. The event starred [[List of World Wrestling Entertainment employees|wrestlers]] from the [[WWE Raw|Raw]] and [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown!]] [[WWE Brand Extension|brands]]: storyline expansions of the promotion where employees are assigned to wrestling brands under the WWE banner.

The [[Card (sports)#Main event|main event]] saw The Rock ([[Dwayne Johnson]]) win the [[WWE Championship|WWE Undisputed Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triple Threat match]] also involving [[Kurt Angle]] and The Undertaker ([[The Undertaker |Mark Callaway]]). The main matches on the [[Card (sports)#Undercard|undercard]] were [[John Cena]] versus Chris Jericho ([[Chris Jericho|Chris Irvine]]), Rob Van Dam ([[Rob Van Dam|Robert Szatkowski]]) versus [[Brock Lesnar]] for the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]] and [[The Un-Americans]] ([[Lance Storm]] and Christian [ [[Jason Reso]] ] versus Hollywood Hogan ([[Hulk Hogan|Terry Bollea]]) and Edge ([[Adam Copeland]]) for the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWE Tag Team Championship]].

==Background==
The Main [[Feud]] heading into Vengeance was between The Rock ([[Dwayne Johnson|Dwayne Johnson]]) , [[Kurt Angle]] and The Undertaker ([[The Undertaker|Mark Callaway]]) fighting for [[WWE Championship|Undisputed Championship]]. At [[King of the Ring#2002|King of the Ring (2002)]] Undertaker defeated Triple H ([[Triple H|Paul Levesque]]) to retain the Undisputed Championship.<ref name="KOFT Results">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/messages1/1997.shtml|title=King of the ring 2002 results Information|publisher=Wrestleview.com|accessdate=2008-08-13}}</ref>
During the match The Rock interfered hitting Undertaker with a rock bottom. Undertaking fuming with The Rock's interference asks [[Vince McMahon|Mr. McMahon]] for a match with The Rock. Vince books the match for Vengeance and tells The Undertaker it will be for the Undisputed Championship. But on the 4th of July edition ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown!]]''" The Undertaker wrestled Kurt Angle to a draw when Undertaker won by pinfall and taps out to Angle's submission hold.<ref name="Undertaker vs Angle Part 2">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20021017235301/smackdown.wwe.com/results/070402/res5.html|title=Angle vs Undertaker part 2 Information|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-16}}</ref> And on the following ''RAW'' Mr McMahon announced that Angle would be added to the match.<ref name="RAW 8th July Results">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/results/raw/81.shtml|title=RAW 8th July Results Information|publisher=Wrestleview.com|accessdate=2008-08-13}}</ref>

Another storyline heading into Vengeance was Triple H ([[Triple H|Paul Levesque]]) determining what [[WWE Brand Extension |brand]] he would permanently join. He could either stay on SmackDown! with then new General Manager [[Stephanie McMahon]] or move back to [[WWE Raw|Monday Night Raw]] with General Manager [[Eric Bischoff]]. Originally [[New World Order (professional wrestling)|New World Order]] (nWo) was planning to threaten Triple H to join the nWo on his return to Raw, but due to backstage circumstances, the nWo was written off television a week before Vengeance.  Shawn Michaels ([[Shawn Michaels|Michael Hickenbottom]]), however, would still promise to bring Triple H back to Raw.<ref name="Mat monguls on same team now">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive2001/jul21_baines-sun.html|title=Mat monguls on same team now Information|publisher=SLAM Sports|accessdate=2008-08-16}}</ref>

The biggest match on the undercard was [[Brock Lesnar]] vs Rob Van Dam ([[Rob Van Dam|Robert Szatkowski]]) for the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental championship]]. Last month at King of the Ring Brock Lesnar defeated RVD to become King of the Ring 2002 and get a WWE Undisputed championship shot at [[SummerSlam (2002)|SummerSlam]].<ref name="KOFT Results">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/messages1/1997.shtml|title=King of the ring 2002 results Information|publisher=Wrestleview.com|accessdate=2008-08-13}}</ref> RVD had held the Intercontinental championship since 27th of May edition of ''RAW'' when he defeated [[Eddie Guerrero]] in a laddder match.<ref name="RAW 27th May Results">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/results/raw/75.shtml|title=RAW 27th Results Information|publisher=Wrestleview.com|accessdate=2008-08-13}}</ref><ref name="RVD 2nd I.C. reign">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/intercontinental/322712|title=RVD 2nd I.C. reign| Information|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-13}}</ref>

John Cena had made is WWE debut a month before Vengeance on the 27th June edition of ''SmackDown!'' and had entered a minor feud with Chris Jericho ([[Chris Jericho|Chris Irvine]]). Jericho and Edge ([[Adam Copeland]]) were also feuding at that time and were booked to fight each other at Vengeance. Until Hollywood Hogan ([[Hulk Hogan|Terry Bollea]]) and Edge defeated [[Billy and Chuck]] for the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]] on the 4th July edition of ''SmackDown!''<ref name="Edge and Hogan tag title reign">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/30445413211222|title=Edge and Hogan tag title reign| Information|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-13}}</ref><ref name="Edge and Hogan win the tag titles>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20021017141312/smackdown.wwe.com/results/070402/res3.html|title=Edge and Hogan win the tag titles| Information|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-16}}</ref>
Chris Jericho then asked Mr McMahon to let [[The Un-Americans]] ([[Lance Storm]] and Christian [ [[Jason Reso]] ] to wrestle Hogan and Edge for the Tag Titles at Vengeance instead. Which McMahon agreed to.<ref name="Tag title match at Vengeance>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20021017141312/smackdown.wwe.com/results/070402/res3.html|title=Tag title match at Vengeance| Information|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-16}}</ref>

On the Lower end of the card [[Jeff Hardy]] had defeated  William Regal ([[Darren Matthews]]) to win the [[WWE European Championship|European Championship]] on the 8th July edition of ''RAW''. Regal upset after his loss to the young [[rookie]] used his rematch clause at Vengeance.<ref name="Jeff Hardy European title reign">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/euro/358594|title=Jeff Hardy European Title reign| Information|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-13}}</ref>.<ref name="RAW 8th July Results">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/results/raw/75.shtml|title=RAW 8th July Results Information|publisher=Wrestleview.com|accessdate=2008-08-13}}</ref>
Booker T ([[Booker Huffman]]) had been feuding with the NWO (at the time of their dimise) after being literally kicked out of it.<ref name="RAW 10th June Results">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/results/raw/77.shtml|title=RAW 10th June Results Information|publisher=Wrestleview.com|accessdate=2008-08-13}}</ref> On the 15th July edition of ''RAW'' Booker T defeated former NWO member The Big Show ([[Paul Wight]]) by [[Professional wrestling#Disqualification|disqualification]] aftr Show hit Booker with a chair. After the match Show asked RAW G.M. Eric Bishoff that at Vengeance if he could fight Booker in a [[Professional wrestling match types#No Disqualification match|No Disqualification match]] which Bishoff granted.<ref name="RAW 15th July Results">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/results/raw/82.shtml|title=RAW 15th July Results Information|publisher=Wrestleview.com|accessdate=2008-08-13}}</ref>
 
Finally Jamie Noble ([[Jamie Noble|James Gibson]]) and had debuted a month before Vengeance and (at King of the Ring) defeated The Hurricane ([[Gregory Helms]]) for the [[WWE Cruiserweight Championship |Cruiserweight Championship]].<ref name="KOFT Results">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/messages1/1997.shtml|title=King of the ring 2002 results Information|publisher=Wrestleview.com|accessdate=2008-08-13}}</ref> [[Billy Kidman| Billy Kidman (Peter Gruner)]] then challenged Jamie Noble to a Cruiserweight Championship match at Vengeance.

==Event==
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!colspan=2 width=250|Other on-screen talent<ref name="Facts">{{cite web|url=http://www.hoffco-inc.com/wwe/|title=Vengeance (2002) Information|publisher=Hoff Co, Inc.: CompleteWWE.com|accessdate=2008-08-12}}</ref>
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!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Role:
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|rowspan="6"|[[Sports commentator|Commentator]]
|[[Michael Cole]] {{small|( First half)}}
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|[[Tazz]] {{small|(First Half)}}
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|[[Jim Ross]]  {{small|(Second Half)}}
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|[[Jerry Lawler]] {{small|(Second Half)}}
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|[[Carlos Cabrera]] {{small|(Spanish)}}
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|[[Hugo Savinovich]] {{small|(Spanish)}}
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|rowspan="9"|Referee
|[[Jack Doan]]
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|[[Jim Korderas|Jimmy Korderas]]
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|[[Mike Sparks]]
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|[[Nick Hamilton|Nick Patrick]]
|-
|[[Mike Chioda,]]
|-
|[[Charles Robinson (referee)|Charles Robinson]]
|-
|[[Brian Hebner]]
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|[[Chad Patton]]
|-
|[[Earl Hebner]]
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|rowspan="1"|[[Ring announcer]]
|[[Howard Finkel]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Interviewer
|[[Jonathan Coachman]]
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|[[Marc Lloyd]]
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|[[Terri Runnels|Terri]] 
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|rowspan=3|General Manager
|[[Stephanie McMahon]] {{small|(Smackdown!)}}
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|[[Eric Bischoff|Eric Bishoff]] {{small|(RAW!)}}
|}

Before the event went live on pay-per-view, Goldust ([[Dustin Rhodes|Dustin Runnels]]) defeated Stevie Richards ([[Stevie Richards|Michael Manna]]) in a standard wrestling match taped for [[WWE Heat|Sunday Night HEAT]]. 
The show began with [[Jim Ross]] and [[Jerry "The King"  Lawler]] until Tazz ([[Tazz|Peter Senerchia]]) and Michael Cole ([[Michael Coulthard]]) say they deserve to call WWE Vengeance just as much as Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler should. Jim Ross agrees and lets Tazz and Michael Cole call the first half of the show.

===Preliminary matches===
After ''Sunday Night Heat'', the event began with a [[Professional wrestling match types#Tables match|tag team elimination tables match]] between the teams of Bubba Ray Dudley ([[Mark LoMonaco]]) and Spike Dudley ([[Matt Hyson]]) and [[Eddie Guerrero]] and [[Chris Benoit]]. Eddie Guerrero was eliminated first after a [[Cutter (professional wrestling)#Corner springboard cutter| Dudley Dog]] from Spike onto a table. Spike was then eliminated by Chris Benoit after Benoit tossed spike to the outside table. Bubba and Spike won after Benoit was eliminated by a [[Professional wrestling throws#Sitout full nelson bomb|Bubba bomb]] onto a table. 

The following was a standard wrestling match between Jamie Noble ([[Jamie Noble|James Gibson]]) (with [[Nidia Guenard|Nidia]]  vs Billy Kidman ([[Billy Kidman|Peter Gruner]]) for the [[WWE Cruiserweight Championship |Cruiserweight Championship]]. Kidman dominated the early goings until Noble pushed Nidia into Kidman and performed a [[DDT]] onto the steel floor. Noble took control with suplex and focused on Kidmans left arm. Till Kidman countered a powerbomb into a facecrusher and Kidman continued to dominate noble until Kidman missed a [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Shooting star press|Shooting Star press]] and Jamie Noble took advantage. And after Noble executed a [[Powerbomb#Double underhook powerbomb|double underhook powerbomb]] Noble covered Kidman for the win and to retain the Cruiserweight Championship.

The third match was contested under standard wrestling rules between [[Jeff Hardy]] vs William Regal ([[Darren Matthews]]) for the [[WWE European Championship|European Championship]]. Hardy had the advantage in the early goings. he then went for a [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#High-angle senton bomb|Swanton]] but Regal put his knees up. Regal then dominated Hardy with [[Suplex#Leg hook belly to back suplex|suplexs]] and hard strikes until Hardy caught him off guard with a roll up for the win and to retain the European Championship.

Next was a standard wrestling match Chris Jericho ([[Chris Jericho|Chris Irvine]]) vs [[John Cena]]. Before this match got started Jericho ran at Cena with a chair but missed and Cena grapped the chair and hit jericho with it. Cena then through Jericho in the ring and the ref started this match. This match saw both superstars get the advantage over each other. Near the conclusion of the match Jericho started to dominate, he performed a lionsault and tried to lock in [[Boston crab|The Walls of Jericho]] but Cena reversed it into a school boy and won.

Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler join the announers table and Tazz and Michael Cole leave.

===Main event matches===
The next match was the featured preliminary match from the Raw brand: a standard wrestling match between Rob Van Dam ([[Rob Van Dam|Robert Szatkowski]]) (Champion) and [[Brock Lesnar]] for the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental championship]]. It was a pretty balanced match with no superstar getting a clear advantage until RVD started to dominate with some high flying moves and performed a [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Frog splash|Five Star Frog Splash]] and went for the pin. Seeing that his client was in danger [[Paul Heyman]] grapped referee [[Charles Robinson (referee)|Charles Robinson]] to the outside Robinson immediately disqualified Lesnar thus RVD wins and retains his championship.

The sixth match was a [[Professional wrestling match types#No Disqualification match|No Disqualification match]] between Booker T ([[Booker Huffman]]) and The Big Show ([[Paul Wight]]). Booker T dominated the match after Big Show missed Booker T and ran straight into the steel post. One notable spot in the match happened when Booker T did a [[Professional wrestling attacks#Scissors kick|scissors kick]] to Big Show who was on the spanish announce table. The match ended when Booker T executed a [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Somersault legdrop|Houston Hangover]] off the top rope onto Show and covered him for the win.

After the sixth match there was a segment with Triple H ([[Triple H|Paul Levesque]]) deciding which [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]] he wanted to be on. Before Triple H could get a word out Raw General Manager Eric Bishoff came out and said Triple H should go to Raw and he could have a chance in hollywood. SmackDown! General Manager Stephanie McMahon came out and told Bishoff to "Shut up". She then said Triple H should come to SmackDown! And she also said nothing personal would come between them! Triple said he'd came to a decison. He then started to say and this week on SmackDown! And as he said this  Shawn Michaels ([[Shawn Michaels|Michael Hickenbottom]]) came down to the ring. Michaels then said that they could reform [[D-Generation X|DX]]. Triple H said that he will now go to Raw. Triple H and Shawn Michaels then left. Bishoff then started to gloat and McMahon slapped him.<ref name="HHH Brand">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/messages1/2190.shtml|title=HHH Brand Information|publisher=Wrestleview|accessdate=2008-08-14}}</ref>

The seventh match was a [[Tag Team]] match for the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWE Tag Team Championship]] between champions Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea and Edge (Adam Copeland) and [[The Un-Americans]] ([[Lance Storm]] and [[Jason Reso|Christian (Jason Reso)]]. Edge and Hogan dominated the match looking like they were going to retain until [[Andrew Martin| Test (Andrew Martin)]] big booted Edge though Edge seemed to recover but then Chris Jericho interfered and hit Edge with one of the tag title belts allowing Lance Storm to cover Edge and win the tag team titles.<ref name="Christian and Storm's first reign">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/30445413211312|title=Christian and Storm's first reignInformation|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-12}}</ref>

The Main Event was a standard wrestling match involving three wrestlers for the [[WWE Championship| Undisputed Championship]], where Undertaker ([[The Undertaker|Mark Calaway]])] defended his championship against The Rock ([[Dwayne Johnson]]) and [[Kurt Angle]]. A notable spot in this match had all three competitors copy each others finishing moves as The Rock put Kurt Angle in the [[Professional wrestling holds#Ankle lock|Ankle lock]], Kurt Angle then performed a Rock Bottom on The Rock. Undertaker then gave Kurt Angle an [[Professional wrestling throws#Olympic slam|Angle Slam]]. The Rock won the match after a [[Powerslam#Side slam|Rock Bottom]] on Kurt Angle and became Undisputed champion. This would start The Rock's[[List of WWE Champions| 7th and final record breaking reign]].<ref name="Rock's back where he belongs">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive2001/jul28_baines-sun.html|title=Rock back where he belongs Information|publisher=SLAM SPORTS|accessdate=2008-08-16}}</ref>
<ref name="Rock's 7th reign">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/304454141122|title=Rock's 7th Reign Information|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-12}}</ref>

==Aftermath==

After winning the [[WWE Championship|WWE Undisputed Championship]], [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock (Dwayne Johnson)]] then entered a feud with the number one contender [[Brock Lesnar]] for the upcoming PPV [[SummerSlam (2002)|SummerSlam]].  Brock Lesnar would go on to win the match and become the youngest WWE Champion in history.<ref name="Brock's first reign">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/3044541401112|title=Brock's first reignInformation|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-14}}</ref>
It would also be the last match for The Rock until early [[2003]] and The Rock's last reign as WWE Champion.<ref name="SummerSlam 2002 Main Event Result">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam/history/2002/mainevent/|title=SummerSlam 2002 Main Event Result Information|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-14}}</ref>

[[Triple H|Triple H ((Paul Levesque)]] and [[Shawn Michaels| Shawn Michaels (Michael Hickenbottom)]] came out the night after Vengeance and what appeared to be a reunion for [[D-Generation X]] was instead Triple H nailing a Pedigree on Michaels.<ref name="RAW 22nd July results">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/results/raw/83.shtml|title=RAW 22nd July Results Information|publisher=Wrestleview.com|accessdate=2008-08-13}}</ref>
This caused Michaels to retaliate and challenge Triple H to a street fight at Summerslam, marking his first official match since [[WrestleMania XIV]].  Shawn Michaels would go on to win in a miraculous upset, though Triple H would still send him out of the arena on a stretcher.

A night after Vengeance, [[Eric Bischoff]] decided to merge the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]] and the [[WWE European Championship]] into one, putting [[Rob Van Dam| Rob Van Dam (Robert Szatkowski)]] and [[Jeff Hardy]] against each other in a ladder match.  RVD would win the match, and the European Championship was retired.<ref name="RAW 22nd July results">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/results/raw/83.shtml|title=RAW 22nd July Results Information|publisher=Wrestleview.com|accessdate=2008-08-13}}</ref> A week later, Van Dam lost the Intercontinental Championship to [[Chris Benoit]], who would then jump to SmackDown!.<ref name="RAW 29th July results">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/results/raw/84.shtml|title=RAW 29th July Results Information|publisher=Wrestleview.com|accessdate=2008-08-14}}</ref>  Van Dam used his rematch clause for Summerslam and brought the Intercontinental title back to RAW.<ref name="RVD 3rd Reign">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/intercontinental/322720|title=RVD 3rd IC. Title Information|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-13}}</ref> <ref name="SummerSlam 2002 Results">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam/history/2002/results/|title=SummerSlam 2002 Results Information|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-14}}</ref>

After losing to [[John Cena]], [[Chris Jericho| Chris Jericho (Chris Irvine)]] had to face [[Adam Copeland|Edge (Adam Copeland)]] in a steel cage match on the July 25th edition of SmackDown!.<ref name="July 25th edition of Smackdown results">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20021007045735/smackdown.wwe.com/results/072502/res5.html|title=July 25th edition of Smackdown results Information|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-16}}</ref>
Edge would go on to win the match, and Jericho, along with [[The Un-Americans]], would jump to RAW.<ref name="July 29th edition of RAW results">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20021007045735/smackdown.wwe.com/results/072502/res5.html|title=July 29th edition of RAW results Information|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-16}}</ref><ref name="RAW Is Jericho">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20020803054347/raw.wwe.com/results/072902/res2.html|title=RAW Is Jericho Information|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-16}}</ref>   Jericho went on to feud with [[Ric Flair| Ric Flair (Fleir)]].  [[Lance Storm]] and [[Jason Reso| Christian (Jason Resso)]] began to feud with [[Booker Huffman|Booker T (Booker Huffman)]] and [[Dustin Rhodes|Goldust (Dustin Runnels)]], while [[Andrew Martin|Test (Andrew Martin)]] had a one-month feud with [[The Undertaker| The Undertaker (Mark Callaway)]]. After his cage match win over Chris Jericho, Edge began a two-month long feud with [[Eddie Guerrero]].

After losing the triple threat match to The Rock, [[Kurt Angle]] would soon be pinned by [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio (Oscar Gutierrez)]] in a six man tag team match on the 8th of August edition of ''SmackDown!''<ref name="August 8th edition of Smackdown results">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20021216214439/smackdown.wwe.com/results/080802/res2.html|title=August 8th edition of Smackdown results Information|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-16}}</ref> And would challenge Mysterio to a match at Summerslam which Mysterio would accept.<ref name="August 15th edition of Smackdown results">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20021015004437/smackdown.wwe.com/results/081502/results.html|title=August 15th edition of Smackdown results Information|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-08-16}}</ref>

== Results ==
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''#'''
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Results'''
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Stipulations'''
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Times'''
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|-
|{{sort|0|[[WWE Heat|Sunday Night HEAT]]}}
|[[Dustin Rhodes|Goldust]] defeated [[Stevie Richards|Steven Richards]].
|[[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|Standard wrestling match]]
|03:49
|-
|1
|[[Mark LoMonaco|Bubba Ray Dudley]] and [[Matt Hyson|Spike Dudley]] defeated [[Eddie Guerrero]] and [[Chris Benoit]].<ref name="Vengeance2002Results">{{cite news|title=Vengeance 2002 Results|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/vengeance/history/vengeance2002/results/|publisher=WWE| accessdate=2007-07-29}}</ref>
|[[Professional wrestling match types#Tables match|Elimination Tables Match]]
|14:59
|-
|2
|[[Jamie Noble]] (c) (with [[Nidia Guenard|Nidia]]) defeated [[Billy Kidman]].<ref name="Vengeance2002Results"/>
|Standard wrestling match for the [[WWE Cruiserweight Championship]]
|07:34
|-
|3
|[[Jeff Hardy]] (c) defeated [[Darren Matthews|William Regal]].<ref name="Vengeance2002Results"/>
|Standard wrestling match for the [[WWE European Championship]]
|04:16
|-
|4
|[[John Cena]] defeated [[Chris Jericho]].<ref name="Vengeance2002Results"/>
|Standard wrestling match
|06:21
|-
|5
|[[Rob Van Dam]] (c) defeated [[Brock Lesnar]] (with [[Paul Heyman]]) by [[Professional wrestling#Disqualification|disqualification]].<ref name="Vengeance2002Results"/>
|Standart wrestling match for the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]]
|09:38
|-
|6
|[[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] defeated [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]].<ref name="Vengeance2002Results"/>
|[[Professional wrestling match types#No Disqualification match|No Disqualification match]]
|06:12
|-
|7
|[[The Un-Americans]] ([[Lance Storm]] and [[Jason Reso|Christian]]) defeated [[Hulk Hogan|Hollywood Hogan]] and [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] (c).<ref name="Vengeance2002Results"/>
|[[Tag team]] match for the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWE Tag Team Championship]]
|10:00
|-
|8
|[[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] defeated [[Kurt Angle]] and [[The Undertaker]] (c).<ref name="Vengeance2002Results"/><ref>{{cite news|title=The Rock defeats Undertaker and Kurt Angle in a Triple Threat Match to become WWE Champion|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/vengeance/history/vengeance2002/mainevent/|publisher=WWE| accessdate=2007-07-29}}</ref>
|[[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triple threat match]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWE Undisputed Championship]]
|19:35
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External Links ==
*[http://www.wwe.com/shows/vengeance/history/vengeance2002/ Official Vengeance 2002 website]

{{WWEPPV|Vengeance}}

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