Vengeance (2004) - Event

Event

Before the pay-per-view went on live. Tyson Tomko defeated Val Venis in a match on Sunday Night Heat, by pinfall after performing a Kick to the face.

The first match was Tajiri and Rhyno facing Garrison Cade and Jonathan Coachman in a tag team match. Tajiri's team won after Rhyno performed a High impact shoulder strike, called a "Gore", on Cade, which left Tajiri able to perform Spinning kick to the face on Coachman. Tajiri pinned Coachman to pick up the victory for his team.

The second match of the night was the encounter of Batista and Chris Jericho. Batista gained the advantage early on, and put Jericho in a choke hold. Jericho countered the move by grabbing Batista's legs under his arms and turning him on his stomach, a move dubbed the "Walls of Jericho". Near the end, the match went back and forth, but at the end Batista won the match after putting Jericho on his shoulders and slamming him down, while sitting down. Jericho had his foot on the bottom rope, which should have meant that the pin was illegal, but the referee didn't see it, and Batista won the match.

The next match was Eugene and Ric Flair going up against champions La Résistance (Róbert Conway and Sylvain Grenier) for the World Tag Team Championship. The match started with Eugene using Flair's signature taunts to anger La Résistance, but La Résistance gained the advantage. Eugene got himself intentionally disqualified to finish the match after he pushed the referee. After the match ended, Eugene attacked both members of La Résistance.

The next match was a No Disqualification match between Matt Hardy and Kane. The match started on the outside with Kane getting the upper hand, until Hardy hit him with a television monitor. Hardy attempted to grab Kane's head and slam him down through the Spanish announce table, called a "Twist of Fate", but Kane countered by pushing Hardy off the table into the security wall. The end of the match came when Kane brought the steel ring steps into the ring, but Lita distracted him. Hardy hit Kane with a steel chair which ricocheted the steel steps off his face. Hardy then pinned Kane to win the match.

The predominant match of the night was for the WWE Intercontinental Championship between Randy Orton and Edge. The match started off with Edge getting the upper hand, by locking in an armbar on Orton, and knocking him out of the ring. Near the end, Orton attempted to jump and grab Edge's head to slam him down, which Orton calls an "RKO", but Edge countered by pushing Orton into the ropes. Edge then went to hit Orton with his shoulder, a move called a "spear", but Orton jumped over Edge. Orton went for another RKO, but was countered into a backslide pin. Edge then executed a spear and pinned Orton to become the new WWE Intercontinental Champion.

The sixth match of the night was the encounter of Victoria and Molly Holly for the number one contendership for the WWE Women's Championship. The match was short, and ended when Victoria executed a high angle kick to the jaw and pinned Molly to earn the right to face Women's Champion.

The main event was between Chris Benoit and Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship. During the match, Benoit inadvertently knocked the referee out of the ring. Triple H then gave Benoit the Pedigree, but there was no referee to count the pin. Triple H then called out Eugene, and told him to get a steel chair. Benoit recovered and attacked Triple H, and knocked Eugene off the ring apron. Triple H then hit Benoit in the groin, which allowed Triple H to grab the steel chair. Triple H was going to hit Benoit with the steel chair, but Eugene stopped him, causing Triple H to attack him. Eugene got back into the ring and grabbed the steel chair, provoking a tussle between Eugene and Benoit for the chair. Benoit suddenly let go, however, which led to Eugene inadvertently hitting Triple H with chair. Eugene ran out of the ring, and Benoit to executed a roll-up on Triple H, and retained the World Heavyweight Championship.