WWE VENGEANCE DAY 2023
NUMBER ONE CONTENDER - WWE CHAMPIONSHIP
EDGE VS JOHNNY GARGANO
The 2023 edition of the WWE Vengeance Day pay per view event began with a one on one men’s division match. Where the winner would go onto WrestleMania 39 to challenge for the WWE Championship. It featured the duo of the “Rated R Superstar” Edge and Johnny “Johnny Wrestling” Gargano. This was one hell of a first time ever match that lasted just shy of twenty minutes. It came to its conclusion after Gargano stepped out of the way of an attempted Spear from his opponent and proceeded to grab him and lock him in the Garga-No-Escape and Edge tapped.
WINNER: JOHNNY GARGANO
WWE WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
DAMAGE CTRL WITH BAYLEY(C) VS THE WAY
Next the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship match between Damage CTRL(c) and the Way’s Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell took place. It lasted for around ten minutes and by all accounts it looked like the duo of Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky were going to retain their gold thanks to help from Bayley. However Roxanne Perez would come out and attack Bayley which allowed Hartwell to roll Sky up for the win.
WINNERS & NEW WWE WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: THE WAY
WWE RAW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
JUDGMENT DAY WITH RHEA RIPLEY(C) VS THE CLUB
The third match saw a six man tag team match take place with the WWE RAW Tag Team Championship on the line. All three male members of the defending champions aka Judgment Day(c) and all three members of the Club would take part in the match and tags didn’t need to happen. In the end the duo of Finn Balor and “Dirty” Dominick Mysterio would isolate Karl Anderson and hit a combination of Balor’s 1916 and Mysterio’s Frog Splash with the latter getting the pin.
WINNERS & STILL WWE RAW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: JUDGMENT DAY
WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP
ILJA DRAGUNOV(C) VS SETH ROLLINS
After that the WWE United States Championship match happened and it featured the reigning and defending champion Ilja Dragunov(c) and the challenger Seth Rollins. Just like the opening contest between Edge and Johnny Gargano, this first time ever match was an instant classic. Dragunov moved out of the way of an attempted Curb Stomp from Rollins which caused the latter to land unsteadily on his foot. From here Dragunov righted himself and then backed up and proceeded to hit Torpedo Moscow for the win.
WINNER & STILL WWE USC: ILJA DRAGUNOV
WWE RAW WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
BIANCA BELAIR(C) VS TIFFANY STRATTON
The penultimate match of the night saw the “BEST OF WWE” Bianca Belair(c) attempted and successfully retain the WWE RAW Women’s Championship against the “Center of the Universe’ Tiffany Stratton. Belair was able to do this by moving out of the way of an attempted Prettiest Moonsault Ever and then got back to her feet and dragged Stratton up for and hit the KOD for the win.
WINNER & STILL WWE RAW WOMEN’S CHAMPION: BIANCA BELAIR
WWE CHAMPIONSHIP
TOMMASO CIAMPA(C) VS BOBBY LASHLEY
Finally the show ended with the WWE Championship match between the defending champion Tommaso Ciampa(c) and the challenger Bobby Lashley. This was a rematch from the 2023 WWE Royal Rumble pay per view where Ciampa beat Lashley for the title. After around half an hour of back and forth brilliance the Black Heart of WWE aka Ciampa walked out as the winner thanks to the Willows Bell.
WINNER & STILL WWE CHAMPION: TOMMASO CIAMPA