Mike Reviews WWE Vengeance 2002

Happy Vengeful Saturday Everyone!

Let’s jump back into 2002 WWE, with Vengeance. There’ll be no SummerSlam 2002 review in August, because I’ve already done one, so we’ll pick things up again later in the year.

Vengeance 2002 is mostly remembered for the Undertaker Vs Kurt Angle Vs Rock Main Event and little else, but let’s see how the rest of the card holds up.

You can view the aforementioned card for Vengeance by clicking the link below;

WWE Vengeance 2002 Card

Vengeance is emanating from Detroit, Michigan on the 21st of July 2002

Calling the action for the first half are Michael Cole and Taz, with Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler calling the second half

We get the usual dramatic opening video package, complete with bible verses just so we know how gosh darn important this pay per view will be.

We then get some TRUSTcompany for the pay per view theme, which is VERY 2002

Opening Match
Tag Team Elimination Double Tables Bout
“Crippler” Chris Benoit and “Latino Heat” Eddy Guerrero Vs The New Dudley Boyz (Bubba and Spike)

This was a bit of a comedown for Benoit and Guerrero, as they want from a potential feud with Stone Cold to trading victories with Bubba and Spike in the mid-card. Both members of each team need to go through a table here for the match to end. Bubba cost Eddy a match with Ric Flair back at King of the Ring to heat things up. The New Dudleyz have the Saliva version of their theme here, which I always quite liked, but your own mileage may vary depending on how much you hate/tolerate Saliva’s musical styling’s. Annoyingly this match indulges in one of my pet peeves, as they work it as a standard tag match in the early going with tags etc, which makes no sense in a No DQ match like this. Why someone would patiently stand on the apron watching their partner get clobbered when there’s no rule to stop them from helping out is beyond me.

Eddy and Benoit swarm both Dudleyz to start, with Bubba and Spike not even really getting a babyface shine as such. It all looks good due to Eddy and Benoit being crisp on offence and The Dudleyz taking some nice bumps and selling everything well. It’s yet another strange way to structure an already strangely structured match, but Eddy and Benoit have great intensity so it’s entertaining to watch them batter the babyfaces at least. I’d say that Bubba takes the heat here, but does it count as taking the heat if you don’t get to do a shine first? Regardless, Bubba does a very good job as a babyface in peril and the crowd does react positively whenever it looks like Bubba might fight back. Again, the question arises as to why Spike is just standing there watching his mate getting creamed when nothing is stopping him from running in to help.

And perhaps Spike went forward in time to read this review and then went back in time to this match to act on my comments, as he eventually dives out onto Eddy with a TOPE CON HILO when Eddy tries to get a table, which gives Bubba a brief window to fight back until he’s swiftly cut off again. This match has been an absolute shellacking in favour of the Heels thus far, but I’ve enjoyed it in-spite of itself. The Heels try to Superplex Bubba through a table, but Spike moves the table and Bubba remains in the contest. Things have just become a tornado match now, which is probably what this should have been to begin with. It remains good action, and it also remains a match that is predominantly dominated by the bad guys. Eddy and Benoit try to fling Spike through a table in the corner, but Bubba tackles Spike to stop it and then makes the comeback, with The Heels taking some nice bumps for it.

We get the WASSUP on Benoit, which leads to Bubba demanding that Spike gets the tables. Benoit locks Spike immediately the crossface to prevent that though, but there’s no submissions in this match so things continue. The brawling here continues to be good, with Bubba trying to splash Benoit through a table, only for Benoit to move. However, you can’t put yourself through a table, so Bubba is still legal. Spike actually gets to fend off both Heels at one stage following that, with Eddy and Benoit being such good wrestlers that they make you believe that something like that could actually be possible. Eddy tries to suplex Spike off the apron through a table, but Spike fights Eddy off and gets an Acid Drop off the apron through the table to eliminate Eddy.

Eddy Guerrero eliminated by Spike Dudley – Acid Drop

I think what this match needs is the ring announcer confirming to the crowd when someone is eliminated. Firstly it gives the crowd a further excuse to cheer/boo, and also it keeps them informed as to who is still legal. It wouldn’t shock me if some of them still think that Bubba has been eliminated because they didn’t specify the rules at the beginning for the live audience, although Tazz and Cole have done a good job explaining everything on commentary for those of us watching at home. Benoit press slam’s Spike through a table not-too-soon after Eddy’s elimination, to leave us with Benoit Vs Bubba. Benoit tries to suplex through a table, but Bubba blocks it and gives Benoit a seated Full Nelson Slam through the table to pick up the win.

Spike Dudley eliminated by Chris Benoit – Press Slam

Chris Benoit eliminated by Bubba Ray – Bubba Bomb

WINNERS: THE NEW DUDLEYZ
RATING: ***1/4

Thoughts: My annoyance with the tag rules at the start aside, this had some really good wrestling and brawling in it, and it ended up being an entertaining spectacle to start off the show. Eddy and Benoit were wrestling on a totally different level to pretty much everyone else in North America at the time, and they showed that here as they viciously dissected Bubba and Spike in the early going. Credit must go to both New Dudleyz for being such good tackle dummies for the Heels, and the bad guys were happy to sell for the Faces when it was time for the good guys to start fighting back. Putting Bubba and Spike over seems like a bit of an odd decision when you consider that Benoit and Eddy were supposed to be getting a big push, but the idea at play was more that this was a match stipulation that Bubba and Spike were better at, rather than Eddy and Benoit being lesser competitors, so it didn’t really hurt the Heels too much to lose here

Eric Bischoff is with Jonathon Coachman, and Sleazy E is very happy that his Raw wrestlers just had a great match. Bischoff says that he’s here at Vengeance tonight in order to sign Triple H to Raw. Bischoff spies Tri and runs over to pester him, but Triple H needs to speak to Smackdown GM Stephanie McMahon first.

Match Two
WWE Cruiserweight Title
Champ: Jamie “Bah Gud” Noble w/ Nidia Vs “The BK Bomber” Billy Kidman

Noble and Nidia were enjoying the ability to have running water in their trailer due to Noble now making Champion money. Noble’s character was a good example of how Paul Heyman could sometimes work within the system to get someone a push. Noble was a talented wrestler, but small, so Heyman gave him this wacky OTT red neck character that Vince McMahon was sure to find hilarious, and Noble ran with it to get a solid mid-card career that he perhaps otherwise wouldn’t have had. We get some good wrestling to start here, with Kidman getting the better of things. However, Noble uses Nidia as a human shield to prevent Kidman from attacking the Champ outside the ring, and that leads to Noble assaulting Kidman’s shoulder for the cut off.

Noble works in some nice shoulder targeted offence back inside the ring, with Kidman doing some good selling. They are pushing the idea on commentary that Noble is more technical based than most other Cruiserweight’s, and that’s a decent way to differentiate him from the rest of the folks in the division in fairness. The crowd reactions aren’t amazing here, but they’re not wrestling to complete silence at least, which is a fate other Cruiserweight’s would sometimes face in WWE due to both the promotion and the fan base just generally not caring about the division for the majority of it’s existence.

Kidman keeps trying to make a one armed comeback, but Noble keeps going back to the appendage, which is solid storytelling. Noble eventually makes the cardinal error of trying to Powerbomb Kidman though, and that leads to Kidman getting a face buster for a near fall. Kidman gets another excellent near fall from a Spine Buster off the second rope, which quite a few of the crowd bit on. Kidman ends up missing the Shooting Star Press, which lets Noble get a near fall of his own with a roll-up, as they are doing some very nice wrestling here. Noble manages to catch Kidman with a Tiger Driver not-too-soon after that and that’s the three count after a game effort from BK.

WINNER AND STILL CHAMPION: JAMIE NOBLE
RATING: ***

Thoughts: Good match here, although all the work on the shoulder didn’t really play into the finish. Give it a finish that actually pays it off (such as Noble getting a shoulder breaker/buster off the ropes or something when Kidman tries the SSP) and I would have probably gone higher with the rating. As it was though, this was a solid effort from these two and if WWE had put a match like this on every pay per view then the fans might have actually started caring about this division

Kurt Angle doesn’t like that Mark Lloyd used the word “if” in regards to whether Angle will win the WWE Title later on. Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar interrupt and shoo away Lloyd to talk about Lesnar possibly wrestling Angle at SummerSlam. Angle is all for that, but warns Lesnar that he won’t be a pushover. Lesnar wishes Angle luck in the most awkward yet scary way possible, and Angle scoffs that he hates pompous people. This was a fun segment

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Match Three
WWE European Title
Champ: Jeff Hardy Vs William Regal

Hardy was sloppy and unmotivated during this period, but he still got pops and sold merch, so WWE kept giving him belts. Regal had cried on Raw after losing the belt, which at least made it seem like he cared about it. I do miss the European Title, as I always felt it was a really nice design. Regal is very vicious to start, with Hardy being on the back foot. To be honest, Regal flinging Hardy around is probably the best way they could have worked this, as Hardy’s offence is all kinds of sloppy by comparison, as he’s wrestling like he just had a 10 hour flight where he spent it all reading every volume of AKIRA back to back. Hardy heads up top for the Swanton Bomb, but Regal gets his knees up to block and then gets a Half Nelson Suplex for two, as they are continuing to work this at a quick pace, which kind of goes against what Regal is good at. Hardy pops up with a roll-up on Regal though and that’s enough for three.

WINNER AND STILL CHAMPION: JEFF HARDY
RATING: *

Thoughts: Hardy looked rough here but Regal showed some good intensity when it was his time to control things. It felt like a Sunday Night HeAT Main Event to be honest and not something you’d expect to see on a pay per view

Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan congratulate Jeff Hardy on his win and then worry about how the young superstars will handle Bischoff and McMahon running their respective shows. This was worth it just for Hogan calling Flair “Riccles”

Match Four
“The King of the World” Chris Jericho Vs “Wacky Roll-Up Guy” John Cena

Cena had debuted on Smackdown and had competitive matches with Kurt Angle and Jericho, as well as receiving some respect from Undertaker. However, the sharks were already circling and Cena was soon going nowhere, despite an initially decent push. Thankfully Cena could battle rap and that ended up saving his career. Jericho had intentionally got DQ’ed in a Smackdown match with Cena, and he tries to attack Cena with a chair before the match starts. Cena dis-arms Jericho and clocks him with the chair instead, as the villain is hoist by his own petard. The match hasn’t started yet though, so it’s not a DQ and then match starts officially following that when they get in the ring. Cena is moving around kind of awkwardly here, but you can tell that he’s working hard to overcome his greenness.

Jericho eventually manages to catch Cena with a Stun Gun (the move, not the item) and that’s the heat segment. Jericho looks decent on offence on Cena sells reasonably well, so it’s a decent section of the match, although the live crowd doesn’t seem to really care. This is the flattest the crowd has been thus far tonight, which makes sense as they’d already started on blunting Cena’s push by this stage. To be fair, “rookie roll-up guy” was always going to have a shelf-life as a character for Cena. Jericho and Cena do a pretty nice finishing stretch, as they show some good chemistry together when it comes to the near falls. Sadly the crowd still isn’t really getting that into it, but the wrestling itself has been decent. Jericho of course doesn’t make good use of having the advantage, because he’s an arrogant villain, and that leads to Cena getting a pin counter for the three count.

WINNER: JOHN CENA
RATING: **3/4

Thoughts: The match was lacking in crowd heat, but these two always seemed to work well together and the wrestling on display was fun for the most part. Cena was a bit awkward when it came to his movements, but you could watch this and see that he had something about him. Jericho did an excellent job of guiding the greener Cena through things and Cena mostly delivered on his end, so this was a decent outing

We get a great camera angle following that, where Cena celebrates on the ramp happy to have won, whilst Jericho seethes on the Titan-Tron. Cena did get a reasonable pop for the win, but the crowd wasn’t with him during the match itself, possibly because they didn’t think he could win.

Eric Bischoff tries to prevent Stephanie McMahon’s lawyer from delivering some important documents, but Bischoff thinks that it’s a contract for Smackdown.

Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler relieve Tazz and Cole of their announcer duties. Ross is of course magnanimous and respectful about it all, whilst Lawler is less so.

Rob Van Dam is stretching, whilst Brock Lesnar is doing body lifts.

Match Five
WWE Intercontinental Title
Champ: “The Whole Dam Show” Rob Van Dam Vs “The Next Big Thing” Brock Lesnar w/ Paul Heyman

Lesnar had ploughed through RVD to win the King of the Ring back in June, but RVD wouldn’t back down and their feud continued. The pre-match video package does a very good job of making Lesnar look like a scary monster, whilst still making it look like RVD might have a chance here. RVD is from Michigan, so the crowd is really into him here at Vengeance. The match goes how’d you expect, with RVD trying to use speed and agility to avoid getting mauled by the bigger Lesnar, whilst Lesnar tries to grab hold of RVD so that he can begin tearing him limb from limb. It’s a very effective way to structure a match between these two, and the home state crowd are very into RVD, meaning that the bout has good crowd reactions to go along with the decent action in the ring.

RVD gets a decent length shine on Lesnar, managing to elude Lesnar’s attempts at offence. However, RVD tries one flip too many, and that leads to Lesnar catch RVD on a Moonsault attempt off the apron and delivering a slam out on the floor for the cut off. Lesnar rag dolls RVD around back inside, with RVD taking some nice bumps and selling it well, whilst Lesnar does an effective job of looking violent and mean. RVD occasionally attempts to fight back, but Lesnar just overpowers the IC Champ and regains control of the bout. Lesnar is showing poise beyond his years in this one actually, as he’d only been on the main roster since March of 2002 by the time Vengeance rolled around, and he doesn’t look remotely uncomfortable out there. Granted, Lesnar hadn’t hit his full stride yet, but, for his level of experience on the big stage, he’s looked like he belongs in this one.

RVD eventually makes the comeback with some high-flying, and the crowd is into it, especially when RVD starts getting some near falls whilst Heyman does his usual excellent job of freaking out on the outside. Lesnar cuts off the Five Star Frog Splash and looks to end it with an F-5, but RVD counters that into a DDT before heading up and getting the Five Star on a second attempt. Lesnar could very well be done following that, but we’ll never find out as Heyman drags Charles Robinson out of the ring and that’s a DQ finish. Robinson actually attacks Heyman following that, which the crowd appreciates.

WINNER BY DQ: ROB VAN DAM
RATING: ***

Thoughts: If they were not going to switch the belt then that was really the only finish they could do. The match itself was good, and it felt like it had a higher gear it could have possibly kicked into. RVD did a good job of looking competitive against the monster, whilst Lesnar didn’t look out of place in a pay per view singles match with an established star

Lesnar lays out RVD with an F-5 onto a chair following that, which kind of leaves us right where we started before the match happened, with RVD winning the match but Lesnar standing tall at the end. Gotta love that 50/50 booking!

Stephanie McMahon and Eric Bischoff have a tense stare off before Stephanie leaves. Bischoff thinks that Triple H has signed with Smackdown and yells at him, but Tri instead confirms that he’s just signed divorce papers and hasn’t chosen which show he will be signing for yet. Sleazy E knows he done goofed. I’m already bored of these segments and there’s more to come.

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Match Six

The Big Show Vs “The Five Time WCW Champion” Booker T

Both of these two had been in the failed WWE version of the nWo, with Booker eventually getting kicked out before Vince McMahon just disbanded the group anyway. That led to a feud between the two, which means we now have this match to settle things. Big Show mostly dominates here, with Booker selling and looking to survive long enough in order to get a chance to do try and deliver an uninterrupted series of offence against his giant foe. Big Show eventually ends up accidentally running into the ring post, which leads to Booker choking the big man with a cable and then clocking Big Show with a monitor on the Spanish announce table. Booker then leg drops Big Show through the aforementioned table, which leads to both wrestlers crawling back into the ring to continue the battle. Booker kicks Big Show right in his Great White’s inside the ring and the Harlem Hangover (flipping leg drop off the top rope) follows. That proves to be enough to keep Big Show down for three and Booker picks up the gutsy victory

WINNER: BOOKER T
RATING: **

Thoughts: This was just a way to give Booker a combative win over a monster, and it worked well enough in that regard. The fans dug the finish and Booker gained something from winning, whilst Big Show wasn’t hurt in defeat due to it taking a monitor shot, a table bump and a low blow to finally keep him down

Booker treats the fans to a Spinaroonie post-match.

Torrie Wilson and Dawn Marie are at the WWE restaurant, where they argue over who will win the Main Event later, as well as who has the better bum…

It’s now time for the real Main Event of Vengeance, as it’s time to find out whether Triple H will decide to sign for Raw or Smackdown. Well thank goodness, it’s about time! I stay up late at night worrying about which Sportz Entertainment brand Hunter Hearst Helmsley will be Sportz Entertaining on let me tell you. The only thing I can think of that is of comparable importance is a possible cure for the common cold, and even in that case it only JUST pips which brand Tri is going choose to do 20 minute promos on. Anyway, Eric Bischoff joins us before Triple H can start talking, and does the big pitch, saying that things will be all business with him as they have far less baggage together than Trips does with his now-former missus. Sleazy E even talks about getting HHH some leading roles in Hollywood. Stephanie McMahon then heads down to give her own pitch. I certainly hope she mentions the fact that she invented women’s wrestling. Heck, I’d probably lead with that one. McMahon instead says that her previous history with Tri will be a positive, as she knows more about him than anyone and thus knows how to set up the best business relationship. Look you two; this is Triple freaking H we’re talking about here. Keeping him happy is hardly that difficult in kayfabe. Just make sure he always gets Title shots, keep sledgehammers on your brand in plentiful supply, and you’re set. Bischoff and McMahon do some squabbling, with McMahon reminding HHH that Bischoff was a jerk to Tri back in WCW. Aw come on, you can’t hold that against Sleazy E, he was crappy to LOTS of people in WCW! Helmsley eventually looks like he’ll choose Smackdown, because at least he kind of knows what he’s getting into with McMahon. However, Shawn Michaels interrupts and suggests that Triple H reform DX with him on Raw, which leads to Tri eventually deciding to join Raw, leading to a really odd “sorry Steph” getting dubbed in. I’m guessing the original version didn’t sound very good. Bischoff gloats following that, so McMahon slaps him. There’s even 50/50 booking in the promo segments on this show as well! This segment went on a bit, but then it gave me a chance to be a snarky jerk whilst recapping it, so it ended up becoming somewhat entertaining for me. Your own mileage may vary though.

Mark Lloyd asks Rikishi what he thinks about Triple H heading to the other brand. The Big Kish is disappointed that Tri won’t be joining Smackdown because the young kids on that brand could use his guidance. Yes, guidance such as “make sure you marry upwards” and “make everyone wrestle you in a near 20 minute match even if it goes totally counter to what they do best”. I bet those poor Smackdown lads were CRUSHED that HHH decided to head to Raw.

Booker T and Goldust tell Terri Runnels that they are ready to mix it up with Triple H. Oh lads, you’ll soon be disabused of that notion.

We get a video package for the next match, highlighting how Lance Storm and Christian are mean old evil foreigners who require a good kicking.

Semi-Main
WWE Tag Team Titles
Champs: Hollywood Hulk Hogan and Edge Vs The Un-Americanz (Lance T. Storm and Christian) w/ Test

Hogan and Edge had proven to be quite an effective tag team, but Storm and Christian were getting primed for a big evil foreigner push at the time, because xenophobia might be the only thing Vince McMahon enjoyed more than allegedly defecating on people. Storm and Christian make sure to cut a pre-match promo insulting the crowd, just in case the previous video package highlighting that they are evil foreign villains didn’t get the point across to the Michiganders in the audience I guess. Hogan and Edge shine on the Heels to start, with the crowd responding reasonably well to it all and the action being entertaining for the most part. Eventually Christian cheap shots his kayfabe brother behind the referees back and that’s the cut off, with the Heels working some heat on The Edgster whilst The Hulkster tries to gee up the crowd.

Edge sells all of that well and the offence from the Heels looks good, so it’s a solid heat segment, with Edge eventually managing to foil some tandem offence from the evil foreigners before making the tag to Hogan. Hogan makes the comeback on the Heels, and the crowd enjoys it, whilst the Heels do some good stooging in order to make The Hulkster look good. However, we’re actually getting the old MX/RnR formula tonight, as Hogan gets cut off following some Heel cheating and that gives us our second heat segment of the contest. Hogan of course sells all of that well, as selling and making comebacks are his speciality, and the crowd gets behind the veteran in the hopes he’ll fight back. Hogan eventually manages to fend off the Heels long enough to make a tag to Edge, which leads to Edge running wild on the Heels and looking good doing so.

Things break down following that, which leads to some serious overbooking, as Edge accidentally Spears the referee and that leads to Test running down to take down both Hogan and Edge, with the latter taking a Big Boot for two in a good near fall that the crowd bit on. Rikishi then wanders down to fight with Test, which seemingly makes the sides even again. However, Chris Jericho had an issue with Edge at the time (they were originally due to wrestle on Vengeance until they pivoted with Edge winning the tag belts with Hogan) and that leads to Jericho clocking Edge with a Title belt whilst the ref is distracted and that leads to the Heels picking up the win.

WINNERS AND NEW CHAMPIONS: UN-AMERICANZ
RATING: **1/2

Thoughts: This was decent, although I felt the overbooking at the end was a little much. I don’t think it really helped the Heels either. If the Un-Americanz had been around for months and were already established as a credible threat then it would be different, but they were still a relatively new faction and they already needed THIS much help just to steal the Tag Titles? It kind of typecast them as a mid-card group really, and that’s ultimately what they ended up being

Eric Bischoff gives Kurt Angle the sales pitch, but Angle has a Title to win.

Meanwhile, Mark Lloyd asks Stephanie McMahon about what we’ve just seen, and she says she’s not worried as she’s going to rip the heart out of Raw. That ended up being McMahon poaching Brock Lesnar and the WWE Title from Raw I believe.

We get a video package for the next match.

Main Event
WWE Undisputed Title
Champ: “Big Evil” The Undertaker Vs “The American Hero” Kurt Angle Vs “The People’s Champion” The Rock

Rock had been called back into duty due to Stone Cold walking out, and had immediately been put into the Title mix. However, Taker and Angle had wrestled to a controversial draw on Smackdown, so a triple threat match was booked to settle things. There’s a great spot to start, where Undertaker and Rock are more focused on one another, and that leads to Angle getting annoyed that they are ignoring him, so they both promptly start beating Angle up in a funny moment. Things soon get serious following that though, as the bout quickly becomes a brawl with high impact moves mixed in. The match settles into the usual Triple Threat formula, with two wrestlers going at it in the ring whilst the third sells on the floor until it’s time for them to get back in. It’s a bit formulaic, but the quality of the wrestling is generally good and the crowd is invested in the action, so the match is very entertaining as a result.

Interestingly it sounds like Rock might be getting some boos when he goes at it with Undertaker, although that doesn’t appear to happen when Rock battles Angle. There’s a fun story running through the match where folks are using the moves of their opponents, where Rock gives Taker a Choke Slam, Angle gives Rock a Rock Bottom and Taker eventually busts out an Olympic Slam onto Angle. That wasn’t something you saw all of the time back in 2002, so it’s fun to see these three mixing it in here and the crowd has enjoyed it. I have to say that Angle in particular has been fantastic here, as he’s pin-balled himself all over the place in order to make his opponents look good and it’s given the match the feeling of having a frenetic pace, which has only added to the excitement.

Undertaker eventually flings Angle face first into the ring post and that leads to Angle coming up bleeding, as they continue to throw in everything they can here in order to make this match exciting. Angle ends up bringing a chair into the ring following that and clobbers Taker with it before delivering a dizzy Olympic Slam to Rock, leading to a two count on each wrestler respectively for the Olympic Gold Medallist. More near falls and submission teases follow for each wrestler, as the crowd continues to be super into this and the action remains exciting. Angle is just on fire in the closing stages, as he looks like legitimately the best wrestler on Earth at points, and he might have been in the running at the time. Jim Ross has a great night on commentary, getting the drama of the contest across to the viewers at home in a way that few others in his profession can match when he’s “on” like this. After all kinds of near misses, Rock manages to catch Angle with the Rock Bottom and that’s enough for three.

WINNER AND NEW CHAMPION: THE ROCK
RATING: ****

Thoughts: WWE needed a good Main Event for Vengeance as the show closing contests at Judgment Day and King of the Ring had been quite lacking, and they sure got a good match here. Angle in particular was excellent in this one, entering an incredible performance and really adding to the quality of the bout. Undertaker did a good job of looking mean and violent, whilst Rock was his usual Rock self and allowed his charisma and star presence to make up for any ring rust he might have had. All in all this was a cracking match and well worth a watch if you’ve never seen it

Rock is spent following that and can barely lift the belt up at first, but eventually he celebrates. I believe the image of Rock laying on the mat clutching the belt ended up being used as a loading screen on Smackdown 4 for the PS2 in fact.

In Conclusion

There’s plenty of decent wrestling on Vengeance and the Main Event is really good, so the show is a thumbs up overall. SummerSlam 2002 is far better, so if you want a pay per view from this time frame to watch then go for that one, but Vengeance is a solid enough show and a reasonably easy watch, the momentum slowing stuff with Triple H aside.

Mildly recommended show