WWE: Vengeance 2011

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\WWE Tag Team Champions Air Boom vs. Jack Swagger & Dolph Ziggler - Air Boom started out in control early with Kofi doing a monkey flip out of the corner on Dolph that flipped him inside out followed by making their fast tags & double team moves like a double baseball slide & later a double faceplant on Swagger. Dolph & Swagger focused on grounding & working over Bourne after Swagger was able to block "Air Bourne" in order to keep him away from Kofi. It was a textbook solid tag team match.

United States Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. Zack Ryder - This match happened right after the tag title match with everyone involved that match staying at ringside. Ryder went for quick pins knowing that Dolph was already exhausted causing Ryder to try to run away with both Air Boom & Swagger eventually getting involved in what was a decent match.

Divas Champion Beth Phoenix vs. Eve Torres - All outside parties were banned from ringside for this match while Eve debuted new music. Knowing how both females have had issues with each other, they tore into each other right away with Eve somehow being able to tie Beth's hands into the ropes before Beth was able to recover & use her power by pressing Eve & dropping her on the barricade. Both women tried to do submission holds with Beth doing a body scissors while Eve also applied the body scissors but included an armlock as well. Some things didn't go over well here but both divas tried & worked hard here.

Sheamus vs. Christian - Sheamus dominated early as he just kept pounding on Christian in the corner & on the ropes before Christian was able to find an opening to take control. Both men traded momentum & able to keep countering each others holds with Sheamus being able to keep standing after taking some hard shots from Christian such as missing the Crow Kick only to be on the receiving end of a spear while Christian would have the same effect happen to him later. Just a good back & forth contest.

Triple H & C.M. Punk vs. The Miz & R-Truth - Triple H attempted to target Miz but he kept avoiding him in the early going before he got his hands on him & locked in a figure four early with Punk lending a hand for extra leverage. Miz & Truth then decided to use the numbers game to take advantage & heavily work over Triple H building the hot tag to C.M. Punk but the big issue at the end of the match was a return of someone who definitely left their mark during & after the match. This was a solid tag team match however it was missing the aggression that you would expect with this being setup as "grudge" match & was instead just a normal tag.

Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes - Former Legacy members face off here with Cody being in control early during the first half of the match before Orton was able to regain control in his favor after catching Cody was caught in midair with a dropkick. Cody attempted some moves that we aren't familiar with him doing including various moonsault attempts & even trying to steal Orton's RKO at one point while also using his baggers were there to run interference. It was an average match but both men worked such a similar style (very slow & calculated) that the match had it's slow & dull moments.

World Champion Mark Henry vs. Big Show - Both men locked right from the bell with Show doing something that nobody else has been able to do & beat down Henry in the corner causing Henry to go to the outside only for Show to throw him back him & nail him with a superkick. Henry resorted to attacking Show's previously injured leg with shoulderblocks to the back of his leg & dropping all his weight on it with various elbows which did show it's effect on Show as he tried to slam Henry only to have his leg give out. Both men continued to showcase their power against each other with both charging knocking each other down with a double clothesline, Show slamming Henry while Henry was able to hit the "World's Strongest Slam", Big Show chokeslamming Henry both in the ring & off the top rope, and Mark Henry delivering the superplex that made the ring itself say "I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!" The finish was something that we haven't seen for over 8 years but it was still quite the visual to this day & doesn't take away from the match as both men brought their best efforts here as this match was this wasn't your typical "slow & boring" limited big man match with both men telling a story & showcasing their power.

Last Man Standing Match: WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio vs. John Cena - Johnny Ace (I can't spell his real last name) made the announcement that the WWE Championship match would still go on as planned as we saw the effects of this right away as Cena & Del Rio made their entrances only to back off when getting to the ring while pay attention to Cena as he had a special moment with a fan in regards to his new t-shirt. The match started off with the dueling chants of "Lets Go Cena...CENA SUCKS!" as Ricardo Rodriquez was thrown into Cena right away for Del Rio to get the advantage as both men tried to wrestle in the ring with Del Rio delivering various back suplexes & doing Carlito's old "backstabber" but hurt his own ankle in the process because of the condition of the ring while Cena tried "You Can't See Me" but didn't have ropes to bounce off of & Del Rio doing a double stomp onto the broken ringpost that was on top of Cena's ribs. before Cena did a strong irish whip to Del Rio sending him right out of the ring onto the barricade since there were no ring ropes. Both men used what they could at ringside like Cena being thrown into the steps while Ricardo & Del Rio had some teeter toter action with the broken ringpost before brawling backstage with Cena being buried underneath the interview set before making their way to the stage where Cena was thrown through it before Del Rio was put through a table followed by both men made their way back to ringside where they continued to brawl with an announce table getting broken in the process. This was a very unique type of match just knowing the condition the ring was in but they used it to tell a good story & took advantage of the stipulation here at hand in what was the best match of the night.

This PPV had some positives in that there really wasn't a bad match on here with some people having the best match in their series (Show/Henry & Cena/Del Rio) but some matches really came off nothing special either (Ryder/Dolph & Orton/Rhodes). With this being the third PPV in less than two months from WWE, we got some rematches that were just carbon copies of matches we've either seen on free TV or PPV recently as well (Tag Titles & Christian/Sheamus). In the end, this wasn't worth the live PPV price but it definitely worth a rental.