When Vengeance first premiered as a WWE Pay-Per-View back in December 2001, Chris Jericho did the impossible and defeated both The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin to become the first Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion in WWE history. Since that inaugural PPV, the event went to reside in the July slot for a number of years before becoming an annual June PPV. In 2007, the event carried the subtitle “Night of Champions,” which WWE branded its own PPV and dropped Vengeance from the lineup.
But now it’s back. After World Wrestling Entertainment’s two-year experiment with the Bragging Rights PPV, which is headlined by a Raw vs. SmackDown! elimination tag match (just weeks before the Survivor Series), failed, it decided to bring back Vengeance. This year’s event will emanate from the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Tex., on October 23, 2011.
