The card featured eight televised matches, including two main events which resulted in Rob Van Dam defeating Edge to retain the WWE Championship and D-Generation X (DX) (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) defeating Spirit Squad (Kenny, Johnny, Mitch, Nicky, and Mikey) in a 5-on-2 handicap match.

Vengeance was an annual pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) since 2001.

[5] The event featured eight professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines.

All wrestlers belonged to the Raw brand – a storyline division in which WWE assigned its employees to a different program, the other two being SmackDown!

Edge, who was the number one contender for the title,[7] informed Van Dam that they both had a lot in common, referring to them being both Money in the Bank winners and successfully becoming WWE Champions.

[10] On the June 19 episode of Raw, in retaliation Van Dam attacked Edge, moments after winning a match against Ric Flair.

Another predominant rivalry scripted into Vengeance was between D-Generation X (DX) Triple H and Shawn Michaels versus the Spirit Squad (Kenny, Johnny, Mitch, Nicky, and Mikey) in a 5-on-2 Handicap match consisting of one team of wrestlers facing off against a team of wrestlers with numerical superiority such as five against two.

Triple H failed to do what McMahon ordered and instead attacked the Spirit Squad, thus turning into a fan favorite.

[16] That same night, McMahon scheduled the Spirit Squad and DX in a 5-on-2 handicap tag team match.

On the television debut of ECW on Sci Fi on June 13, a brawl broke out between Rob Van Dam and Edge.

[10][17] The following week on Raw, Heyman appeared alongside ECW superstar, Balls Mahoney, who was booked to face Cena in a singles match.

[19] Before the event went live on pay-per-view, Val Venis defeated Rob Conway in a dark match.

Before the match got underway, Eugene invited Jim Duggan, Doink the Clown, and Kamala down to ringside.

The match began with Carlito performing a springboard moonsault from the ring apron hitting both Nitro and Benjamin in the process.

[6][25] The first main match was for the WWE Championship, in which champion Rob Van Dam defended the title against Edge accompanied with Lita.

In the beginning of the match, Edge performed a sunset flip powerbomb on Van Dam outside the ring.

Both men took the upper hand in the match, until Van Dam was scripted to knock the referee unconscious.

Edge, however, got the advantage as he attempted to perform a shoulder block takedown on Van Dam, while Lita propped a chair on a ring corner.

Capitalizing on the situation, Van Dam then performed a Five Star Frog Splash from the top turnbuckle on Edge, which he followed with a cover and a pinfall, thus retaining the WWE Championship.

At ringside, the ECW lumberjacks began their assault on Cena, after he was hit with a steel chair by Sabu.

The Raw superstars, however, gave Cena the upper hand to hit Sabu with a kendo stick in mid-air.

Back in the ring, Cena hit Sabu with a steel chair then lifted him over his shoulders and threw him down on a table that was at ringside to execute the FU.

[38] Later on WWE's official website, it was announced that Heyman suspended Van Dam for 30 days without giving a reason.

This angle was written after WWE suspended Van Dam for his recent drug possession arrest.

[39][40] The following month at Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIII, a WWE Championship match was scheduled between Edge and Cena.

At SummerSlam, Edge retained the title after he hit Cena with a pair of brass knuckles, this occurred when the referee was not looking.

[42] In a July Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIII, DX defeated the Spirit Squad in a 5-on-2 elimination match.

[46] Before the match got underway at SummerSlam, the Spirit Squad, Mr. Kennedy, William Regal, Finlay, and The Big Show all interfered on behalf of the McMahons.

[47] The 2006 Vengeance was the last in a three-year stretch of being a Raw-exclusive PPV, as following WrestleMania 23 in April 2007, brand-exclusive PPVs were discontinued.