Ric Flair may have defeated Mick Foley in the 2-out-of-3 Falls Match at Vengeance, but the Hardcore Legend made sure the last image fans in Charlotte saw of their hometown hero was a bloody one.

It seems like the first time is the charm for Johnny Nitro. In his first championship opportunity on SmackDown, Nitro won the WWE Tag Team Championship; lightning struck again at Vengeance, as the red-carpet darling defeated Carlito and Shelton Benjamin in a Triple Threat Match to win the Intercontinental Championship.

The numbers were in the Spirit Squad's favor at Vengeance in the 5-on-2 Handicap Match. Unfortunately for them, those two men weren't ordinary RAW Superstars…they were two of the best ever, Shawn Michaels and Triple H. And when all was said and done, the reunited DX overcame the odds to defeat the cheerleading quintet.

At Vengeance, Randy Orton finally got his revenge. The Legend Killer finally conquered the Wrestling Machine, taking advantage of an exposed turnbuckle to RKO ECW's Olympic Hero.

At Vengeance, WWE's John Cena survived Extreme Rules in defeating ECW's Suicidal, Homicidal, Genocidal, Death-Defying Maniac, Sabu. The former WWE Champion came out the victor in an Extreme Lumberjack Match that included steel chairs, Singapore canes and a table. In the end, it was a submission hold that put Sabu away.

Since debuting on RAW in April, the Samoan Bulldozer, Umaga, has plowed through every opponent that's been brave enough to step into the ring with him. At Vengeance that trend continued, as well as Umaga's impressive undefeated streak, as he faced off against Eugene.

Going into Vengeance, Kane was sure that he would vanquish his impostor once and for all. Instead, the Big Red Monster got a taste of his own medicine en route to an unforgettable loss.

It was just a couple of weeks ago that Ric Flair confronted Mick Foley on RAW, prompting a war of words between the two arguing over the merits of hardcore wrestling and Mick Foley's professional wrestling legacy. But the bad blood between these two grizzled veterans of the squared circle goes back much further than just two weeks ago. In fact, it goes back to the very early stages of Foley's career.

D-Generation X is officially back, but are Shawn Michaels and Triple H better than ever? That question will be answered at Vengeance when the duo takes on all five members of the Spirit Squad in a Handicap Match.

Tonight, WWE makes its second visit to Charlotte, North Carolina's Charlotte Bobcats Arena for Vengeance. The first time WWE came to the Uptown Arena (as it's locally known) was late January 2006 when Charlotte legend Ric Flair teamed with John Cena to take on Edge & Chris Masters. Flair & Cena were victorious, as Cena finished the match by slapping the STFU on Masters for the win.

This Sunday at Vengeance, John Cena seems to be heading into the proverbial lions' den. Not only does he have to take on ECW's suicidal, homicidal, genocidal maniac Sabu, but he has to do it in a hostile situation: an Extreme Lumberjack Match.

Two weeks ago at ECW One Night Stand, Edge basically helped Rob Van Dam become WWE Champion by spearing John Cena through a table. RVD then took the gold to the premiere of ECW on Sci Fi, where he rechristened it the ECW World Championship. This Sunday, however, Edge has the opportunity to bring that gold back to RAW when he faces RVD at Vengeance.

There's also plenty of bad blood throughout the rest of the pay-per-view as John Cena takes the fight to ECW in an Extreme Lumber Jack Match, Edge vies for Rob Van Dam's WWE Championship and Ric Flair and Mick Foley go 2 out of 3 Falls in a match that has history dating back to Foley's days in WCW. So, with such a combustible situation waiting to happen, it's only fitting that Vengeance's theme is a song called Victim by Eighteen Visions.

The founding fathers of D-Generation X, Shawn Michaels and Triple H split apart during the Attitude era, but after watching the Vengeance press conference, it almost seemed as if they never broke up. The defiant duo never skipped a beat and was up to their same old sophomoric hijinx, wreaking havoc on the entire press conference.