Unforgiven (2006)
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Attendance | 16,105[1] | ||
Buy rate | 289,000[2] | ||
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The 2006 Unforgiven was the ninth annual
The
As many of the existing feuds ended following the event, some did not. Notably, Jeff Hardy continued to feud with Johnny Nitro, facing off against him for the WWE Intercontinental Championship throughout September. The feud between DX and The McMahons ended after the event, as DX began an angle with Edge and Randy Orton. Following his win against Edge, Cena began an angle with Kevin Federline, which started the following month at Cyber Sunday and lasted throughout the year.
Production
Background
Storylines
The event featured seven
The main
The other main match on the card was
One of the main
Event
Role: | Name: |
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English commentators
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Jim Ross |
Jerry Lawler | |
Spanish commentators | Carlos Cabrera |
Hugo Savinovich | |
Ring announcer | Lilian Garcia |
Referees | Mike Chioda |
Marty Rubalcaba | |
Chad Patton | |
Jack Doan |
The event unofficially began with a dark match between Super Crazy and Shelton Benjamin. Crazy pinned Benjamin for the win.[1]
Preliminary matches
The first match was between Jeff Hardy and Johnny Nitro for the Intercontinental Championship. In the start of the match, Hardy gained the advantage over Nitro by countering his attacks. Hardy performed the Swanton Bomb, but Nitro put his foot on the rope to break a pinfall attempt. Melina, however, hit Hardy with her boot, and Nitro pinned Hardy and retained the title.[19][20]
The match that followed was between
Main event matches
In the next match,
The next singles match was between Trish Stratus and Lita for the WWE Women's Championship. Stratus gained control early in the match, but Lita took it from her after she threw Stratus from the top rope. Stratus won the match after she locked in the Sharpshooter on Lita, who submitted to the move, and Stratus became Women's Champion for the last time in her career.[24][25][26]
In the sixth match,
In the main event,
Reception
The event received mostly positive reviews from critics. Writing for
Aftermath
On the edition of October 2, 2006 of Raw, John Cena was scheduled to defend the WWE Championship against Edge in a Steel Cage match, after Edge invoked his rematch clause for the title.[30] Cena defeated Edge to retain the title, as he was able to perform an FU for the win, and thus ended the feud between the two.[31] Edge, however, would begin a feud with DX, after Edge blamed DX for costing him the title match against Cena, due to interference from DX the previous week.[31] The following week, Edge used an edition of The Cutting Edge to join forces with Randy Orton to form a team and began a feud against DX. Edge cited Randy Orton's lack of success after being kicked out of Evolution by Triple H and DX's "stale" antics "taking up TV time" as reasons to join forces.[32] The duo dubbed themselves Rated-RKO. At Cyber Sunday, Edge and Orton became the first team to finally defeat DX since their reunion in June.[33]
The WWE Women's Championship was vacated on September 18, 2006, following Trish Stratus' win at Unforgiven. On the edition of September 25 of Raw, a Women's title tournament began, and the first match was won by Lita, after she defeated Candice Michelle.[39] The second tournament match was a Lingerie match between Mickie James and Victoria, which James won.[40] On the edition of October 9 of Raw, Melina defeated Torrie Wilson in a Lumberjill match to advance in the tournament match.[41] The following week, Maria won a Fatal Four-Way Bra and Panties match against Victoria, Candice Michelle, and Torrie Wilson to advance to the semi-finals.[42][43] On the edition of October 23 of Raw, James defeated Melina to advance in the semi-finals.[44] The following week on Raw, Lita advanced in the tournament, after she defeated Maria.[45] At Cyber Sunday, Lita and Mickie James advanced to the seventh match of the tournament.[46] Lita won the vacant Women's title, after she pinned James with a Swinging snap DDT.[47]
John Cena was placed in an inter-
The 2006 Unforgiven would be the final brand-exclusive Unforgiven, as following WrestleMania 23 the following year, brand-exclusive pay-per-views were discontinued.[49]
Results
No. | Results dark match |
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See also
Notes
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- World Wrestling Entertainment. November 1, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2008.)
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