411’s Live WWE Vengeance Coverage .::. HHH Vs. Benoit

World Heavyweight Title
Chris Benoit (c) vs. Triple H
Slow stardowns and lockup type stuff to begin. Benoit goes for the crossface very early and Hunter rolls to the floor. Benoit follows and chops HHH repeatedly. Hunter rebounds and they brawl on the floor. Back into the ring and Hunter controls. Hunter sends Benoit back to the floor and then follows. Brawling. Back in. Benoit with some offense and a snap suplex. Brawling again on the floor and Benoit rams HHH into the steel steps shoulder-first. JR points out Benoit working on the shoulder to set up for the crossface. Benoit sends HHH back in and then goes for a diving headbutt, but Hunter moves and Benoit smashes his face into the mat. Hunter goes to work on the chest area of Benoit with some face first whips into the corner. Continues to work the chest area. HHH pulls Benoits arms back with his knee on the back of a seated Benoit for a submission. Hunter continues to work on the chest both in and out of the ring. Hunter continues to cover Benoit with Benoit kicking out, with the idea that the sore chest makes kicking out more difficult. Abdominal stretch by HHH. Benoit counters by unlocking HHH’s hands and then turns the move around into an ab stretch of his own. HHH hiplocks Benoit out of the move quickly. Benoit tries the sharpshooter, Hunter gets out, but Benoit gets it the second time in the middle of the ring. Hunter fighting. He stays in the move a very long time before finally getting to the bottom rope and the hold is broken. Rolling Germans by Benoit. Benoit releases the third but favors his chest before getting up. Benoit thumbs the neck and then goes up top. Hunter rolls out so Benoit gets down and dives out of the ring through the ropes onto HHH and both are out cold on the floor. Back into the ring and Hunter mistakenly takes out the ref as the ref checks on Benoit. DDT by Hunter. HHH calls down Eugene. And here he comes. He makes his way to the ring slowly, and Benoit takes the opportunity to put the crossface onto Hunter. Benoit yells at Eugene to get the ref. HHH taps out with no ref. Uh oh. Eugene was on the apron, Benoit hits Eugene and knocks him to the floor. JR spins in that Benoit didn’t trust Eugene and could take no chances. Hunter with a low blow and then a pedigree on Benoit. Eugene gets up slowly and gets the ref back into the ring. The ref slowly counts but Benoit kicks out of the cover. Eugene has a chair, and HHH grabs it but Eugene wont let it go. Hunter pushes the chair and Eugene to the floor. Benoit has the chair and is about to hit Hunter, but Flair runs in and Benoit takes out both Flair and now Batista with the chair. Benoit has the chair and Eugene comes in. Benoit talks to Eugene, and Hunter attacks Benoit. Hunter grabs the chair, goes to hit Benoit, but Benoit gets a low blow. Benoit and Hunter are both down, and Eugene goes to get the chair. Eugene has the chair and goes to hit both Benoit and Hunter and the crowd pops for either one he goes near, but then goes to put the chair down. Benoit goes to grab the chair from Eugene who wont let it go. Benoit lets go as Hunter gets up so Eugene pulls the chair away and swings it and hits HHH in the face. Eugene goes to the floor upset with himself. Benoit paces around Hunter, rolls him up and gets the win. Match told a good story and had a satisfying finish. You gotta hand it to the Raw booking team, the booking of this match and this angle came together really well.
Winner and STILL champ: Benoit