Unforgiven (2004)
2004 World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view event
The 2004 Unforgiven was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the seventh annual Unforgiven and took place on September 12, 2004, at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon, held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw brand division. It is one of only two WWE pay-per-view events to be held in the U.S. state of Oregon, the other being No Mercy in 2008.
The main event saw Randy Orton defend the World Heavyweight Championship. against Triple H, which Triple H won by pinfall after executing a Pedigree onto a steel chair. One of the predominant matches on the card was Shawn Michaels versus Kane in a No Disqualification match, which Michaels won after performing Sweet Chin Music. Another primary match on the undercard was Chris Jericho versus Christian in a Ladder match for the vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship, which Jericho won by retrieving the suspended belt.
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Unforgiven was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event first held by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as the 21st In Your House PPV event in April 1998. Following the discontinuation of the In Your House series in February 1999, Unforgiven continued as its own PPV event in September that year, becoming WWE's annual September PPV. The seventh event took place on September 12, 2004, at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon. Like the previous year's event, it featured wrestlers exclusively from the Raw brand.
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