The Vikings then went on to face their other divisional rival the Chicago Bears, but were defeated, and then went on to be blown out 31 – 3 in a rematch with the Packers the following game.

The 2008 Finals saw a rematch of the league's highest profile rivalry, the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, with the Celtics prevailing, for their league leading 17th championship, thanks to their new big three of Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett.

Ross recorded a Super Bowl record 11 receptions for 104 yards and 2 touchdowns ( the most ever by a tight end in a Super Bowl ) and he remains tied for the most receptions in a Super Bowl with Jerry Rice ( who tied Ross ' record in the Super Bowl rematch ), Deion Branch, and Wes Welker.

* May 25 – Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston in the first round of their championship rematch with the " Phantom Punch " at the Central Maine Civic Center in Lewiston.

The Islanders then defeated the Washington Capitals and Montreal Canadiens in six games each to set up a finals rematch with the Oilers.

In the 1967 – 68 season, with a new home court in the form of The Spectrum to defend their championship, once again the 76ers made it back to the NBA Playoffs and in the rematch of the previous year's semifinals, the 76ers held a 3 – 1 series lead over the Celtics, before the Celtics staged a dramatic come back to beat the Sixers in seven games.

The team won 63 games, shattering the old franchise record, and steamrolled through the playoffs and into a NBA Finals rematch with the Lakers.

The Spurs struggled with injuries during the regular season, but managed another 50-win season and a rematch with the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs.

They then swept the Minnesota North Stars in the conference finals to earn a rematch with the Islanders in the Stanley Cup Finals.

However, the Oilers won the next three games to earn a rematch of the 1988 Stanley Cup Finals with Boston.

In a rematch with De La Hoya for the WBC Welterweight belt in September 1998, De La Hoya won by 8th round TKO.

Ruiz lost a rematch for the vacant WBA Heavyweight title with Valuev on August 30, 2008.

As he was training for a rematch with Laporte set for September, he crashed on the early morning of August 12, 1982, while driving his Porsche 928 sports car along the federal highway from Santiago de Querétaro to San Luis Potosí, dying instantly.

At the time of his death, there were talks about a rematch with Gómez or a challenge of world lightweight champion Alexis Argüello, Salvador Sanchez finished his career undefeated as champion ( due to his early death ).

A rematch with Ramírez was scheduled, again in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on November 3, 1984.

Eriksson turned round England's bid for qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, with several crucial wins over lesser opposition before his first real test, England's rematch with Germany in Munich on 1 September 2001.

José Sulaimán said the WBC did so because Spinks was signed for a rematch with Ali instead of fighting a Don King fighter, Ken Norton.

On September 8, 1998, he fought a rematch with Julio César Chávez ( 100 – 2 – 2 ) and defeated him by eighth round TKO.

De La Hoya defended his unified title against Yori Boy Campas ( 80 – 5 ) with a sixth round knockout and then faced Shane Mosley ( 38 – 2 ) in a rematch.

Mosley reportedly began his doping regimen prior to his rematch with Oscar De La Hoya.

On May 3, 2008, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, De La Hoya fought Steve Forbes ( 33 – 5 ) in a tuneup for a possible rematch with Mayweather.

In the post fight press conference, Vargas made it clear that he would resume his boxing career and stated that a rematch with Mosley should be in order because the match was stopped on a technicality.

At WrestleMania XV in 1999, he had a rematch with McMahon for the European Championship, but Triple H betrayed him and cost Waltman the title.

With fan frustration after the McFarland match, a rematch was arranged for 4 July, with Welsh facing just one opponent in the four and a half months between the bouts, Phil Brock.

The reward was a rematch of the 1966 final against West Germany.

The December 20th, 1982 Cincinnati game was a rematch of the 1981 AFC Championship Game.

This was the first ever Super Bowl rematch ( the Steelers had previously beaten the Cowboys, 21 – 17, in Super Bowl X ), and both teams were attempting to be the first club to ever win a third Super Bowl.

This was also the second Super Bowl to rematch teams, the first being Super Bowl XIII.

This was the second rematch in Super Bowl history, as the two teams met in Super Bowl VII.

This was the fourth rematch in Super Bowl history, and the first time that both teams met in consecutive years.

This game was also the fifth rematch between Super Bowl teams.

The game was rematched on October 27, 1997, as a near-national telecast on ABC's Monday Night Football, the only time ABC aired a rematch of the previous season's Super Bowl.

A rematch of the Wrestlemania III feature bout, once again pitting Champion Hulk Hogan against Andre the Giant on Main Event, was seen by 33 million people, which is still the record for the most watched wrestling match in North America.

In 1992, Bobby Fischer, after a twenty-year hiatus from chess, re-emerged to arrange a " Revenge Match of the 20th century " against Spassky in Montenegro and Belgrade ; this was a rematch of the 1972 World Championship.

The match, won 4 – 0 by the Netherlands, was a rematch of a game two weeks prior, when the Netherlands beat Belgium 4 – 1 in Antwerp, Belgium.

A rematch was ordered.

The controversy proved to be so strong that despite the fact that Pryor was not tested for any substance abuse before or after the fight, a rematch was ordered and took place just 10 months after the first bout, and Pryor was tested before the second fight to prevent any other foul play.

" There was no rematch.

Until their eventual rematch in 1998, Chávez would always state that De La Hoya had not defeated him, but that a gash that he had suffered in training was the real cause of the stoppage of the fight.

The fight was so close that WBC president José Sulaimán decided to give Laporte a rematch vs Sanchez for the World Boxing Council's world title.

Thinking it was just a case of ' beginner's luck ' ( as it was Sánchez's first world title fight ever ), Lopez looked for a rematch and this he got, in Las Vegas.

Hagler lost the decision but the fight was close enough that Monroe gave him a rematch.

Hamsho was given a rematch, but the Syrian was again TKO'd, this time in only three rounds.

The media reported that the FBI was investigating allegations that Top Rank was involved in fixing the rematch between De La Hoya and Shane Mosley, even though De La Hoya lost and Arum was De La Hoya's promoter.