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The fight continued on the floor near the production area before refs held Orton back. Fans chanted for them to keep fighting, so Orton tackled Kofi and knocked him down again. Kofi suddenly jumped over the refs and attacked Orton. Refs then held Kofi back, but Kofi chased Orton into the stands on the hard camera side. Kofi stomped away on Orton, who teetered over the edge of the stands before landing at the production area. Kofi then picked up the lid to a production trunk and smashed Orton over the face with the item. Orton had a cut on his forehead. Oops, we have blood. Kofi cradled Orton’s head to make sure the blood didn’t get on camera, then all the attention turned to Kofi, who put Orton on a gimmicked table. Kofi then went to the railing about five or six feet above the table and teased a dive, but refs held his feet and pulled him down. The fans booed, wanting to see the spot, but Kofi was dragged down the side stairs. Kofi then suddenly broke free and stormed up the stairs to the railing. Kofi then came off the top with a memorable Boom Boom leg drop onto Orton through the table. Huge crowd reaction with WWE capturing the moment with a slow-mo recap of Kofi getting major air, the crowd reactions, etc. After several replays, they cut back live to show Kofi standing tall on the railing above Orton’s lifeless body. JC: This could have been a totally botched segment after the botched Punt on Piper, but it turned into one of the best segments on WWE TV this year with a real star-making opportunity for Kofi, who delivered the goods here. Very memorable with WWE trying to make an “MSG moment” after talking about “MSG moments” all night.

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Orton said the three of them are nothing more than low-life street thugs. Orton said Henry stole a victory last week. He said MVP is the definition of a common criminal. Meanwhile, Kofi should be in jail for what he did to his car. Orton said that stock car was custom-made and the only reason why he hasn’t pressed charges is because he wants to embarrass Kofi at Survivor Series. Cody addressed Kofi that this isn’t very VIP hanging around with a disgruntled wrestler and an ex-con. DiBiase said it’s not very VIP with pleather couches and a $50 bottle of champagne. Orton said they were born in this industry while the only place Kofi, Henry, and MVP belong is the hood where they came from. Kofi took exception and stepped to Orton. He slapped him across the face, which drew oohs from the crowd. Orton did his “should I kill him, should I wait, should I keep teasing inner thoughts of confusion and torment?” stance before they suddenly cut to break.

Mark Henry (w/Kofi Kingston and MVP) vs. Randy Orton (w/Legacy)
Match started in progress with Henry squeezing Orton with a bear hug. Orton then blocked a corner attack and put Henry on the mat to begin the Orton Stomp attack. Henry got a second wind and sent Orton to the corner where he landed successive headbutts that wobbled Orton. MVP told Henry to finish him off, but Orton suddenly struck with the RKO out of nowhere for the pin and the win.

Post-match: Cody and Ted gleefully clapped it up while Kofi paced the sidelines with his hands on his hips. Kofi checked on Henry in the ring, then Orton snuck back into the ring. Orton slapped Kofi, but Kofi punched him right back and Orton rolled to the outside. Legacy held Orton back as Orton went IED wanting another piece of Kofi. Camera with heavy focus on Orton and Kofi, who told Orton to come get a piece of him. Orton just huffed and puffed on the outside.

Winner: Orton in 5:00. Right finish with Orton winning. Orton has consistently been in PPV main events for five years, so it wouldn’t make sense to knock him down a peg if they’re going to elevate Kofi in this program. Good focus in the post-match with Kofi and Orton on the back-and-forth camera shots.

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Backstage: Josh Mathews caught up to Randy Orton for an explanation. Orton said Kofi Kingston interfered in his match last night. He’s putting the blame on Kofi for losing last night. And he’s only just begun. Cody and Ted then interrupted Orton’s interview time. They want to show their support. Cody was more enthusiastic. Ted reluctantly went along with this. Legacy then walked Orton over to a brand-new NASCAR car with his face and likeness all over the hood and car. Orton paused and said this is incredible. Ted said it’s no price for the son of the million dollar man. Ted said they’ve had their issues recently, but Orton should consider this a token of their appreciation. Ted said they have another surprise for Orton. He said it’s only a matter of time before the WWE Title comes back to Legacy. Key word: Legacy. Orton was too enthralled with checking himself out on the car to notice what Ted said. Lawler said it was a little creepy. Orton continued to snake around the hood of the car before they cut away.

Post-match: Randy Orton slowly walked out on stage not looking very happy with things. He was selling a slight limp from the Iron Man match. Lawler said Orton really gave a strong effort in the match. Second tease for a babyface turn after Cena talked up Orton. Orton took the mic and said it appears Cena’s next opponent will not be him. He said he knows the terms of his agreement say no more title shots, but he has a guaranteed re-match clause. Suddenly, Kofi Kingston appeared on the video screen. He appeared to be ten feet tall with the camera angle. He told Orton no one cares what he has to say. Orton screamed at him to come to the ring and say it to his face. Kofi said that’s interesting. The camera panned down to show Kofi standing on Orton’s face on the NASCAR car. Orton screamed at him not to do anything. Kofi said the thing he loves about these cars is how durable they are. Kofi then rammed a trunk into the car. He said that didn’t do much, but this will. He then pulled out keys and started to key up the car. Kofi doesn’t have the track record of a Steve Austin to pull off these heel tactics, but he’s getting focus. Feels like Cena and Cryme Tyme spray-painting “poop” on JBL’s limo. Kofi then bashed the vehicle over and over trying to “kill a bug” he pretended that he saw on the hood. He sold that he realized he messed up the paint job, then took out a bucket of paint and splashed it over Orton’s face on the hood. “Ya know what, Randy, I don’t think you’ve ever looked better,” Kofi said. Kofi then slung the bucket of pain down on the hood and some of it splashed up on him. Kofi didn’t fall down, but he looked kind of silly with the paint splashing back up at him. They closed with Kofi standing tall and Orton selling frustration.

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WWE champion Randy Orton then came out as the announcers talked about Orton having so many other things to worry about with Cena on Sunday in a 60-minute Iron Man match.

WWE champion RANDY ORTON vs. TED DIBIASE, JR
Bell sounded and Orton walked right up to DiBiase. Orton then kicked DiBiase in the gut to boos. DiBiase didn’t fight back and Orton landed an uppercut. Ted then had a look of disgust mixed with determination. Crowd with a mild chant for DiBiase. Orton then kicked DiBiase in the gut again. DiBiase shook like he was about to snap on Orton. Orton with another boot. DiBiase was shaking. “You want to hit me?! Do you want to hit me?!” Orton screamed at him. DiBiase slowly made it to his feet and stared back at Orton. Crowd came to life as DiBiase stared him down itching to get him. Orton piefaced DiBiase twice, then DiBiase got right in his face again. A third pieface. Crowd wanted it. Orton then shoved DiBiase in the chest and DiBiase fired off the ropes to shove Orton down. Big pop. DiBiase shook and was about to explode on Orton, but he held himself back. DiBiase’s leg was a shaking and a twitching. He calmed down, looked around the arena, then looked into Orton’s evil eyes. DiBiase lowered his eyes in shame, then Orton walked over to DiBiase and looked him in the eyes. Orton then delivered the RKO in cold blood before making the cover for the win. DiBiase was out cold on the mat, then Orton slowly raised his title belt in the air while standing over DiBiase.

WINNER: Orton at 4:22. Awesome, storyline-driven match. It took a while for the crowd to really buy into the storyline development, but DiBiase generated an authentic babyface pop for that one shove on Orton. DiBiase was borderline over-the-top with his “I’m going to rip your head off, but I’m so conflicted right now” expressions, but I thought he really handled that well. Good performances all-around and they reinforced Orton as the evil, sinister, snake-like heel. Excellent work.

JOHN CENA vs. TRIPLE H
They cut to a shot of Randy Orton watching with this awesome heel look and body language backstage. Orton is so great.

Post-match: They cut to a shot of Randy Orton watching intently on a monitor. Orton leaned in close to the monitor as if he was trying to smell Cena. Cena then did his salute back in the ring.

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Post-match: Orton had to keep Cody and Ted away from each other while Cena was all-smiles leaving the ring. Things were about to explode, but Nancy O’Dell appeared on the videotron to settle them down. She said since it’s obvious Cody and Ted aren’t getting along right now, let’s see how they really get along in a tag match later tonight. How about Cody & Ted against Orton…and John Cena. Cena went from all-smiles to his look of concern. Meanwhile, Orton tried to calm Ted and Cody down.

WINNER: Cody Rhodes at 13:20

Backstage: Cody and Ted were yelling at each other. DiBiase’s veins were about to explode out of his neck. Orton interrupted and told them he’s not going to let Nancy O’Dell tell them what to do. He said he’s going to turn this into a handicap match and not tag in. He told them to make sure they take care of Cena. Cody and Ted still weren’t on the same page, but Orton told them to think things over. Good follow-up segment to continue investing TV time in Cody and Ted.

WWE champion RANDY ORTON & JOHN CENA vs. TED DIBIASE, JR. & CODY RHODES
The bell sounded as Orton bailed to the floor to watch Cena start the match by himself. Cody and Ted couldn’t decide who should start, then DiBiase drew the shortest straw to start. Legacy worked over Cena early on as Orton pondered things from the ring apron just watching and plotting. Cena broke free of Cody, then Orton lost track of things for a second allowing Cena to make a blind-tag to Orton. Orton slowly walked into the ring after realizing his mistake. They locked up and Cody tried to pin Orton with a surprise pin attempt that drew hearty laughter from Cena on the floor. DiBiase then tagged in and nearly scored a pin. Orton then walked over to Cena and slap-tagged him back into the match. Cena and Orton grunted at each other and teased going after each other before Cena went after DiBiase. Cena did his usual routine and dropped the Five Knuckle Shuffle, but Orton had blind-tagged into the match. Orton then blasted his tag partner, Cena, but DiBiase suddenly snuck up behind Orton and small package pinned Orton for the win. Cody was confused. Orton was livid. Orton then walked into Cena, who gave him an FU in center ring. Cole: “A terrible night for the WWE champion, Randy Orton.” Cena pounded his chest in the corner and celebrated in the ring to close the show.

WINNERS: DiBiase & Rhodes at 6:10.

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Cena said the rivalry between him and Orton is the one the fans know the result of the match will be amazing. Except when Orton gets himself DQ’d. Cena proposed one more match. An Iron-Man match. Please God, no. Cena said after this match, there will be no re-matches, no second chances. It’ll be that epic. Hypothetically, if Cena wins, Orton wouldn’t get a re-match Randy said, so why would he agree to that? Instead, Orton suggested a match on his terms. Cena wins, he gets the title, Orton wins, Cena is gone from Raw for good. Cena OK’d it. Orton continued with his terms: No-DQ, no count-out. Cena went into over-hype mode as Orton told him take it, or leave it. Cena still wanted 60 minutes, but agreed to the rest. They shook on it. Yeah, because that’s exactly what this feud needed: Not just another match, an hour-long match. At least they seemed to have an end-game for this feud in mind.

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Backstage: They showed Jericho, Show, and Orton talking strategy in their locker room. Show said he’s got him

WWE champion JOHN CENA vs. RANDY ORTON & Unified tag champions CHRIS JERICHO & BIG SHOW — gauntlet non-title match
Orton’s music hit and he slowly made his way to the ring for the third part that never really started. Cena sold tremendous back pain as Orton was on his one-step-every-five-minutes pace. Orton stared into the ring as Cena tried to pull himself up by the ropes. Orton did his heelish slight turn of the head look as Cena told him to hurry up and come get some. Bell sounded and Cena seemed to be in a different state of mind. Orton slowly walked over to him, but Cena pointed to the top of the building and the Cell started to lower down. Orton looked around, then Cena tackled him. They wrestled around with The Viper trying to slither away, but Cena kept him inside the ring as the Cell slowly lowered down to the ring. Apparently all of the work from the tag champs meant nothing at this point. (Plausible explanation is that Orton took forever to get in the ring so Cena had time to recover.)

Orton finally escaped Cena, but he couldn’t make it out of the Cell in time. Orton turned back to look into the ring where Cena was preparing for a fight. Cena smiled and looked around and noticed the door was open over his shoulder. Cena rubbed his hands together, then Orton made a dash for the door. Orton side-stepped Cena and landed outside the Cell, but Cena grabbed him for an FU. Orton instead climbed onto the Cell walls and started climbing to the roof. Cena followed him up and they both found themselves on top of the Cell. Orton saw he was trapped, then Cena grappled him and landed an FU on top of the Cell. Cena stood tall over Orton, who remained motionless. Cena then fired himself up and celebrated in front of the crowd. They closed with an underneath shot of Orton sprawled like a CSI crime scene. Cena did one last celebration to close the show.

WINNER: No official announcement. Well, the work from Jericho and Show was pretty pointless since SuperCena just shook it all off. Orton didn’t have much credibility as a heel here. Jericho and Show did all the work, then he wasted it all away in the match storyline. Cena stood tall to close the show to give viewers a happy note. WWE took the “we’ll make them feel good about life and want to pay money to see Orton get even more of a beating on Sunday” route to sell the PPV main event along with a little involvement from the Cell as a selling point. We’ll see if it works.

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Lawler set up the Hell in a Cell match between Cena and Orton, then he brought out the challenger, Randy Orton. They replayed a clip from last week when Cena fed Orton to Batista to close Raw. Cole reminded us Batista is on Smackdown now. Orton sat down in his contract table chair, then Lawler paused and introduced WWE champion John Cena. Cena came out on stage to a hot, appreciative crowd. They’re in the South where it’s typically been 95 percent cheers for Cena. Orton lowered his eyes with anger written on his face as Cena hit the ring.

In-ring, Lawler said there’s a no physicality rule tonight. Who made that decision? Lawler said Trish Stratus booked a PPV title match between them last week, so here is the contract for the title match at Hell in a Cell. Orton quickly signed the document, then took the mic. He looked at Lawler and told him to get out of the ring. Lawler nodded and left. Orton turned his attention to Cena and said Cena thinks he’s got him all figured out, but he’s wrong. Orton stood up and said he’s more dangerous than ever. He’s willing to do whatever it takes to get his title back. Orton said Cena’s never been in a Hell in a Cell match before, but he knows what to expect and knows what it takes to win. Orton told Cena he will never be the same.

Cena stood up to loud cheers and threw his hat into the crowd. He picked up his mic and went from super-serious to “Oh, I’m sorry, I really wasn’t listening” with a sarcastic smirk. Cena said the only thing he remembers is what Orton said at Breaking Point. Cena had a little compilation of Orton saying “I Quit” over and over and over again. Orton said this isn’t a joke. Cena said Orton already made this a joke. Cena said Orton’s predictable and everyone knows exactly what he’s going to do and say. He then mocked Orton’s faces before recapping the Orton-Cena story. Cena said Orton tortured him at Breaking Point, but he survived that one. He sarcastically said he must not have a chance in the world at Hell in a Cell. Cena mocked Orton, who began pacing around. Cena signed the document and said it’s now official that this match will happen. Cena told Orton if he doesn’t win, then it’s Orton’s last chance. No more re-matches. No more championships. He gets nothing. Cena said Orton will then be reduced to a dude in his underwear who hangs out with two other dudes in their underwear.

Cena cut the comedy crap and got serious. He looked into Orton’s eyes and said for all of Orton’s beatings, punishments, and schemes, he said he knows what Orton is capable of. Cena said Orton should be worried because he has no idea what he’s capable of. Cena did a mock “win one for the team voice” about not just fighting the good fight or giving it his best shot. He went back to a deep voice and said he will destroy Orton at the PPV. Orton shot back he would like to put Cena through this table with an RKO right now, but he can’t legally. Cena said Cena’s arrogance has caused people to hate him ever since he came into WWE. Orton said he found two individuals who would like nothing more than to put Cena through hell right now.

Cue up the Big Show and Chris Jericho theme music. Jericho and Show quickly marched down to the ring. Cena cleared the ring of everything except the contract table and stood his ground. Cena sold concern over being cornered, which was not believable after he mocked all of those elements in the promo. Big Show cleared the announce table, then Cena tried to go after Jericho and Show, but they attacked him and beat him down. Cena took a beating, but MVP and Mark Henry ran to the ring and made the save. Cedric then showed up on camera and told them to settle down. He said they just made this a lot easier for him. All of them in a six-man tag match tonight. Predictable, but effective for getting a lot of star power in one ring. Good set-up.

Chris Jericho, Big Show, and Randy Orton were already in the ring out of the break. Jericho said they dislike John Cena as much as he does, so they went to Cedric and said he needs to up the ante for the six-man tag. Jericho said if their team loses, then Orton has to face Cena, Henry, and MVP in a three-on-one gauntlet match. Orton flipped out, but Show calmed him down. Show said if they win, then Cena gets a three-on-one gauntlet against the three of them. Orton calmed down and Show said they just need to win tonight. John Cena’s music hit and Cena came out to ringside before they cut to another break.

Randy Orton, Chris Jericho & Big Show vs. John Cena & Mark Henry & MVP

Bell sounded back from break and Cena started things off. Orton came in, then slithered away from Cena. Cena chased Orton around the floor, but he stopped when he met Big Show. Show smiled, then Jericho jumped Cena from behind. Back in the ring, heels began working over Cena to put him in trouble. Heels very quick in and out since WWE’s short on time and they needed to accelerate the pace to build momentum for Cena’s comeback. Crowd went nuts as Cena teased a hot tag, then brought in MVP to clean house on Jericho. MVP landed a big clothesline, then he nailed that weak-looking jawbreaker across his knee before setting up the Ballin’ elbow drop. MVP made a cover, but Jericho kicked out. Show then cut off MVP in the corner from the apron behind the ref’s back and the heels went back to work on MVP. Crowd started an “MVP” chant to rally behind him. MVP teased a tag in his corner, but Orton cut him off. And they repeated it with MVP just a few inches closer as the hard camera shook from the crowd being into the action. Shaky hard camera really enhances a story. MVP then bumped into Henry for a tag and Henry cleaned house on the heels. “And it’s a big house,” Lawler said. Cena suddenly dumped Show over the top rope with a giant FU. Out of nowhere, Orton dropped Henry center ring with the RKO. He then fell on top of Henry and pinned him with Cena just a few moments too slow to break up the pin.

Post-match, Orton celebrated with Show and Jericho on the floor as Cena sold concern and disbelief in the ring. Cena gritted teeth and sold the serious nature of the moment faced with a three-on-one gauntlet match next week. They replayed the finish with Jericho chopblocking Henry to set up Orton for the RKO on Henry to win the match. Back live, Cole said Cena runs the gauntlet next week. Cena rubbed his head in disbelief as they closed the show with the heels standing tall on the outside.

Winners: Team Orton at 8:15.

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Batista said there’s two things really funny to him right now. One, Orton is very predictable. Two, Batista removed his Barry Bonds cast and blasted Orton with a big powerslam, then a running clothesline that took Orton out of the ring. Lawler said Batista suckered Orton out to the ring. Batista said he’s not here to announce his retirement, but that he’s going to Smackdown. Orton was like, “what?” The return of the Batista Formula match on Friday nights. Batista said he talked to the guest host tonight and she guaranteed him one more match on Raw. He said it’s No Holds Barred vs. Orton tonight. Orton freaked out on the outside, then Batista did his Ultimate Warrior celebration.
Randy Orton came to the ring first for the TV main event. They showed the opening segment with Batista pulled a trick on Orton, who sold frustration standing in the ring before Batista’s music hit. Batista then came out and did his machine gun entrance while pointing to his arm to say he’s all good. Batista’s entrance pushed the show to the top of the third hour, so you know this isn’t going long for Batista’s return match.

Batista vs. Randy Orton — No Holds Barred Match
Announcers said Batista will be on Raw this Monday. Bell sounded and Orton went to the floor looking for a chair. Batista chased him down, though, only to be set up for the Jake Roberts horizontal DDT. Batista avoided it, though, and landed trademark shoulder thrusts in the corner. Batista landed a clothesline and Orton went back under the ring, but Batista clotheslined him to the floor. Back in the ring, Orton dropped Batista with his fallaway backbreaker before going to work on Batista’s arm with the Orton Stomp. Orton tried to bring a chair into the proceedings, but Batista dropped him with a spear mid-ring. Orton again rolled to the floor and Batista followed up by chucking him across the announce table. Batista slowly brought Orton back into the ring and Orton teased the RKO, but Batista flung him away. Orton then went to the floor and stared to walk away, but John Cena’s music hit. Cena had Orton trapped, then Cena clotheslined Orton down to the ground. Apparently No Holds Barred also means No DQ. Cena then tossed Orton back into the ring where Batista delivered a spinebuster. Batista did the Thumbs up, Thumbs down before putting Orton in position to deliver the Batistabomb. Batista then made the cover for the win. Cole gave a warning to the Smackdown locker room to look out for Batista before adding that Orton’s downward spiral continues. They replayed the finish and showed Batista celebrating in the ring to close the show.

Winner: Batista at 5:01. Formula gimmick match between Batista and Orton. This week, Orton was back to that familiar position of not having much credibility being duped by Batista at the beginning and taking the loss in the main event. It’s been a PPV-to-PPV see-saw with his character lately. When he gets too hot, WWE cools him down just a little bit to even things out.

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Backstage: The camera mysteriously showed Orton and Masters talking strategy off in the back. Orton was apparently telling him what’s going down against DX. Masters.

In-ring: The DX theme music hit and out came Triple H and Shawn Michaels. Cole with more empty descriptions, this time for the “legendary” Triple H and the “controversial” Shawn Michaels. Once they hit the ring, Michaels took the mic, then ran circles around Hunter, who politely requested the mic once HBK ran out of steam. Hunter waited out the loud crowd cheers before Hunter declared he loves this city. He asked Chicago if they’re ready, then finished the Michael Buffer routine. His pause this week was for Cody and Ted. “Because they are a great team. They are great partners (emphasis on partners).” Imagine that, Hunter with his weekly homophobic rhetoric. He continued: “They’re like WWE’s version of Siegfried and Roy. And boys, this Sunday, you’re looking at the two white tigers who are going to be hanging off your jugulars.” Hunter and HBK finished their routine, then Chris Masters came out to zero reaction. WWE champion Randy Orton came out last to finish the intros ten minutes before the top of the hour.

WWE champion RANDY ORTON & CHRIS MASTERS vs. DX (SHAWN MICHAELS & TRIPLE H)
Bell sounded and Michaels started with Masters. Michaels got in one move, Masters rolled to the floor to regroup, and they went to break 35 seconds into the match.

Back from break, Hunter was in control working over Orton. Hunter then teased the Pedigee, but Orton blocked and back dropped Hunter to the mat. Orton tried to follow with the RKO, but Hunter shoved him away and executed a suplex. He then delivered crotch chop into a knee drop for a two count. Michaels tagged in, but lost control for his team against Chris Masters. Masters vs. Michaels – flash back to that absurd program after Summerslam 2005. Orton tagged in and worked over Michaels, then Masters tagged back in. Heels tagged in and out leading to the top of the hour.

Orton slowly let Michaels get up, then he delivered a standing dropkick to knock Michaels right back down to the mat. Nice set-up for a nice move. Michaels finally escaped Orton’s attack, then Hunter fired up the crowd asking for a tag. Masters tagged in, then Michaels kipped up and tagged in Hunter. Hunter ran over Masters, then ducked an errant clothesline and hit a neckbreaker for a two count. Orton then stalked Hunter, who eyed Orton back to his corner and dropped Masters with a spinebuster. Michaels then tagged in and dropped a top rope elbow on Masters. Michaels then tuned up the band, but Orton distracted him. Hunter took out Orton on the floor, but back in the ring, Masters ducked Sweet Chin Music and slapped on the Masterlock center ring. Michaels faded, but Hunter re-entered and broke up the hold. Michaels then stunned Masters with the superkick as chaos broke out. Michaels then put Masters in the figure four while Hunter put Orton in the Sharpshooter for no reason whatsoever. So inorganic. Why would they ever use a submission in that spot other than six days before a submissions PPV? Masters flopped around like a fish in the figure four, then tapped out to Michaels.

WINNERS: DX at 14:10. WWE’s backwards booking on display trying to make the storylines fit the PPV concept instead of letting the storylines naturally flow into the PPV. Tag match was okay with Masters just there to bump around for DX, but not add much. Post-match immediately picked up…

Post-match: Cody and Ted dragged Orton out of the ring to high-tail it out of there. DX followed and a brawl was on leading to backstage. Orton held back, though, and was suddenly the only man left standing. Everyone else disappeared, then Orton crawled onto the stage. He thought he was all alone as the announcers talked up his smartness.

Back in the ring, Orton was all alone. Crowd booed when the camera focused on him. Orton said that was the look of disappointment on DX’s faces. He said Legacy is going to make DX submit on Sunday. And in the main event, he said he’s going to retain the WWE Title. He name-dropped John Cena and Cena’s music hit. Cena slowly came out on stage sporting his John Deere baseball cap. Cena took it off, then stormed the ring. Cena and Orton brawled in the ring, then the fight spilled to the floor. Orton ate the announce table, but suddenly sprung on Cena with the horizontal Jake Roberts DDT to leave Cena implanted on the mat. Orton’s IED kicked in, then he went to the floor and grabbed a chair. Kids and women screaming in horror as Orton teased a chair attack on Cena. Orton slowly picked up Cena, then his eyes bulged out of his head like an evil, demented individual. He teased the RKO and Cena didn’t block it, leaving Cena out cold after taking an RKO into the chair. Orton paced around the ring before standing over Cena’s fallen body to scream down at him that he will say I Quit on Sunday. The screams of the kids filled the air with Orton standing over Cena to close the show. Great intensity from Orton to close the show and try to sell the PPV on Sunday. Two straight weeks of great character display from Orton to close Raw.

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Cody Rhodes then came out and addressed Orton directly. He said this man happens to be his father. Cody said Dusty’s legacy in this industry runs much deeper than his or mine. He said he would like to think they are friends, but this is a golden opportunity and he will not pass it up. Cody said he intends to become the youngest WWE champion in history, just like Orton did. He said it’s not personal, just business. Orton paused to get this straight. He’s facing Cody. Dusty’s in the corner. Cena is the special referee. Big pop for the Cena name drop. Orton said the fix is obviously in. Dusty: “You betta believe it, Randy, the fix is in.” Cue up the Raw theme music and Orton bailed to the outside abruptly. He looked over his shoulder at Cody, who smirked and looked back to pops.

Backstage, Cody was lacing up his boots. Ted DiBiase, Jr. then walked up to him and asked if he’s ready. Cody said he’s ready for the spotlight just like Ted got when his dad was running the show. Randy Orton then walked up to him and made sure he wants to go through with this. Cody said he’s ready and it’s business, not personal. Orton said that’s good because he’s about business, nothing personal tonight. Orton let that sink in, then walked off. Cody sold deep thought. Orton has something up his sleeve.

In-ring, WWE champion Randy Orton came to the ring first for the title match main event. They cut backstage to show Dusty giving Cody a pep talk before the title match. One more shot of Orton in the ring before they cut to break. Cody Rhodes and Dusty Rhodes came out for the title match. Wonder if the Fingerpoke of Doom was foreshadowing. John Cena’s music then hit to bring out the champ as special ref. Before the bell sounded, Cena checked both men for illegal weapons. Orton wasn’t too fond of being checked that closely.

Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes — WWE Title match (John Cena special referee)
Before the match started, Dusty took the mic and said there’s nothing a father would do for his son. Suddenly, Orton and Cody jumped Cena. Dusty watched as Ted DiBiase then stormed the ring and took out Cena. Suddenly, DX’s music hit and Michaels and Hunter stormed the ring. Hunter teased the Pedigree on Cody, but Dusty took his boot to Hunter’s head. Legacy beat down Michaels, then Cody gave him Cross Rhodes in center ring. Heat was off the chars for this. Orton shook like the great evil character he is, then he put another boot to Cena’s head. Dusty stood tall with Rhodes, DiBiase, and Orton and they did a curtain call to big heat.

Dusty and Cody hugged, then Orton suddenly gave Dusty the RKO. Cody seethed and yelled at Orton. “Why, man, why?!” Cody thought it over as Orton turned and shot him this evil look. Cody fought the urge to fight for his dad or fall in line with Orton. Crowd yelled at Cody to do something. Credits came on as Cody stood next to Dusty’s boot. Orton’s mind control was taking over Cody as he thought things over. Crowd was chanting as the hard cam pulled away to reveal chaos in the ring with DiBiase in one corner and Orton standing across the ring from a contemplative Cody to close the show.

Winner: No match occurred. Deal had some gap holes in logic. Apparently Dusty was fighting for the honor of WCW by taking out DX, who ripped the promotion all throughout the show. Shockmaster was the straw that broke the camel’s back apparently. That aside, what an awesome, intense conclusion to the show. Flash back to the Raw before the Royal Rumble when Orton was red-hot as a heel. Orton’s mind games over Cody Rhodes to prevent him from defending his dad after Orton made it “business, nothing personal,” was great. This was Orton in his element as a top, credible heel. The whole bit made Cena look like a chump, though, for not being able to see through the plot. This after he was given 18 chances to win the WWE Title at Summerslam. WWE is giving him the Teflon treatment where they figure he can look silly every week and audiences will still go nuts for him and back him. At the end of the day, though, Legacy looked good with a beat down on the top babyfaces and Orton looked like that pre-Rumble monster he needs to be in order to be an effective heel champion.

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Before McMahon could get slopped by the green goo, DiBiase and Rhodes jumped into the ring and attacked DX. Praise the Lord for someone putting a stop to this. DX took a brief beating, then Michaels grabbed a chair and ran into the ring. WWE champion Randy Orton then showed up on stage. Hunter took the mic and said apparently the Legacy girls didn’t get enough. He said Mayweather isn’t here yet, so he’s booking a match. Legacy vs. DX. And their partner is Vince McMahon. McMahon sold confusion. He then thought it over and said it’s No DQ. McMahon: And if you’re not down with that, we’ve got two words for you. Cole said Mayweather is on his way. McMahon then put on a DX cap to close the 22-minute segment.

Backstage: DiBiases and Cody were in the locker room talking strategy. Randy Orton then walked in and told Brett to get lost for a second. Orton talked strategy about shutting down Vince McMahon for good on his birthday. He vowed to Punt McMahon in the skull to get rid of him for good. Typical “henchmen create a plot” segment before the climax of the episode. DiBiase and Rhodes pumped themselves up after Orton walked off.

DX (SHAWN MICHAELS & TRIPLE H) & VINCE MCMAHON vs. LEGACY (WWE champion RANDY ORTON & CODY RHODES & TED DIBIASE, JR.) — No DQ match

McMahon got in a spot, then he tagged out to Hunter, who dumped Cody onto Orton and DiBiase on the floor. Baby oil spill needs to be cleaned up. Legacy then retreated to the entrance ramp to get their game right. Cody hugged Orton around the waist to talk strategy as they cut to break.

Back from break, DiBiase had Hunter in the Million Dollar Dream, but Hunter countered with a DDT in center ring. Hunter and DiBiase recovered on the mat, then HBK took a hot tag. Michaels cleaned house on DiBiase, then knocked Legacy off the heel corner of the ring apron. Michaels then wanted a top rope elbow on DiBiase and he connected. Cody suddenly ran into the ring with a burst of speed and absolutely dropped Michaels with a bulldog. Crowd was red hot, then taken down. Nice sequence. Orton then tagged in to screams of horror from the audience. He began stomping away on Michaels before putting a boot into HBK’s gut. It’s No DQ, why not take that boot a little lower? Cody then tagged in and went to work on Michaels.

Hunter finally took a hot tag at 11:15 and delivered a “vintage” high knee on Cody. He landed an atomic drop, then hit the spinebuster. This is more familiar with the DX formula. McMahon wanted a piece of the action, but Hunter dropped Cody with the Pedigree in center ring. McMahon then begged for a hot tag. He hit the ring and covered Cody, but Orton broke up the pin. Orton then measured McMahon for The Punt, but Michaels came flying in to block. Orton bailed from the ring. Michaels and Hunter stood their ground in the ring, then John Cena’s music suddenly hit to a huge pop with the crowd already red hot. “Uh-oh” was the look on Orton’s face. There’s Cena for the first time tonight. Cena chased Orton into the ring where Orton took the sweet chin music from HBK. Orton then spun into Cena for the FU. McMahon then picked up the pin on Orton for his big birthday celebration pin. Crowd nuts.

Post-match: Cena was trying to keep his composure in front of the hot crowd. Orton slowly rolled to the outside and played dead while Cena leaned down in the ring and did the You Can’t See Me toward him. Cena, McMahon, Hunter, and Michaels then took a curtain call center-ring as Cole talked about Cena having the upper-hand on Orton going into Breaking Point.

WINNERS: DX at 13:38. Crowd was red-hot for the entire second-half of the match. Really nice crowd tonight in Las Vegas. I wouldn’t go so far to say DiBiase & Rhodes lost the momentum created last night at Summerslam with them being booked to look like DX’s equals, but this didn’t help them other than being in a standard TV main event match to bump around for DX. We have come to expect Orton to be booked in a position to look weak ever since the Raw before the Royal Rumble, but that’s his job to get fans to think he’s vulnerable for Cena to finally get the title back. It worked, as the crowd helped build momentum for Breaking Point with the ending to this match. Looks like an eight-man tag also involving Brett DiBiase could be in the works for Raw next week or the week before BP.

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Orton turned his back, then Prinze reminded him this is St. Louis. Orton looked around. Prinze reminded him it’s his hometown. “You don’t want to work?” Prinze said. He said he can’t disappoint all of these people. Orton said Prinze must be confusing him with someone who actually cares. He’s not here to please these people. He has nothing – nothing! – in common with any of them. Orton said it’s all about him. And he’s not going to ask Prinze again. Crowd with a loud “Cena, Cena” chant. Or maybe it was “You suck, You suck.” Orton demanded Prinze take him out of this match. Prinze said he respects Orton, but he’s not Seth Green or Jeremy Piven. He told him he will compete here tonight. Prinze right in Orton’s face emphatically telling Orton he’s booked tonight. Prinze started to leave, but Orton grabbed him by the head. He teased giving Prinze the fallaway backbreaker, then delivered it center ring. No sign of Cena. Orton then picked up his title belt and stood over Prinze before refs checked on the guest host. He slowly left the ring as more refs stormed the ring to check on Prinze.

WWE champion Randy Orton came out first for his team. John Cena came out last to a big reaction. Announcers played up Cena-Orton at Summerslam while Orton stared down Cena from the ring apron. Before the match started, Prinze, Jr. slowly walked out on stage and stared into the ring where Orton stared back at him. Prinze said this match has just become a lumberjack match. He hand-picked them. And they don’t like him very much. Cue up Mark Henry, MVP, Jamie Noble, Primo, and…the camera cut to Henry so we couldn’t see who else was trailing. Henry and MVP’s bright red outfits probably put some eyes out.

Chris Jericho & Big Show vs. Randy Orton & John Cena
Match was joined in progress. Other lumberjacks were Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston. Cena was being worked over Show, then Cena wanted a tag to Orton, but Orton backed away and let Cena stay in the ring to continue taking punishment from Show. Cena then hit a drop toe hold sending Show into the corner. Orton had his back to the action, so Cena ran over to their corner and slapped Orton on the back to bring him into the ring. Orton wasn’t happy, then Show speared him mid-ring. Orton rolled to the outside, then the babyface jacks taunted Orton. Henry could have done some damage, but he opted to press slam Orton back into the ring. Well, he did follow the rules.

Show dropped Orton with the sweeping leg drop, then Jericho tagged in and went to work on Orton. Cena just watched casually as Jericho went to work on Orton. Lawler referenced Show & Jericho vs. Cryme Tyme on Sunday at the PPV. Yeah, good to plug one of the top matches on the card two hours and two minutes into the show. Orton teased a hot tag as Cena pretended like he was begging for that hot tag. Show cut off Orton, though, and landed a running leg drop for a two count. Jericho then lost control and Orton hit a powerslam. Orton then teased a hot tag, Cena teased interest in taking the tag, but Jericho cut off the tag. For the third time, Orton crawled across the desert to Cena, who took the tag legit without pulling away or any funny business. Cena then did his routine on Jericho, knocked Show off the apron, and hit the FU on Jericho right in middle ring. Cena with the pin and the win.

Post-match, Orton snuck up behind a celebrating John Cena and dropped him center ring with the RKO. Henry then ran into the ring, but Orton bailed and left the ring with the final word on Cena. Jericho and Show then went after Cena while babyface lumberjacks were cleared out of the ring. Have to get in one last blow at the mid-card before the PPV. Cena then flung Jericho away and gave Show a shoulder tackle to clear him out of the ring. Cena back to standing tall center ring as Orton did a big eyes and big gulp look from the stage. Cena shook his head as Orton held up the WWE Title belt. Cena seemingly with the advantage and on fire going into Summerslam. Will he win the belt?

Winners: Cena & Orton at 8:30.

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Randy Orton began his promo saying people have been talking behind his back about facing John Cena at Summerslam. He said people think he’s scared; that he bought off Jeremy Piven to do his dirty work last week. Orton said it’s a rumor, but fact is that he will beat John Cena at Summerslam. Cena’s music interrupted and Cena came right up to Orton with a scowl on his face. Cena said people talk about truth and rumors and gray areas, but when Orton talks about it, it makes…him…angry. Cena said Orton knows what it’s like to have a problem that keeps bothering you and bothering you and bothering you until you’re ready to snap! Cena screamed at Orton that he’s tired of watching Orton walk around acting like this business owes him something and like he thinks he can bully people around.

Cena told Bully Orton to bully him. He said so what if they have a match in two weeks.Cena said Orton is staring at a problem ready to rip him in half. “So, are you going to talk about it…or are you going to do something about it?” Cena shouted. Cena and Orton then went forehead to forehead before Orton slowly walked away. Before he could walk out of the ring, the Big Jericho theme music hit and out walked the Unified tag champs in business suits ready for a corporate board meeting. Cena and Orton were dressed to wrestle by contrast.

Show said it’s funny watching them try to intimidate each other when they don’t know the first thing about intimidation. He said he breaths…crowd interrupted with “Y2J” chant for Jericho, who no-sold to keep his heel persona going. Show finished that he breathes and people are intimidated. Cena said that’s because his breath smells like Shaq’s jockstrap. There’s your Shaq namedrop to keep him in the picture.

Jericho then picked up the promo and the crowd came alive with a chant for Jericho. Jericho referenced Canada as the place he grew up, the place he trained, the place he … Cena interrupted and said the place he chose to migrate from to the U.S. Crowd booed, Jericho sneered, and told Cena not to change the subject. Jericho said he already talked to Sgt. Slaughter and got what he wanted: a match one-on-one with Cena. Crowd cheered. Jericho walked up to Cena and said he’ll beat him one-on-one tonight in his country. Orton then vowed to pick up the scraps and Punt Cena in the skull. Big Show interrupted and told Orton not so fast. See, Show wanted people to forget about Shaq last week, so he destroyed Kofi Kingston. Tonight, he got what he wanted from Sarge: a match tonight against Orton. Show vs. Orton tonight.

They showed WWE champion Randy Orton walking down the hallway before the commercial, then he came to the ring for the first of two main events.

Randy Orton vs. Big Show
The match started with Big Show slowly walking toward Orton to intimidate him. This was a follow-up from last night’s house show in Colorado Springs where Orton worked babyface against Show, who worked heel in the house show main event. Crowd was behind Orton, who absorbed punishment early on before landing the horizontal DDT across the middle rope. Orton wanted the RKO, but Show flung him away. Show teased the chokeslam, then grabbed Orton and delivered a chokeslam. Orton was KO’ed, but Orton managed to get a foot on the bottom rope to escape a pin. Show then blasted Orton with stomps and kicks out of frustration. Show readied the Big Right Hand, but Orton ducked and slithered out of the ring. Orton stood on the outside as the ref applied a ten count. Ref reached eight and Orton teased re-entering, but he opted to walk away. Show with the count-out victory. Show wasn’t too pleased with Orton bailing.

Winner: Big Show via count-out at 6:05.

Randy Orton then snuck into the ring and the bell sounded for the match to be thrown out. Crowd went from being red hot to dead silent as Cena and Orton just kind of stared at each other.

Post-match, Jericho gave Cena the codebreaker from behind. Orton then dumped Jericho to the outside leading to Big Show sneaking in the back door to chokeslam Orton. On cue, Slaughter came out on stage and said the maggots gave him a good idea. As his final act of duty, he’s going to make a tag match for next week: Big Show & Jericho vs. Cena & Orton. Crowd apathetic to a match for next week. Orton and Cena then snuck up behind Show and clotheslined him to the floor. Cena wanted the FU on Jericho, but Orton snuck up behind Cena and delivered the RKO on Jericho while Jericho was in FU position. Credit to Sean Radican for a text on this one: the FUKO. Jericho’s neck was snapped back on the landing. Ouch. Orton and Cena then circled around Jericho’s fallen body staring at each other with questioning eyes since they’re opponents at Summerslam, but worked together at the end of Raw tonight.

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In-ring: Miz entered the ring during the commercial break to square off against Cena. Piven and Dr. Ken were on the stage. Piven said he’s really excited about this match, but he’s a big fan of Randy Orton. Dr. Ken dropped the pimp jacket to reveal an Orton t-shirt. Piven and Dr. Ken apparently turned heel and Ken went overboard doing the “shut up, fatboy” routine on the fans ringside. Piven said he hand-selected each lumberjack, leading to WWE champion Randy Orton, Legacy, Chris Masters, Carlito, Swagger, and Chavo coming out as the jacks. Deck stacked against Cena. Miz’s WWE Raw career on the line.

JOHN CENA vs. THE MIZ — Lumberjack match
Cena dumped Miz to the outside early on, then Chavo and Dr. Ken checked on Miz before helping him back up to his feet. Miz, fully recovered, slid into the ring, but Cena cut him off. The heel jacks then distracted Cena allowing Miz to bump Cena to the outside. Masters slapped on the Masterlock and Cena sold breaking free, but Masters re-locked the hold and KO’ed Cena. Jacks then rolled Cena into the ring and Miz made a cover, but Cena grabbed the bottom rope. Miz then covered Cena center-ring, but Cena kicked out. Cena made a comeback, but Orton pulled Cena to the floor and the heel jacks stomped and pounded and kicked away on Cena. Legacy then rolled Cena into the ring and Dr. Ken handed Miz his pimp cane. Cena ducked the shot, though, and scooped up Miz for the FU. Just like that. Cena made the cover for the win.

WINNER: Cena at 5:10. Well, there goes Miz just like that. Three things come to mind: he’s moving to a different brand, Wellness, or WWE gave up on him for some inane reason, which would be consistent with the inane booking on this show. SuperCena wins again.

Post-match: Cena cleared off the heels who tried to storm him post-match. Piven then hopped on the top rope and tried a splash on Cena, but Cena caught him in mid-air and used him as a battering ram to fend off the heel jacks. Ken tried a pimp cane shot on Cena, but Cena easily no-sold. Ken then begged off and tried to get back on Cena’s side. Cena smiled and asked the crowd what he should do. Ken begged off. They have a Cena vs. Orton PPV title match to hype at Summerslam and they’re building up a program between Cena and Ken. Wonderful.

Cena milked a handshake and Ken celebrated before Cena gorilla press slammed Ken onto the mid-card heels on the floor including Swagger, Carlito, and Masters. I can’t believe Swagger has been reduced to a mid-card Raw heel. What a sad day. They closed with back-and-forth camera shots of Cena and Orton staring at each other from the ring and stage, respectively. After they replayed Piven and Ken acting like fools, they finished with another back-and-forth shot between Cena and Orton. Cena smiled to the camera and the crowd to close the show nine minutes past the top of the hour.

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Cena interrupted Orton’s usual promo by saying he really wasn’t paying attention to Orton whining like he usually does. Cena said he was thinking music since ZZ Top is hosting. He referenced the line in Orton’s theme music that he hears voices in his head. Cena said it’s a little weird. He added that he hears 10,000 voices in the arena saying they want him to get a head-start on Sunday to pound his face into mush. Orton backed off and readied to go after Cena, but he heeled on him by slipping to the ring apron to avoid a fight. Orton slowly picked up his mic and told Cena to re-think that.

DiBiase and Rhodes suddenly appeared like two do-nothing henchmen and hopped on the apron. Cena just took his shirt off and told them to come bring it. Triple H’s music interrupted, though, and Hunter hit the ring to send Legacy cowering on the outside. The Big Bad Triple H Wolf scared the little piggies away and Orton slowly took his WWE Title belt away from the ring. Legacy stood on the floor as Hunter asked if the girls weren’t about to start a fight without him.

Hunter said he’s gotten to a point he never thought possible that he really doesn’t care if he wins the WWE Title on Sunday. He doesn’t care if Cena wins the title. He just doesn’t want Orton to win. Well, thanks Hunter, for saving the audience $40. Hunter referenced Seth Green. He’s the size of … Cena: Hornswoggle. Hunter disagreed. “Like a hobbit,” Cena said. “What the hell is a hobbit?” Hunter asked. Hunter finally agreed to go with the “hobbit” label for Seth Green. Hunter said a little, tiny man punked Orton out last week.

Orton simply said history will repeat itself on Sunday before booking himself in the tag match main event. He wanted a handicap match. Cena said underneath that IED problem is a true evil genius. He sarcastically played up Orton’s plan, saying there’s no way he and Hunter could possibly work together. Cena said them accepting this would defy any logic. He paused to let the sarcasm sink in. But, alas, despite all that, “We accept,” Cena and Hunter said in unison. Legacy smirked and walked off.

Randy Orton’s music interrupted and he slowly walked out with Cody and Teddy. Triple H’s music hit first for the babyface tandem. Lawler then plugged Hunter on the cover of this month’s Muscle & Fitness issue. John Cena then came out to a second major reaction of the night. Lawler asked us to imagine Cena and Hunter as partners tonight. Wow! Oh wait, they were partners last week. And they wrestled the exact same team last week. Wow!

Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes & Ted Dibiase vs. Triple H & John Cena
Cena and Cody started things off with Cena exploding on Cody with a barrage of offense. Hunter quickly took a tag and entered to work on Cody. They set up the deal where the babyfaces cleared the heels out of the ring, Legacy regrouped on the floor, and they cut to break with Cena and Hunter in control.

Cena was in dire straights coming out of the break, according to Cole. Oh, how is he going to escape Legacy? Oh, he’s in trouble! Oh, he made a hot tag to Hunter, who cleaned house. WWE presents Cole with no credibility on commentary. Cody then stomped Hunter and sent him to the outside where Orton sent Hunter head-first into the ring steps. Legacy began stomping and kicking and slapping and punching Hunter back in the ring while Cena tried to shout encouragement to Hunter.

Legacy continued to corner Hunter. They kept teasing the hot tag to Cena to build up the crowd heat before bringing it back down. Cody executed a snap DDT at 10:45 that brought in Orton to work over Hunter. Orton tried an RKO, but Hunter easily countered and hit the Spinebuster. Cena stared running up and down the ring apron begging for a hot tag and firing up the crowd. Hunter began his slow crawl across the desert to Cena, who took the tag at 12:12 after they milked the heck out of that. Cena exploded on Cody, who was the legal man, and set up the Five Knuckle Shuffle combo. Cena wanted the FU on Cody, but DiBiase came in to block. Cena threw him away, then slapped on the STFU in center ring on Cody. Cody held on and DiBiase broke it up. Hunter then took DiBiase to the outside and beat him up. Action everywhere. Orton took a tag and wanted The Punt on Cena, but Cena moved and rolled up Orton with a small package for the pin and the win.

Cole pointed out that Cena pinned the champion and could be champion on Sunday as “quick as that.” Hunter and Cena got their hands raised in the ring and Orton seethed on the outside after taking the loss. Legacy joined Orton on the floor to share in their frustrations. Hunter scowled from inside the ring as the announcers recapped the finish of the match. Cena and Hunter shook hands center-ring as Cole talked about three of WWE’s biggest stars clashing for the WWE Title on Sunday. End show.

Winners: Cena & Hunter at 13:33.

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Green stood next to Triple H as Orton came to the center of the ring. Orton talked about having something Hunter doesn’t, that being the WWE Championship. Orton complained about Green taunting him, saying he’s known as someone who has anger management issues. He said he could get violent with someone no matter how big or pathetically small they may be. Hunter suggested Green make him against Orton tonight. Orton said since Hunter would lose at the PPV, there’s no sense in having him lose tonight too. Orton backed away from Triple H and said he has nothing to say to The Game ‘til Night of Champions. Then Orton asked why Green was in charge and said Green wanted to be there because someone might mistake him for a real man. Orton started leaving again but Green said Orton might want to hear what he has in mind for the main event. He said Orton & Legacy would face Triple H and John Cena……and him. Orton kinda smirked at the idea, then left the ring. Triple H seemed unprepared for the news and appeared to try and tell Green that he’d be OK if he stuck with him. Orton and Hunter stared at each other from a distance.

Ted DiBiase, Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes talked things over backstage. Orton warned them not to touch Seth Green, as he wanted to take him out personally.

Randy Orton & Ted Dibiase & Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Green & Triple H & John Cena
Triple H was in there with Rhodes after break, the match having started while the show was at commercial. It was all offense by Hunter, as one would expect. He wanted to tag Seth, but he wasn’t so willing, so he tagged Cena instead. Face-buster to Rhodes, cover got two. I believe a “We Want Seth” chant from the crowd. Green tagged in. He shrugged his shoulders as Cena held Rhodes, then he punched him right in the mouth. Rhodes quickly got back to his feet and chased Green around the ring. Triple H took Rhodes out, then put him in the ring for Green to cover. He only got two, so he tagged back out to Cena. With DiBiase distracting the ref, Orton gave Cena his trademark back-breaker. Cena was outside the ring where again Legacy took advantage. Crowd chanted for Cena, but he instead got DDT’d by Orton with Cena’s legs across the middle rope. Rhodes came back in and put Cena in a full-nelson. Cena used his strength to break out, then the two collided with stereo double clotheslines. Orton and Triple H tagged in and Hunter caught Orton with a high knee. He knocked DiBiase and Rhodes of the apron, then gave the WWE Champion a spinebuster. Pedigree, but Legacy interfered. Cena came in to, well not even things out, but close. Orton snuck in an RKO out of nowhere, but he was too out of it to make an immediate pin. He finally made it over, but Green jumped on Orton’s back to break up the pin. Orton grabbed Green by the shirt when he realized what happened. He kicked him right in the gut and then lined him up for a punt to the head. Cena tackled him before he could greach Green. But then Legacy came in as well. Rhodes got a chair, bringing it into the ring and causing a DQ. Triple H got a sledgehammer and cleared the ring, but almost of his partner Cena as well.

Winners: Green, Triple H & Cena, 7:20