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RAW General Manager Vickie Guerrero opened the show and introduced new WWE Champion Randy Orton and “Priceless” – Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase, Jr. Vickie books The Big Show versus Batista in a number one contender’s match for tonight, with the winner challenging Orton for the Title at Judgment Day. Orton came out to gloat about his victory but was interrupted by WWE United States Champion MVP. It ends up with MVP versus Orton in a non-title match being booked for tonight.

Kofi Kingston beat The Brian Kendrick in about as good of match as you can have in three minutes. I am actually surprised Kendrick even made TV as I feared he would be released.

“Santina” Marella, Mickie James, Kelly Kelly & Nikki Bella beat WWE Divas Champion Maryse, Jillian Hall, Beth Phoenix & Rosa Mendes when “Santina” pinned Jillian. After the match Hornswoggle pops up underneath the ring with Nikki’s twin Brie. Hornswoggle looks up sees “Santina’s” bulge and hilarity ensues.

Matt Hardy beat Goldust with a shot from his arm cast.

MVP versus Randy Orton went to a no-contest when Shane McMahon interfered and attacked Orton.

The Miz comes out to cut the most phenomenal promo of his career. He namedrops the celebrities he has in his phone and then challenges John Cena to a match right now. Not surprisingly Cena doesn’t show and Miz declares himself the winner via forfeit. Fantastic segment that makes Miz look like a star right out of the gate.

WWE Unified Tag Team Champions Carlito & Primo Colon beat Jaime Noble & Chavo Guerrero when Carlito pinned Noble.

Batista beat The Big Show by count out when John Cena arrived and distracted Big Show.

Great show that highlighted some of RAW’s new Draft pickups and made them look like stars right out of the gate, especially MVP and Miz.

RAW General Manager Vickie Guerrero opened the show and introduced new WWE Champion Randy Orton and “Priceless” – Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase, Jr. Vickie books The Big Show versus Batista in a number one contender’s match for tonight, with the winner challenging Orton for the Title at Judgment Day. Orton came out to gloat about his victory but was interrupted by WWE United States Champion MVP. It ends up with MVP versus Orton in a non-title match being booked for tonight.

Kofi Kingston beat The Brian Kendrick in about as good of match as you can have in three minutes. I am actually surprised Kendrick even made TV as I feared he would be released.

“Santina” Marella, Mickie James, Kelly Kelly & Nikki Bella beat WWE Divas Champion Maryse, Jillian Hall, Beth Phoenix & Rosa Mendes when “Santina” pinned Jillian. After the match Hornswoggle pops up underneath the ring with Nikki’s twin Brie. Hornswoggle looks up sees “Santina’s” bulge and hilarity ensues.

Matt Hardy beat Goldust with a shot from his arm cast.

MVP versus Randy Orton went to a no-contest when Shane McMahon interfered and attacked Orton.

The Miz comes out to cut the most phenomenal promo of his career. He namedrops the celebrities he has in his phone and then challenges John Cena to a match right now. Not surprisingly Cena doesn’t show and Miz declares himself the winner via forfeit. Fantastic segment that makes Miz look like a star right out of the gate.

WWE Unified Tag Team Champions Carlito & Primo Colon beat Jaime Noble & Chavo Guerrero when Carlito pinned Noble.

Batista beat The Big Show by count out when John Cena arrived and distracted Big Show.

Great show that highlighted some of RAW’s new Draft pickups and made them look like stars right out of the gate, especially MVP and Miz.

In the opening match Christian pinned “All-American American” Jack Swagger to win the ECW Championship.

Chris Jericho beat Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat by submission. This was Steamboat’s first singles match in nearly fifteen years and more than likely will be Steamboat’s final match.

Kane pinned CM Punk.

Jeff Hardy beat his brother Matt Hardy in an “I Quit” match.

In a six-man tag team match where Triple H’s WWE Championship was on the line, “Legacy” – Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase beat Triple H, Batista & Shane McMahon. Orton pinned Triple H after his patented concussion kick to the head. Medics came out to cart off the unconscious Triple H as the crowd sings “Hey Hey Goodbye.”

In the main event Edge beat John Cena in a Last Man Standing match to win his ninth World Heavyweight Championship. The end of the match saw The Big Show come out and chokeslam John Cena off part of the entrance stage. Cena, like Triple H in the previous match, was strapped to a neckbrace and carted off on a stretcher.

Edge opens SmackDown and does another fantastic promo in a series of them hyping up his Last Man Standing match with John Cena at Backlash.

Matt Hardy & Kane beat Jeff Hardy & CM Punk.

The Big Show beat Undertaker by TKO.

WWE Divas Champion Maryse pinned Gail Kim in a Divas Title match.

Backstage Jeff Hardy cut a crazy promo about his “I Quit” match with his brother Matt at Backlash.

WWE United States Champion MVP beat Chavo Guerrero in a non-title match.

Batista & Shane McMahon beat “Legacy” – Ted DiBiase, Jr. & Cody Rhodes when Batista pinned Rhodes.

Jeff Jarrett opens the show to officially present Mick Foley his new World Heavyweight Championship. Foley came out to accept the belt and Jarrett announced Foley would defend the World Title at Sacrifice in an “Ultimate Sacrifice” fatal four-way match. Foley didn’t like this so be turned around and booked Jarrett in a match against Scott Steiner in a “Cactus Jack Smack Attack.”

Backstage Team 3-D is with Don West and announces a Team 3-D Tag Team Invitational with the winner get a trophy, a check and shot at Team 3-D’s Tag Titles.

Beer Money – “Cowboy” James Storm & Robert Roode beat “Lethal Consequences” – Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed in a quarterfinal match of the Team 3-D Invitational.

Backstage, Jeremy Borash tries to interview Jarrett about his match with Steiner but is interrupted by Eric Young, asking for a shot. Jarrett tells him to go find Holliday and take his partner’s spot.

Clips of Foley’s night and morning after winning the TNA World Title.

Sojourner Bolt beat Taylor Wilde in a Ladder Match for a future TNA Knockouts Title match. She won with a botched brass knuckles shot. Complete waste of a match and a segment. Terrible.

Backstage, JB tries to interview Jarrrett again but ref Slick Johnson tells him he needs to call home.

Mi Pi Sexy – TNA Knockouts Champion Angelina Love, Velvet Sky & Madison Rayne came out to celebrate Love’s Title victory. Awesome Kong interrupts and attacks the dancing boys they brought out to dance for Love.

AJ Styles beat Kevin Nash by DQ when Booker T interfered.

“The Outlaw” Jethro Holliday & Eric Young beat Team No Limit in a quarterfinal match of the Team 3-D Invitational.

Jeff Jarrett pinned Scott Steiner in a “Cactus Jack Smack Attack” hardcore match. Angle then comes out to attack Jarrett. Foley runs out hits both Angle and Jarrett with chair shots. After the break Jarrett is in the ring with Styles and Daniels who threatens to fire Foley’s ass, only for Bobby Lashley to come out on the ramp and smile his goofy smile.

It was an alright show, but there was typical TNA back-asswardsness like why are Nash & Booker fighting for no reason? And it’s hard to keep track of who is a good guy and who is a bad guy these days.

Kane and The Big Show pinned CM Punk and WWE Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio when Kane pinned Punk with a chokeslam.

Finlay & Hornswoggle beat Tyson Kidd & Natalya Neidhart when Hornswoggle pinned Kidd. After the match Finlay said goodbye officially to Hornswoggle, who got transferred to RAW and sang him a version of “Irish Eyes are Smiling.”

Backstage, Todd Grisham interviewed John Cena about his Last Man Standing match against Edge at Backlash. Cena cut a great promo highlighting his and Edge’s storied rivalry and anticipated this would be their last match…for the time being anyways.

Edge pinned Kofi Kingston in the main event.

Finlay and Hornswoggle opened ECW with Finlay announcing that Hornswoggle has been drafted to RAW and this will be the pair’s last night together on ECW. Hornswoggle says he wants to wrestle tonight on his last night on ECW. Tyson Kidd & Natalya Neidhart interrupt the proceedings and Natalya says she will wrestle the little guy tonight.

Hornswoggle pinned Natalya Neidhart. After the match, Finlay and Hornswoggle celebrate their victory and their last night together on ECW. Complete waste of two segments.

Backstage, ECW Interim-GM Tiffany books Kidd & Natalya in a match with Finlay & Hornswoggle for Superstars.

Evan Bourne pinned Paul Burchill in another phenomenal ECW free TV match. Probably Burchill’s best match on WWE TV so far.

Vladimir Kozlov pinned local guy Frankie Sloan.

Christian and ECW Champion “All-American American” Jack Swagger have their contract signing for their ECW Title match at Backlash. Not surprisingly it ends like most contract signings do as Swagger ended up putting Christian through the contract table with a gutwrench powerbomb.

Chris Jericho opened the show talking about how he was glad to be leaving RAW and heading to SmackDown. Ricky Steamboat interrupts and confronts Jericho. Jericho challenges Steamboat to a match at Backlash. Before Steamboat can answer, John Cena interrupts and basically books himself in a match against Jericho later in the show. Steamboat then accepts Jericho’s challenge for Backlash.

Batista killed Chavo Guerrero in a few seconds.

CM Punk pinned Kane.

Santino Marella comes out and says that his sister “Santina” won’t be able to kiss Great Khali and interviews “her” via pre-recorded tape on the TitanTron. Beth Phoenix comes out and announces that Khali’s Kiss Cam with “Santina” will happen at Backlash.

WWE Women’s Champion Melina pinned Beth Phoenix.

John Cena versus Chris Jericho was a no contest when Edge interfered and attacked both men. Edge then laid out Cena with a spear and a Conchairto.

The Big Show pinned WWE Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio in a non-title match.

Randy Orton pinned WWE Champion Triple H in a non-title, No Disqualification match.

In a match broadcast on the pre-show before the pay per view went live on the air, Eric Young beat Philadelphia radio DJ Danny Bonaduce. After the match Bonaduce attacked EY with a pair of nunchuks, until Rhino made the save.

In the opening match, TNA X-Division Champion Suicide defended his Championship in a Xscape match against Jay Lethal, Consequences Creed, Kiyoshi & Sheik Abdul Bashir. The match was contested under elimination rules.
Kiyoshi was doubled pinned by Creed & Lethal.
Bashir pinned Creed.
Bashir pinned Lethal.
Suicide won the match by escaping the cage before Bashir.

ODB beat Madison Rayne, Sojourner Bolt & Daffney in a Queen of the Cage four corners match when ODB pinned Bolt.

The Motor City Machinge Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) defended the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championships against Latin American Xchange (Homicide & Hernandez) and No Limit (Naito & Yujiro) in a triple threat match when The Guns pinned Naito.

Matt Morgan beat Abyss in a Doomsday Chamber of Blood match. Stevie Richards made an appearance and prevented Abyss from using various weapons.

Angelina Love won the TNA Women’s Championship in a triple threat match against Taylor Wilde & current champion Awesome Kong when Love pinned Wilde. The reigning Champion Kong wasn’t involved in the decision.

IWGP Tag Team Champions Team 3-D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) beat TNA World Tag Team Champions Beer Money (James Storm & Robert Roode) to win the TNA Tag Championships. The match was billed as a “Philly Street Fight” where the two teams could battle all across the arena, in and outside the cage. Team 3-D are now dual Tag Team Champions.

Team Jarrett (Jeff Jarrett, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels & Samoa Joe) beat The Main Event Mafia (Kurt Angle, Booker T, Scott Steiner & Kevin Nash) in a “Lethal LockDown” match. Each team had four members that entered the cage in two-minute intervals until all eight men entered the ring. Once all eight men entered the ring a roof enclosed the cage bringing weapons into the match. Only when all eight men were in the match could a decision be rendered. Team Jarrett won the match when Jeff Jarrett hit Booker T with a guitar, allowing AJ Styles to get the pin.
Order of entry: Angle and Daniels started the match
Booker T entered third
Styles entered fourth
Steiner entered fifth
Joe entered sixth
Nash entered seventh
Jarrett was the final man to enter the cage.

After the match former ECW Heavyweight Champion and WWE United States Champion Bobby Lashley made an appearance and stared at the eight men in the ring.

In the main event Mick Foley beat Sting to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

In the opening match of SmackDown, The Big Show beat Jeff Hardy. After the match, Matt Hardy came out and attacked his brother Jeff.

The Great Khali & Runjin Singh host a “Khali Kiss Cam” and hype up “Santina Marella’s” appearance on the Kiss Cam next week.

Gail Kim pinned WWE Divas Champion Maryse in a non-title match.

John Morrison pinned R-Truth.

Randy Orton and WWE Champion Triple H had a face-to-face interview to hype up their six-man tag match at Backlash.

Backstage, SmackDown GM books Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy in an “I Quit” match at Backlash.

The Undertaker pinned Shelton Benjamin.

Dolph Ziggler pinned WWE United States Champion Montel Vontavious Porter in a non-title match.

Batista pinned Tee DiBiase, Jr.