The show opens with Michael Cole telling us they are live from the Key Arena in Seattle.
Chris Jericho enters for a promo to pretty much no reaction from the crowd, although it is more of a reaction than when he entered last night at No Mercy. Jericho has a decent bruise on the left side of his mouth which he obviously suffered at the hands of HBK last night.
Jericho tells us Mike Adamle is meeting with the McMahons tonight, so he will be the GM running tonight's show. He tells us tonight will feature HBK V. Lance Cade in a no DQ match. Jericho then goes on to show he also suffered a chipped tooth last night which is definitely noticeable whenever he opens his mouth.
The new No. 1 contender Batista then interrupts Jericho and comes down to the ring. Batista goes on to tell Jericho to "pick a number" to which Jericho responds by asking what he's talking about. Batista tells Jericho to pick a number of days until he loses the title to him.
Jericho responds saying that the number would not matter he could defend the title tonight and he will make the name Batista synonymous with "failure." Batista then goes on to give Jericho a spine buster to end the promo.
Next we see a promo for a match later tonight which will be Rey Mysterio and Matt Hardy V. Kane and Mark Henry
After the commercial break they show a clip of what wasn't seen during the break which is Jericho reminding Batista he is tonight's GM which means he can strip Batista of his #1 contendership. Rather than that he decides to make Batista defend it again tonight against JBL with none other than himself as the special guest referee which is the main event tonight.
Next we see William Regal sitting ringside in his throne getting ready to watch the next match
"Glamarella" V. Jamie Noble & Mickie James
Pre-match Santino cuts one of his typical goofy promos and says he has a new favorite NBA team, revealing an Oklahama City Thunder t-shirt and hat he has. Rather funny, I really enjoy Santino's character.
The match starts off with the two women squaring off for about a minute until both tag their male counterparts in. Jamie Noble gets the momentum for the most part until Santino gets a quick roll up for the win. Short match, pretty pointless. After the match Jamie Noble goes outside the ring to brawl with William Regal.
After the brawl they cut backstage to HBK's locker room where he cuts a heated promo about how Jericho has to send Cade to do his dirty work for him and how he "still has gas in the tank" after last night's match.
Next Match
Ted DiBiase V. Kofi Kingston
This is Ted's first singles match in a long time, I think only his second one since debuting in WWE. Anyway, the match starts with Kofi taking the first offensive only to lose it quickly to Ted. They are fighting a rather technical match using submissions and holds mainly to this point.
Kofi starts using his quickness giving Ted a few kicks to take him down then going up top to hit a flying forearm. Kofi is dominating at this point leading to Cody Rhodes coming up to the ring apron and distracting Kofi. Kofi turns his attention to Rhodes allowing Ted to get Kofi in the Million Dollar Dream and hit a Russian leg sweep and get the pin.
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