• Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy & Triple H def. Umaga & Snitsky in a Tag Team Match
  • After the match, GM William Regal comes out and says he’d like to see both Triple H and Jeff Hardy in action at Armageddon 12.16.07…but Jeff won’t be defending his Intercontinental Championship. Instead, it’s going to be Jeff Hardy vs. Triple H!
  • Ric Flair arrives via limo and makes his way to the ring. Saying he hasn’t been on RAW the past 6 months because he’s been getting into other pursuits, since everyone knows his career can’t go on forever, he thanks the fans in every town he’s been in, especially his home town of Charlotte, NC. Getting pumped up, he announces he’s NEVER going to retire, and won’t quite until he’s dead in the ring.
  • Interrupting, Vince McMahon makes his way to the ring and says it’s great that Ric will never retire…as long as he keeps winning. Getting into Flair’s face, Vince tells him that if he loses, however, his career is “finished”.
  • WWE ChampionRandy Orton makes his way to the ring. Orton says he came out to thank Ric for mentoring him - in the ring and out - during his formulative years…and also wants to thank Flair in advance for the pleasure Orton will get in ending Flair’s career tonight. Vince immediately makes the Flair vs. Orton match for later on tonight.
  • Hardcore Holly, Cody Rhodes, Super Crazy & “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan def. Robbie & Rory (The Highlanders), Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch in an 8-Man Tag Team Match
  • Backstage, Todd Grisham interviews Jeff Hardy about his recently announced match at Armageddon 12.16.07 against Triple H. Hardy starts saying that it’s too bad, because he and Triple H have been a pretty good team lately, when Triple H shows up and interrupts him. Triple H reminds Jeff that’s he’s not facing a friend or a partner at Armageddon 12.16.07 - he’s going to be in the ring with The Game.
  • Elsewhere backstage, Mr. Kennedy talks about the new 3-Disc Shawn Michaels DVD. Kennedy says it shows Michaels losing titles and betraying partners, but it’s not all Heartbreak: it also shows Michaels at his best - whining and crying to keep his superstar status. Kennedy continues, saying that when he faces Michaels at Armageddon 12.16.07, nothing on the DVDs will compare to the pain Michaels will feel.
  • In a hallway backstage, Ric Flair is seen talking to fellow ex-Horsemen Arn Anderson and Barry Windham.
  • Chris Jericho makes his way to the ring, and says Randy Orton is apparently stupid, as he didn’t realize Jericho challenged him to a title match last week, as he hasn’t responded at all. In order to make Orton understand, Jericho says he’s going to “Orton-ize” his challenge, making it as simple as possible and including visual aids. He tries again: Me (picture of Y2J appears on the Trinitron) Want (Cookie Monster is shown, holding a cookie) Title (Championship Belt is shown) Match (a lit match is shown on the Trinitron).
  • Santino Marella comes out, and says things have changed since the last time “KYJ” was here - he isn’t worthy of demanding a title match. Hearing the “KYJ”, Jericho starts making fun of Santino’s name, eventually getting Santino upset enough to say he could beat Jericho right now if he wanted to. Jericho accepts -and Santino backs out of the ring, saying he needs to warm up first…then suddenly assaults Jerry “The King” Lawler at the announcers’ table, then making his way to the back to get ready.
  • Chris Jericho def. Santino Marella
  • After the match, Jericho motions Lawler to come into the ring so Lawler can extract a little payback from Santino. As “The King” goes to work on Santino, Jericho joins JR at commentary to verbalize the one-sided fight.
  • Backstage, Shawn Michaels walks up to Ric Flair, who is getting ready for his match. The two embrace, and Shawn Michaels praises Flair, calling him the one true wrestling legend. Flair says that if he is leaving the business tonight, he’s going to go out in a blaze of glory.
  • Mr. Kennedy def. Brian Kendrick
  • Backstage, Vince tells Hornswoggle that he’s making a match that the man who “loves to fight” will love at Armageddon 12.16.07: Finlay vs. The Great Khali. Vince then tells Hornswoggle to get him an ice-cream sandwich. Hornswoggle follows the signs and finds himself in a room alone with Carlito. Grabbing a can of spray paint, Hornswoggle sprays a door shape in the wall - then runs through it! After a few moments in shock, Carlito decides to chase after him - only to hit the wall head-on and go sprawling to the ground. Ron Simmons shows up to put his 2 cents in.
  • Mickie James def. Melina in a #1 Contender Divas Match, so will face “The Glamazon” Beth Phoenix for the Women’s Championship at Armageddon 12.16.07.
  • As Ric Flair is making his way toward the ring backstage, he comes across a group of wrestlers who applaud as he walks by. Triple H stops Flair, hugs him and tells him to “show them who you are” before joining in on the applause for Flair.
  • Ric Flair def. Randy Orton after a distraction outside the ring by Chris Jericho lets Flair deliver a low blow to Orton unseen by the ref.
 
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