The opening video Package plays. It starts off with Batista defeating John Cena to win the WWE Title on the May 24th edition of Raw. It then shows the events that have taken place with Batista, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, and Edge. The scene of Batista winning the WWE Title replays again, this time focusing on Sheamus' attack on John Cena. It then highlights the events that have taken place with Cena and Sheamus until now. We are now shown some of the events between Kane and The Straight Edge Society. The video package then shows Jack Swagger's reign as World Champion and his recent alliance with The Dudebusters. It shows the events with Swagger, Undertaker, Big Show, and Rey Mysterio until now.
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Intercontinental Championship
Kofi Kingston(c) vs. Christian vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Dolph Ziggler Christian comes out first to a great ovation from the crowd here in Uniondale. Cody Rhodes comes out next to the exact opposite of that. Dolph Ziggler is out next with Chavo Guerrero, who doesn't seem to be in the best mood that he could be in. Kofi Kingston is the last one out and he receives the biggest pop of the four. After the bell rings, Ziggler and Christian battle it out while Kingston and Rhodes do the same. Ziggler and Christian's brawl spills to the outside, where Ziggler throws Christian into the barricade. Rhodes throws Kofi into the corner and charges at him, but Kingston gets a leg up and kicks Rhodes away from him. Kofi goes to the top rope and comes down with a crossbody onto Rhodes. Kingston almost gets the three count, but Rhodes kicks out. Kofi picks Rhodes up, but Ziggler comes into the ring and hits a clothesline onto Kofi. Ziggler and Rhodes work together for a bit and double team the champion. Their party is broken up after Christian finds his way back into the ring. The match now looks like a tag team match as Christian and Kofi work together to take Rhodes and Dolph out. The two faces dropkick the two heels out of the ring. Kofi and Christian have a quick staredown before shaking each other's hand and strike each other. Kofi throws Christian into the corner and charges at him, preparing for the Koronco Buster, but Christian moves out of the way and throws Kofi out of the ring. Christian sees that Rhodes and Ziggler are getting back to their feet, so he springboards out of the ring onto them. Christian throws Rhodes back in the ring and goes for a cover, but Ziggler pulls his feet. Christian grabs Ziggler's head, but Ziggler brings Christian's neck down onto the ropes. As he is dazed, Rhodes goes for Cross Rhodes, but Ziggler rushes into the ring and stops him. Ziggler and Rhodes now have a quick battle. While they are fighting, Kofi springboards off the top rope and comes down on the both of them with a clothesline. He quickly gets the cover on Rhodes, but he only gets a two count. Christian tries to engage The Killswitch onto Kofi, but he pushed off. Kingston then dropkicks Christian. Ziggler throws Kofi shoulder first into the ring post and goes for a pin attempt on Christian, but it was only an attempt as Rhodes broke it up.Rhodes picked up Ziggler, but Dolph went behind him and hit a german suplex. Christian tried to roll up Ziggler, but Rhodes broke it up. Rhodes saw that Kofi was getting back up, so he brought him in for a DDT. Ziggler kicked Christian in the mid-section, which kept him in the corner for a bit. As Rhodes was about to drop Kingston with a DDT, Ziggler came behind Rhodes and hit a Zig-Zag. Ziggler went for the cover, but it was broken up by both Christian and Kingston . Christian threw Ziggler out of the ring. When he turned around, he was met with Trouble In Paradise. Kingston went for the cover, but Rhodes was able to break it up. He put Kofi in position for Cross Rhodes, but Christian took Rhode down with an inverted DDT. While Christian had Rhodes pinned, Kingston came down with a Boom Drop onto Christian's Back. As Kingston was picking Rhodes up, he was thrown out of the ring. Rhodes stayed on the mat for a bit. As Christian was getting back to his feet, Ziggler came back in the ring and dropped him with the Zig-Zag. Ziggler had the match won, but Chavo pulled the referee out of the ring at two. Ziggler was now in shock. He yelled at Chavo, asking him what he was doing. At this time, Kingston got back in the ring. While Ziggler was arguing with Chavo, Kingston called Ziggler. When Dolph turned around, he was hit with Trouble In Paradise. Kingston went for the cover, but Rhodes put him in position for Cross Rhodes. The only difference this time was that he hit it. Rhodes covered Kingston to get the win and the title.
Winner: NEW Intercontinental Champion, Cody Rhodes (13:54)
After Rhodes was handed the title, he looked at it with his eyes and mouth wide opened. He hugged the title and walked up the ramp, repeatedly proclaiming himself as the "Dashing Champion". Chavo left before Ziggler got back up. Christian got back up and had a look of disappointment on his face. Kingston had his hands on his face, knowing that he just lost the Intercontinental Title.
Jack Swagger is shown in his locker room watching the TV screen. It is then that he realizes that the odds don't look good for him tonight. The Dudebusters soon walk in and tell him that if he needs them, they'll be there. He thanks them before saying that the only way he can prove to the world that he is the greatest World Heavyweight Champion in history is if he does this on his own.
We are now shown a shot of ringside, where the United States Title is shown on a stand. The title will be awarded to the winner of the next match.
United States Title Tournament Finals
John Morrison vs. Ted DiBiase After the bell rings, the two competitors start the match with a collar and elbow tie up. DiBiase throws Morrison off of him before telling Morrison that he doesn't have a chance. After Morrison gets back up, he slaps DiBiase. The two then get into another collar and elbow tie up. This time it ends up in the corner. The referee breaks them up, which leads to DiBiase kicking Morrison in the mid-section. DiBiase put him in the corner and delivers a couple of knife edge chops. DiBiase throws Morrison into the opposite corner. DiBiase charges at him, but Morrison is able to get a leg up. He then hits Ted with a Flying Chuck, followed by a standing Shooting Star Press. Morrison goes for the first cover of the match, but it only garners a two count. After Ted kicks out, Morrison delivers a stiff kick to his back. Morrison goes for another cover, but it still only gives him a two count. As DiBiase is getting up, Morrison goes for a running dropkick, but Ted moves out of the way and stomps on Morrison. Ted then hits a dropping fist onto him. It only gives him a two count. DiBiase brings Morrison closer to the corner. DiBiase goes to the top rope and comes down on Morrison with his knees. Ted goes for the cover, but Morrison is able to get his foot on bottom rope. Ted, who is now very furious, throws Morrison into the ropes. Ted goes for a clothesline, but Morrison ducks it and hits a superkick onto Ted. Morrison waits for DiBiase to get back to his feet so he can hit him with a dropkick. After he does so, Ted falls to the outside of the ring. While Virgil is tending to DiBiase, Morrison goes to the top turnbuckle. He comes down with a moonsault onto Ted and Virgil. Morrison throws Ted back into the ring before either of them can be counted out. Morrison goes for a cover, but DiBiase kicks out. Morrison places Ted on the top turnbuckle. It appears that he was going for a superplex, but DiBiase gave him a few shots to the ribs and threw him off. Ted tried to come down with a hammering fist, but Morrison moved out of the way and went into the corner. Ted charged at him, but Morrison was able to hit him with a superkick. While Ted was out, Morrison brought him closer to the corner. He then hit Starship Pain onto Ted. Morrison got the cover to get the win.
Winner: NEW United States Champion, John Morrison (10:18)
Morrison celebrated his win after he was given the title. Virgil went into the ring to check on DiBiase, Morrison slapped some of the audience members' hands before hold the title high in the air on the stage.
Josh Mathews is now standing by with the WWE Champion, Batista. Mathews asks him if he is concerned about his chances of winning after we saw Kofi Kingston lose the Intercontinental Title earlier tonight. Batista said "Are you kidding me? You're comparing me to Kofi Kingston? Kofi Kingston is a shrimp. I'm an animal. And there's no way I'm losing my title tonight."
We are now shown a video package highlighting Kane and CM Punk's feud. It starts off with Kane chasing the Straight Edge Society away at Over The Limit, which allowed Rey Mysterio to shave his head bald. It then shows Kane's pyro going off during Punk's qualifying match with The Undertaker, costing him a spot in the Fatal 4 Way match. It ends with the clip of the Straight Edge Society beating down on Kane this past Friday on SmackDown.
SES Is Banned From Ringside
CM Punk vs. Kane
Punk seemed lost in his entrance with out the SES. After the bell rang, Punk connected a few kicks onto Kane's left leg. Punk striked Kane a few times until they were in a corner. Punk backed up and went for a running knee onto Kane, but he was caught by the throat. Punk continued to kick Kane in his leg until he let go. After this happened. Punk ran the rope and hit a dropkick to Kane's head. Punk went for a cover, but Kane easily kicked out. As Kane was getting up, Punk repeatedly kicked him in his ribs. Punk hammered Kane in the head with a couple of elbows before the referee pull Punk off of him. While Kane was on the mat close to the ropes. Punk dropkicked him out of the ring. Punk went on the apron and attempted to come down on Kane with an elbow, but Kane caught him and charged him spine first into the steel ring post. Kane threw Punk back in the ring and hit a leg drop on him. Kane went for the cover, but it was only two. Kane put punk in a corner and started smashing Punk with his elbows. Kane sandwiched Punk into the corner. Kane threw Punk into the opposite corner and did the same thing. He tried to do the same thing once again, but Punk got a leg up. He went to the top turnbuckle and came down on Kane with clothesline. Punk went for a cover, but didn't get the three count. Punk did a few standing elbow drops to Kane before going for another failed pin attempt. After Kane sat up, Punk kicked him in the upperback area. Punk then put Kane in a headlock. After a few seconds of struggling to get out, Kane found his way out and dropped Punk with a sidewalk slam. Punk quickly got up, but was met with a hard uppercut from Kane. After Punk got up, Kane grabbed him by the throat and was ready to chokeslam him. When Kane lifted Punk in the air, Punk hit Kane with a hard knee to the jaw. Kane fell on his back, and Punk locked in a move he hasn't done in a while, The Anaconda Vice. It looked as if Kane was going to tap out, but instead, he grabbed the top of Punk's mask and was about to pull it off. Punk let go of the hold when his lower face was fully exposed. After Punk put his mask back on, he turned round and walked right into a chokeslam. Kane got the cover and the three count.
Winner: Kane (11:09)
Kane laughed at Punk as he did his fire pose. He left the ring as the SES now came to aid Punk.
Josh Mathews is now standing by with Matt Hardy. Mathews asks him if he is ready for his final encounter with Drew McIntyre in a "You're Fired Match". Matt says that he is pumped and ready to get his hands on Drew McIntyre. Soon after he said that, he was attacked by McIntyre. He threw Hardy in to a wall and proceeded to stomp on him a few times. Teddy Long then came and told Drew that he said he could not have any physical contact with Matt until their match. Drew said that Teddy said they could not have any physical contact until Fatal 4 Way, which it already is. Teddy, who is now furious, tells Drew to get to the ring while him and others helped Matt to his feet.
You're Fired Match
Matt Hardy vs. Drew McIntyre Matt came to ring on shaky legs because of the pre-match attack. As soon as the bell rang, McIntyre quickly went to work on Matt, hammering him with lefts and rights. Drew had Matt in a corner and repeatedly stomped on him. Drew got Matt back to his feet and slapped him. After that, Matt got back in the match and began striking at McIntyre. The two began a hard hitting fist fight. Drew delivered a knee to the mid-section of Hardy, which brought him down to his knees. Drew told Matt that he wanted to see him beg for mercy. Instead, Matt simply delivered a few jabs to Drew's midsection until he was back on his feet. Matt then clotheslined Drew out of the ring. Matt got on the ring apron and attempted to come down on Drew with a clothesline, but Drew was able to kick Matt in the chest as he was coming down. Drew slammed Hardy's head on the announce table. He threw him back in the ring and went for a cover, but he only got two. Drew got Matt back to his feet, but Matt quickly hit a Side Effect on Drew. Matt didn't go for a cover, but he instead went to the rope. He tried to come down with a leg drop on Drew, but Drew got out the way just in time. While Matt was getting up, Drew kicked him in his head. Drew didn't try to pick Matt up, but he instead went to ringside and told Justin Roberts to get ready to announce him as the winner. After Drew got back in the ring, he picked Matt up and put him in position for the Future Shock. He only had one arm locked as he was looking into the crowd for a bit. This gave Matt the opportunity to get out of Drew's clutches. After he did so, he kicked Drew in the mid-section and hit the Twist of Fate. Matt got the cover to get the win.
Winner: Matt Hardy (8:47)
The crowd celebrated with Matt as Teddy Long came out with a big smile on his face. He shook Matt's hand. After Drew got back up, Teddy said "Hey Drew, guess what?" Matt then got closer to the microphone as him and Teddy said "You're Fired!" Drew had a look of shock on his face as security came to escort Drew out of the arena.
A preview for the WWE's next pay-per-view is shown, which is a brand new PPV entitled "Money In The Bank". The event will be live Sunday July 18th.
World Heavyweight Championship
Jack Swagger (c) vs. The Undertaker vs. Rey Mysterio vs. The Big Show After the bell rings, all three challengers turn their attention to Swagger. Swagger quickly runs out of the ring. With all three men still looking at him, Big Show turned Undertaker around and striked him in the mid section. Mysterio dropkicks Show's knee, brining him down on it, then dropkicks Show's head. Mysterio went for a cover, but Show easily got out of it. Swagger went into the ring and started working on Taker. Mysterio jumped on Swagger's back, but Swagger threw him out of the ring. After Taker got up, Big Show headbutted him. This left Swagger and Show as the only two men standing in the ring. Swagger tried to strike him, but Show was able to block Swagger's fist and hit a headbutt. Mysterio got back in the ring, but Show quickly threw him back out. Undertaker soon turned Show around and hit him with a few quick jabs. Swagger got back up and hit the back of Show's knee. Swagger went for a cover on Show, but Taker pulled him by his singlet. Taker chokeslammed Swagger on top of Show. He went for a cover on Show, but Rey got back on the ring and dropkicked Taker's head. Mysterio striked Taker with a few jabs to the face, but Taker was easily able to push him away. Swagger got back up and hit a Belly to Belly suplex on Rey. Swagger grabbed The Undertaker by the head and started striking at him. Show soon got up and delivered a Knockout Punch to Swagger. Taker got back to his feet and grabbed Show by the throat. Show did the same as the two behemoths had each other in their clutches. Rey springboarded off the top rope and delivered a dropkick to the back of the Big Show. Taker fell out of the ring, and Show fell into position for the 619. Rey hit it perfectly on Show. As Rey was jumping off of the ring apron onto the ropes, Taker grabbed Rey's legs and pulled him off. Taker went into the ring and tried to get the win off of Big Show, but Swagger broke up the pin attempt. Swagger continued to pound on Taker's back. He had Taker in position for the Gutwrench Powerbomb, but he couldn't lift the deadman off his feet. Show got back up chokeslammed Swagger. He went for another cover, but Taker broke it up. Rey got back in the ring, but Taker hit him with a big boot. Big Show hit Taker with a Knockout Punch. It took a while for Show to get a cover, but he did. Somehow though, The Undertaker was able to kick out. Show had Taker in position for a chokeslam, but Rey springboarded off the top rope and hit him with a dropkick. As Show was backing up, Swagger pulled the top rope down and Show fell out of the ring. Rey then dropkicked Swagger out of the ring. He saw that Taker was still down, so he went for a springboard splash on Taker. He nailed it and it looked like Rey had the title won. Suddenly, The Dudebusters came to the ring and attack Rey. They hit their tag team finisher and brought Swagger back in the ring. Soon after, The Hart Dynasty came to the ring and brawled with The Dudebusters all the way to the back. Swagger got the cover on Rey, but The Undertaker broke it up. Swagger and Taker stood face to face now. The two brawled until Taker hit Swagger with a big boot. Taker signaled that it was over. He lifted Swagger up for The Tombstone, but Swagger slid off of Taker's shoulder and low blowed him. Swagger saw that Rey was getting up, so he brought him to the middle of the ring and dropped him with the Gutwrench Powerbomb. Swagger got the cover to get the win and retain his title.
Winner: Still World Heavyweight Champion, Jack Swagger (16:25)
Swagger rolled out of the ring with his title. He looked as if he had just escaped from a fire. Nonetheless, Swagger proved all of his doubters wrong and retained the World title, even when the odds were heavily stacked against him.
Kofi Kingston is now shown in his locker room with his NXT rookie, Michael McGillicuty. Kingston looks disappointed that he lost the Intercontinental Title, but he says that there will be other opportunities. McGillicuty then says that he's and idiot. Kingston's an idea for not doing anything about losing his title. Kingston said that he doesn't know how McGillicuty handled these situations wherever he wrestled before, but here in the WWE you have to accept your losses. McGillicuty then leaves.
Michael Cole, Matt Striker, and Jerry "The King" remind us about WWE's next PPV, "Money In The Bank". They then talk about how great of a night it's been. Cole then says that now, he has to do his job. He gets up from the announce table and takes off his jacket to reveal his referee shirt.
Special Guest Referee: Michael Cole
If Bryan wins, he gets a contract
The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan Right from the opening bell, it's pretty clear that this is more of a fight than a wrestling match. Bryan immediately starts striking Miz, then follows it with some kicks to Miz' leg. Bryan then dropkicks Miz. He goes for the quick cover, but barely gets a one count. He goes right back to work on Miz, throwing him into the ropes. When Miz comes back, he ducks Bryan's clothesline. He turns Bryan around and slaps him. Bryan then takes Miz down and starts striking him. Miz crawls to a corner, but Bryan follows him and stomps on him there. Michael Cole makes the count for Bryan to get off Miz, to which Bryan responds with "I got 'till five." When Bryan puts his attention back on Miz, he is met with a kick to his mid-section. Miz puts Bryan in the corner and starts pounding away on him. Cole breaks it up. Miz then says "Really Cole?" Miz charges at Bryan, but he moves. Now Miz is in the corner and Bryan is hitting him with some high kicks to his chest. Miz leaves the ring to cool down. He doesn't get much of one though because soon, Bryan dives through the ropes onto him. Bryan throws Miz in the ring and goes for a cover, but only manages to get two. Bryan outs Miz in a corner and irish whips him into the opposite, but Miz is able to reverse it and whips Bryan into it. Bryan does a flip off of the turnbuckle though and ends up behind Miz. Bryan goes for a role up, but only gets two. After both men get up, Bryan goes for another roll up, but the results are still the same. Bryan charges at Miz, but he is thrown over him. Miz stomps on Bryan, but Cole soon breaks it up. After Bryan gets up, Miz does his Swinging Corner Clothesline. He stomps on Bryan for a bit before going for another cover. After Bryan kicks out, Miz pulls Cole aside and talks to him. We can't hear their conversation clearly, but it sounded like Miz said "You really wanna give this clown a chance? While they are talking, Bryan dropkicks Miz' back, which pushes him into Cole, knocking him out. Miz charges at Bryan after he gets up, but Bryn trips him. Bryan is then able to apply the Cattle Mutilation, which Miz taps out rather quickly. Cole is still out though. Bryan puts Miz on his feet and gives him a hard kick to his head. Bryan brings Cole towards him and Miz. Cole is soon revived. He makes the count for Bryan but stops at two. Bryan grabs Cole by his collar and yells at him. Before Bryan can do anything to Cole, Miz low blows Bryan. Miz then stomps on him a number of times. Cole does nothing to stop this. in fact, he was cheering Miz on. Miz then picked Bryan up and dropped with the Skull Crushing Finale. Miz made the cover and Cole was extremely happy to make the three count.
Winner: The Miz (12:06)
Miz and Cole raise each other's hands. Both are extremely happy that Daniel Bryan will not be getting his contract. After Bryan gets back up, Miz has already left. He goes to the announce table and looks at Cole with a furious look in his face. He grabs Cole by his collar and brings him back in the ring. Cole tries to escape, but Bryan keeps a grip of him. Miz soon comes back out with security and tells them to escort this "fan" out of here. Bryan looks at Miz and Cole and tells them that they will see him again.
A video package is now shown, and it starts off with Sheamus beating Cena at TLC to win the WWE title. It shows the battles between these two men. It the shows Sheamus cost Cena the WWE title by hitting him with a lead pipe. It then highlights some of the events that have taken place between these two the past few weeks leading up to their encounter right now.
John Cena vs. Sheamus After the bell rings, Cena and Sheamus get into a hard hitting fist fight. Sheamus kicks Cena in the mid section and clotheslines him. He goes for the cover, but Cena kicks out. Sheamus waits for Cena to get back up. He goes for the Pump Kick, but Cena moves out of the way. Cena then hoists Sheamus to his shoulders and goes for an Attitude Adjustment, but Sheamus is able to prevent it. Cena charges at Sheamus, but Sheamus picks him up and charges him into the corner. He repeatedly spears Cena into the corner. Sheamus places Cena on top of the turnbuckle. He goes for a superplex, but Cena throws him off. Cena then connects Sheamus with his diving leg drop bulldog. Cena goes for the cover, but it's no good. Cena tires to pick Sheamus up, but The Celtic Warrior strikes him in the mid section. Sheamus then throws Cena shoulder first into the steel ring post. Cena stands on the apron, but Sheamus delivers a pump kick to him. Sheamus goes to the outside. He picks Cena up and drops his chest on the barricade. Sheamus goes back in the ring and comes back out to restart the ref's count. Sheamus notices that Cena is against the ring post. He attempts to Pump Kick Cena's head into the steel, but Cena moves. Sheamus charges at Cena, but he is thrown over him. Cena throws Sheamus back in the ring. He goes for a cover, but Sheamus kicks out. Cena Sheamus to the middle of the ring. He goes for the Five Knuckle Shuffle, but as he is running the ropes, Sheamus gets back up and clotheslines him. Sheamus goes for a cover, but Cena kicks out at two. Sheamus picks Cena up and goes for the Pale Justice, but Cena slides off of him. Sheamus charges at him, but Cena trips him and locks in the STF. Sheamus struggle to make in to the ropes, but he does. Cena brings Sheamus back to the middle of the ring to re apply the hold, but Sheamus kicks Cena off of him. After both men got back up, Sheamus connected Cena with a big Pump Kick. Sheamus went for the cover, but it was surprisingly only two. Sheamus picks Cena up. It looks like he was going for a running powerslam, but Cena slid off of his shoulders. When Sheamus turned around, Cena picked him up and dropped him with an attitude adjustment. Cena got the cover, but Sheamus kicked out. Cena could not believe it. Cena picked Sheamus up and put him on his shoulders for another Attitude Adjustment, but Sheamus got off and hit an Irish Curse on Cena. Sheamus went for the cover, but it was only two. The announcer could not believe how many close near falls we have seen. As Sheamus was picking Cena back up to his feet, Cena put Sheamus on his shoulders and dropped him with another Attitude Adjustment. This time, it was three.
Winner: John Cena: (13:21)
Cena celebrated his big win with the WWE Universe as he can now challenge for the WWE Title again. Sheamus, on the other hand, was extremely furious and was throwing a fit at ringside.
The announcers recapped everything that has happened here tonight, but it's not over. A video package plays that show Batista winning the WWE Title, followed by all three of the challengers qualifying. It then highlights the events that have taken place between these four the past few weeks.
WWE Championship
Batista(c) vs. Randy Orton vs. Edge vs. Chris Jericho After the bell rang, Batista and Orton traded blows and eventually their fight spilled to the outside. Edge and Jericho went at it in the ring. Batista rammed Orton into the steel ring post. He kept a good eye on Jericho and Edge though as he knew that he didn't have to be pinned to lose the title. Edge had Jericho set up very early for the spear. Batista pulled Edge's legs and and brought him into the ring post. Batista then charged at Orton, but he was met with a scoop slam. As Orton was getting into the ring, he was dropkicked by Jericho. Edge got back to his feet, but Jericho dropped him with a suplex. Jericho went for the cover, but Edge kicked out. Orton got back to his feet and was about to enter the ring, but he was speared by Batista. Batista got in the ring and spinebustered Jericho. He threw Jericho out of the ring and waited for Edge to get up. Batista set him up for the Batista Bomb, but Edge countered it and hit an Edgecutuion. Edge got the cover, but Batista kicked out. Orton came back in the ring now and hit a few forearms on Edge. He noticed that Jericho was getting back in the ring, so he stopped him with a DDT. Batista then hit a double clothesline on both Edge and Orton. He brought Jericho back in the ring and went for a spinebuster, but Jericho slid off of his back. Jericho then applied The Walls Of Jericho onto Batista. It looked like Batista was going to tap, but Orton hit an RKO onto Jericho, breaking up the hold. Orton got the cover on Jericho, but Edge broke it up. Edge stomped on Orton a bit before Batista got back to his feet. Batista came behind Edge and picked him up for an Electric Chair. While Batista had Edge in the position, Orton got back up dropkicked Batista, sending him and Edge crashing to the mat. Orton got a cover on Batista, but he kicked out. He got the cover on Edge, but no luck there. Orton then waited for one of them to get up so he could drop them with an RKO, but Jericho pulled Orton out of the ring. It was there that Jericho hit a Codebreaker onto Orton. Jericho went back into the ring, where both Edge and Batista were slowly getting back to their feet. Jericho pushed Edge into Batista and went for roll up on Edge, but he was pushed off and then hit with a hard clothesline from Batista. Edge then hit a Spear onto Batista. It took a while for Edge to get the cover, but he did. It was broken up at the two count by Orton. Orton put Edge in a headlock. Soon after, Batista got back up and out Orton in headlock. Jericho then put Batista in a headlock. All four men were either giving or receiving this hold. Jericho let go of Batista and hit the back of his knee, which caused Batista to fall and brought Orton and Edge down. Jericho then hit a Lionsault onto Batista, but Orton and Edge quickly broke it up. As Orton was picking Jericho up Edge charged at him. He was thrown out of the ring though. After Orton turned around Jericho went for clothesline, but Orton ducked it and hit an RKO. Orton had the match won, but Wade Barrett came out and attacked Orton. It appeared that Barrett was returning the favor to Jericho for helping him win NXT. Soon after, Evan Bourne hit the ring and attacked Barrett. HE hit Barrett with a high knee and crossbody over the top rope. Their brawl went all the way to the back. Edge and Batista both got in the ring at the same time, but Edge struck first with a spear. Edge picked Orton up, but he was hit with an RKO. After Orton turned around, he was hit with a Codebreaker. Jericho got the pin to win the match and the title.
Winner: NEW WWE Champion, Chris Jericho (17:47)
Jericho took the title and celebrated with it. He held onto it with a tight grip as looked over at his three fallen opponents. Tonight was his night, and Chris Jericho is now the new WWE Champion here at Fatal 4 Way.