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Carlito and Primo came out to defend the Unified tag titles. Jerry Lawler quipped to Michael Cole that he doesn’t know what it’s like to be yelled at like Teddy Long. Cole laughed nervously and said he knows quite well how that feels. Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes then came out. DiBiase sporting red trunks tonight apparently to differentiate him from Orton as a cookie-cutter clone. Before the match could start, Teddy Long’s music hit. Long said this match will now be a Triple Threat tag team match. Cody was not happy. Cue up Edge’s theme music. Edge came out on stage. And his partner… Chris Jericho. Kill two birds with one stone. Jericho came out and smirked at Long as Cole said Long caved to pressure. Edge and Jericho slowly made their way to the ring looking very confident. That was quickly erased when the original teams dumped Edge and Jericho to the floor before the bell sounded.

Carlito & Primo Colon vs. Ted Dibiase & Cody Rhodes vs. Edge & Chris Jericho — Unified Tag Title Match
Sounded like a light “We want Christian” chant early on as the Colons battled Legacy while Smackdown’s main eventers waited on the apron. Edge finally tagged himself into the match on an oblivious DiBiase, but DiBiase quickly tagged himself back in to keep it Legacy vs. Colons. Lawler picked up the “Legacy as mirror images of Orton” talk as the fans chanted for Edge. Not quite a bizarro crowd tonight, but they’re definitely into the show. Cody suddenly set up Primo for Homicide’s Cop Killer finisher, but he maintained the hold for a submission. Edge had enough and pulled Primo off Cody to break up the hold. DiBiase then tagged in and went to work on Primo. Primo then dumped DiBiase to the floor and crawled across the ring to tag in Carlito. Cody also took a tag and took a springboard cannonball dive from Carlito. Cody had to wait 18 years for Carlito to set up a springboard elbow, then the action broke down. Jericho hit the codebreaker on Primo, then Carlito dumped Jericho to the floor. Edge then tagged in on Cody after Carlito hit the backstabber on Cody. Carlito didn’t realize it. He tried pinning Cody, but ref said Cody’s not legal. Carlito turned around and took the spear from Edge. Edge covered Carlito and scored the pin to capture the tag titles.

Winners: Edge & Jericho at 9:40 to capture the Unified tag titles.

Backstage, Randy Orton was staring at the ground. Cody and Ted then walked over to Orton complaining about what just happened out there. Orton told them not to worry about that; just make sure he retains the WWE Title against Triple H. Ted didn’t appreciate that and said he’s not just their henchmen. They deserve to be in the main event. Heck, Orton even kicked him in the head, but he let it go so he could further his career. Orton told him maybe he made a mistake. DiBiase stormed off, then Cody said he’ll talk to him. Here we go planting seeds of dissent. First Ted with red trunks instead of black, now talking back to his mentor.

He put Orton’s dead weight on the stretcher, then tried to push it across, but Cody Rhodes showed up at the last second to block Hunter. Cody then attacked Hunter, but Hunter chucked him into the HD lights. Orton was still on the stretcher, but DiBiase suddenly made the save one foot away from the yellow line.

Cody and Ted then jumped Hunter and stomped away on him. They picked up Hunter and put him on the stretcher with a ton of effort while Orton was KO’ed, but Hunter fought back. The pack of wild dogs tried to subdue Hunter, who kept putting up a fight. Suddenly, Hunter had a sledgehammer. He stared blasting folks left and right, but he didn’t see a Punt to the gut from Orton. Orton then smashed Hunter with a piece from the stage. He flung Hunter onto the stretcher, then spun Hunter across the yellow line to win the match and retain the WWE Title.

Post-match, Orton celebrated on stage with the WWE Title, but Triple H snuck up behind him with sledgehammer behind. Orton sold cluelessness that Hunter was right behind him, then his music stopped and he turned around to accept a sledgehammer blow to the head. Orton KO’ed, Hunter standing tall to send ‘em home happy. After several replays, they closed with Orton clutching his WWE Title shot and finally making it to his feet with a look of pain written on his face to close the PPV.

Winner: Orton at 21:30 to retain the WWE Title