Captures | Digitals

Backstage: Cody and Ted had big grins on their faces as they walked down the hallway. Ted vs. Shawn up next.
Ted DiBiase came out first with Cody Rhodes for a lengthy intro while the announcers talked up their victory last night. Cody and Ted took the mics. Cody asked the crowd…Are you ready? Where’s the fake big nose? Cody then asked the crowd if they’re ready to welcome a new era in WWE. He said the truth is they didn’t just beat DX, they made them submit. Cody said they made DX tap out. He lightly tapped a top turnbuckle to emphasize the point. Cody said The Rock, Steve Austin, The Undertaker, The McMahons, and …dare he say… Edge & Randy never made DX tap out. Cody said Legacy is the only group to make them tap.

Ted picked up that what they did last night was historic. He said they may have shocked the world, what they accomplished did not surprise them one bit. Ted said they were who they said they were. And they didn’t let them off the hook! Camera focused on a big dry blood spot on DiBiase’s ear. That’s going to be cauliflowered. Cody then said they will no longer be known as the sons of DiBiase and Rhodes. They are their own legacy now. Cue up their music. Backstage, they cut to Shawn and Hunter watching the promo on a monitor. Michaels wiped his mouth in frustration. Hunter was serious too. They started walking down the hallway with Michaels leading the way for the singles match up next. WWE doing a nice job getting as much mileage as possible out of the victory thus far. Cody and Ted stood firm in the ring, then DX’s music hit. Shawn and Hunter sternly walked to the ring. No shenanigans. No funny business. Ready for a fight.

Ted Dibiase (w/Cody Rhodes) vs. Shawn Michaels (w/Triple H)

Bell sounded and Ted took the fight right to Michaels with hard right hand blows. Michaels then blasted DiBiase with a knee lift that seemed to shake up both men temporarily. Michaels then hit a swinging neckbreaker and sold an eye injury. Michaels was also selling a back injury from taking the figure four around the ringpost. Crowd picked up a “You screwed Bret” chant as Ted worked over Michaels. DiBiase with a high back-body drop going to the top of the hour.

DiBiase knocked Michaels to the outside, then Hunter backed down Cody on the outside to prevent extracurricular activity. Cody just kept tapping the ringpost to remind Michaels of his tap out last night. DiBiase then suplexed Michaels back into the ring. He kept working over Michaels as the announcers talked about Legacy backing up their words last night. Strong emphasis on Legacy thus far. Michaels then escaped a chinlock and teased a figure four, which the audience booed because it looked like a sharpshooter, but DiBiase broke free. Michaels then slapped on his figure four, but DiBiase broke free with an eye-rake. DiBiase then went on the attack with straight right hands. Michaels sold eye damage, which prompted Cole to talk briefly about Michaels’s history of eye problems. Wow, an HBK vs. Jericho feud reference from 2008. Nice historical reference. DiBiase then slapped on the Million Dollar Dream center ring, but Michaels flung him away to the corner.

After a pause for both men to recover, DiBiase kicked Michaels in the gut and wanted a piledriver, but Michaels back dropped DiBiase clear over the top rope to the floor. Cody shouted encouragement to DiBiase as Hunter chased him down. Hunter and DiBiase exchanged words, then Michaels dropped DiBiase with two atomic drops. Michaels landed a flying forearm smash, then he kipped up to his feet still selling the eye injury. Michaels landed a flurry of right hands, then he went up top. Michaels sold losing his balance, but landed the top rope elbow smash on DiBiase. Michaels then went to the corner to set up the Sweet Chin Music, but Cody tripped Michaels from behind to cause a DQ.

Post-match, Hunter then chased down Cody and blasted him into the ring steps and announce table. And the fight was on again. Michaels and DiBiase took their fight to the floor, too. And then into the stands. Cody got an upperhand on Hunter momentarily ringside as Michaels beat the crap out of DiBiase on the seventh row. Hunter then regained control and made it look like he smashed Cody head-first into the announce table several times. Hunter then took Cody to the front row and then to the production area. A cameraman back ringside was taken out as Hunter ran Cody back over the guardrail. They cut to break when the “feed was cut out” when the cameraman was taken out.

Winner: Shawn Michaels via DQ at 9:03.