Judgment Day (2008)

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Judgment Day
Qwest Center
Attendance11,324[1]
Buy rate252,000
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The 2008 Judgment Day was the 10th

Qwest Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska
.

The event's card featured seven matches. The

Mr Money In The Bank CM Punk to retain the titles. From the six scheduled bouts on the undercard, two received more promotion than the others; these bouts included two singles matches, in which Shawn Michaels defeated Chris Jericho and John Cena defeated John "Bradshaw" Layfield
(JBL), respectively.

Judgment Day received 252,000 pay-per-view buys, and was instrumental in helping WWE increase its pay-per-view revenue by $21.9 million compared to the previous year. The professional wrestling section of the

Canadian Online Explorer website rated the entire event 6 out of 10, higher than the 2007 event, which was marked "as an average show". It was also the first Judgment Day PPV broadcast in high definition
.

Production

Background

Qwest Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. It featured wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands.[1]

Storylines

Judgment Day provided the culmination of various scripted

storyline division
in which WWE assigned its employees to a specific program, thus each brand promoted distinct matches.

WWE Champion

The main event scripted into Judgment Day on the Raw brand featured WWE Champion Triple H defending the title against Randy Orton in a Steel Cage match. The buildup to the match began at Backlash, where Triple H last eliminated Orton in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match, also involving John Cena and John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL), to win the WWE Championship.[3][4] The following night on an episode of Raw, Raw General Manager William Regal stopped a title match between Orton and Triple H, and booked the two in a Steel Cage match at Judgment Day for the WWE Championship.[5]

One of the featured

Batista in a battle royal to become the number one contender.[8]

Another featured preliminary match involved Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho in a singles match. At Backlash, Michaels defeated Batista (with Jericho as the special guest referee) in an Interpromotional match.[9] During the match, Michaels countered a Batista Bomb attempt and appeared to have legitimately injured his left knee.[9] On the April 28 episode of Raw, Jericho claimed that Michaels faked his knee injury to allow him to defeat Batista at Backlash, a claim that Michaels denied.[10][11] The following week, it was announced that Jericho would face Michaels in a singles match at Judgment Day.[12] On the May 12 episode of Raw, Jericho offered his apologies to Michaels for accusing him of feigning an injury, as well as giving Michaels the opportunity to back out of their match. Michaels revealed that he did indeed fake his knee injury.[13] Four days later, on the May 16 episode of SmackDown, Batista commented that he would hurt Michaels for faking his injury.[14]

One more rivalry from the Raw brand was between John Cena and John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL). In the Fatal Four-Way Elimination match at Backlash, Cena eliminated JBL by making him submit to the STFU.[6] On the April 28 episode of Raw, JBL challenged Cena to a singles match at Judgment Day, which was made official on WWE's website.[10]

The Divas rivalry from the Raw brand was between Mickie James, Beth Phoenix, and Melina over James' WWE Women's Championship. It was on the April 14 edition of Raw that James defeated Phoenix to win her fourth Women's Championship. Phoenix received her title rematch on the May 5 edition of Raw, but she was defeated after Melina accidentally struck Phoenix with her boot. The following week on Raw, Phoenix and Melina were defeated by James and Maria after Phoenix abandoned Melina due to being accidentally knocked off the ring apron by her partner. Melina would turn face after the match due to being attacked by Phoenix in a backstage segment.

Event

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
English
commentators
 Jim Ross (Raw)
Jerry Lawler (Raw)
Michael Cole (SmackDown)
Mick Foley (SmackDown)
Mike Adamle (ECW)
Tazz
(ECW)
Spanish commentators Carlos Cabrera
Hugo Savinovich
Interviewers
 Todd Grisham
Ring announcers
Lillian Garcia
(Raw)
Justin Roberts (SmackDown)
Tony Chimel (ECW)
Referees Charles Robinson
Mike Chioda
Marty Elias
Scott Armstrong
Jack Doan
Chad Patton
Mickie Henson

Before Judgment Day aired live on

Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes defeated Santino Marella and Carlito in a dark match to retain the World Tag Team Championship.[1]

Preliminary matches

The first televised match was between

Clothesline from Hell on Cena and attempted another Clothesline from Hell but Cena avoided the move and executed an FU for the win.[15]

Shawn Michaels, who faced off against Chris Jericho

The next match was for the

step-up high knee and a bulldog on Morrison. Outside the ring, Kane chokeslammed the Miz, causing Punk to get distracted. Morrison took the advantage as performed the Moonlight Drive and pin Punk to retain the tag titles.[15]

The match that followed was between Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho. The start of the match saw Michaels and Jericho exchange several near-falls attempts before Michaels applied a modified figure four leglock, which Jericho broke free. Jericho applied the Walls of Jericho but Michaels grabbed the bottom rope, causing Jericho to break the hold. Jericho attempted the Walls of Jericho again, but Michaels countered into a straddle pin to take the win. After the match, both men shook hands.[15]

The fourth match was a triple threat match for the WWE Women's Championship, in which Mickie James defended the title against Beth Phoenix and Melina. The match began with James attempting a roll-up on Melina for a near-fall, but Phoenix performed a clothesline on James. Mid-way in the match, James performed a splash, from the top rope, on Phoenix for a near-fall. A spot in the match saw Phoenix lift both Melina and James at the same time and try to perform a double Canadian backbreaker but Phoenix did not execute the move successfully. The match concluded when James performed the Mickie–DT on Melina, thus winning the match and retaining her title.[15]

Main event matches

The next match was for the vacant

clotheslined Edge to the outside of the ring, then rolled to the floor after. Undertaker threw Edge over the barricade to the front row with a clothesline while the referee began the 10-count. Both men struggled back to the floor and the Undertaker tackled Edge into the barricade at the eight count. He then rolled into the ring to win the match by countout and the belt. After the match, Vickie Guerrero announced that Undertaker hadn't won the title as it can only be won by pinfall or submission, leaving the title vacant. Undertaker performed a Tombstone Piledriver
on Edge.

Randy Orton, who faced Triple H in a Steel cage match for the WWE Championship

The sixth match was between

running big boot, but Hardy countered into a drop toe hold. The match ended with Hardy winning the match, after performing the Whisper in the Wind.[15]

The main event was the Steel cage match for the

running punt on Triple H's head, however, Triple H grabbed the chair and hit Orton with it. Triple H followed up by executing a Pedigree. Triple H covered Orton for the pinfall victory, and thus retaining his title.[15]

Reception

The

Canadian Online Explorer's professional wrestling section rated the event 6 out of 10.[15] The rating was higher than the Judgment Day 2007 event, which was marked as an average show that maintained the recent WWE philosophy of wrestling over ridiculousness.[18] The standard match between Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho was rated an 8 out of 10.[15] Additionally, the matches of JBL versus John Cena and MVP versus Jeff Hardy were rated 5 out of 10.[15]

The event was released on

Sony Music Entertainment
.

Aftermath

The next night on Raw, William Regal announced that the episode's main event would be a

tag team match pitting Triple H and John Cena against Randy Orton and JBL,[20][21] in which if Orton and JBL were to win, Regal stated that they could choose any kind of extreme singles rematches against Triple H and John Cena at WWE's next pay-per-view event, "One Night Stand", and creating the same stipulation that if Triple H and Cena were to win, they would face each other for the WWE Championship in an extreme match of William Regal's choosing.[20][21] Orton and JBL won the match.[20][21] Orton chose the Last Man Standing Match.[20][21] JBL picked a First Blood match, in which to win a wrestler has to make his opponent bleed, against Cena.[20][21] At One Night Stand, both men lost in their rematches.[22][23] During the event, Orton legitimately broke his collarbone in his match with Triple H.[24] The storyline between Shawn Michaels and Batista continued, as Batista defeated Chris Jericho to earn the right to face Michaels in a Stretcher match, a match where the objective is to place the opponent on a stretcher at ringside and move it across a line located on the entrance ramp, at One Night Stand.[20][25] At the event, Batista defeated Michaels in the match, thus ending their rivalry.[26]

At One Night Stand,

ECW Championship match against Kane at Night of Champions.[27] During the supplemental draft, a mock sports draft lottery in which wrestlers switched program drafted to the ECW brand.[28] It was announced on WWE's official website that Henry would be added to the title match, making it a Triple Threat match.[28] At Night of Champions, Henry defeated Kane and Big Show to win the ECW Championship.[29] Henry would eventually lose the title to Matt Hardy at Unforgiven in September.[30][31]

The Undertaker and Edge continued their feud over the next several weeks. Though, a predicament insured on the May 23 episode of SmackDown, when Vickie Guerrero announced that The Undertaker would face Edge once more for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship in a

Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder, in the TLC match to win the vacant World title and The Undertaker was forced to leave the company, written into the storyline.[34] On the July 25 episode of SmackDown, Guerrero reinstated The Undertaker, after learning of Edge's infidelity with their wedding planner, Guerrero and Edge were in a scripted relationship, and in retaliation she scheduled The Undertaker and Edge in a Hell in a Cell match, a ring surrounded by a steel structure of metal, at SummerSlam.[35] At SummerSlam, The Undertaker defeated Edge.[36]

Results

No.Results
dark match

Notes

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References

  • (2008). Judgment Day [DVD]. World Wrestling Entertainment.
  • (2008). One Night Stand [DVD]. World Wrestling Entertainment.

External links

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