- We began with a slightly different video intro. Angle is still holding the belt in the rapid-fire clips. Michael Cole said there are two huge main events: Taker-Henry and Rey-Randy for the Heavyweight Title.

- MNM's music hit. The WWE Fanatic on the front row had a "Melina hotness" meter. Funny, Mike Roe and I discussed that in our VIP-exclusive audio update last week. Before Melina could complete her entrance, Brian Kendrick and Paul London ran to the ring and grabbed her. They dropped her ringside as MNM tried to make the save.

1 -- MNM (MERCURY & NITRO w/Melina) vs. PAUL LONDON & BRIAN KENDRICK -- non-title match

Kendrick snapped off a head scissors out of the corner on Mercury. MNM took control with double team offense behind the referee's back. They cornered Kendrick. Nitro ran into the ring without a tag and threw Kendrick to the outside. Cole said the referee was losing control of the match. Mercury and Nitro continued to work on Kendrick in their corner. Kendrick had a small package pin for at least a five count, but Mercury had the referee distracted. Melina screamed. And screamed. Cole told the director to turn the mic off ringside. With the referee distracted, again, Melina kicked Kendrick in the face. Kendrick kicked out of four successive pin attempts from Nitro. "We want London" was the chant from about five out of the 10,000 fans in the arena. The fans rallied behind Kendrick at 6:45. He broke free from a headlock and tagged in London, but the referee was distracted, again. He disallowed the tag. Per the formula, Kendrick escaped a two-on-one situation and tagged in London. He slammed MNM together then hit a spin kick on Mercury for a nearfall. London hit a dropsault on Nitro with the sault on Mercury for a nearfall. MNM cheated behind the referee's back and Mercury rolled up London for a close nearfall. MNM went for the snapshot, but Kendrick broke up the move. London rolled through on Mercury for a very, very close nearfall. London rolled through a Boston Crab attempt by Mercury and scored a pin for the win. Afterwards, Mercury and Nitro were beside themselves as Melina tried to figure out what happened.

WINNERS: Paul London & Brian Kendrick at 9:35. That's how you book cruiserweights to give them a strong program to work with. Great nearfalls at the end. Kendrick and MNM didn't keep things interesting during the heel beat down, but the final three minutes were top notch. Good start to this program, which is advertised for upcoming house shows.