-Back from commercial Cole hypes the Chavo and Rey match for later tonight and mentions that Batista and Undertaker have been added to the rumble.

-Chuck Palumbo comes out on his motorcycle with Michelle McCool and they recap what happened last week in the mixed tag match they had against Victoria and Dykstra. According to Cole, Palumbo has apologized to Michelle for his actions.

-Out next comes Noble and they hype his 3 victories in a row against Chuck, mentioning that Chuck’s never lost 3 matches in a row in WWE before. So they say.

PALUMBO VS. NOBLE

-The match opens with Chuck going to work on Nobles arm than hits a body slam. Noble fights back with a basement dropkick, but Chuck takes control right back. Boots to the face than he mounts Noble and drives his forearms into his jaw. Chuck picks him up off the mat than hits a short arm clothesline for 2.

After the near fall Palumbo applies a chinlock and digs his fingers into Nobles mouth. He than goes for some kind of slam, but Noble slides off his shoulders and delivers kicks to the back of Chuck’s knee trying to take him down to size.

***Noble with a modified bulldog from the top than he rolls him up for 3 in 4:00. (*1/4)

-After the match Palumbo gets an evil look in his eye and stares down McCool. He backs her into the corner and she plays scared. Michelle McCool slipped out here and her entire right nipple was out. 9 pics below at the link at the very bottom of this post. The crowd chants “Chuck’s a loser.” Chuck ends up letting her go as Jaime acts like he’s going to hit the ring to save her.

-Backstage Vickie is with Edge and Teddy, but Edge tells Teddy to get out. Vickie tells Edge how lucky she is to have him in her life. Edge says he’s the lucky one to have her and their soulmates. He offers her a back massage and Vickie seems to enjoy it.

-They show Batista walking the halls and he’s about to face MVP, who at the Rumble will try to end his friend, Ric Flair’s career.

Commercial time again.

-Back from commercial Cole tells us Undertaker is still seething about last week. He’ll face Striker and V in a handicap match later. They also remind us of Chavo vs. Rey for later tonight.

-MVP makes his way to the ring and Cole says his match with Flair at the Rumble could make his career, while ending Flair’s. Coach says MVP would love nothing more.

-MVP grabs the mic and says before he faces Batista he wants to talk about his friend. He brags about all he’s accomplished in the last year and says at the Rumble he’ll win one more title. That being the title of the “man who ended Flair’s career.” MVP says he wishes Flair was here tonight, but Ric is in Japan doing “promotional work.” MVP continues to run down Flair until…