3. Vladimir Kozlov (no entrance) vs. Matt Hardy. Ref Scott Armstrong. Matt has Vladimir chase him around most of the match. Vladimir knocks Hardy out of the ring with 10 seconds left and just stands there as match ends. After it ends, Vladimir acts upset. JR & Tazz during the match did not do audio for match, instead they talked with a production guy who handed them some papers. .

4. John Morrison & Miz vs. Festus & Jesse. Ref Chad Patton. It was a Quick match. Morrison gets bell and rings it, Jesse r ings it back. John rings it again and smacks Jesse with it causing a DQ, g iving Festus & Jesse the win. Morrison & Miz get into the ring with Festus. Miz stands next to Festus. Morrison rings bell, which wakes Festus up then rings it again to make Festus "fall sleep". Miz copies Festus every time, which was very funny. Morrison played around ringing the bell and having Festus chase Miz around ring. They have fun ringing the bell on & off, and accidentally rang it again and Festus chased them to the back.

Backstage; Mr. Kennedy plugs his movie and then interviews Triple H. HHH says he will beat Hardy tonight.

5. Triple H vs. Shelton Benjamin. Ref Mike Chioda. It was a back & forth match. At 40 seconds left, Benjamin runs into Chioda, who falls and holds his head. HHH hits the pedigree and grabs Chioda at 2 seconds left. Chioda counts 1 2 3, right as the buzzer sounds. Chioda raises HHH hand. Charles Robinson comes running out and says the buzzer rang. The Refs talk and Justin Roberts says Hardy & HHH both won the Beat the Clock Challenge. Jeff Hardy comes out and stares down Hardy.

There was a short intermission. JR & Tazz go backstage and come back.

SmackDown! 12/5

1. Edge, with Vickie Guerrero, vs. Kung Fu Naki. Ref Chad Patton. Kung Fu actually gets some offense in on Edge, but Edge breaks his momentum with a boot and then a spear for the win in about 5 minutes. Vickie gets in ring and says that at Armageddon there will be a Triple Threat Match. Vickie says because Edge wrestled tonight and so will Triple H & Jeff Hardy, in a Tag Team Gauntlet Match, which will go on until HHH/Hardy "finally" lose.

2. Michelle McCool vs. Maria. Ref John Cone. A bad mess up in match when Maria goes to jump off top rope and roll McCool up but Maria gets stuck halfway and falls off. McCool misses some kicks in match a s well. Maria gets a schoolboy for the win. McCool throws a fit in the ring and keeps saying something.