BACKSTAGE Triple H gets a promo. He says all these promos are just a bunch of words but on Sunday that's what counts. 3 men will fall and one man emerges as the standard bearer, the best of the best, the WWE champion. He says that will be him. It's up to everyone else to prove him wrong.

KotR SF – Chris Jericho v CM Punk

Crowd seems in favour of Jericho. Not a lot of love for Punk down south. Jericho gets an early headlock. They run the legsweeps into quick fall attempts bit. Punk kicks Jericho's leg a little then gets a snapmare for 2. Jericho comes back as the crowd gets a half-hearted duelling chant going. Punk gets dumped on the ropes belly first. Only Punk lands on his thigh and headers it into the canvas. Punk goes for a springboard but Jericho dropkicks the ropes away. Backbreaker and Jericho holds on looking for a submission. No dice. PEPSI TWIST! Jericho comes back again with a rana into a near falls sequence, which leads to the Walls of Jericho exclusively on 411Mania.com's live coverage, but Punk gets a roll up out of that for 2. STEP KICK! Punk is out…for 2. Punk gets another nice counter into a snap powerslam for 2. This has picked up some! Punk wants the GTS but Jericho elbows out and hits the bulldog. LIONSAULT! Punk blocks it but Jericho is on his feet and gets the WALLS OF JERICHO! He's sitting RIGHT THE FUCK DOWN on that. Punk is fighting it and desperately pulls Jericho into the ropes. Crowd boos! They're Jerichoholics around here. Jericho stomps the lower back, which Punk is now favouring. Jericho goes up top but Punk catches him in the face with a flying kick. GO TO SLEEP! Jericho is OUT. Punk gets the pin and advances to the finals!

Winner: CM Punk via pinfall. ***. Started slow but had some nice reversals in it. The Lionsault screw-up stopped the match getting really good.

The Presidential Candidates speak: #2

Barack Obama is up next. He also name-drops Randy Orton and saying this isn't the only possible change. He stands for change in Washington and unity for the American people. "Do you smell what Barack is cooking?"

KotR SF – WILLIAM REGAL v FIT FINLAY

Finlay has a bad knee thanks to Khali's assault in the earlier match. Also Regal snuck in a cheap shot after the assault on Hornswoggle. No Hornswoggle here after Regal stretched him earlier. Finlay has his knee taped. Finlay takes a defensive approach. JR claims we have the United Kingdom and Ireland represented here. Wrong again, JR. Does anyone in the WWE actually know where Belfast is? Finlay nearly gets himself counted out as Regal rams his knee into the ring steps. Regal smells blood and ties the leg in the ropes to assault it. "Regal sucks" – South Carolina. Crowd is seriously on his case for being such a jerk tonight. Regal isn't messing around here as he's just booting that knee joint. Finlay retorts with some serious punches and a cheeky roll up of the ring post for 2. Finlay boosts Regal onto his shoulders but can't keep him there because his knee is so bad. They brawl like crazy in between major spots. Regal gets the REGAL STRETCH on Finlay's already injured leg. His eyes roll back in his head. He's out isn't he? Ref calls it.