Winner and new Women's and Intercontinental Champion: Beth Phoenix and Santino Marella
The Shawn Michaels announcement is up next. Michaels came to the ring with his wife, former Nitro girl, Rebecca with him. Jerry Lawler noted that it was a bad sign. Michaels said that his doctor recommended that he walk away, but that it was Michaels' decision. Michaels said that after speaking with his wife and family, he has decided to heed his doctor's advice and walk away.
Michaels thanked the fans and talked about how he was known as Mr. WrestleMania, the man who screwed Bret Hart, the man who retired Ric Flair amongst other things. Michaels said he wants to be known now as a good father. As he started to wind down, Chris Jericho's music hit and he started to come down to the ring wearing a suit and tie and looking unhappy.
Jericho said "No", and that he wasn't going to allow Michaels to walk away this way. He wanted Michaels to admit that he was walking away due to what Jericho did to him. Michaels said he would go home and tell his wife and kids that if Jericho went home and told his wife and kids that he will never be Shawn Michaels. Michaels then went to leave and Jericho went to punch him but Michaels moved and Jericho hit Rebecca knocking her out. The segment ended with Michaels attending to Rebecca and staring at Jericho as he left and then went back to attending to his wife. This feud is easily one of the best in the WWE in a long time.
Eventually Rebecca got up and her and Michaels left the ring together. They showed a closeup of her face and her lip was swollen as they walked to the back.
A promo for Street Kings aired.
ECW Championship Match
Mark Henry (c) vs. Matt Hardy
Hardy hit a twist of fate almost immediately and Tony Atlas broke the count, prompting the referee to call for the bell. Really. Tony Atlas started beating on Hardy when Jeff Hardy ran down to ringside and made the save, and eventually hit a swanton on Atlas outside the ring. The Hardy's then proceeded to double suplex Mark Henry outside of the ring. With this ending, I would expect the Cena - Batista match to have a clear winner (I've been expecting a screwjob ending) but I'm not holding my breath.
Winner via disqualification: Matt Hardy
Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole were shown at ringside introducing the World Heavyweight Championship match.
World Heavyweight Championship Match
CM Punk (c) vs. John "Bradshaw" Layfield