- A tribute to the career of Ric Flair. Also: A WrestleMania XXIV recap, and Maria wrestles Santino Marella.
- Much of the show was a showcase of the career of Ric Flair, who had lost a "Career Threatening" match to Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XXIV and, per pre-match stipulations had to retire. Past opponents toasted Flair as being the one of the sport's best-ever athletes; video highlights of some of his greatest matches were shown throughout the match. At the end of the night, Flair addressed the crowd and thanked them for their support through the years. The Big Show and Triple H offered words of thanks, and members of the longest-lived version of the Four Horsemen (Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard and Barry Windham, along with manager J.J. Dillon), along with Greg "the Hammer" Valentine and "King" Harley Race all came to the ring to embrace Flair. The entire WWE roster broke kayfabe to salute Flair in the ring. Earlier: * Randy Orton gloated about his victory to retain the WWE World Championship at WrestleMania, claiming the WWE was now in the "Age of Orton." JBL came out and challenged Orton, implying that he (Orton) was still champion by luck and not by dominance as JBL was during his WWE title reign (in 2004). As Orton was yelling back at JBL, Matt Hardy snuck in the ring and attacked Orton. * In the ring, Michaels talked about his WrestleMania victory over Flair, seeming to feel remorse over ending Flair's career. Throughout the evening, he paced around the back area and tried to shake his claim to being Flair's last opponent, even though several WWE stars (namely, William Regal) tried to convince Michaels that he did the right thing by pinning Flair. * The Big Show talked about his WrestleMania loss to Floyd Mayweather, then began talking about his memories of Ric Flair. In the middle of the promo, the Great Khali came out to challenge Big Show. Show refused to back down and told Khali he had better leave; Khali eventually left the ring but continued to yell back at Big Show. * Maria tried to convince Santino Marella to call off their "anything goes" match, but Marella refused. He then ranted about how he was "forced" to participate in the BunnyMania match (in lieu of the more prestigious "Money in the Bank" match) and then said that "divas should be walking around looking great making the a pasta and making the babies." Santino tried to back out of the match, but Maria slapped her "ex-boyfriend" across the face and stormed off. Santino angrily said he'll settle the matter in the ring. Match results * Cryme Time def. Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch. * Brian Kendrick and Paul London def. Hardcore Holly and Dustin Rhodes. * Chris Jericho def. C.M. Punk. * WWE Champion Randy Orton def. Matt Hardy to retain the title, following an RKO. * Maria def. Santino Marella in an "Anything Goes" match after the entire WWE Divas roster attacked Marella in the ring (in retaliation for sexist remarks Marella had made before).—Brian Rathjen <briguy_52732@yahoo.com>
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