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WWE Fatal 4-Way

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Fatal 4-Way is a sports entertainment television program for WWE that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States...

, Bret Hart

Bret Hart

Bret Hart is a Canadian on-screen personality, writer, actor and Semi-retired professional wrestler. Like others in the Hart wrestling family, Hart has an amateur wrestling background, including wrestling at Ernest Manning High School and Mount Royal College...

was announced as the new Raw General Manager. Before Batista could cut a promo, Bret Hart interrupted and said that if Batista wanted his rematch, then he would have to qualify. Batista claimed he couldn't wrestle because of an injury and refused to fight. Hart then let Orton qualify by forfeit, with Edge and Sheamus winning their respective qualifying matches to be part of the match. Edge and Orton had previously faced off at Over the Limit.

The main event for the SmackDown brand was a Fatal 4-Way match for the World Heavyweight Championship

World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)

The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE. It is the world title of the SmackDown brand and one of two in WWE, complementing the WWE Championship of the Raw brand...

between Jack Swagger, Big Show, CM Punk

CM Punk

Phillip Jack "Phil" Brooks , better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE and working on its Raw brand currently serving his second title reign as WWE Champion....

and Rey Mysterio. At Over the Limit, Big Show defeated Swagger by disqualification but did not win the title since it cannot change hands on a disqualification, and as a result qualified for the Fatal 4-Way match, with The Undertaker and CM Punk winning their respective qualifying matches against Rey Mysterio and Kane. Later Kane

Kane (wrestler)

Glenn Thomas Jacobs is a Spanish-born American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name, Kane. He is signed to WWE, appearing on its SmackDown brand, but is currently inactive due to injury....

found his half-brother Undertaker in a vegetative state, unable to compete and taken out of the match. A SmackDown battle royal

Battle royal (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a battle royal is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared winner...

was put in place to determine Undertaker's replacement in the match, which was won by Rey Mysterio last eliminating Kane by reversing a chokeslam into a hurricanrana, meaning that he would face Punk in five pay-per-views in a row.The following 2 weeks saw the 4 wrestlers compete into showdowns. On the 6/11/10 editions of Smackdown! Rey Mysterio beat Jack Swagger with the 619 and Big Show beating CM Punk via disqualification after CM Punks disciples interfered although Kane came to clear the ring. The following week on the 6/18/10 Big Show and Rey Mysterio defeated CM Punk and Jack Swagger in a tag team bout after Mysterio reversed Swagger's Gutwrench power into a backbreaker for the pin.

On the June 14 edition of Raw, a Fatal 4-Way match for the Divas Championship

WWE Divas Championship

The WWE Diva's Championship is a unified professional wrestling championship in WWE. It is competed for by WWE Divas. The championship was created by WWE in 2008, and was introduced in storyline by then-SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero as an alternative to Raw's Women's Championship...

was announced. On the April 12 edition of Raw, Eve Torres

Eve Torres

Eve Marie Torres is an American dancer, model, and professional wrestler. She is working for WWE on Raw brand. She is a two time WWE Divas Champion.Torres began her career as a model and dancer...

beat Maryse

Maryse Ouellet

Maryse Ouellet is a Professional Glamour Model and a former professional wrestler, better known simply as Maryse. She most recently worked for WWE...

for the Divas Championship. When Maryse attempted to seek revenge at Over the Limit, she did not succeed, and was defeated by Eve. On the May 17 edition of Raw, Gail Kim

Gail Kim

Gail Kim is a Canadian professional wrestler of Korean descent, who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where she is the current TNA Women's Knockout Champion and one half of the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions with Madison Rayne...

teamed up with Evan Bourne to defeat Alicia Fox and Zack Ryder

Zack Ryder

Matthew Joseph Cardona, Jr. better known by his ring name Zack Ryder, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE and works on the Raw brand as a wrestler and the SmackDown brand as an assistant to SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long.Cardona wrestled mostly with his tag...

. After this, Gail Kim and Alicia Fox started to feud for several weeks. On the June 14 edition of Raw, the current Divas Champion, Eve, teamed up with Gail Kim in a winning effort against Maryse and Alicia Fox.

Dark match

Before the event began, Zack Ryder

Zack Ryder

defeated Montel Vontavious Porter in a dark match.

Preliminary matches

The event began with Kofi Kingston

Kofi Kingston

Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah , is a Ghanaian American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Kofi Kingston. He is currently signed to WWE and works on its Raw brand where he is one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions with Evan Bourne as Air Boom...

defending the Intercontinental Championship

WWE Intercontinental Championship

The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship in WWE. It is the original secondary title of the promotion. Currently, it is the secondary championship exclusive to the SmackDown brand...

against Drew McIntyre. SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long

Theodore Long

Theodore R. "Teddy" Long is an American professional wrestling manager and former referee who currently works for WWE on its SmackDown brand as its General Manager.-National Wrestling Alliance / World Championship Wrestling:...

was also in attendance near the announce table. The contest was even between both competitors. Kingston hit his S.O.S. signature maneuver, but McIntyre kicked out. Kingston then went for a unique submission maneuver near the turnbuckle, but it was reversed by McIntyre, who threw Kingston's legs into the referee, knocking him out. Since the referee was unable to officiate the match, McIntyre forced Long to fill in for the referee. When McIntyre went for the pin, however, Long refused to count to three. As they argued Matt Hardy

Matt Hardy

Matthew Moore "Matt" Hardy is a semi-retired American professional wrestler. He is best known for his stints in World Wrestling Entertainment and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ....

interfered and attacked McIntyre which gave Kingston time to recover and hit his finishing move, the Trouble in Paradise

540 kick

In martial arts and tricking, the 540 kick, also known as inside turning kick, jump inside kick, tornado kick and Xuanfengjiao , is a jump kick move...

on McIntyre. He then pinned him for the win and retained the title.

The Divas Championship

WWE Divas Championship

was defended next by Eve against Alicia Fox, Maryse and Gail Kim in a Fatal 4-Way match. Near the end of the match, Eve hit Maryse with a body splash, but her pin attempt was broken by Fox, who threw Eve out of the ring. She then covered Maryse and won her first title in the WWE.

Chris Jericho

Chris Jericho

Christopher Keith Irvine , better known by his ring name Chris Jericho, is an inactive Canadian-American professional wrestler, musician, songwriter, radio personality, television host, actor, author, and dancer...

would come out next and taunt the crowd by saying that it was because of him that they were all at the event that night. He then referred to his disqualification loss against Evan Bourne the previous week on Raw calling him a has-been who tried to make a name for himself off of Jericho. The match began after Jericho called Bourne out to the ring. The match included a lot of high-flying offense from Bourne and many near falls. Jericho got the advantage when he hit Bourne with his finisher, the Code Breaker, but Bourne kicked out. The match ended when Bourne hit Air Bourne on Jericho's back and pinned him for the win.

Main event matches

The first main event of the night featured the World Heavyweight Championship

World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)

being defended by the champion Jack Swagger in a Fatal 4-Way match against Rey Mysterio, The Big Show

Paul Wight

Paul Donald Wight, Jr. , better known by his ring name, Big Show, is an American professional wrestler and actor, currently signed to WWE on its Raw brand....

and CM Punk

CM Punk

. Big Show dominated the first half of the match, quickly knocking down all of his opponents. The advantage turned when the other three competitors concentrated their offense mainly on him taking him out for some time. The match was then contested evenly until Punk hit his finisher on Swagger, but before he could pin him, they were interrupted by Kane

Kane (wrestler)

. Kane attempted to put Punk in a casket but Punk was able to espape with Kane in pursuit. Mysterio took advantage of the situation and hit Swagger with his finishing move, the 619, and covered him to win his first World Heavyweight Championship since 2006

WrestleMania 22

Notes: .The predominant feud on the SmackDown! brand was between Kurt Angle, Rey Mysterio, and Randy Orton over the World Heavyweight Championship. Mysterio won the 2006 Royal Rumble match, last eliminating Orton, to earn a World Championship match at WrestleMania. At No Way Out, Orton defeated...

.

The Miz defended his United States Championship

WWE United States Championship

The WWE United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship in WWE. It was originally a National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling championship, and is currently the secondary championship of the Raw brand....

against the former champion R-Truth

Ron Killings

Ronald Aaron "Ron" Killings is an American professional wrestler and rapper. He is currently signed to WWE working on its Raw brand. Since working for the company, he has been a one time United States Champion under the ring name R-Truth and a two time Hardcore Champion under the ring name K-Kwik...

. Miz made his entrance using his opponent's entrance music, barring a few tweaks he made in his favor. The match went at a quick pace throughout and came to an end when Miz reversed R-Truth for a pin attempt which was completed and he retained his title.

The Unified tag team champions, The Hart Dynasty

The Hart Dynasty

The Hart Dynasty was a professional wrestling stable that appeared in World Wrestling Entertainment. The unit consisted of the tag team of Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith, and WWE Diva Natalya...

, competed against The Usos

The Usos

The Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina...

and Tamina

Sarona Reiher

Sarona Reiher is a professional wrestler who is currently signed to WWE, where she is performing on the SmackDown brand, using the ring name Tamina...

next in a six-person tag team match. The match was won by the Hart Dynasty.

The seventh and final match of the evening was for the WWE Championship

WWE Championship

The WWE Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE. It is the world title of the Raw brand and one of two in WWE, complementing the World Heavyweight Championship of the SmackDown brand. It was established under the then WWWF in 1963...

defended by John Cena

John Cena

John Felix Anthony Cena is an American professional wrestler, actor, rapper, and television personality. He is currently signed to WWE as a member of its WWE Raw brand....

against Sheamus, Randy Orton

Randy Orton

Randal Keith "Randy" Orton is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE wrestling on its SmackDown brand...

and Edge in a fatal four-way match. The crowd gave every superstar a positive reaction regardless of their status of a hero or villain. None of the competitors stayed in the ring for long as when one would get an advantage over another opponent they would be interrupted by another one of the challengers. The match came to an abrupt end when it was interrupted by the rookies from the first season of WWE NXT
WWE NXT
WWE NXT is a sports entertainment television program produced by WWE that debuted on February 23, 2010. Described as a hybrid between reality television and WWE's scripted live event shows, the premise of the show follows select talent contracted to WWE's developmental territory Florida...

who had previously formed a faction against the roster of the Raw brand. The rookies first attacked Cena in the ring. Edge then tried to help him but was then attacked next instead. In the midst of the commotion, Sheamus pinned Cena to win the championship, bringing the event to a premature conclusion.

Reception

The event received generally mixed reviews. Bob Kapur from SLAM! Wrestling awarded the WWE Championship Match an 8 out of 10 and the World Heavyweight Championship Match a 7 out of 10. He also appreciated Chris Jericho

Chris Jericho

and Evan Bourne for their performances in their match and touted the match as "Match Of The Night". Overall he awarded the event a score of 8 out of 10.

In a mixed review, Rob McNichol from The Sun
The Sun (newspaper)
The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...

stated that the WWE Championship finish was simply a "Cheap title switch" and the NXT rookie invasion

Nexus (professional wrestling)

The Nexus was a villainous professional wrestling stable in the professional wrestling promotion, WWE, that competed on its Raw brand. The group originally consisted of all eight rookies of NXT season one and shifted their roster several times throughout their existence...

a "rehash of Raw". He also claimed the World Title match was tainted by Kane's attack on CM Punk. The shortened length of the event was harshly criticized by the reviewer, claiming the audience were "short changed as the event went off the air 25 minutes ahead of schedule". The event was awarded a score of 6 out of 10.

Results

#	Matches	Stipulations	Times
Dark	Zack Ryder Zack Ryder Matthew Joseph Cardona, Jr. better known by his ring name Zack Ryder, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE and works on the Raw brand as a wrestler and the SmackDown brand as an assistant to SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long.Cardona wrestled mostly with his tag... defeated Montel Vontavious Porter	Singles match	Unknown
1	Kofi Kingston Kofi Kingston Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah , is a Ghanaian American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Kofi Kingston. He is currently signed to WWE and works on its Raw brand where he is one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions with Evan Bourne as Air Boom... (c) defeated Drew McIntyre	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship WWE Intercontinental Championship The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship in WWE. It is the original secondary title of the promotion. Currently, it is the secondary championship exclusive to the SmackDown brand...	16:29
2	Alicia Fox defeated Eve Torres Eve Torres Eve Marie Torres is an American dancer, model, and professional wrestler. She is working for WWE on Raw brand. She is a two time WWE Divas Champion.Torres began her career as a model and dancer... (c), Gail Kim Gail Kim Gail Kim is a Canadian professional wrestler of Korean descent, who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where she is the current TNA Women's Knockout Champion and one half of the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions with Madison Rayne... and Maryse Maryse Ouellet Maryse Ouellet is a Professional Glamour Model and a former professional wrestler, better known simply as Maryse. She most recently worked for WWE...	Fatal four-way match for the WWE Divas Championship WWE Divas Championship The WWE Diva's Championship is a unified professional wrestling championship in WWE. It is competed for by WWE Divas. The championship was created by WWE in 2008, and was introduced in storyline by then-SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero as an alternative to Raw's Women's Championship...	05:42
3	Evan Bourne defeated Chris Jericho Chris Jericho Christopher Keith Irvine , better known by his ring name Chris Jericho, is an inactive Canadian-American professional wrestler, musician, songwriter, radio personality, television host, actor, author, and dancer...	Singles match	12:04
4	Rey Mysterio defeated Jack Swagger (c), CM Punk CM Punk Phillip Jack "Phil" Brooks , better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE and working on its Raw brand currently serving his second title reign as WWE Champion.... and The Big Show	Fatal four-way match for the World Heavyweight Championship World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE. It is the world title of the SmackDown brand and one of two in WWE, complementing the WWE Championship of the Raw brand...	9:55
5	The Miz (c) defeated R-Truth Ron Killings Ronald Aaron "Ron" Killings is an American professional wrestler and rapper. He is currently signed to WWE working on its Raw brand. Since working for the company, he has been a one time United States Champion under the ring name R-Truth and a two time Hardcore Champion under the ring name K-Kwik...	Singles match for the WWE United States Championship WWE United States Championship The WWE United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship in WWE. It was originally a National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling championship, and is currently the secondary championship of the Raw brand....	13:23
6	The Hart Dynasty The Hart Dynasty The Hart Dynasty was a professional wrestling stable that appeared in World Wrestling Entertainment. The unit consisted of the tag team of Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith, and WWE Diva Natalya... (Tyson Kidd, David Hart Smith and Natalya) defeated The Usos The Usos The Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina... (Jimmy and Jey Uso) and Tamina Sarona Reiher Sarona Reiher is a professional wrestler who is currently signed to WWE, where she is performing on the SmackDown brand, using the ring name Tamina...	Six-person mixed tag team match	9:31
7	Sheamus defeated John Cena John Cena John Felix Anthony Cena is an American professional wrestler, actor, rapper, and television personality. He is currently signed to WWE as a member of its WWE Raw brand.... (c), Randy Orton Randy Orton Randal Keith "Randy" Orton is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE wrestling on its SmackDown brand... and Edge	Fatal four-way match for the WWE Championship WWE Championship The WWE Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE. It is the world title of the Raw brand and one of two in WWE, complementing the World Heavyweight Championship of the SmackDown brand. It was established under the then WWWF in 1963...	17:25
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

External links

Official WWE Fatal 4-Way website

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