Santino Marella (w/ The Great Khali & Hornswoggle) vs Antonio Cesaro (w/ Zeb Colter & Jack Swagger)
Cesaro knocks Santino down and double stomps him, then he applies a headlock and whips him but Santino throws him into the ropes and goes for a rollup. Cesaro holds the ropes and goes for a submission, but Santino kicks him back and goes for Cobra, only to have Cesaro knock him down and catch him with a giant swing. Santino pops up and falls down dizzy, then Cesaro goes after him but Santino blocks a punch and goes for a judo throw before rolling him up for the surprise win.
Winner – Santino Marella
Jerry Lawler invites Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton to the ring and says this will be a verbal confrontation only, and Orton says he was pissed, but now he's glad Triple H held up the title. He says it gave him a new reason to return to being the Viper, and Bryan is in trouble Sunday because he is more superior than Bryan is. Bryan says HHH may have inspired Orton to make him better and to make more money, but he thinks it's actually because Orton won't meet his potential. Bryan says he's never needed anyone to do what he wants, and he will rise to greater heights when he beats him for the title again. Orton screams at the fans to shut up and says Bryan isn't championship material based on a catchphrase, and he says Bryan's been on a role and he even got engaged.
Orton says there's something wrong with Brie if she settled for him, then he says one day she will wake up and want to be with a handsome champion like him. Bryan loses it and unloads on Orton, then they fight at ringside for a bit before Orton slams him into the ringpost and suplexes him onto the barricade. Orton sets up for a hangman's DDT off of the apron, then Brie runs out and begs him to stop, but Orton hits the DDT right in front of her. Brie checks on Bryan but Orton chases her away, then he takes the broadcast table apart and slams Bryan's head into it and mocks Brie's plea to stop. Orton pulls Bryan on top of the table and RKO's him through it, then he stares at Bryan before leaving while Brie and some referees check on him.
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