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Roberts threw some T-shirts into the crowd, and then they did a 10-minute intermission.
6) The Miz beat Kofi Kingston to retain the U.S. title. Miz did mic work, complaining about flying from Boston to Omaha, then driving to Lincoln in freezing cold weather. He mentioned the Raw match with Kofi from two weeks ago. A good match. Miz rolled out of the ring before the Trouble in Paradise, but got hit by a dive. In the end, Kofi missed a dive into the corner and got hung up on the buckles. Miz hit the Skull Crushing Finale for the pin.
7) Sheamus pinned Mark Henry to retain the WWE title. They had both guys enter the ring and then did the ring intros in the corner, like they often do in title matches on TV, for a nice touch. Sheamus kept trying to find different way to win, since the idea was Henry was more powerful. He rammed Henry into the post and they teased a countout, but Henry got back in at nine for a good pop. Sheamus was up on the top rope, but Henry pulled him off and was going to hit the World’s Strongest Slam, but Sheamus turned it into a DDT. He hit the jumping kick to the face a minute later to get the win.
8) D-Generation X beat The Big Show and Randy Orton to retain the WWE Unified Tag Team titles in the main event. There were tons of D-X glow sticks in the arena for their ring entrance. Triple H talked about the freezing temps in Lincoln and the crowd cheered. Show came out and they made it sound like Orton was a surprise partner, even though local advertising during SmackDown had said this match would be the main event. A lot of stalling and comedy early on, but the crowd was definitely into it. Triple H was setting Orton up for the Pedigree, but Big Show choke slammed him while the ref was distracted. Shawn Michaels then jumped in and pulled Show over the top rope with a front facelock (similar to what Chris Benoit did to Show in the ’04 Rumble). A few minutes later, D-X hit the Pedigree with Michaels assisting on Show to score the pin. Orton left Show in the ring and went to the back, as D-X celebrated.
