Backstage: Alberto Del Rio & Ricardo Rodriguez
Backstage we see Alberto Del Rio and his announcer Ricardo Rodriguez working on Del Rio’s upcoming ring introductions, modifying it to announce that he is the new World Heavyweight Champion.
Ladder Match: Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio (World Title)
There are ladders set up all over the ring. Early on, Christian takes a couple of really nasty ladder bumps that left an imediate bruise on his back and side. At a little over ten minutes into the match, Del Rio takes a big back drop bump over the top rope and onto a ladder on the floor outside the ring. Meanwhile, back in the ring, Christian goes to the ropes with a ladder with him. Del Rio gets to his feet, runs to the corner, jumps up and uses the ropes to set up an awesome kick on Christian, who then took another insane bump onto the ladder he had with him. Del Rio takes a shot at setting a ladder up and climbing it to get the belt, but Christian stops him. Christian hit Edge’s spear to knock Del Rio off the ladder. Nice tribute spot there. Christian makes a play on the ladder but no dice. Del Rio attempts a flying elbow onto Christian, who was laid across a ladder, but Christian moves just in time, resulting in Del Rio taking a huge bump onto the ladder. Christian goes for the belt, crowd buys into it being the finish, but again no dice. This time, Brodus Clay came out and yanked the ladder out from underneath Christian. Christian hangs onto the ring that holds the belt in the air. Brodus pulls him down off that as well. Christian hits Brodus with a small lader, which resulted in instant bleeding. Christian is also bleeding a tad bit himself. Del Rio locks in the cross arm-breaker out of nowhere. Now Christian is out on the floor and Del Rio sets up a ladder, looking for the finish. He’s distracted by a mysterious car horn that sounded. It turns out it was Edge in a jeep that he drove to ringside to distract him. Christian recovers and pushes the ladder over, knocking Del Rio off and onto Brodus. Christian climbs the ladder, pulls the belt down and wins the match. Edge joins Christian in the ring to celebrate.
Winner and NEW World Heavyweight Champion: Christian
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