page_title: Taboo Tuesday (2004)
section_title: Main event matches
hierarchical_section_title: Taboo Tuesday (2004) / Event / Main event matches
caption_attribution_description: Professional wrestler Shawn Michaels at a WWE house show held at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England.
context_page_description: Taboo Tuesday (2004) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. It took place on October 19, 2004 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was the inaugural Taboo Tuesday event, marking the first time in which the fans were given the chance to vote on stipulations for the matches. The voting for the event started on October 18, 2004 and ended during the event. Eight professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card. The buildup to the matches and the scenarios that took place before, during, and after the event were planned by WWE's script writers. The event starred wrestlers from the Raw brand: a storyline expansion of the promotion where employees are assigned to a wrestling brand under the WWE banner.
  The main event was a steel cage match in which Randy Orton defeated Ric Flair by pinfall; this marked the only time Flair ever headlined a WWE pay-per-view event. Two bouts were featured on the undercard. In respective singles matches, World Heavyweight Champion Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels to retain his title and Gene Snitsky defeated Kane in a Weapon of Choice match.
context_section_description: The seventh match was the World Heavyweight Championship match, where the fans' chose Shawn Michaels by 38%, to face Triple H for the title. Triple H targeted Michael's injured knee, applying a Figure four leglock on Michaels. Michaels would gain the advantage when he countered a maneuver by Triple H. As Michaels was about to perform Sweet Chin Music on Triple H, Edge interfered in the match and executed a spear on Michaels. Triple H pinned Michaels to retain the title.
  In the main event, Randy Orton faced Ric Flair in a steel cage match, which gained 68% of the vote. During the match, both Orton and Flair managed to get the upper hand. A spot in the match saw Flair hit a low blow on Orton and sent him into the cage, causing Orton to bleed. Orton regained the momentum by sending Flair into the cage, resulting in Flair bleeding. The match concluded with Orton performing an RKO for the win. After the match, the two shook hands.
caption: Shawn Michaels, who was voted to face Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship
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