Cyber Sunday 2008 Cyber Sunday 2008 was the fifth and final Cyber Sunday ( the third under this name ) professional wrestling pay - per - view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . It took place on October 26 , 2008 at the US Airways Center in Phoenix , Arizona . It featured wrestlers from the Raw , ECW , and SmackDown brands . Eight professional wrestling matches and one miscellaneous segment were featured on the event ' s card . The event received 153 , 000 pay - per - view buys , less than the previous year ' s event . Background . Unlike other WWE events where the stipulations were determined by WWE ' s creative staff , stipulations for matches were determined by votes from WWE fans conducted on WWE . com and by text messaging . The event was scheduled to feature eight professional wrestling matches and one miscellaneous segment . Although the stipulations resulted from votes by WWE fans , different wrestlers were involved in pre - existing scripted feuds , plots and storylines , which led to scheduled matches in which WWE fans could vote upon stipulations . Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or fan favorites as they followed a series of tension - building events . All wrestlers were from either the ECW , Raw , or SmackDown brands – a storyline division in which WWE assigned its employees to a different television program . The main feud from the Raw brand was over the World Heavyweight Championship . On the October 6 , 2008 episode of " Raw " , General Manager Mike Adamle announced that World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho would defend his title against Batista in a standard wrestling match , also known as a singles match , in which a guest referee would be voted for by WWE fans ; the candidates for the position were Randy Orton , Shawn Michaels , and Steve Austin . Earlier that night , it was also announced that Santino Marella would defend his WWE Intercontinental Championship against a former Intercontinental Champion voted for by the WWE fans ; the candidates were Roddy Piper , Goldust , or The Honky Tonk Man . The main rivalry from the SmackDown brand was over the WWE Championship . It was announced on the October 10 , 2008 episode of " Friday Night SmackDown " that WWE Champion Triple H would defend his title against either Jeff Hardy or Vladimir Kozlov in a singles match , or in a triple - threat match , a standard match involving both Hardy and Kozlov . Later that night it was also announced that The Big Show would face The Undertaker in a the fans choice of match , which included a Knockout match , " I Quit " match , or a Last Man Standing match . The only rivalry from the ECW brand was over the ECW Championship . It was announced on the October 14 , 2008 episode of " ECW " that ECW Champion Matt Hardy would defend the title against the fans choice of an opponent , which were Mark Henry , Evan Bourne , or Finlay . Event . Before the event aired live on pay - per - view , Shelton Benjamin defended the WWE United States Championship against a superstar of the fans ' choice in a match that was streamed exclusively on WWE . com . The candidates to be voted in were R - Truth , Montel Vontavious Porter and Festus . R - Truth won the poll by 59 % over MVP and Festus , and hence faced Benjamin for the title . The match went back and forth , but ultimately Benjamin performed the Paydirt on R - Truth and pinned him to retain his title . The first match to be aired live was a No Holds Barred match between Kane and Rey Mysterio . The No Holds Barred match stipulation was voted by the fans over a Falls Count Anywhere match and a Two out of three falls match . Early on in the match , Mysterio used his quickness and agility against Kane , along with some weapons like a Kendo stick and a STOP sign . Soon , Kane overpowered Mysterio and dominated the later part of the match . Near the end , Mysterio drop - toe held Kane and drove him face - first into the steel ring - steps kept in the corner of the ring . Then he hit Kane with a steel chair multiple times , before delivering a 619 and springboard splash and pinning him to win the match . The next match featured Matt Hardy defending the ECW Championship against Evan Bourne , who was voted as the challenger by the fans over Mark Henry and Finlay . Early in the match , Bourne surprised Hardy with his agility , but Hardy eventually got control of the match . Nevertheless , Bourne hit several high - flying moves on Hardy , like a standing moonsault , a hurricanrana countering Hardy ' s Splash Mountain Bomb , and a diving knee drop from the top rope . In the end , Bourne missed the Air Bourne , and hence capitalizing , Hardy delivered a Twist of Fate to Bourne and pinned him to retain his title . The third match aired was a tag team match with John Morrison and The Miz taking on Cryme Tyme ( Shad Gaspard and JTG ) . This tag team match was chosen over an intergender tag team match having William Regal and Layla taking on Jamie Noble and Mickie James , and a World Tag Team Championship match between the champions Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase and the team of CM Punk and Kofi Kingston . The match featured numerous tag team moves from both the teams . At one point , Shad threw JTG over the ropes onto Morrison and Miz outside the ring . Back in the ring , Morrison and Miz controlled the latter part of the match . In the end , Miz , who was not the legal man in the ring , kicked Shad ' s knee behind the referee ' s back and Morrison delivered the Moonlight Drive to Shad for the pinfall . The fourth match was between Santino Marella and The Honky Tonk Man for the Intercontinental Championship . Honky Tonk Man was voted as Marella ' s challenger by the fans over Roddy Piper and Goldust . Before the match started , Honky Tonk Man danced to his theme music and asked Marella to do the same , but he delivered a cheap shot to Honky Tonk Man to officially start the match . However , the match ended soon when Beth Phoenix , who was by Marella ' s side , tripped Honky Tonk Man as he preparing to hit Marella with his fist , and hence , the match ended in Honky Tonk Man ' s favor as he won via disqualification . Nevertheless , Marella remained the Intercontinental Champion as the title does not change hands via disqualification . After the match , Piper and Goldust made their way down to the ring to confront Marella . In the ring , Goldust hit the Final Cut on Marella , Piper hit him with a punch combination followed by an eye poke , and Honky Tonk Man delivered the Shake , Rattle and Roll to Marella . The fifth match of the evening was a Last Man Standing match between The Undertaker and The Big Show . The Last Man Standing match stipulation was voted by the fans over a Knockout match and an " I Quit " match . In the beginning , Big Show threw Undertaker out of the ring , and after some time , Undertaker hit Big Show with a steel chair . The match continued with Big Show dominating Undertaker and striking him with punches . The match featured many other spots , like Undertaker thrusting Big Show ' s throat against a ringpost with a steel chair ; Undertaker delivering a leg drop to Big Show on the ring apron , and then later countering Big Show ' s Chokeslam into a DDT ; and , then Big Show hitting Undertaker with a TV monitor and even chokeslamming him from the Barricade through an announcer ' s table . In the end , Big Show hit Undertaker first with a chokeslam , followed by a knockout punch to the face and then with a steel chair , but Undertaker got to his feet each time before the ten count . Finally , Undertaker locked in Hell ' s Gate on Big Show causing Show to lose consciousness and allowing Undertaker to win the match . Throughout the night , a costume contest was held featuring the WWE Divas . The winner was announced in the ring before the WWE Championship match . Mickie James , dressed as Lara Croft , won the contest . The next match was a WWE Championship match where the fans voted who Triple H ' s opponent , who was Jeff Hardy , who won the poll over Vladimir Kozlov . During the beginning of the match both Hardy and Triple H countered each other ' s moves , then it was evenly matched . Hardy then hit the Swanton Bomb , then went up to the top rope for a second Swanton Bomb , but was unsuccessful in doing so . As Hardy was attempting the move , Triple H got up and countered the move into a Pedigree , and pinned Hardy for the win , and to retain his WWE title . The main event featured Chris Jericho defending his World Heavyweight Championship against Batista . Steve Austin was voted by the fans to be the special guest referee . Upon hearing the voting results , Jericho attempted to walk away from the match and get counted out , but Austin explained that if Jericho got counted out or disqualified , then he would lose the title . So Jericho ran back in and proceeded with the match . It went back and forth between the two until Jericho hit a double knee facebuster , called the Codebreaker , on Austin , allowing Batista to take advantage of Jericho . Shawn Michaels came down to the ring and counted Batista ' s attempted pinfall , which Jericho kicked out at two . Michaels was about to hit a superkick to the face , called Sweet Chin Music , on Jericho , but instead faked Jericho out . John " Bradshaw " Layfield came down to the ring and chased Michaels out of the arena . Then Randy Orton came out and was appearing to take over as the special referee , but Austin got up and hit a Stunner on Orton . The match ended with Batista pinning Jericho after a Batista Bomb to become the new World Heavyweight Champion . After the match , Austin and Batista celebrated as they drank beer . Aftermath . It was announced on the 800th episode celebration of " Raw " that the World Heavyweight Championship would be defended at Survivor Series against John Cena . Later that night , Chris Jericho defeated Batista to win back the title , resulting in a Jericho versus Cena match at Survivor Series . At Survivor Series , Cena defeated Jericho to win the World Heavyweight Championship . The feud between Triple H , Jeff Hardy and Vladimir Kozlov continued . On the November 7 episode of " SmackDown " , Kozlov defeated the Undertaker via disqualification to win a title match against Triple H at Survivor Series . Hardy asked Vickie Guerrero for another chance at the title , which she refused . Then on the November 14 episode of " SmackDown " , Hardy defeated Undertaker in an Extreme Rules Match , which led to Guerrero announcing that if Hardy could beat Triple H the next week , the match at Survivor Series would be a triple threat match between Triple H , Kozlov and Hardy . The next week , Hardy defeated Triple H to gain entry into the match . On the morning of Survivor Series , however , the storyline called for Hardy to be found unconscious in his hotel . The WWE Championship was changed to a standard singles match between Kozlov and Triple H , but during the match , Guerrero announced that , as promised , there would be a triple threat match . The angle allowed the returning Edge to make his previously unannounced return in the match and win the WWE Championship . Reception . " Canadian Online Explorer " ' s professional wrestling section rated the entire event an 8 out of 10 stars and said that this PPV lived up to its hype . This rating was higher than the previous Cyber Sunday which was rated a 7 . 5 out of 10 stars . " The Sun " gave a positive review of the event , rating it an 8 out of 10 , and praising the ECW Championship match as the match of the night .