Cyber Sunday, originally known as Taboo Tuesday, was an annual pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) since 2004.

It was held on October 26, 2008, at the US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona and featured wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands.

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.

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 Stone Cold Steve Austin.

[7] 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 match went back and forth, but ultimately Benjamin performed the Paydirt on R-Truth and pinned him to retain his title.

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.

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.

In the next match, Matt Hardy defended the ECW Championship against Evan Bourne, who the fans voted as the challenger over Mark Henry and Finlay.

In the fourth match, Santino Marella (with Beth Phoenix) faced The Honky Tonk Man for the Intercontinental Championship.

The fans voted Honky Tonk Man as Marella's opponent over Roddy Piper and Goldust.

In the main event, Chris Jericho defended his World Heavyweight Championship against Batista.

The fans voted Stone Cold Steve Austin to be the special guest referee.

Shawn Michaels came down to the ring and counted Jericho's attempted pinfall, which Batista kicked out at two.

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.

[11] It was announced on the 800th episode celebration of Raw that the World Heavyweight Championship would be defended at Survivor Series against John Cena.

At Survivor Series, Cena defeated Jericho to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

On the November 7 episode of SmackDown, Kozlov defeated the Undertaker via disqualification to win a title match against Triple H at Survivor Series.