In this match, John Cena defeated Kurt Angle and Shawn Michaels to retain his title.

The other featured an interpromotional tag team match where Rey Mysterio and Matt Hardy (SmackDown!)

"[4] The 2005 event, which was also a Raw-exclusive PPV, was held on November 1 at the iPayOne Center in San Diego, California.

The buildup to the match began at Unforgiven, Raw's previous pay-per-view event, in which Cena intentionally disqualified himself.

In WWE, a championship cannot change hands via count-out or disqualification, as a result, Cena retained the title.

[7][8] Bischoff was scripted to promote three series of qualifying matches, in which the winner would receive a spot on the ballot as a potential challenger to Cena and Angle.

[11][12] One of the featured preliminary matches was between Ric Flair versus Triple H for the WWE Intercontinental Championship.

[13] He took part in a match, teaming up with Flair, who was a fan favorite during Triple H's absence, to take on Chris Masters and Carlito.

[14] The duo defeated Masters and Carlito; after the match, Triple H turned on Flair and hit him with a sledgehammer and officially marked the end of Evolution after more than two years since 2003.

[14] The following week, Triple H explained his actions, saying he saw that Flair had become mediocre when he was spat at and when he won the Intercontinental title.

The feud began on the October 3 episode of Raw, in which WWE Chairman Vince McMahon wanted a match between SmackDown!

[14] A match was scheduled, but before it could get underway, Eric Bischoff announced that McMahon had left the arena, thus leaving himself in charge.

Before the match, Edge refused to wrestle, saying he didn't care about representing Raw and chose Snitsky as his replacement.

[17][18] Masters and Snitsky quickly gained the early advantage in the match, as they took the upper hand over Mysterio.

[17][18] In the next match, Rob Conway and Tyson Tomko faced Eugene and Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, who won the fans' vote with 42%.

Eugene tagged Snuka in and performed a series of chops to Conway's chest and headbutted him in the process.

Back in the ring, Mankind received the upper hand after delivering a DDT and forced Carlito to submit with the Mandible claw and win the match.

[17][18] The voting results for John Cena and Kurt Angle's opponent for the WWE Championship were then revealed, with Shawn Michaels winning.

The Big Show, who was tagged in, stood at 7 feet 0 inches (2.13 m) and weighed 500 pounds (230 kg), used his body size to his advantage as he squashed, or easily and quickly performed moves on, Cade and Murdoch.

[17][18] The sixth match was a Battle Royal, a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared the winner, for the WWE Women's Championship between Ashley, Candice Michelle, Mickie James, Victoria, Maria and Trish Stratus, all of whom wore lingerie, which was voted by the fans' with 43%.

[17][18] In the seventh match, Ric Flair defended the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Triple H inside a Steel Cage, which gained 83% of the vote.

However, Flair countered, raising his foot to Triple H's face and performed a series of knife edged chops.

After that, Flair bit Triple H's head, bloodying him from his forehead; This often results when a wrestler is trapped, either in a corner of the ring or in a submission hold, as a desperation move.

The match ended when Flair reversed a Pedigree with a back body drop and hit Triple H with a steel chair three times, allowing Flair to escape through the steel cage door to win the match and retain his Intercontinental title.

[17] In the main event, John Cena defended the WWE Championship against Kurt Angle and Shawn Michaels, who received the fans' vote to be part of the Triple Threat match.

Mid-way in the match, Angle and Michaels double teamed Cena, lifting him in the air, crashing face-first on the Spanish announce table.

Michaels, who was on the outside, delivered a Diving Elbow Drop, on Angle and performed Sweet Chin Music on him.

A match was scheduled in which Cena would defend WWE Championship against Angle at November's pay-per-view event Survivor Series.

[24] In the scripted feud, Angle refused to compete in the November 7 episode of Raw due to the "you suck" chants from the audience.

[27] The storyline angle between Triple H and Ric Flair also continued at Survivor Series, where they were scheduled in a Last Man Standing match.