Stratus won the match after forcing Lita to submit to the sharpshooter, thus becoming a record setting seven time WWE Women's Champion.

Notably, Jeff Hardy continued to feud with Johnny Nitro, facing off against him for the WWE Intercontinental Championship throughout September.

Following his win against Edge, Cena began an angle with Kevin Federline, which started the following month at Cyber Sunday and lasted throughout the year.

Unforgiven was first held by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as the 21st In Your House pay-per-view (PPV) in April 1998.

[4] The event featured seven professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines.

All wrestlers belonged to the Raw brand – a storyline division in which WWE assigned its employees to a different program, the other being SmackDown!.

[5][6] On the edition of August 21, 2006 of Raw, Lita, Edge's girlfriend, threw Cena's customized belt, which had a spinning center plate of the WWE logo, into the Long Island Sound.

[9] Cena, however, interrupted and told Edge that if he got another WWE Championship match and lost, he would sign a contract with SmackDown!

[11] On the edition of August 21, 2006 of Raw, as part of the storyline, DX vandalized the WWE headquarters and Vince McMahon's personal jet plane and limousine.

[8][12] On the edition of August 28 of Raw, The McMahons viciously attacked DX after their 3-on-2 handicap match with their SummerSlam opponents, Mr. Kennedy, Finlay and William Regal.

Hardy performed the Swanton Bomb, but Nitro put his foot on the rope to break a pinfall attempt.

[20][21] The third match was for the World Tag Team Championship between the Spirit Squad (Kenny and Mikey) and The Highlanders.

The members of the Squad, who were at ringside, interfered in the match and gave the upper hand to their teammates, as Mikey was able to pin Rory after a Facebuster, thus able to retain the World Tag Team Championship.

Michaels proceeded to perform Sweet Chin Music on Big Show, causing him to dangle over the top rope.

Michaels performed a second Sweet Chin Music on Vince, followed by Triple H hitting him in the back with a sledgehammer and covering him for the win.

After back-and-forth action, Carlito attempted another springboard, only for Orton to counter it into a mid-air RKO for the win.

[20][27] In the main event, Edge faced John Cena in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the WWE Championship.

Writing for Canadian Online Explorer, Brian Elliott stated that the event was "a card of averages, with nothing excellent and little poor".

Edge cited Randy Orton's lack of success after being kicked out of Evolution by Triple H and DX's "stale" antics "taking up TV time" as reasons to join forces.

On the edition of September 25 of Raw, a Women's title tournament began, and the first match was won by Lita, after she defeated Candice Michelle.

[41] The following week, Maria won a Fatal Four-Way Bra and Panties match against Victoria, Candice Michelle, and Torrie Wilson to advance to the semi-finals.

[46] Lita won the vacant Women's title, after she pinned James with a Swinging snap DDT.

[43] At the same time, Cena became involved in a storyline with non-wrestler Kevin Federline when he began appearing on Raw with Johnny Nitro and Melina.