By James Caldwell, PWTorch.com The show opened with an intro video on the WWE wrestlers interacting with the troops throughout their stay in Iraq. Randy Orton then came out to start the show. Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler are handling the commentary tonight. Jericho followed out for his visit to Iraq. He took a victory lap around the ring while helicopters did a fly-over. They aired footage on JBL kicking Jericho at the Armageddon PPV to set up their match. 1 — WWE champion RANDY ORTON vs.

CHRIS JERICHO — non-title match Jericho started off in control, but Orton punched him in the corner to take control and draw the heel heat. Orton tried to escape to the ring to safety, but Jericho nailed him with a baseball slide dropkick. Jericho followed with forearm blows on the outside before slamming him head-first into the ring steps. Jericho then grabbed a camera from a troop ringside and snapped a photo of Orton gasping for air.

On the way back into the ring, Jericho took a kick to the gut. Orton then dropped him with the horizontal spike DDT to take control. [Commercial Break] [Q2] Back from break, Orton was still in control on Jericho. Jericho started to build a comeback, but Orton locked in a sleeper hold. He drove Jericho to the mat and worked him over until Jericho powered to his feet and landed a back suplex. Jericho came up first and landed hard chops before building momentum with shoulder tackles.

Jericho tried the Walls of Jericho, but Orton slipped out, only to take an enziguiri kick. Jericho then followed with the Lionsault for a nearfall. Jericho got casual, so Orton hit a finger to the eye followed by the fallaway back cracker. Orton stalked Jericho for the RKO, but Jericho blocked and countered into the Walls of Jericho. Suddenly, JBL’s music hit and JBL strolled to the ring while Jericho still held the hold.