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No Mercy 2007 was a professional wrestling event available on pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the ninth annual No Mercy event and took place on October 7 2007 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.

For the first time, there were three new WWE Championship reigns in one night, as Randy Orton was awarded the vacant title (previously held by John Cena) to start the event, only to lose it to Triple H a half-hour later, but in turn regain it at the end of the night in a Last Man Standing match.

The other championship matches on the undercard were Batista versus The Great Khali in a Punjabi Prison match for the World Heavyweight Championship, Candice Michelle versus Beth Phoenix for the WWE Women's Championship, and CM Punk versus Big Daddy V for the ECW Championship.

Background
The main feud going into the event for the RAW brand was between WWE Champion John Cena and Randy Orton. The feud began in July after Orton was named the number one contender for Cena's WWE Championship. At SummerSlam, Cena defeated Orton, while at Unforgiven, Orton beat Cena by disqualification. Immediately after the match, acting RAW General Manager Jonathan Coachman, believing that Cena got himself disqualified intentionally, made a rematch between the two at No Mercy, this time in a Last Man Standing Match. On September 17, after threatening to strip Cena of his title for his actions at No Mercy, Coachman ordered Cena's father, Mr. Cena, to face Orton in a match. The match saw Orton hit Mr. Cena with an RKO, while John was forced to watch at ringside while handcuffed to a ring rope. The following week, Coachman announced that Orton had been suspended indefinitely for his actions, although he later announced that Orton had simply been given the night off. The feud resumed on October 1 when Orton, who earlier appeared "via satellite from Chicago", attacked Cena after his match with Mr. Kennedy, knocking him out with an RKO on the announce table. However, during the match, Cena was legitimately injured, suffering a complete tear of his right pectoral tendon. As a result, the match was canceled, and on the October 2 edition of ECW, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon officially stripped Cena of the WWE Championship. No replacement match was ever announced, as McMahon simply stated that "a new WWE Champion will be crowned this Sunday."

The main feud for the SmackDown! brand was between Batista, the World Heavyweight Champion, and The Great Khali. The feud began in July when Khali laid out an open challenge to the SmackDown! roster, which was answered by Batista. Shortly after, the feud began revolving around the World Championship when Khali won a twenty-man battle royal on SmackDown!, winning the vacant title. At The Great American Bash, Khali defeated Batista and Kane in a triple threat match, while at SummerSlam, Batista beat Khali by disqualification after Khali used a chair. At Unforgiven, Batista defeated Khali and Rey Mysterio in a triple threat match to win the championship. Khali exercised his rematch clause for a match at No Mercy, to take place in his specialty match, the Punjabi Prison match.

The main feud for the ECW brand was between the ECW Champion, CM Punk, and Big Daddy V. The buildup began when General Manager Armando Estrada announced an "Elimination Chase to No Mercy", involving Elijah Burke, Tommy Dreamer, Kevin Thorn, and Stevie Richards. All four competitors competed in a match together, with the one losing the fall being eliminated from the chase. The remaining wrestlers then competed again, and the process continued until one superstar remained, with the winner challenging Punk for the title at No Mercy. Over a three-week period, Richards, Thorn, and Burke were eliminated, with Dreamer winning the number one contendership, until Estrada announced that there was one more contender in the chase, Big Daddy V. V quickly defeated Dreamer, winning the number one contendership.

Event
Before the event went live on pay-per-view, fans at the arena were treated to a special dark match between Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes, which Holly won with the Alabama Slam.

The event began with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon and Raw General Manager William Regal coming to the ring. McMahon reiterated that former WWE Champion John Cena would be out of action between six months and one year. He then announced that the new WWE Champion is Randy Orton. Regal gave Orton the choice of facing anyone he wanted that night for the championship. Before he could name an opponent, however, Triple H came out, demanding a championship match for that moment. After suggesting that he “didn't have the guts", McMahon ordered the match to begin. Triple H won the match after a rollup, becoming an eleven-time World Champion. Orton's championship reign lasted less than thirty minutes.

The next contest was a bonus six-man tag team match, which saw Jeff Hardy, Paul London and Brian Kendrick take on Mr. Kennedy and the World Tag Team Champions Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch, which the later won when Kennedy get the Green Bay Plunge on London.

Backstage, McMahon informed Triple H that his previously scheduled match against Umaga was still going to take place, and that his newly-won WWE Championship would be on the line.

Next up was lone ECW match of the evening as Chicago-native CM Punk defended his ECW Championship against Big Daddy V. The meeting was short lived as V's manager, Matt Striker, attacked Punk a couple minutes into the match, causing a disqualification. Afterward, V attacked Punk, hitting him with several elbow drops, causing Punk to bleed from the mouth.

In a continuation of their personal rivalry, WWE Tag Team Champions Matt Hardy and Montal Vontavious Porter (MVP) came out to have a pizza-eating contest. The contest was moderated by Tazz and also featured Maria and Melina as scorekeepers. Hardy won the contest two slices to none.

Up next was the second WWE Championship match of the evening as Triple H defended his newly-won title against Umaga. The ending saw Triple H win the match after hitting Umaga with a pedigree.

Friday Night SmackDown! was represented in the next match as Rey Mysterio took on Finlay. The match ended in a no contest after Finlay snapped his head off the floor. However, while being taken away on a stretcher, Finlay jumped out and attacked Mysterio.

Backstage, Triple H was having his ribs iced down when McMahon came in to inform him that Orton was invoking his automatic rematch clause for the WWE Championship, and that the match would be taking place later that night. In addition, the match would be Last Man Standing, Orton's originally scheduled match against Cena.

The fourth championship match of the night was a rematch from Unforgiven, with Women's Champion Candice Michelle defending the title against Beth Phoenix. Phoenix pinned Michelle after a cradled suplex, winning the Women's Championship for the first time.

SmackDown!'s main event saw Batista defend the World Heavyweight Championship against The Great Khali in a Punjabi Prison match. While locked in the inner cage, neither competitor was able to escape through one of the four trap doors. Khali was able to escape the inner cage first. However, while climbing the outer cage, Batista, who had by this time reached the top of the inner cage, jumped to the outer cage to pull even with Khali. In a head-to-head race, Batista was able to reach the floor first, winning the match, and retaining the championship.

The main event of the evening saw a rematch from the start of the show, with Triple H defending the WWE Championship against former champion Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing match. The only way to win the match was to beat up your opponent so much that they could not answer the referee's ten-count. This was Triple H's third match of the evening, and Orton's second. In the end, Orton hit the RKO on Triple H over an announce table, and Triple H could not answer the ten-count. Orton won the WWE Championship for the second time of the night, and Triple H's eleventh world title reign lasted a little over two hours.

Results

 * Dark match: Hardcore Holly defeated Cody Rhodes
 * Holly pinned Rhodes after an Alabama Slam.
 * Vince McMahon awarded the vacant WWE Championship to Randy Orton
 * Triple H defeated Randy Orton to win the WWE Championship (11:15)
 * Triple H pinned Orton with a school boy roll-up.
 * This match was originally supposed to be John Cena defending the title against Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing match, but was changed when Cena suffered a legitimate injury and the title was vacated.
 * Mr. Kennedy, Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch defeated Jeff Hardy, Paul London and Brian Kendrick (8:06)
 * Kennedy pinned London after a Green Bay Plunge.
 * CM Punk defeated Big Daddy V (w/Matt Striker) by disqualification to retain the ECW Championship (1:37)
 * Big Daddy V was disqualified after Striker attacked Punk.
 * Triple H defeated Umaga to retain the WWE Championship (6:33)
 * Triple H pinned Umaga after a Pedigree.
 * Finlay fought Rey Mysterio to a no-contest (9:08)
 * The referee stopped the match after Finlay took a bump to the outside and feigned unconsciousness. Finlay then attacked Mysterio from behind.
 * Beth Phoenix defeated Candice Michelle to win the WWE Women's Championship (4:32)
 * Phoenix pinned Michelle with a Bridging Fisherman's Suplex.
 * Batista defeated The Great Khali (w/Ranjin Singh) in a Punjabi Prison match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (14:47)
 * Batista won after escaping from the structure by climbing over the bamboo cage.
 * Randy Orton defeated Triple H in a Last Man Standing match to win the WWE Championship (20:25)
 * Triple H failed to answer the 10-count after an RKO on the announce table.