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Promotional poster featuring Chris Jericho
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Theme song(s) |
"Chinese Democracy" by Guns N' Roses | |||
Information | ||||
Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | |||
Brand(s) |
Raw SmackDown ECW |
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Sponsor(s) | Prince of Persia | |||
Date | December 14, 2008 | |||
Attendance | 12,500 | |||
Venue | HSBC Arena | |||
City | Buffalo, New York | |||
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Armageddon chronology | ||||
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Armageddon (2008) was a professional-wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) promotion and presented by Ubisoft's Prince of Persia. It took place on December 14, 2008, at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. It featured professional wrestlers and other talent from all WWE's three brands: Raw, SmackDown, and ECW. The ninth and final event within the Armageddon chronology, it featured on its card seven professional wrestling matches.
During the SmackDown main event, Jeff Hardy defeated Triple H and WWE Champion Edge in a Triple Threat match to win the championship. The Raw main event featured the World Heavyweight Championship contested in a standard wrestling match, in which John Cena defeated Chris Jericho to retain the title. The undercard featured several matches, including CM Punk against Rey Mysterio in the finals of a tournament to determine the number-one contender to the WWE Intercontinental Championship, and Randy Orton versus Batista in a standard wrestling match.