IWE Judgment Day (2007)

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Judgment Day (2007)
Promotional poster featuring Kane
Theme song(s)	"I Don't Wanna Stop" by Ozzy Osbourne
Imformation
Promotion	International Wrestling Entertainment
Brand(s)	Raw Smackdown! XCW
Date	May 20, 2007
Attendance	10,500
Venue	Scottrade Center
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Pay-per-view chronology
Backlash (2007)	Judgment Day (2007)	One Night Stand (2007)
Judgment Day chronology
Judgment Day (2006)	Judgment Day (2007)	Judgment Day (2008)

Judgment Day (2007) was the ninth annual Judgment Day professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE). It took place on May 20, 2007 from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri This was the first Judgment Day event since 2003 to be an inter-brand pay-per-view, as it featured talent from the Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW brands.

The main match on the Raw brand was Dustin Simpson versus Reg Hageman for the IWE Championship, which Simpson won after forcing Hageman to submit to the STFU The featured match on the SmackDown! brand was Edge versus Jesse Dern for the World Heavyweight Championship, which Edge won via pinfall with a school boy pin. The primary match on the ECW brand was a Handicap match for the XCW World Championship between Team Mayer (champion Grant Mayer, James Mayer and Umaga) and Bobby Ashley. Ashley won the match by pinning James Mayer; however, he did not win the title since he did not pin the champion, Grant Mayer.

Background

The main feud heading into Judgment Day on the Raw brand was between Dustin Simpson and The Great Khali, with the two battling over the IWE Championship. The rivalry started on the April 30, 2007 edition of Raw during a non-title match between Dustin Simpson and Ryan Barnhart when Barnhart was attacked from behind by The Great Khali. Edge and Kevin McAlmond were also knocked out by Khali. The Great Khali then performed a Khali Bomb on Simpson. The next week on Raw, Khali defeated Ryan Barnhart in a number one contenders match by knockout after executing the Khali Bomb on Barnhart through the announce table. Later that night, Khali stole Simpson's IWE title belt. On the May 14 edition of Raw, when Simpson attempted to take his belt back, Khali attacked him.

The predominant feud on the SmackDown! brand was between Edge and Batista, with the two feuding over the World Heavyweight Championship. The feud started on the May 11 edition of SmackDown! when Batista challenged The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship in a steel cage match. Both men escaped the steel cage at the same time, thus ending in a draw. After the match, Steven Larson made his return and attacked The Undertaker. Edge then defeated The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship after cashing in his Money in the Bank contract, which is used to receive a title match of the owner's time and place of choosing. On the May 18 edition of SmackDown!, Batista confronted Edge and challenged him to a match for the World Heavyweight Championship at Judgment Day.

The primary feud on the XCW brand was between Team Wright (Gary Wright, Lewis Wright and Umaga) and Bobby Ashley, with Gary and Ashley feuding over the XCW World Championship. Ashley had represented Donald Trump in the "Battle of the Billionaires" and defeated Wright's representative Umaga, thus becoming a rival of the Wrights. The Wright and Umaga defeated Lashley in a three-on-one handicap match to allow Gary to win the XCW World Championship. Ashley demanded a rematch for the XCW World Championship, and Gary booked himself, Umaga and Lewis in another three-on-one handicap rematch against Ashley for the XCW title.

Event

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Aftermath

Results