Main Event Results 12/26/12

Main Event results from Rochester, NY:

The latest episode opened with Michael Cole welcoming viewers to the show.  A 20-man battle royal starts off the show, with Antonio Cesaro joining Cole and Miz on commentary during the match.  Miz and Cesaro traded jabs at each other during the commentary.

The Great Khali won a 20-man Battle Royal to become #1 contender for the United States championship.  It came down to a final four of Santino Marella, Zack Ryder, Wade Barrett and Great Khali.  Ryder managed to hit his Broski boot on Barrett, but then Santino eliminated Ryder.  They stared at each other, allowing Barrett to eliminate Santino.  It was down to Khali vs. Barrett.  Barrett tried to eliminate Khali after some chops on him, but he was too heavy.  Khali tries to dump Wade out, but he stays on the apron.  Great Khali then hits a huge chop on Barrett to eliminate him off the apron.

Post-match, Cesaro got in the ring and offered a handshake to Khali.  Khali looked nervous about it but then they shook.  Cesaro left the ring and Khali kept dancing to celebrate his win.

After commercial, Matt Striker interviewed Khali backstage but Cesaro attacked him from behind.  Cesaro starts giving a speech thinking Khali is down.  Khali got back up and shoved Cesaro down, causing him to run off.  Khali picked up the US title belt and yelled "Happy New Year!"

They showed the Raw Rebound with Santa getting run over by Del Rio's BMW.  In the end, Santa was revealed to be Mick Foley who helped Cena win the main event match against Del Rio and Ricardo.

Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel defeated Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre via pinfall.  The late part of this match saw Gabriel get a hot tag into the match and hit Drew with the Tornado DDT.  After a close pinfall attempt, Gabriel missed a moonsault.  McIntyre hit a huge boot to nearly get the win.  Moments later, Drew with a cheapshot to Kidd on the apron before tagging in Mahal.  Mahal hit a knee on  Gabriel, but was counered on his Full Nelson slam when Justin hit a Powerbomb.  Gabriel managed to toss Drew to the outside, and Tyson hit him with knees from the apron.  Kidd gets the tag and pins Jinder after he and Gabriel hit a doubleteam move on Jinder Mahal.

Next week's main event will feature The Great Khali vs. Antonio Cesaro for the United States Championship.