One Night Stand was discontinued and replaced by the similarly hardcore-themed Extreme Rules in The main match on the SmackDown brand was a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship between Edge and The Undertaker , which Edge won after retrieving the belt suspended above the ring.
Per the pre-match stipulation, Undertaker was forced to leave WWE. The event was originally produced as a reunion show for wrestlers from the former Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion and featured hardcore-based matches, before WWE established a third brand dubbed ECW in The event was the fourth One Night Stand event and also featured all three brands.
Triple H won the match after a Pedigree to retain the title. The feud began after Batista expressed his remorse over the retirement of Ric Flair at WrestleMania , which was caused by Michaels getting the pinfall over Flair in Flair's career threatening match. At the end of the match, Michaels appeared to suffer a knee injury, lowering Batista's guard until Michaels sprang up to perform Sweet Chin Music on him and defeated him by pinfall. The Undertaker won the match by countout, however, Guerrero announced that as per WWE rules, championships cannot change hands, or be captured by disqualification or countout.
Later that night, the team of Guerrero and Morrison defeated the team of Dreamer and Punk in a tag team match. After the match, however, Big Show attacked all four superstars. Big Show then announced that he would also compete in the match at One Night Stand, making it a five-man Singapore Cane match. On the following week, Phoenix and Melina were defeated by James and Maria in a tag team match.
During the match, Melina accidentally knocked Phoenix off the ring apron, which resulted in Phoenix abandoning Melina and allowing James and Maria to pick up the victory. After the match ended, the evil Phoenix attacked Melina in a backstage segment, ending a long-time alliance between the two and leaving Melina in the process of a face turn.
