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| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown! ECW | ||
| Date | December 16, 2007[1] | ||
| City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] | ||
| Venue | Mellon Arena[1] | ||
| Attendance | 12,500[2] | ||
| Buy rate | 237,000 | ||
| Tagline(s) | The Most Devastating Wars Are Fought Over Championship Gold. | ||
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The 2007 Armageddon was the eighth Armageddon professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW brand divisions. The event took place on December 16, 2007, at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This was the last WWE PPV to be in 4:3 (480p standard definition) format, as in January 2008, all WWE shows went to 720p high definition.
Eight professional wrestling matches were scheduled for the event, which featured a supercard, a scheduling of more than one main bout. The first of these was a triple Threat match from the SmackDown! brand that featured Edge defeating World Heavyweight Champion Batista and The Undertaker to win the title. The second was a singles match from the Raw brand, in which Chris Jericho defeated WWE Champion Randy Orton by disqualification. Orton, however retained the championship per WWE regulations that a title cannot change hands on a disqualification. The other was a tag team match from the ECW brand, in which the team of Big Daddy V and Mark Henry defeated the team of CM Punk and Kane. Attended live by 12,500 people, Armageddon received 237,000 pay-per-view buys. Critical reception to the event was mainly positive.