It was billed to be Chris Jericho and Lance Cade vs. Shawn Michaels and a "mystery partner." Earlier in the night, HBK kept us guessing just who would step up by suggesting some potential famous—and borderline absurd—tag-team partners.

Shawn continued teasing us later in the night, first appearing in the arena to the overture of his singles theme, before heading backstage to find his tag-team partner.  Enter The Game.  Who better to tag-team with HBK than his longtime running buddy (and one of Chris Jericho's opponents this Friday night) than Triple H?

DX was dominant as always. But sensing defeat, Jericho and Cade ran nonstop interference for each other—allowing Jericho to take out Triple H with a Codebreaker and giving Jericho and Cade opportunity to beat down Shawn Michaels, resulting in a disqualification. Jericho headed to the ring exterior to retrieve a ladder in hopes of doing some early damage to HBK.

But DX had the last laugh when Triple H returned to the ring with his sledgehammer, causing Jericho to turn tail and leave Lance Cade to fend for himself. Cade ultimately fell victim to a chorus of Sweet Chin Music followed by a Pedigree, and a final big splash from Shawn Michaels, atop the ladder used earlier to "demonstrate" what Jericho plans to do to HBK on Sunday.

The message to Jericho was clear, but was the message clearer for Cade? Cade turned on his mentor, Shawn Michaels, to align with someone he felt he could trust. But given the opportunity to back up his boastful claims, Jericho chose only to "save himself" and left Cade alone to suffer the consequences.

But back to the topic at hand. As Jerry Lawler was quick to point out, if Shawn Michaels and Triple H are both victorious at No Mercy this Sunday, then D-Generation X will rule over the entire WWE Universe. (Something that we D-Generates have been prepared for since the ladder match was announced!)  So...

Are you ready?