The main event at Wrestlemania XXV was anything but a showcase of flashy attire and cheap thrills.  Triple H and Randy Orton stepped into the ring Sunday night solely to incapacitate each other by any means necessary.  However, with Orton's Law in effect, Triple H had to outwit Orton in addition to merely defeating him; a disqualifcation or a countout loss to Orton would have cost Triple H the WWE Championship, in direct counter to traditional WWE rules.

Emotions ran high early on as both Triple H and Randy Orton used their signature moves on one another near the beginning of the match, although both men retained their wits about them and were able to continue.  Eventually the action spilled outside the ring; Triple H contemplated using a table monitor to bash Orton's skull in, but stopped himself thanks to Orton's Law.

This, however, gave Orton an opening.  Triple H attempted to Pedigree Orton through an announce table, but the delay gave Orton time to recuperate, allowing him to reverse into a back body drop, leaving Triple H lying prone on the opposite table.  Orton followed up with a spike DDT off of the announce table to the floor mat below.

Triple H managed to get back into the ring and fought back.  The two traded blows until Orton deliberately used Triple H as a battering ram to temoprarily incapcitate the referee, but it was Triple H who used this to his advantage by wielding his sledgehammer, striking Orton in the gut and then disposing of the evidence before the referee came to—the Cerebral Assassin at work!

Following this setback, Orton could not recover.  Another Pedigree and he was down for the count, leaving Triple H as the one celebrating his legacy as Wrestlemania 25 came to a close.