Unforgiven (2008)

The 2008 Unforgiven was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the 11th annual and final Unforgiven and took place on September 7, 2008, at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brand divisions. Another Unforgiven was planned for 2009, but it was replaced by Breaking Point. Seven professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the event's card, which featured a supercard. The three brands, Raw, SmackDown, and ECW, were all represented by their respective Championship Scramble match – a 20-minute time limit bout, during which participants can become the temporary champion via pinfall or submission. The main event of the pay-per-view was the Championship Scramble from the Raw brand. It was originally scheduled to feature CM Punk defending his title as World Heavyweight Champion; he was replaced by Chris Jericho after Randy Orton attacked Punk. Jericho won the match and became the new World Heavyweight Champion. The Championship Scramble from the ECW brand featured Mark Henry defending the ECW Championship, losing the match and title to Matt Hardy. The SmackDown brand's Championship Scramble saw Triple H defeat the other competitors to retain his WWE Championship. Another featured match on the undercard was an unsanctioned match, or hardcore match, in which Shawn Michaels defeated Chris Jericho. The event marked the first time the Championship Scramble format was used by WWE. The event had an attendance of 8,707. The event received 211,000 pay-per-view buys, more than the previous year's event. When the event was released on DVD, it reached a peak position of second on Billboard's DVD sales chart. It was also the first and only Unforgiven PPV broadcast in high definition.