 The first match of the event was the tag team encounter of Chris Benoit and William Regal against the team of Evolution ( Ric Flair and Batista ) . The match started off with Batista and Chris Benoit , who brawled back and forth until Flair was tagged in . Flair and Benoit exchanged knife edge chops . Batista and Regal then spar , but Batista was able to gain control over Regal , until Benoit and Flair tag in to the match . Benoit and Flair spar back and forth , until Flair applied the Figure four lock only for Benoit to reverse it into the Crippler Crossface , in which Flair submitted to , giving the win to Benoit and Regal . 
