Bragging Rights (2009)
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| Theme song(s) | "Step Up (I'm On It)" by Maylene and the Sons of Disaster[1] | |||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | |||
| Brand (s) | WWE Raw SmackDown ECW | |||
| Date | October 25, 2009 | |||
| Venue | Mellon Arena | |||
| City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |||
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| Bragging Rights chronology | ||||
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Bragging Rights (2009) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) show made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on October 25, 2009 at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[2][3] It was the first of two Bragging Rights events held by the WWE and replaced Cyber Sunday in the late October slot of WWE's pay-per-view calendar.[4]
The event featured matches between wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands, with a Bragging Rights Trophy given to the brand that won the most matches. SmackDown won the trophy. Six matches happened on the card, with ECW only having a dark match.[5]
Results
[change | change source]| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[6] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1D | Christian (c) defeated Paul Burchill by pinfall[7] | Singles match for the ECW Championship[8] | 7:33 |
| 2 | Raw's The Miz defeated SmackDown's John Morrison pinfall | Singles match[9] | 10:53 |
| 3 | SmackDown's Beth Phoenix, Michelle McCool, and Natalya (SmackDown) defeated Raw's Gail Kim, Kelly Kelly, and Melina (Raw) by pinfall | Six-Diva tag team match[10] | 6:13 |
| 4 | The Undertaker (c) defeated Batista, CM Punk, and Rey Mysterio by pinfall | Fatal four-way match for the World Heavyweight Championship[11] | 9:59 |
| 5 | Team SmackDown (Chris Jericho, David Hart Smith, Finlay, Kane, Matt Hardy, R-Truth, and Tyson Kidd) defeated Team Raw (Big Show, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, Shawn Michaels, and Triple H) by pinfall | 14-man Tag Team match for the Bragging Rights Trophy[12] | 15:33 |
| 6 | John Cena defeated Randy Orton (c) 6–5 | 60-minute Anything Goes Iron man match for the WWE Championship[13] Had Cena lost, he would have been forced to leave Raw brand and join SmackDown |
1:00:00 |
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Iron Man match
[change | change source]| Score | Point Winner | Won by | Notes | Time[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–0 | Cena | Submission | Submitted to the STF | 3:55 |
| 1–1 | Orton | Pinfall | Pinfall after a RKO | 9:00 |
| 2–2 | Cena and Orton | Double Pinfall | 17:00 | |
| 3–2 | Cena | Pinfall after an Attitude Adjustment from the top rope | 19:40 | |
| 3–3 | Orton | Pinfall after a Dream Street from Ted DiBiase | 20:55 | |
| 3–4 | Pinfall after throwing Cena through the lighting grid | 25:35 | ||
| 4–4 | Cena | Pinfall with a small package | 33:00 | |
| 4–5 | Randy Orton | Pinfall after an Elevated DDT from the ring apron to the floor | 35:20 | |
| 5–5 | Cena | Pinfall after an Attitude Adjustment through the announce table | 51:00 | |
| 6–5 | Submission | Submitted to the STF | 59:54 |
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ WWE Raw 10-6-09
- ↑ "WWE Bragging Rights". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ↑ "Events". Mellon Arena. Archived from the original on 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ↑ Paglino, Nick (2009-07-13). "Cyber Sunday PPV Undergoes Yet Another Name Change". Wrestlezone. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ↑ "WWE Bragging Rights 2009". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Caldwell, James (October 25, 2009). "Caldwell's WWE Bragging Rights PPV Report 10/25: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Cena vs. Orton, Team Raw vs. Team Smackdown". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
- ↑ Martin, Adam (October 26, 2009). "Dark match before Bragging Rights PPV". WrestleView. Archived from the original on January 27, 2024. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ↑ "WWE Bragging Rights 2009". Cagematch. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
- ↑ Adkins, Greg (October 25, 2009). "Results:Awe Struck by Miz". WWE. Archived from the original on October 10, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
- ↑ Vermillion, James (October 25, 2009). "Results:Glamazing finish". WWE. Archived from the original on October 10, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
- ↑ Burdick, Michael (October 25, 2009). "Results:Phenom wins, Animal turns rabid". WWE. Archived from the original on October 10, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
- ↑ Passero, Mitch (October 25, 2009). "Results:SmackDown curses Raw". WWE. Archived from the original on October 10, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
- ↑ Tello, Craig (October 25, 2009). "Results:Iron will in the Steel City". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on October 10, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Bragging Rights 2009 Results Archived 2009-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Bragging Rights Official Site
- Bragging Rights Matches Archived 2009-10-20 at the Wayback Machine