Bragging Rights (2009)

Bragging Rights
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
Pay-per-view chronology
Hell in a Cell (2009) Bragging Rights Survivor Series (2009)
Bragging Rights chronology
First Bragging Rights Bragging Rights (2010)

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

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times[6]
1^D	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
(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match D – This match was a dark match

Iron Man match

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

• List of WWE pay-per-view events

References

1. WWE Raw 10-6-09
2. "WWE Bragging Rights". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
3. "Events". Mellon Arena. Archived from the original on 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
4. Paglino, Nick (2009-07-13). "Cyber Sunday PPV Undergoes Yet Another Name Change". Wrestlezone. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
5. "WWE Bragging Rights 2009". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
6. 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.
7. Martin, Adam (October 26, 2009). "Dark match before Bragging Rights PPV". WrestleView. Archived from the original on January 27, 2024. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
8. "WWE Bragging Rights 2009". Cagematch. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
9. Adkins, Greg (October 25, 2009). "Results:Awe Struck by Miz". WWE. Archived from the original on October 10, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
10. Vermillion, James (October 25, 2009). "Results:Glamazing finish". WWE. Archived from the original on October 10, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
11. Burdick, Michael (October 25, 2009). "Results:Phenom wins, Animal turns rabid". WWE. Archived from the original on October 10, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
12. Passero, Mitch (October 25, 2009). "Results:SmackDown curses Raw". WWE. Archived from the original on October 10, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
13. 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

• 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