WWE Bragging Rights
world Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view event series
WWE Bragging Rights was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) show made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2009 and 2010. It replaced Cyber Sunday in the late October slot of WWE's pay-per-view calendar.[1]
| WWE Bragging Rights | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Promotion(s) | World Wrestling Entertainment |
| Brand(s) | Raw (2009–2010) SmackDown (2009–2010) ECW (2009) |
| First event | 2009 |
| Last event | 2010 |
| Event gimmick | Competition between brands |
The event featured matches for "bragging rights" between wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands with a Bragging Rights trophy being the prize. SmackDown won the trophy both times the event was held.[2][3]
Bragging Rights was replaced by Vengeance in 2011.[4] A similar concept of brand competition was used at Survivor Series between 2016 and 2021.[5]
Dates and venues
change| # | Event | Date | City | Venue | Main event | Winning brand | Teams | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bragging Rights (2009) | October 25, 2009 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Mellon Arena | Randy Orton (c) vs. John Cena in a 60-minute Anything Goes Iron Man match for the WWE Championship | SmackDown | Team Raw (D-Generation X (Triple H & Shawn Michaels) (Co-Captains), Big Show, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Kofi Kingston, and Mark Henry) vs. Team SmackDown (Kane & Chris Jericho (Co-Captains), R-Truth, Matt Hardy, Finlay, and The Hart Dynasty (Tyson Kidd & David Hart Smith)) | [2] | |
| 2 | Bragging Rights (2010) | October 24, 2010 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Target Center | Randy Orton (c) vs. Wade Barrett for the WWE Championship | Team Raw (The Miz (captain), Ezekiel Jackson, Sheamus, John Morrison, CM Punk, Santino Marella, and R-Truth) vs. Team SmackDown (Big Show (captain), Jack Swagger, Kofi Kingston, Tyler Reks, Alberto Del Rio, Rey Mysterio, and Edge) | [3] | ||
(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match
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See also
changeReferences
change- ↑ Paglino, Nick (2009-07-13). "Cyber Sunday PPV Undergoes Yet Another Name Change". Wrestlezone. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "WWE Bragging Rights 2009". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "WWE Bragging Rights 2010". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "WWE Presents Vengeance". AT&T Center. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- ↑ "Reigns supreme over Big E at Survivor Series 2021". WWE. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
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