Rhodes said that R-Truth lost his qualifying match, but then got to be in the match after being part of a tag team match. R-Truth went up to Cody saying Smackdown would win. Team Smackdown in a 7 on 7 match later in the show.Ĭody Rhodes was talking to a trainer saying it will be a clean sweep for Raw over Smackdown.
This kind of ending made Morrison look weak a bit. I just think it would have been better if Morrison kicked out and then Miz hit the Skull Crushing Finale to win. I thought the finish was a bit flat because it was just Miz shoving Morrison off the top to win, but it also showed how crafty Miz was. Morrison had more believable nearfalls towards the end, but in the end, it was Miz finding a way to get the win. Morrison had some cool highspots during the match while Miz slowed it down and got in some cheap shots too. Morrison went for a Skull Crushing Finale, but Miz shoved his legs and Morrison went tumbling down, so Miz covered to win.Īnalysis: **3/4 It was an average match that was even most of the way. Miz wanted a Skull Crushing Finale, Morrison got out of that, Morison with a Russian legsweep and Morrison went up top. They battled by the turnbuckle, Miz knocked him down and hit a double axhandle. Miz bailed to the floor, so Morrison hit a twisting dive over the top onto Miz for a two count. Morrison hit the springboard kick for a two count with Miz getting his left foot on the bottom rope. Miz countered a running kick into a rollup for two. Morrison with a jumping side kick for two. Morrison with a running forearm followed by a clothesline. They exchanged kicks to the body, punches, then elbows and Morrison hit a spin kick to the body. Miz grabbed a chinlock, Morrison with punches and a rollup got two. Miz came back with a corner clothesline and a knee lift on the apron.
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Morrison broke free from a submission with a jumping kick. A fan had a “Mizzy Jannetty” sign in the crowd since that’s what Morrison called Miz on Smackdown. Back in the ring, Miz with a belly to back suplex for two. Back in the ring, Morrison went for a headscissors-like move, but Miz shoved him over the top to the floor. Morrison with a dropkick while Miz was on the floor. Morrison avoided a charging Miz and then Morrison hit a clothesline to the floor. Morrison with a punch to the ribs and then a rollup for two. Miz stomped on Morrison followed by Miz tossing Morrison out of the ring, which drew boos. Miz with a headlock, Morrison came back with a flatliner and a standing SSP for a two count. Miz was wrestling with a mouthguard, which he didn’t do that often in his career. They were battling over moves early on with Morrison hitting a couple of shoulder tackles to take down Miz and then Miz bailed to the floor. Pre-match notes: The Miz was the heel US Champion from Raw while Morrison was the face Intercontinental Champion from Smackdown.
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They showed Smackdown’s roster watching on a TV backstage and then Raw was shown watching as well. Morrison was up for his slow-motion entrance. Morrison called Miz “Jannetty” in their last faceoff. They talked about how tag teams break up where somebody might be a top guy like Shawn Michaels while another guy will fizzle out like Marty Jannetty, so they bickered about that. They used to be a tag team, but they are now singles champions. The Miz was up first for his match against John Morrison. Raw matches, so whoever wins at least two out of three will win that Bragging Rights trophy. The announce team at the time was Cole/Lawler on Raw and Grisham/JR on Smackdown. They said Jim Ross was ill, so he was off this show. Michael Cole was on commentary with Jerry Lawler and Todd Grisham sitting between them.
They showed the Bragging Rights trophy at ringside. The pyro went off on the stage and they were a sold out Mellon Arena with the fans looking ready to go. In that era, if it was under 200k buys, it was not a good sign. That’s on the low end for PPV buys in 2009, but not the worst of the year. Cena could either leave with the WWE Title or leave Raw as per the deal they made.īragging Rights did 181,000 buys on pay-per-view. They wrestled eachother many times over the previous three years, so they upped the ante this time by doing a 60-minute Ironman Match where anything goes. The main event was a familiar match with Randy Orton defending the WWE Championship against John Cena. Smackdown along with two major title matches. Most people that watched WWE (and still watch it) will watch both shows, so did it really matter if Raw was better than Smackdown or vice versa? Not really. Smackdown rivalry or that “brand supremacy” mattered that much. In reality, I don’t think the fans ever cared that much about the Raw vs. The first-ever Bragging Rights pay-per-view came at a time when WWE thought that Raw vs.
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