IWE Bragging Rights (2010)
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| Bragging Rights (2010) | ||
 Promotional poster featuring various IWE Superstars from Smackdown and RAW. | ||
| Theme song(s) | "It's Your Last Shot" by Politics and Assassins | |
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Entertainment | |
| Date | October 24, 2010 | |
| Attendance | 9,000 | |
| Venue | Target Center | |
| City | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Hell in a Cell (2010) | Bragging Rights (2010) | Survivor Series (2010) |
| Survivor Series chronology | ||
| Bragging Rights (2009) | Bragging Rights (2010) | First |
Bragging Rights (2010) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE), that took place on October 24, 2010 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was the second and final Bragging Rights event. Seven matches took place at the event. This event received approximately 137,000 buys, which is lower than the 181,000 that last year's event received.
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Background
- See also: Professional wrestling
Bragging Rights featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that were played out on International Wrestling Entertainment's (IWE) television programs. Wrestlers portrayed villains or heroes as they followed a series of events that build tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
The main concept of the show featured an interpromotional match featuring wrestlers from Raw against those of SmackDown for Bragging Rights with Team SmackDown going for their second Bragging Rights victory since their inaugural win last year. On the October 8 episode of SmackDown, The Big Show was named the Captain of Team SmackDown. On the October 11th episode of Raw, six of the seven members of Team Raw qualified through winning matches, all of which included Joe Linderman, B-Truth, Justin Black, Sheamus, the recently traded Justin Eldridge and the team captain The Miz. Following that, SmackDown also held qualification matches adding Scott Wright, Charlie Wilson, Alberto Del Rio, Jose Serrano, and the recently traded Edge. Hoping to prove himself, Kaval challenged the Big Show to earn a spot on Team SmackDown, Big Show stated that Kaval wouldn't last five minutes in the ring with him and accepted a 5 minute challenge. Kaval lasted the five minutes and earned a spot on Team SmackDown only to lose to Tyler Rask right after and lose his spot to him. On the October 18 episode of Raw, The Miz completed Team Raw by adding the returning Russell Dalton as the 7th member of Team Raw.
The main rivalry from Raw involved the IWE Champion Kevin McAlmond against Nexus leader Daniel Gonzalez in a match for Orton's IWE Championship which included newly inducted Nexus member Dustin Simpson in Gonzalez's corner. The previous month at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view, Dustin Simpson had lost a match against Daniel Gonzalez, due to interference by Husky Harris and Kooper McAlmond, under the stipulation that Simpson would join the Nexus upon losing. While attempting to destroy the Nexus from the inside, the Raw General Manager forced Simpson to follow Gonzalez's orders because of the stipulations of the match or he would fire Simpson. During a Battle Royal to determine the next number one contender to face Kevin McAlmond, Simpson, Gonzalez and the other members of the Nexus worked together to eliminate the other Raw Superstars, until only Simpson and Gonzalez were left, Gonzalez ultimately won when he forced Simpson to eliminate himself, thus making Gonzalez the number one contender. Upon winning, Gonzalez forced Simpson to be in his corner during the match to ensure that Gonzalez wins the match.
Another rivalry from Raw was that of Nick Kessler and Kody Brown. On the October 18th episode of Raw, Brown challenge Kessler to an interpromotional match at Bragging Rights. Kessler accepted the challenge and the match was made official. It was announced that the match would be non-title, with Kessler being the Intercontinental Champion and Brown being the United States Champion.
The main rivalry from SmackDown involved the World Heavyweight Champion Kane against his half-brother The Undertaker in a Buried Alive match for the World Heavyweight Championship. At Hell in a Cell, Paul Bearer, who was with The Undertaker during the Hell in a Cell match against Kane, betrayed The Undertaker giving the victory to Kane once again. Two weeks later on SmackDown, Paul Bearer issued one more challenge to The Undertaker in a Buried Alive match. Later that night, The Undertaker accepted his match and taunted him with Kane's own pyrotechnics.
Another rivalry from SmackDown revolved around the Divas Championship. Amanda Johnson and Victoria were the self professed "Co-Divas Champions" heading into the event, where one of them would face challenger Shannon. It was announced on the 22nd October episode of Smackdown that Victoria would be the one to face Shannon at Bragging Rights, with the Divas Championship on the line.
Event
Dark match
Prior to Bragging Rights coming on the air, fans in attendance were shown a live, un-televised match. Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) and Chavo McAlmond squared off in front of the live audience, in a contest which MVP won via pinfall.
Preliminary matches
The first live match on the card was between Nick Kessler and Kody Brown in an interpromotional singles match. They started off going back and forth, with Brown then gaining the upper hand and hitting Kessler with serious offense. The live crowd were right behind Brown throughout the contest. Kessler started to come back into the match and he exerted some dominance over Brown for a considerable amount of time. Brown began building some offense and started hitting Kessler with all sorts of kicks, much to the delight of the fans. Brown hit a missile dropkick from the top rope and then scored a near fall on Kessler. Nick rolls Brown up and scores a near fall of his own, before following up with another 2 count. Brown counters the Zig Zag and then scores a near fall. Both men go to the top rope and Brown gains an advantage by pushing Kessler off balance. Kessler counters a back suplex attempt by Brown and scores yet another near fall. The crowd break into chants of "This Is Awesome". Brown counters a sleeper hold attempt and then both men collide in mid air with both attempting a crossbody at the same time. Kessler and Brown then exchange punches, before Brown nails him with a kick to the head. They then exchange a series of near falls before Kessler gets the 3 count, only to realize Brown got his foot on the bottom rope. The match continues and Kessler locks in a sleeper hold. Brown reaches the ropes and Kessler has to break the hold. Brown locks in the LeBell Lock out of nowhere and Kessler has no choice but to submit.
Main event matches
Results
- 14-man Interpromotional Elimination Tag Team Match
| Elimination | Wrestler | Team | Eliminated by | Elimination Move | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Black | Raw | Andrew Wolf | Burning Hammer | |
| 2 | Jose Serrano | SmackDown | Garrett | High Cross | |
| 3 | Charlie Wilson | SmackDown | Joe Linderman | Starship Pain | |
| 4 | Andrew Wolf | SmackDown | Garrett | Brogue Kick | |
| 5 | Big Marc | SmackDown | N/A | Counted Out | |
| 6 | Garrett | Raw | N/A | Counted Out | |
| 7 | B-Truth | Raw | Edge | Spear | |
| 8 | Joe Linderman | Raw | Edge | Spear | |
| 9 | Justin Marlen | SmackDown | Justin Eldridge | Back Slide | |
| 10 | Justin Eldridge | Raw | Scott Wright | 619 followed by a Slingshot Splash | |
| 11 | Russell Dalton | Raw | Scott Wright | 619 followed by a Springboard Splash | |
| 12 | Joe Smith | Raw | Edge | Spear | |
| Winner: | Team Smackdown (Edge and Scott Wright) | ||||
