IWE Bragging Rights (2009)
From Iwe
| Bragging Rights (2009) | ||
 Promotional poster featuring various IWE Superstars | ||
| Theme song(s) | "Step Up (I'm On It)" by Maylene & The Sons of Disaster | |
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Entertainment | |
| Date | October 25, 2009 | |
| Attendance | 13,562 | |
| Venue | Mellon Arena | |
| City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Hell in a Cell (2009) | Bragging Rights (2009) | Survivor Series (2009) |
| Survivor Series chronology | ||
| First | Bragging Rights (2009) | Bragging Rights (2010) |
Bragging Rights (2009) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE), which took place on October 25, 2009 at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the final pay-per-view to take place at the Mellon Arena. It was the first Bragging Rights event and featured talent from the Raw and SmackDown brands. Five matches were featured on the card.
The concept of the show was based around a series of interpromotional matches for "bragging rights" between wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands, with a Bragging Rights trophy awarded to the show that won the most matches out of the series. The matches included Raw's United States Champion Joe Smith defeating SmackDown's Intercontinental Champion Joe Linderman, SmackDown's team of Amanda Johnson, Chandra Denney and Shannon defeating Raw's team of Denise, Katie Katie and Lauren Ireland, and SmackDown's team of Kris McGowan, Kane, B-Truth, Matt Hooper, Finlay, Tyson Booth and David Heart Aldrich defeating Raw's team of Triple K, Ryan Barnhart, The Big Marc, Mark Semmler, Charlie Wilson, Jose Serrano and Steven Larson. The Smackdown brand won the Bragging Rights trophy with two wins to one.
The show also contained three world championship matches including the main event where Dustin Simpson defeated Kevin McAlmond in an Anything Goes Iron Man match to win the IWE Championship, and The Undertaker defeating Justin Eldridge, Scott Wright and Jesse Dern in a Fatal Four-Way match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship, and a dark match in which Khristian Cage defeated William Kapphan to retain the XCW Championship.
The pay-per-view drew 181,000 buys, and is up from the 153,000 buys Cyber Sunday 2008 got.
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| # | Results | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| Dark | Khristian (c) defeated Nick Burchill | Singles match for the XCW Championship |
| 1 | The Miz defeated Joe Linderman | SmackDown vs. Raw Bragging Rights Match |
| 2 | SmackDown Divas (Amanda Johnson, Chandra Denney and Shannon) defeated Raw Divas (Denise, Kelly Kelly and Lauren Ireland) | Interbrand Six-Diva tag team match |
| 3 | The Undertaker (c) defeated Justin Eldridge, Scott Wright and Batista | Fatal four-way match for the World Heavyweight Championship |
| 4 | Team SmackDown (Kris McGowan, Kane, B-Truth, Matt Hooper, Finlay, and The Heart Dynasty (Tyson Booth and David Heart Aldrich)) defeated Team Raw (D-Generation X (Triple K and Ryan Barnhart), The Big Marc, Mark Semmler, Charlie Wilson, Jose Serrano and Steven Larson) | Interbrand 14-man tag team match |
| 5 | Dustin Simpson defeated Kevin McAlmond (c) 6-5 | 60 minute Anything Goes Iron Man match for the IWE Championship; if Simpson had lost, he would have been required to leave the Raw brand |
