Official Bragging Rights 2009 Thread

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Oct 9, 2009 22:52:29 GMT -5 CMWaters said:

So, here's a question.

With the Smackdown Main Event set as Taker/Punk/Mysterio/Batista....how many tattoos total are in this match?

Somewhere in the range of hundreds of thousands.

[Steveweiser]

So that will be at least three heavyweight SmackDown names not in the main event - would help if WWE told us how many men would be on each side.

[Hiroshi Hase]

Oct 9, 2009 17:17:21 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Oct 9, 2009 13:45:22 GMT -5 Hiroshi Hase said:

Even if Cena were to lose, what's to stop WWE from having a match where he can win his way back onto the Raw roster the following week like Miz did?

Cena's a face, so he's not allowed to do work-arounds.

Though if Cena does wind up losing and going to SmackDown, I see him winning the Royal Rumble and facing Orton at Mania. If he wins at Bragging Rights Trips wins the Rumble, if he loses Cena does - that's the way I'm seeing it at the moment.

True, or he could just get drafted next year or something.

It could happen, we never thought we'd see HHH as a member of the SD roster last year and he did a stint there for several months.

Though I'm thinking Cena will regain the title and hopefully put this feud to bed.

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Oct 10, 2009 9:13:36 GMT -5 Steveweiser said:

So that will be at least three heavyweight SmackDown names not in the main event - would help if WWE told us how many men would be on each side.

I'd say it'll probably be just a standard tag match, as they've pretty much said it is. They're probably not going to have time for more than five matches with an Iron Man match on the card, unless they keep all of the others pretty short.

[zeugnimad]

I can see them doing 1 tag match and 1 singles match for each brand. The singles matches for the US and IC title (maybe Ziggler actually gets the title finally?) plus DX vs. JeriShow (non-title so that DX can win :S) and Cryme Tyme vs. Hart Dynasty or something like that.

Eac of those matches gets around 15 minutes, so the first hour is gone. Then comes the big match which takes around 70 minutes. Then the 4-way which is 25 minutes.

And a 8 men tag match with the winners that gets another 25 minutes.

I just hope they don't put the ironman match first. They should have learnt with Taker vs. Punk not to have a big title match first. :/

[Legion]

I don't know if any of you have noticed, but the official WWE Bragging Rights website match preview text for the Bragging Rights match itself has changed.

It no longer mentions it being the winners of the previous matches in the match, just that it will be a Smackdown -vs- Raw tag match.

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Oct 10, 2009 18:57:01 GMT -5 Legion said:

I don't know if any of you have noticed, but the official WWE Bragging Rights website match preview text for the Bragging Rights match itself has changed.

It no longer mentions it being the winners of the previous matches in the match, just that it will be a Smackdown -vs- Raw tag match.

Maybe they realized there's no way in hell guys like Batista or Taker are going to be able to handle about 45 minutes or so worth of action. Much less that neither Orton nor Cena's likely to be able to go for an hour and a half. Hell, I have serious doubts about Orton being able to go for an hour - we know Cena can, at least.

[H-Fist]

Oct 10, 2009 19:18:58 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Oct 10, 2009 18:57:01 GMT -5 Legion said:

I don't know if any of you have noticed, but the official WWE Bragging Rights website match preview text for the Bragging Rights match itself has changed.

It no longer mentions it being the winners of the previous matches in the match, just that it will be a Smackdown -vs- Raw tag match.

Maybe they realized there's no way in hell guys like Batista or Taker are going to be able to handle about 45 minutes or so worth of action. Much less that neither Orton nor Cena's likely to be able to go for an hour and a half. Hell, I have serious doubts about Orton being able to go for an hour - we know Cena can, at least.

And there's your hour.

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Wait.............So losing a tag team championship match makes you eligible for joint #1 contender status?

[wasimperviz]

I feel the 4 way is going to be huge. I get a feeling Undertaker will not walk out champion but would like him 2

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So, any chance that the Women's championship will ACTUALLY be defended on PPV?

Or that Ziggler will get ANOTHER shot at the IC title and lose?

[MAGGLE]

Oct 10, 2009 19:18:58 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Oct 10, 2009 18:57:01 GMT -5 Legion said:

I don't know if any of you have noticed, but the official WWE Bragging Rights website match preview text for the Bragging Rights match itself has changed.

It no longer mentions it being the winners of the previous matches in the match, just that it will be a Smackdown -vs- Raw tag match.

Maybe they realized there's no way in hell guys like Batista or Taker are going to be able to handle about 45 minutes or so worth of action. Much less that neither Orton nor Cena's likely to be able to go for an hour and a half. Hell, I have serious doubts about Orton being able to go for an hour - we know Cena can, at least.

I also dont believe that Orton can go for an hour. His longest one on one singles match was at Wrestlemania 25 or No Mercy 2007 and I believe and we all know how that first match went

Cena can go for an hour, but with Shawn Michaels. Hell HBK can carry me to a one hour match so we arent sure about that.

[Solid Stryk-Dizzle]

I didn't know HBK had the magical ability to give someone the stamina to go an hour.

[wasimperviz]

Oct 11, 2009 8:52:27 GMT -5 @mightykretzler said:

So, any chance that the Women's championship will ACTUALLY be defended on PPV?

Or that Ziggler will get ANOTHER shot at the IC title and lose?

My hope is that we will see another I.C title match considering the one on Smackdown was off the chart.

[skiller]

Oct 11, 2009 15:35:04 GMT -5 Solid Stryk-Dizzle said:

I didn't know HBK had the magical ability to give someone the stamina to go an hour.

When his momentum meter starts flashing, he presses R2. That causes his opponent to spring up back to their feet.

[MAGGLE]

Oct 11, 2009 15:35:04 GMT -5 Solid Stryk-Dizzle said:

I didn't know HBK had the magical ability to give someone the stamina to go an hour.

Dont forget that his manager by his side. That guy even teamed up with HBK at Backlash 2006 if I remember correctly, I wonder what happened to his career.

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Oct 11, 2009 15:35:04 GMT -5 Solid Stryk-Dizzle said:

I didn't know HBK had the magical ability to give someone the stamina to go an hour.

He doesn't, actually. As it turns out theinstantclassic is in actuality Bret Hart.

[mysterydriver]

I really see the Iron Man match turning into a completely over-booked mess.

Cena/Orton will probably go about 10-15 minutes with back and forth stuff. Then weapins will be introduced for about 5-10 minutes. Then Cena will gain the upper hand and lock on the STF.

Legacy will run down. Then DX will run down. Then Jerishow will run down. Then Henry/MVP will run down. They'll all battle around for 15-20 minutes and inbetween, "The Viper" will look to cheap shot Cena and pick up an "unclean" fall.

Finally, the run-ins will all disappear with about 10-15 minutes left where we will get the "Orton dominates and Cena suddenly Hulks up" routine so that an "Attitude Adjustment" will push us to overtime.

From there, either an RKO or an STF ends the show.

A complete guess on my part, of course.

[Metalheadbanger Man]

I'd mark if there were a series of run-ins during the Ironman match, just to keep the crowd interested. Just throw in a few random guys - Masters tries to help Orton, Bourne tries to help Cena etc.

[YellowJacketY2J]

Now that the Raw vs Smackdown match won't consist of previous winners, I expect the Iron Man Match to close the show.