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  Chris Considers – WWE Bragging Rights
  By Chris Jacks on November 1st, 2009

chris considers bragging rights

Hey everyone and welcome to another edition of Chris Considers. This time examining the latest WWE pay per view offering Breaking Point. Due to some very unfortunate and extremely unpleasant personal circumstances I was unable to watch the show live but managed to catch it online a few days after the event.

Before I take a look a look at the matches I would like to say that once again I did horribly with my predictions. I have really sucked for the last couple of shows but hopefully will be able to turn this around at Survivor Series. However when I am wrong it usually means the show was good and pretty unpredictable which was certainly the case here! So let’s take a look at the matches

Interbrand Champion vs Champion Match: Intercontinental Champion John Morrison vs United States Champion The Miz

The only two things that really hurt this match were the fact it was only given little over ten minutes and the kind of anti climatic finish. Other than that I have no complaints. Morrison and Miz went out and put on the best display they could in the time they were given. I was impressed with Miz countering and evading Morrison’s high impact offence and it was clear these two knew each other inside out. I liked the story that they told with Miz just waiting for the opportune moment to take advantage which he did at certain points in the match, however the finish was just lame with Miz preventing Morrison from hitting Starship Pain by pushing him from the rope and getting the pin. We have all seen Morrison kick out from far more than this on Smackdown and Superstars and I felt this put a downer on what had been a very bright opener. Miz going over actually makes sense now I think about it as it was essential to help the continuing rebuilding of his character going after being buried twice by John Cena and the loss does not really hurt John Morrison in the long run. I hope this is not the last time we see these two go at it, in fact I would love to see a Team Morrison vs Team Miz traditional Survivor Series match to help even the odds.

Chris’ Star Rating: ***

Smackdown vs RAW Diva Tag Match: Team RAW (Melina, Gail Kim & Kelly Kelly) vs Team Smackdown (Natalya, Michelle McCool & Beth Phoenix)

To say this was the best diva match of the year would be an understatement, but it still wasn’t half as good as what the Knockouts are doing in TNA right now. I really enjoyed the exchanges between Beth and Gail and it is a shame that they were never given the chance to feud properly on RAW. However I would now turn Beth face and have her chase Michelle McCool’s title on Smackdown. Michelle copying AJ Styles ring gear seemed a little bizarre, in fact if we didn’t all know she was dating Undertaker, I am sure rumours would be flying round the net about her and AJ! It does make her look pretty stupid and arrogant though! I will say one thing and that is no one jumps on Beth’s back for using the Implant Buster even though Awesome Kong uses that, whereas everyone is always all over Michelle for using the Styles Clash. The only reason I picked Team RAW to go over was because I thought Morrison would beat the Miz and I knew they would be tied heading into the seven on seven tag match. Unfortunately I got them the wrong way around! Hopefully this will be the start of something of a turn around for the WWE Divas Division and hopefully they will get more pay per view opportunities to show what they can do

Chris’ Star Rating: **

Fatal Four Way Match For The World Heavyweight Championship: Undertaker © vs Batista vs Rey Mysterio vs CM Punk

The fact that the World Heavyweight title match once again took second stage to DX irritated me no end, but I guess the 7 on 7 tag match had been built much better than this one so perhaps that is why they chose to do things this way. This match started off at a very fast paced and really got the crowd fired up. I really enjoyed how CM Punk kept breaking up pin attempts and trying to sneak the victory for himself. This was a solid if not spectacular match with he main story being Batista turning on Rey after Rey broke up a certain victory pin for The Animal. I LOVE the fact that Batista turned on Rey as it made all the Bromance stuff that had come before in the last couple of weeks significant and no doubt we will see this intercut with the beatdown footage leading into their inevitable match. Batista was long over due a heel turn as his face character had become stale and boring in 2007, let alone 2009! I am excited to see Batista as a heel and really think this could be the momentum changing moment in his career that makes him enjoyable again. I was surprised Undertaker retained due to his physical shape but it made sense considering what was announced on RAW this past Monday. I do question where all of this leaves CM Punk as he has gone from the hottest heel in WWE to a possible mid card role for the next few months whilst the big guns feud over the title. Perhaps he could be co-captain of Team Miz against Team Morrison at Survivor Series (if it happens)

Chris’ Star Rating: ***

7 Man Interbrand Tag Match: Team RAW (DX, Cody Rhodes, Big Show, Kofi Kingston, Jack Swagger & Mark Henry) vs Team Smackdown (Chris Jericho, Kane, Matt Hardy, Finlay, The Hart Dynasty & R-Truth)

I can honestly say that I never saw Team Smackdown going over here! I mean it was pretty obvious that Big Show would be turning but I did not expect that to influence the outcome of the match as I felt sure DX would overcome him setting up a DX vs Jeri-Show tag match at Survivor Series. However WWE Creative have clearly decided to go a different route and booked ANOTHER Big Show vs Undertaker match which should be just as “entertaining” as their last ten encounters! As well as DX vs Cena in a triple threat which may well see their break up. Who knows, anyway back to this match, I thought this went down a lot better than I was expecting it to do and was not the clusterfuck I was fearing it would be. I thought the Hart Dynasty were very good during their involvement as well as Matt Hardy, who put on a very good show despite his chronic misuse recently on Smackdown! HBK did a great job selling Team Smackdown’s offence especially during his exchanges with Finlay. Overall this was a good match and an enjoyable one. I still find it a strange decision to hold a match like this the month before Survivor Series but there you go! Kofi getting pinned obviously did not hurt him as he has now rocketed right up the card due to the excellent angle with Legacy this past Monday on RAW.

Chris’ Star Rating: ***

Iron Man Match For The WWE Championship: Randy Orton © vs John Cena

This was the match many of us were expecting to be an epic fail but luckily Orton and Cena went out there and delivered something very unique and very entertaining. The fact this was made into a Falls Count Anywhere, Anything Goes stipulation match certainly made a difference and we saw some very entertaining and unique spots, especially the pyro sequence which was particularly awesome to watch! Cena winning was pretty predictable as was him being a couple of falls down towards the end of the match and coming back to overcome the odds. However the crowd were really into this from start to finish and this was exactly what was needed to finally end this long running feud. The spot where Cena gave the FU on steps sending Orton through the announce desk was particularly memorable. I would never want to see another Iron Man match between these two and hopefully they will not wrestle one another for at least three or four years! Also we actually got to see some blood which was fresh and different and I loved how Cena kept resisting the medical attention and continued to try and punish Orton further as it made for a very realistic feel to the match. This was not a wrestling classic as much of the action and big spots were built around foreign objects but I cannot honestly remember a better all out brawl in recent memory and major props to both Cena and Orton for going out and delivering not only their best match in recent memory but a match that was far better than any of us were expecting to see!

Chris’ Star Rating: ****1/2

Overall then despite the fact that there were only five matches on the Bragging Rights card it was still an excellent pay per view. Every match on the card delivered and unlike HIAC, the booking here was logical and enjoyable. After TNA delivered big time with Bound For Glory, WWE needed to put on a great show here and they did just that. This was certainly one of the better of WWE’s theme pay per views and a vast improvement on Cyber Sunday and I hope Bragging Rights is a tradition that continues for a few years as I am always happy to see some interbrand warfare. I highly recommend picking this one up on DVD when it is released as it is one of WWE’s better pay per views of the year so far!

Chris’ Overall Ratting For WWE Bragging Rights: ***1/2

I shall be back later on today with more Chris Review Smackdown as always email me on a_agreement_called_forever@hotmail.com , add me on facebook: www.facebook.com\wnws.chris.jacks  or follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/WNWsChrisJacks  I would love to hear from you!

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