In 2009, the WWE renamed several of their PPV events to coincide with a theme. Bragging Rights replaced Cyber Sunday on the WWE calendar. The theme of this event is the battle for Bragging Rights between the RAW and SmackDown brands. Coincidentally, this October event coincides with the release of the video game series WWE SmackDown vs. RAW.
Title Changes
'09: WWE Championship - John Cena beat Randy Orton 6-5 in an Anything Goes Iron Man Match
Bragging Rights 2009 – Mellon Arena; Pittsburgh, PA 10/25/09
- Non-title: US Champion The Miz beat Intercontinental Champion John Morrison
- SmackDown Divas (Michelle McCool, Melina, & Natalya) beat RAW Divas (Kelly Kelly, Melina, & Gail Kim)
- World Heavyweight Championship: Champion Undertaker beat Batista, CM Punk, and Rey Mysterio
- Team SmackDown (Chris Jericho, Kane, Matt Hardy, Finlay, R-Truth, David Hart Smith, & Tyson Kidd) beat Team RAW (Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Big Show, Kofi Kingston, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, & Mark Henry)
- Anything Goes 60-Minute Iron Man Match for the WWE Championship: John Cena beat Randy Orton 6-5 to win the title
