Bragging Rights 2009

1. Miz defeated John Morrison by pinfall

This was a good match, but I was hoping for a little bit more. Both of these guys have a come a long way since this match.

Rating: 2.75 (out of 5)

2. Beth Phoenix, Natalya, Michelle McCool defeated Melina, Kelly Kelly, Gail Kim by pinfall

This was decent divas action, but still sloppy. I'll take this over most of the junk they give us though.

Rating: 1

3. Undertaker defeated CM Punk, Batista, and Rey Mysterio by pinfall

I think we all knew what was going to happen in this one, but it was still a very good match. All four guys worked well with one another and that's all you can ask for.

Rating: 3.5

4. Chris Jericho, R-Truth, Finlay, Hart Dynasty, Matt Hardy, Kane defeated Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Big Show, Cody Rhodes, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, Jack Swagger by pinfall

***Match Of The Night***

I really like the concept of this, but I hate that it is 7-on-7. Cut a few guys off the teams and have another couple of matches. Still, this was a lot of fun and an enjoyable inagural Bragging Rights match.

Rating: 3.5

5. John Cena defeated Randy Orton by submission to win the WWE Championship

This was a good effort by two guys that wouldn't be my top choices for an Iron Man match. This was definitely overbooked to help them out and there were some dull spots, but for the most part they held the attention of the audience for 60 minutes and in today's day in age, that's saying something.

Rating: 3.5

This was a good, quality show. It's missing that classic, but everything is worthwhile, which is something you can't say about a lot of shows. If you're a big Orton or Cena fan, there's a good chance you will like the main event a lot more than I did, and that would probably put this in the "great" category. Still, as is, this is worth a watch.

Overall Rating: 81%

Hell In A Cell 2009

1. Undertaker defeated CM Punk by pinfall to win the World Heavyweight Championship

This was way too short for what it was, but it was non-stop action. I hate that Punk got buried again, but he gave a great effort.

Rating: 3 (out of 5)

2. John Morrison defeated Dolph Ziggler by pinfall

I was a little surprised at the way this was booked. They were given a lot of time, but didn't rely on what makes them great, their speed.

Rating: 2.75

3. Mickie James defeated Alicia Fox by pinfall

Well, this was awful and Mickie James continued to get worse around this time.

Rating: .25

4. Chris Jericho + Big Show defeated Batista + Rey Mysterio by pinfall

***Match Of The Night***

This was a really well-worked match. All four guys played to their strengths and this has to be one of the better non-gimmick tag team matches the WWE has had in some time.

Rating: 3.75

5. Randy Orton defeated John Cena by pinfall to win the WWE Championship

For some reason this feud is just very mediocre. I know that I am a little biased because I am not a fan of Orton. He's not terrible, but he just doesn't do it for me most of the time.

Rating: 3

6. Drew McIntyre defeated R-Truth by pinfall

I know they were trying to give Drew some pay-per-view exposure, but R-Truth is not the guy to help him look good. This match was pointless.

Rating: 1.25

7. Kofi Kingston defeated Miz and Jack Swagger by pinfall

I had higher hopes for this one, especially since I really liked what Miz and Kofi did at the last show. This was just too sloppy.

Rating: 2

8. Shawn Michaels + Triple H defeated Legacy by pinfall

With them booking three Hell In A Cell matches on the same card, they had to vary with the way they booked the matches. This one made the most sense, as it continued the story from their last big match together. Still, this didn't exactly set the world on fire.

Rating: 3

This was a good, solid show. The Cell matches were all pretty good, but they lacked what made some of the early matches had. The tag team match was very good as well, which means the majority of the show was solid. I wouldn't say you have to see this show, but it's one of the better ones from 2009.

Overall Rating: 77%