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WWE Bragging Rights results

Tonight WWE held their first annual Bragging Rights pay per view live from the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Here is the fall out:

In the dark match that was live before the pay per view went on the air, ECW Champion Christian beat Paul Burchill.

In the opening match, WWE United States Champion The Miz (representing the RAW brand) pinned WWE Intercontinental Champion John Morrison (representing the SmackDown brand.)

Natalya Neidhart, Beth Phoenix & Michelle McCool (representing the SmackDown brand) beat Gail Kim, Kelly Kelly & Melina (representing the RAW brand) when Phoenix pinned Melina with a Glam Slam.

In a fatal four-way match for the World Heavyweight Championship, The Undertaker retained the Championship after he pinned Batista with a Tombstone piledriver. Also in the match were Rey Mysterio and CM Punk. Post-match, Josh Matthews interviewed Batista and Mysterio, which led to Batista viciously attacking Mysterio.

Team SmackDown (Chris Jericho, Kane, David Hart Smith, Tyson Kidd, Matt Hardy, Finlay & R-Truth) beat Team RAW (Triple H, Shawn Michaels, The Big Show, Jack Swagger, Cody Rhodes, Kofi Kingston & Mark Henry) when Big Show turned on Team RAW and chokeslammed Kingston, which allowed Jericho to get the pinfall. Therefore SmackDown won the Bragging Rights series between SmackDown and RAW 2 – 1.

In the main event, John Cena beat Randy Orton to win the WWE Championship in a 60 minute anything goes Iron Man match 6 falls to 5. After each fall, there was a 30 second break.
Cena made Orton tap out to the STF at about four minutes (1 – 0 Cena)
Orton pinned Cena with a RKO at about nine minutes (1 – 1)
Orton and Cena pinned each other after hitting the RKO and Attitude Adjustment on each other at the same time at about 18 minutes in (2 – 2)
Cena pinned Orton after an Attitude Adjustment off the top rope at about 20 minutes in (3 – 2 Cena)
Orton pinned Cena after Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes interfered and attacked Cena at 21 minutes in (3 – 3)
Orton pinned Cena after throwing through a pyrotechnics board on the entrance stage at 26 minutes in (4 – 3 Orton)
Cena pinned Orton with a roll up at 33 minutes in (4 – 4)
Orton pinned Cena after an elevated DDT on the ringside floor at 35 minutes in (5 – 4 Orton)
Cena pinned Orton with an Attitude Adjustment through the announce table at 51 minutes in (5 – 5)
Cena made Orton submit to the STF with five seconds left on the clock.

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