Last night's pay-per-view was a brand new concept, replacing that of Cyber Sunday's, where the best of the best would be decided and leave Pittsburgh with Bragging Rights. Now, the rules are simple, the show who wins the best of 2 out of 3 leaves with the Bragging Rights trophy.The first competition: Intercontinental Champion, John Morrison vs. United States Champion, The Miz (aka The Dirt Sheet War). As I mentioned before, John Morrison is the better of the two, but when it comes to the WWE, better doesn't always mean you'll win the match. I could've gone with Miz to win, seeing as John let slip that he was going to lose on Friday, but I root for the best. On Friday, after his match with Knox, Morrison noted that Miz beat Marty Jannetty, and while Miz is trying to figure out whether he's the Jannetty or the Shawn Michaels, Morrison knows who he is: He's The Friday Night Delight, The Intercontinental Champion, he is John Morrison. When you're that certain on who you are, there's no need to win a match to prove anything. Miz needed the win more than Morrison, because Morrison has a good standing within the WWE, while Miz is really just starting to become a well known heel in the business. Miz did, however, prove that he would capitalize of Morrison's flaw, his high flying. Just like the days of MVP vs. Jeff Hardy, a ground wrestler always feels that he can do away with a high flyer.
RAW scores the 1st win.
Second competition: 6 Divas Tag Team Match, SmackDown vs. RAW. If the RAW Divas had managed to win this match, then RAW would have been automatically considered the winners of the Bragging Rights Trophy, and the 14 man tag team match would then become a regular match. The SmackDown team was comprised of the Women's Champion, Michelle McCool alongside: Beth Phoenix "The Glamazon," and Natalya Neidhart. And on the RAW team, Divas' Champion, Melina along with Kelly Kelly and Gail Kim. This is where rooting for the best really pays off, because McCool has been proving herself throughout the course of 2 years why she is the Women's Champion; Natalya is the only woman to have trained and graduated from Stu Hart's Dungeon; and Beth Phoenix is the most dominant woman in the WWE. As much as I love the RAW Divas, victory belonged to SmackDown. Maybe if Gail Kim wasn't jobbing, RAW would have had a chance. But it wasn't even Gail's, or even Kelly Kelly's weakness that caused the match, it was the newly crowned Divas' Champion that was destroyed by The Glam Slam, and a perfectly executed one at that.
SmackDown ties up the score: 1-1
Final Round: 14 Man Tag Match, Team SmackDown vs. Team RAW. Earlier on in the pay-per-view, members of the RAW Team continued to dispute with one another on who was the greatest asset to the team. DX, frustrated, threatened that any one of them could be replaced by the next person that walked through that door; queue in Hornswoggle for laughs. The last minute change with the SmackDown team made for a more believable match up. Because who was honestly going to buy the fact that McIntyre and Escobar, who have been in the WWE for only a minute could stand toe-to-toe with the RAW members. That's why it made me happy to see a great selection of up and coming stars such as R-Truth and The Hart Dynasty. Including Finlay, who is like the Irish Ric Flair, the dirtiest player in the game with that shellelegh. An what was really great was to see Shawn Michaels mix it up with several of the SmackDown members like Hart Dynasty and Matt; even a nice scuffle with Chris Jericho, which WWE promised as the main event for RAW. What really never crossed my mind, and it should have, was the fact that Big Show, one half of the Unified Tag Team Champions, was on the RAW Team. I know he was on the team, but it never crossed my mind that he was ON the team. Hence, when Kofi went for a high risk maneuver and Big Show connected with the KO Punch, it all made sense. Jeri-Show have probably been scheming from the start. Chris Jericho picked up the win by covering Kingston; thus winning the Bragging Rights Trophy for SmackDown.SmackDown wins Best 2 out of 3.
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