10 Best Gimmick PPVs In Pro Wrestling History
"Listed ahead are the best themed WWE event concepts ever, with a few from outside the WWE confines thrown in for good measure..."
9. Bragging Rights
Before Survivor Series (and the Royal Rumble and the Draft and the Saudi shows and other international house shows and whatever else), Bragging Rights was the one night per year in which Raw and SmackDown superstars went head-to-head in direct competition. While it came along far too late in the first brand split to really be worth a damn, the idea was sound - Raw and SmackDown are as natural of enemies as cats and dogs, so let's pit them against each other.
Ideally, you wanted something like Bragging Rights back around 2004 or 2005, when tension between red and blue was at its most fervent. You want Eric Bischoff trading barbs with Paul Heyman or Theodore Long between matches, as they create a theoretical supercard of their best guys, all in the name of winning a glorified bowling trophy. Annual re-drafts and shake-ups kinda killed the allure of the brand split by about 2007, and it was hard to get behind somebody suddenly hating Raw, despite spending the prior three years on the show. But the concept itself is sound, and in a different era, could've been a lot of fun.
Written by Justin Henry
In addition to writing lists and commentaries for Cultaholic, Justin is also a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine, and is co-author of the WWE-related book Titan Screwed: Lost Smiles, Stunners, and Screwjobs.
