10 Best Wrestling Matches NOBODY Watched

The notion of inter-brand warfare is a concept WWE irregularly reverts to in the time of desperate measures. "It'S tHe OnE tImE oF yEaR", Michael Cole decrees, disregarding WWE's own negligence for the brand split meaning anything.

Bragging Rights was the event in question between 2009 and 2010, attracting 200,000 and 137,000 pay-per-view buys, respectively. It was immediately evident that the concept wasn't one that the audience cared for, and so it was scrapped the following year, replaced by Vengeance.

One match, from the latter card, is absolutely worth a rewatch, though, or indeed a first-time watch.

Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler, wrestling the prototypical United States Champion vs. Intercontinental Champion opener, did away with WWE's hackneyed my-brand-is-better-than-yours dross by wrestling what was a glowing highlight of the otherwise monotonous PG Era. It wasn't one of Bryan's best - he's a top-three Best In The World with a track record longer than the DDT Pro Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship's title history - but it was an engrossing opener that illuminated both men at their best.

Kudos, too, to Vickie Guerrero, who did what she needed to at ringside, and aided one of the match's genuinely brilliant spots; Bryan, flying off the apron with a knee to Dolph, flew over Vickie, very nearly wiping her out. Had he done so, the match may've been remembered as an all-timer.