10 Great Wrestling Matches Hidden On Terrible Pay Per Views
8. Daniel Bryan Vs. Dolph Ziggler - WWE Bragging Rights 2010
Bragging Rights was, in a word, pointless. Not only were their no stakes - one can imagine the titular trophy being left in a jobber's locker as a rib - but by the time it was trotted out, the rosters had begun to merge with no rhyme or reason. As a marketable concept, it wasn't Fatal 4-Way bad - but it was bad.
Bar the exquisite opener, the action was as dismal in execution. It was 2010, after all, an era positioned between the retirement of Shawn Michaels and the emergence of the Indy darling era. Accordingly, David Otunga, Ezekiel Jackson and Tyler Reks all featured.
Truthfully, it is a typical Dolph Ziggler match - in that it is a back and forth fifteen minute affair in which both men were positioned (and thus emerged, a little pointlessly) as equals - but it was contested when that was a thrilling novelty. So too were Bryan's independently-honed chops, which stood out in a sea of Deep South Wrestling-trained dross.
It is a testament to its quality that it retains its appeal. Michael Cole (for once) speaks for all of us; despite his hatred towards Bryan, he is so impressed during one exchange that, almost in spite of himself, he shouts "What a sequence!"