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Breaking Point
PromotionWorld Wrestling Entertainment
DateSeptember 13, 2009
CityMontreal, Quebec
VenueBell Centre
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Breaking Point is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which will take place on September 13, 2009 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It will feature talent from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands.[2] The name of the event was voted by fans via WWE's official website. Breaking Point was chosen over Submission Sunday, Total Submission, and Submit & Quit.[3][4] Six matches are currently scheduled on the event's card.

Background

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Randy Orton will defend the WWE Championship against John Cena in an "I Quit" match.

Breaking Point will feature professional wrestling matches, with the main event matches contested under submission rules.[5] It will involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that will be played out on Raw, SmackDown, ECW and WWE Superstars—World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) television programs. Wrestlers will portray a villain or a hero as they follow a series of events that build tension, and culminate into a wrestling match or series of matches.[6] All wrestlers will be from WWE's Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands—a storyline division in which WWE employees are assigned to a television program of the same name.[7]

The main event of the Raw brand was announced the night following SummerSlam; it will be a rematch from the show, which was Randy Orton defending the WWE Championship against John Cena. During the match, Orton intentionally got himself disqualified, counted-out of the ring, and pinned Cena with illegal leverage before retaining the championship. WWE Chairman, Vince McMahon, proclaimed that, as a result of Orton's actions in attempting to retain the title, he would grant Cena a rematch, and if anyone were to interfere on Orton's behalf, in response to interference during their previous match from Brett DiBiase, he would lose the championship. In the spirit of the submission concept of the show, the title will be defended in an "I Quit" match, a match that can only be won by causing the opponent to say "I Quit".[8]

After winning the World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam, CM Punk defended the title on the following episode of SmackDown against Jeff Hardy. It was announced that the winner of the match would defend the title against The Undertaker at Breaking Point in a match that can only be won by making their opponent submit.[9]

Chris Jericho and The Big Show will defend the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship against MVP and Mark Henry.

The guest host and storyline matchmaker of the August 24 episode of Raw was welterweight boxer champion, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., who had a match with The Big Show at WrestleMania XXIV the previous year. Due to the lingering animosity, Mayweather announced that Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) and Mark Henry would receive a match against The Big Show and his tag team partner, Chris Jericho, for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship at Breaking Point, provided they defeat them in an exhibition match that night; MVP and Henry gained their chance after Mayweather gave MVP brass knuckles while the referee was distracted, to knock out and pin Jericho for the win.[8]

During a night-long challenge on the July 27 episode of Raw, to determine who would challenge Randy Orton for the WWE Championship at SummerSlam, Triple H had to defeat his opponent, Cody Rhodes, in the allotted time of 6:49 set by prior competitor, Mark Henry, but was not successful in doing so; this was followed by Rhodes assaulting his incapacitated opponent with the assistance of his affiliate in The Legacy, Ted DiBiase.[10] This led to Triple H enlisting help in the returning Shawn Michaels to reform the faction, D-Generation X (DX), to face his adversaries at SummerSlam in a winning effort.[11] After continued assaults, it was announced on WWE.com that the two teams would face at Breaking Point in a submission match of their own, which can be won anywhere in the arena.[12]

Since The Bash, Kane and The Great Khali had been in constant conflict, taking turns interfering in each other's matches, blindsiding each other, or, in Kane's case, avoiding Khali.[13][14] To get Khali's attention and the upper hand, Kane kidnapped his adversary's translator and storyline brother, Ranjin Singh, before their match at SummerSlam, which was won by Kane.[15][16] Khali continued after Kane following the show, leading to the announcement of a match between the two with legal use of a Singapore cane.[17]

Matches

# Matches Stipulations
1 Randy Orton (c) vs John Cena[18] "I Quit" match for the WWE Championship. If anyone interferes on Orton's behalf, he will lose the title.
2 Chris Jericho and The Big Show (c) vs. Montel Vontavious Porter and Mark Henry[19] Tag Team match for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship
3 CM Punk (c) vs. The Undertaker[5] Submission match for the World Heavyweight Championship
4 D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) vs. The Legacy (Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase)[12] Submissions Count Anywhere match
5 The Great Khali (with Ranjin Singh) vs. Kane[20] Singapore Cane match
6 Christian (c) vs. William Regal (with Vladimir Kozlov and Ezekiel Jackson) [21] Singles match for the ECW Championship

See also

References

  1. ^ ""Still Unbroken" by Lynyrd Skynyrd is the offical song for WWE Breaking Point". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2009-08-25. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
  2. ^ "WWE Pay-Per-Views To Follow WrestleMania Formula". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
  3. ^ "WWE issues survey on new PPV names". WrestleView. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  4. ^ "WWE presents Breaking Point". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  5. ^ a b "Preview:World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk vs. Undertaker". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  6. ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment of World Wrestling Entertainment". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
  7. ^ "WWE Launches ECW As Third Brand". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
  8. ^ a b Adkins, Greg (2009-08-24). "Three of kind?". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  9. ^ "Extreme exodus". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2009-08-29. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); Text "last Burdick" ignored (help)
  10. ^ Adkins, Greg (2009-07-27). "Shaq clocks in". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  11. ^ Sitterson, Aubrey (2009-08-23). "How DX won the war". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  12. ^ a b "Preview:D-Generation X vs. Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase (Submissions Count Anywhere Match)". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  13. ^ Adkins, Greg (2009-06-28). "Giant upset". World Wrestling Entertainment.
  14. ^ Burdick, Michael (2009-08-28). "Extreme Exodus". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  15. ^ Passero, Mitch (2009-08-21). "Hardy rides again!". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  16. ^ Raymond, Katie A. (2009-08-23). "Diabolical destruction". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  17. ^ Passero, Mitch (2009-09-04). "Death and rebirth". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  18. ^ "Preview:WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. John Cena in an "I Quit" Match". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
  19. ^ "Preview:Mark Henry & Montel Vontavious Porter vs. Unified Tag Team Champions Chris Jericho & Big Show". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
  20. ^ "Preview:Kane vs. The Great Khali (Singapore Cane Match)". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  21. ^ "Preview:ECW Champion Christian vs. William Regal (with Ezekiel Jackson & Vladimir Kozlov)". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
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