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Cyber Sunday was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). In 2004 and 2005, the event was known as Taboo Tuesday[1] and was exclusive to the Raw brand.
During the event's "Taboo Tuesday" years, it was the first pay-per-view held by the company on a Tuesday since 1991's This Tuesday in Texas. The inaugural event was held in October, and the 2005 event was pushed back to early November. By 2006 the show was moved to a more traditional Sunday night slot—alleviating problems with the taping schedule of SmackDown! (usually held on Tuesdays)—and renamed Cyber Sunday.
The most distinctive feature of Cyber Sunday is the ability for fans to vote on certain aspects of every match. The voting typically begins in the middle of an episode of Raw a few weeks beforehand and ends during the pay-per-view, often moments before the match is slated to begin. Because of this, Cyber Sunday is billed as an "interactive pay-per-view". For the first four events, voting was made online through WWE.com, with the official tag line for the PPV being "Log On. Take Over." In 2008 however, this was replaced by votes through text messaging but this is only available to United States mobile carriers. However, the match between The Undertaker and The Big Show was made universal, as fans were allowed to vote for the match stipulation on WWE.com.
In 2009, the event's pay-per-view slot was replaced by Bragging Rights.[2]
Cyber Sunday dates and venues
Event Date City Venue Main Event Taboo Tuesday (2004) October 19, 2004 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Bradley Center Triple H (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the World Heavyweight Championship
Randy Orton vs. Ric Flair in a Steel Cage matchTaboo Tuesday (2005) November 1, 2005 San Diego, California iPayOne Center Ric Flair (c) vs. Triple H in a Steel Cage match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
John Cena (c) vs. Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels in a Triple Threat match for the WWE ChampionshipCyber Sunday (2006) November 5, 2006 Cincinnati, Ohio U.S. Bank Arena King Booker (c) vs. WWE Champion John Cena vs. ECW World Champion The Big Show in a "Champion of Champions" Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship Cyber Sunday (2007) October 28, 2007 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center Batista (c) vs. The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship (with Steve Austin as the special guest referee) Cyber Sunday (2008) October 26, 2008 Phoenix, Arizona US Airways Center Triple H (c) vs. Jeff Hardy for the WWE Championship
Chris Jericho (c) vs. Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship (with Steve Austin as the special guest referee)References
- ^ "Cyber Sunday Pay-per-view History". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/cybersunday/history/alltimeresults. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
- ^ "Preview:WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. John Cena (Anything Goes Iron Man Match)". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwebraggingrights/matches/11988122/preview/. Retrieved 2009-10-05. "Find out when the first-ever WWE Bragging Rights airs Sunday, Oct. 25 live on pay-per view."[dead link]
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