WWE Night of Champions #1 Contender Tournament (Raw) – 2009
June 29 – July 6, 2009
– Semi-Finals
Held 6/29/09 in San Jose, CA. – Triple H pinned MVP by reversing the Playmaker into the Pedigree at 4:37; prior to the bout, footage was shown of MVP appearing with Sherri Shepherd the previous night at the BET Awards in Los Angeles
WWE Unified Tag Team Champions Chris Jericho & Edge defeated Carlito & Primo Colon at 9:36 when Edge pinned Carlito with the spear after Jericho shoved Primo into the bottom rope outside the ring, causing Carlito to miss a springboard elbow and hit the mat; prior to the bout, Jericho and Edge said they joined forces to dominate the WWE at a time in which they couldn’t get the job done alone due to inept management; after the bout, Carlito appeared to be upset with Primo for the loss – John Cena defeated Mike Mizanin via submission with the STFU at 13:50
– Finals
Held 7/6/09.