WWE Night of Champions
Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP | WWE Night of Champions | |
|---|---|
 The WWE Night of Champions logo used from 2014–2015 | |
| Other name(s) | Vengeance: Night of Champions (2007) |
Promotion(s) | WWE |
| Brand(s) | Raw (2007–2010) SmackDown (2007–2010) ECW (2007–2009) |
| First event | Vengeance: Night of Champions |
| Last event | Night of Champions (2015) |
| Event gimmick | All active WWE championships are defended |
Night of Champions was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by professional wrestling promotion WWE.[1] The inaugural event took place on June 24, 2007 and was a crossover with Vengeance. In 2008, Vengeance was dropped in favor of Night of Champions and it took over the June pay-per-view event slot. Night of Champions moved to July in 2009 and to September in 2010. In 2016, Night of Champions was replaced on the PPV schedule by Clash of Champions. Though the concept of Clash of Champions is similar, it is not a direct continuation of Night of Champions.
Contents
1 History
2 Concept
3 Dates and venues
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
History
Night of Champions was a pay-per-view event consisting of a main event and undercard that feature championship matches and other various matches. The first event was produced as a pay-per-view event for the WWE. The inaugural event took place on June 24, 2007 under the name Vengeance: Night of Champions at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas and aired live on PPV. In the nine editions of the event, the WWE Championship was defended in the main event 7 times, with the World Heavyweight Championship defended once, and in 2011, the main event was a non-championship match.[citation needed]
In 2016, Night of Champions was replaced on the PPV schedule by Clash of Champions.
Concept
The concept of this pay-per-view is that all WWE titles are defended. Starting in 2010, non-title matches were also included on the card.
In previous years, ten titles that have been defended at the pay-per-view include:
WWE Cruiserweight Championship (previous), defended in 2007
ECW Championship, defended between 2007–2009
World Tag Team Championship, defended between 2007–2009
WWE Women's Championship (previous), defended between 2007–2010
World Heavyweight Championship, defended between 2007–2013
WWE Divas Championship, defended between 2009–2015
WWE Championship, defended between 2007–2015
WWE United States Championship, defended between 2007–2015
WWE Intercontinental Championship, defended between 2007–2015
WWE Tag Team Championship, defended between 2007–2015
Dates and venues
| Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vengeance: Night of Champions[2] | June 24, 2007 | Houston, Texas | Toyota Center[3] | John Cena (c) vs. Mick Foley vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Randy Orton vs. King Booker in Five Pack Challenge match for the WWE Championship[4] | |||||
Night of Champions (2008)[5] | June 29, 2008 | Dallas, Texas | American Airlines Center[6] | Triple H (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship | |||||
Night of Champions (2009) | July 26, 2009[7] | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[7] | Wachovia Center[7] | CM Punk (c) vs. Jeff Hardy for the World Heavyweight Championship | |||||
Night of Champions (2010) | September 19, 2010[8] | Rosemont, Illinois[8] | Allstate Arena[8] | Sheamus (c) vs. Wade Barrett vs. Chris Jericho vs. Edge vs. Randy Orton vs. John Cena in a Six-Pack Elimination Match for the WWE Championship | |||||
Night of Champions (2011) | September 18, 2011 | Buffalo, New York | First Niagara Center | Triple H vs. CM Punk in a No Disqualification match | |||||
Night of Champions (2012) | September 16, 2012 | Boston, Massachusetts | TD Garden | CM Punk (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship | |||||
Night of Champions (2013) | September 15, 2013 [9] | Detroit, Michigan[9] | Joe Louis Arena | Randy Orton (c) vs. Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship | |||||
Night of Champions (2014) | September 21, 2014 | Nashville, Tennessee | Bridgestone Arena | Brock Lesnar (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship | |||||
Night of Champions (2015) | September 20, 2015 | Houston, Texas | Toyota Center | Seth Rollins (c) vs. Sting for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship | |||||
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||||||
See also
- List of current champions in WWE
References
^ "WWE Night of Champions history". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
^ Powell, John (2007-06-24). "Vengeance banal and badly booked". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
^ "Vengeance: Night of Champions (2007) Venue". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
^ "WWE Champion John Cena def. King Booker, Randy Orton, Bobby Lashley & Mick Foley (Challenge Match)". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
^ Bishop, Matt (2008-06-30). "Big names still on top after Night of Champions". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
^ "Night of Champions (2008) Venue". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
^ abc "Night of Champions 2009". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
^ abc "September". WWE Official Calendar 2010. World Wrestling Entertainment.
^ ab Cutting, Devin (2013-01-11). "COMPLETE DETAILS AND LOCATIONS ON ALL 2013 WWE PPV EVENTS". PWInsider. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
External links
- Night of Champions Official Website