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WWE Night Of Champions Results – September 20, 2015

WWE Night Of Champions Kickoff Show

After the usual Kickoff Show stuff, with the panel running down several of tonight’s scheduled matches, as well as a quick check-in with the social media lounge, we finally head down to the ring where Michael Cole, JBL and Jerry Lawler welcome us to our first match of the evening.

Cosmic Wasteland vs. Neville & The Lucha Dragons

Out first comes The Ascension and Stardust, who are collectively known as Cosmic Wasteland. Out next are their opponents, first out are the Lucha Dragons. Out next is their tag-team partner, “The Man That Gravity Forgot” — Neville.

The bell sounds and here we go with our Kickoff Show match of the evening. The big boy of The Ascension, Konnor, kicks things off with Sin Cara of The Lucha Dragons. Konnor dominates with his size and strength early on, however Sin Cara eventually uses his speed and high flying offense to take control and tag in Kalisto.

Kalisto comes in and picks up where Sin Cara left off, taking it to Konnor until Konnor cuts him off with a knee to the cut. Konnor tags in Stardust. Stardust goes to work on Kalisto as the fans boo.

After some back-and-forth action, the finish came when Stardust sacrificed one of his Ascension tag-team partners, which allowed him to hit his finisher on Neville for the 1-2-3.

Winners: Cosmic Wasteland

WWE Night Of Champions 2015

The Kickoff Show concludes with one final discussion from the expert panel, and then we shoot to the pay-per-view, which opens up with the usual bad-ass video package. The package focuses on all of the current WWE champions, as all of them will be defending their titles tonight at Night Of Champions. Michael Cole informs us that there are 14,369 fans inside the sold out Toyota Center in Houston, Texas for tonight’s show.

WWE Intercontinental Championship
– Ryback (c) vs. Kevin Owens

From there, we head to the ring where Lilian Garcia introduces our first match, which is for the I-C title. With that said, Ryback’s music hits and out he comes to the ring for tonight’s opening match.

After that, Kevin Owens’ music hits and the fans in Houston pop pretty damn loud for the former NXT Champion. Owens makes his way to the ring for his one-on-one contest against Ryback for the I-C title.

The bell sounds and Ryback immediately out-powers Owens, shoving him down flat on his ass as the fans break out in “Fight Owens Fight! Fight Owens Fight!” chants. Ryback floors Owens with a big shoulder tackle.

Owens backs Ryback into a corner and chops and punches away at him, only to be leveled on his ass by “The Big Guy” once again. Ryback then dumps Owens to the floor and leads the fans inside the Toyota Center in a “Feed Me More! Feed Me More!” chant.

Finally, Owens slams Ryback shoulder-first into the ring post on the floor. Ryback is selling his arm and now Owens is focusing his offensive attack on the “injured” shoulder of the I-C champ. Owens, now fully in control, mocks Ryback and taunts the fans.

Owens enjoys a lengthy period of time in control of the offense, however Ryback catches Owens with a big elbow and then turns him inside-out with a huge clothesline. Ryback going for the Shellshock but because of his “injured” arm, he drops Owens, who rolls Ryback up for a close near fall. Owens goes back to work on the hurt shoulder of “The Big Guy.”

Eventually, Ryback fights back again. He pulls the straps down and hoists Owens up for the Shellshock. Owens, while up, rakes the eyes of Ryback, which sets up a quick roll-up. 1-2-3. Owens wins. We have a new I-C champ!

Winner and NEW WWE Intercontinental Champion: Kevin Owens

WWE Night Of Champions: Possible Spoiler About Who’s Backstage

WWE Night of Champions may see a major return tonight according to Mike Johnson of PWInsider. He’s reporting that Kane is backstage at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, the arena housing tonight’s pay-per-view. Kane has been out of action since the July 13th edition of Monday Night Raw at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. That was the show where Brock Lesnar dropped the steps on his ankle and Seth Rollins then stomped on it to turn Kane babyface.

During Kane’s last few weeks on TV, they made a point of having Paul Heyman repeatedly refer to him as “The Undertaker’s baby brother.” That seemed like foreshadowing that Kane and The Undertaker would reunite soon, though with Undertaker still programed with Brock Lesnar exclusively, that seems less likely right now.

While he was away, Glenn “Kane” Jacobs was filming the WWE Studios film “6:42,” which is the same movie that Dolph Ziggler was filming during his most recent hiatus. WWE.com describes the plot of the movie as follows:

Ray Fitzpatrick (WWE Superstar Dolph Ziggler) is a tough as nails narcotics cop working the beat in Los Angeles. After a drug bust goes wrong, Ray is forced to shoot his own partner, leading to his suspension from the police force. Before you know it, Ray is dragged right back into the thick of it when a mysterious package arrives at the station addressed to him.

The package leads Ray and his colleagues to an encrypted website where an unidentified kidnapper broadcasts a threat to Ray and the entire police force. The kidnapper, it turns out, is holding a young boy hostage and unless the police department can come up with a $2 million ransom, he’ll set off a time-bomb strapped to the child’s chest.

The department, led by Lt. Cronin (WWE Superstar Kane) comes up with the payoff and Ray is tasked as the bagman. When the handover goes down, Ray is forced to shoot and kill the kidnapper before he can set off the bomb and kill the child.

With 6 hours and 42 minutes left before the timed explosive detonates, Ray and Internal Affairs agent Julia Baker (Katharine Isabelle from “See No Evil 2”) race against time to find the now deceased kidnapper’s hidden lair and save the child before it’s too late.

WWE Money In The Bank, SummerSlam & Night Of Champions PPV Buyrates

The following are the pay-per-view buyrates for WWE Money In The Bank, WWE SummerSlam and WWE Night Of Champions for the last five years:

WWE Money In The Bank:

2009 — 267,000
2010 — 165,000
2011 — 195,000
2012 — 188,000
2013 — 199,000

WWE SummerSlam:

2009 — 369,000
2010 — 350,000
2011 — 296,000
2012 — 358,000
2013 — 296,000

WWE Night Of Champions:

2009 — 169,000
2010 — 165,000
2011 — 161,000
2012 — 189,000
2013 — 175,000

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Rey Mysterio’s In-Ring Return This Week, AJ Lee Concussion Update & More

-WWE officially announced prior to RAW on Monday night that current WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee has been medically cleared to return to the ring following a concussion scare that saw her sent home from RAW last week. That would explain AJ’s physical presence in the ring on this past Monday’s edition of the show.

-WWE will be running live events in Mexico on Wednesday, October 16th, and Thursday, October 17th. WWE Superstar Rey Mysterio, who has been on the shelf for months recovering from injuries, is scheduled to return to the ring on those shows.

-WWE announced a return to St. Louis, Missouri, the site of Monday’s WWE RAW show, on January 17, 2014. The pre-sale for tickets is available right now with the code: WWELIVE.

-WWE will officially release their Night Of Champions 2013 DVD on Tuesday, October 15th.

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Backstage Reason WWE Is Stacking The Deck For The Hell In A Cell PPV

The reason WWE is stacking the deck so heavily at the upcoming WWE Hell In A Cell pay-per-view is due to reported concerns that they may have alienated their pay-per-view buying audience with the way they have handled the main event situation on the past couple of pay-per-views.

As noted previously, fans demanded refunds following the recent WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view due to the fact that they paid for a finish that was completely erased and overturned less than 24 hours later on the free WWE RAW television show that followed the next night. Additionally, fans were loudly chanting “refund, refund” after the non-finish to Sunday’s WWE Battleground pay-per-view in Buffalo.

Due to the fact that WWE has handled the main events, which are what pay-per-views are largely sold on, so poorly at their last few shows, the feeling in the company is they need to regain that trust with their pay-per-view buying audience at Hell In A Cell, which is why there seems to be such emphasis on guaranteeing a legitimate finish in the main event, as well as other major selling points to support it underneath. Basically, the company is stacking the deck so heavily that it pretty much guarantees that anyone who buys the show this time will get their money’s worth.

For those reasons, WWE has brought back John Cena earlier than expected for a match against Alberto Del Rio, as well as guaranteed a new WWE Champion in the third-straight pay-per-view main event between Randy Orton and Daniel Bryan. While they basically guaranteed a winner for the same match at Battleground, they are stressing that this match will be in a Hell In A Cell, which assures viewers that there will be no outside interference, and they have Shawn Michaels as a special guest referee to give further confidence to their fans that there will be a legitimate outcome this time around.

MORE Backstage Details On Why Cena Is Returning WAY Earlier Than Planned — CLICK HERE!

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Mark Henry’s WWE TV Return, WWE NXT Live Event Tour, Axel/Kingston News

-Originally, WWE was going to book the Curtis Axel vs. Kofi Kingston match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship on RAW, but for whatever reason, they decided to add the match to the WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view.

-Recently sidelined WWE Superstar Mark Henry is expected to return to WWE television in the very near future. Henry has been medically cleared to return for a while now. Some expect Henry back as early as this coming Monday’s RAW in Chicago, Illinois.

-According to reports, WWE isn’t planning on taking NXT live events outside of Florida on a regular basis until after WrestleMania XXX.

More Matches Confirmed For WWE Battleground + Early Raw Spoilers For Monday!

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Bad Sign For WWE Night Of Champions Buyrate, Mayweather-Alvarez PPV Numbers Are In

The early estimates are in for the Floyd Mayweather vs. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez pay-per-view are in, and it might not be a great sign for the WWE Night Of Champions buyrate.

Early estimates claim the Mayweather-Alvarez Showtime boxing pay-per-view generated approximately 2.2 million buys on pay-per-view, which due to the fact that the show came one night before the WWE’s “Night Of Champions” pay-per-view, and the fact that Triple H himself promoted the fight on his Twitter feed (not a major deal obviously, but not the smartest move either) it may not be a great sign for WWE.

Traditionally speaking, MMA and boxing pay-per-views don’t have a serious impact on WWE pay-per-views, outside of a few particular stars in general (Mayweather being one of them), it still spells trouble for the Night Of Champions show, as the Mayweather-Alvarez show was financially speaking the biggest pay-per-view of all-time, breaking the previous record for the Mayweather vs. Oscar De La Hoya pay-per-view. While their fight drew more than the Mayweather-Alvarez fight, due to the increased pay-per-view cost, it would take the top spot as the highest grossing pay-per-view event ever. Also, with the increased PPV price, and the fact that it fell the same weekend, one night prior to WWE’s show, one would assume it would have to have a negative impact on the Night Of Champions buyrate.

Below is the official Showtime press release sent to SESCOOPS.COM touting the Mayweather-Alvarez pay-per-view numbers:

MAYWEATHER-CANELO FIGHT SETS RECORD AS HIGHEST-GROSSING PAY-PER-VIEW EVENT OF ALL TIME

The SHOWTIME PPV® Event, Promoted by Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Premieres on SHOWTIME® this Saturday, Sept. 21 at 9:00 PM, ET/PT

NEW YORK (Sept. 19, 2013) — Last Saturday’s blockbuster boxing event — THE ONE: MAYWEATHER VS. CANELO — ranked as the highest-grossing pay-per-view of all time, with nearly $150 million in U.S. pay-per-view revenue reported to date. The news was announced today by Showtime Networks Inc., a division of CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS), in conjunction with event promoters Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions.

The SHOWTIME PPV presentation of THE ONE surpassed the previous record of $136 million generated by Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather boxing event in 2007.

Preliminary reports from distributors show pay-per-view buys projected to be 2.2 million. While not fully reported from all distributors, the total buys could challenge the existing record of 2.48 million pay-per-view buys set by De La Hoya vs. Mayweather. The initial report immediately following the De La Hoya vs. Mayweather event in 2007 was 2.15. THE ONE has already exceeded the previous #2 event, the infamous World Heavyweight Championship bout between Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II (1.95 million, 1997).

The Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013 event, held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, was headlined by the #1-ranked pound-for-pound fighter in the world, Floyd “Money” Mayweather, who already holds the all-time record in gross pay-per-view receipts, and wildly popular Mexican challenger Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in a super welterweight world championship bout. Mayweather dominated the exciting fight and won by decision to remain undefeated with 45 wins in his 17 years as a professional. Also on the pay-per-view boxing card was Philadelphia’s Danny “Swift” Garcia who emerged as the #1 boxer in the world at 140 pounds with an action-packed decision win over Lucas “The Machine” Matthysse of Argentina. Both of these bouts will premiere on SHOWTIME® on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 9:00 PM, ET/PT. The telecast will include never-before-seen ALL ACCESS: MAYWEATHER VS. CANELO footage from fight night. Then, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, SHOWTIME will conclude the ALL ACCESS series devoted to this event with “Epilogue,” premiering on SHOWTIME at 10:00 PM, ET/PT.

What had been called the biggest boxing event in years during the build-up proved worthy of the hype. Tickets for the event sold out within 24 hours of going on sale and set a new boxing record for live gate revenue at more than $20 million. Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions reported earlier a record number of sponsorship and sponsor activation for a boxing event and additional distribution records for live closed circuit viewing (over 26,000 tickets sold in Las Vegas alone) and live movie theatre screenings at more than 500 theatres nationwide. On Friday, before fight night, the crowd at the official weigh-in was believed to be the largest on record, featuring an announced attendance of more than 12,000 excited fans.

ABOUT “THE ONE: MAYWEATHER VS. CANELO”:
THE ONE: MAYWEATHER VS. CANELO was a 12-round fight for Canelo’s WBC, WBA and Ring Magazine Super Welterweight World Championships and Mayweather’s WBA Super Welterweight Super World Championship that took place Saturday, Sept. 14 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, was promoted by Mayweather Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions and Canelo Promotions and sponsored by Corona, O’Reilly Auto Parts, AT&T, Valvoline, Mexico Tourism, Fred Loya Insurance and Nature Nutrition. In the 12-round co-featured attraction, WBC, WBA Super and Ring Magazine Super Lightweight World Champion Danny Garcia and thunderous puncher WBC Interim Super Lightweight World Champion Lucas Matthysse squared off in a fight presented in association with Swift Promotions and Arano Box Promotions. Also, Ishe Smith vs. Carlos Molina squared off in a 12-round battle for Smith’s IBF Junior Middleweight World Title which is promoted in association with Warriors Boxing. The opening bout on SHOWTIME PPV featured a 10-round welterweight showdown between Pablo Cesar Cano and Ashley Theophane. The mega-event was produced and distributed live by SHOWTIME PPV® at 9:00 PM, ET/6:00 PM, PT. The event can be heard in Spanish using secondary audio programming (SAP).

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CM Punk Returning To RAW Next Week, Celebrity Backstage At WWE Taping, Bryan

-WWE announced CM Punk will be returning to television on next week’s edition of RAW, which emanates from his hometown of Chicago, Illinois.

-Titus O’Neil’s real-life girlfriend, reality television star Omarosa, was backstage at the recent WWE television tapings.

-WWE Superstar Daniel Bryan is on the cover of the new WWE Night Of Champions 2013 DVD.

Huge WWE Battleground Matches Announced — Click Here!

WWE Stock Continues To Drop, Reddit User Gets Del Rio/RVD PPV Match Wrong

-Shares of WWE stock dropped below $10 per-share in early trading on Monday morning. This comes after WWE released a statement on Friday downgrading their 2013 Business Outlook, particularly for the second-half of 2013. As of this afternoon, shares of WWE stock were down 4.2 percent from Friday’s close.

-The infamous Reddit user, Dolphins1925, missed one of his predictions for the WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view. Dolphins1925 predicted Del Rio would win the match, however, the match ended up in a disqualification, which means Rob Van Dam technically won the match. While Del Rio did retain his World Heavyweight Championship as a result, the match goes down as a loss for the current champion.

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Damien Sandow On Not Cashing In On Sunday, First Look At Kane’s “See No Evil 2”

-The Dread Central website has added a first look of the new WWE Studios “See No Evil 2” film, which stars WWE Superstar Kane. The official description for the film reads: “See No Evil 2 revives the nightmare of the first film when Jacob Goodnight (Kane) rises from the dead in the city morgue after his killing spree at the Blackwell Hotel. In this ominous, underground locker for the dead, a group of medical students fight to survive as the deranged psychopath once again starts to pick them apart one by one.”

For more information on the film, including production and casting information, visit DreadCentral.com.

-As noted earlier today, Damien Sandow teased cashing in his Money In The Bank briefcase during the WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view on Sunday night. Since then, Sandow has posted a new tweet talking about his decision not to cash in. Sandow wrote:

“All of you thought I would cash in last night. I am steps ahead of you.”

WWE SmackDown Spoilers LIVE Coverage On Tuesday — CLICK HERE!

Daniel Bryan Stripped Of WWE Title, Mick Foley Comments On The Fast Count

-As seen on WWE RAW on Monday night, WWE COO Triple H stripped Daniel Bryan of the WWE Championship. Bryan won the title from Randy Orton via pinfall at the WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view on Sunday night. However, due to an alleged fast count by senior official Scott Armstrong, “The Game” decided to strip Bryan of the title and hold the title up until further notice.

-One WWE Hall Of Famer who won’t be surprised to hear about the aforementioned news of the WWE Championship being stripped from Daniel Bryan is Mick Foley. Foley wrote on Twitter prior to the start of Monday’s RAW show:

“Something tells me that last night’s 3-count will be called into question tonight on #RAW.”

Details On The Future Of The WWE Championship — CLICK HERE!

Jim Ross Blog: WWE Retirement, Night Of Champions PPV, Heyman/Ryback

The following are highlights from the latest online blog by WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross:

JR on WWE Night Of Champions PPV: “Solid show with an outstanding main event is how I would describe the PPV. Thought Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton closed the show strongly and with a memorable conclusion that will hopefully garner them was water cooler talk in some circles. Bryan is a wrestler’s wrestler who has paid his dues and is an exemplary member of the WWE team and locker room. Congrats to him and hopefully he will have a long, productive reign as WWE Champion. Time will obviously tell on that one.”

JR on Paul Heyman and Ryback: “Ryback aligning himself with Paul Heyman might be the best thing that Ryback has been able to accomplish since getting healthy. If Ryback is to become a major, major player in WWE then @HeymanHustle is the man to help Ryback accomplish such.”

JR on his retirement: “I haven’t bought a rocking chair just yet in the midst of all this retirement talk. I’ve retired from WWE….but not from life. I’m being engaged by a variety of ‘suitors’ who are all presenting some interesting, potential projects to me. Until we pull the trigger on projects that I truly am passionate about and want to invest my time and energy, I will immerse myself in Oklahoma Football, the UFC, and the NFL which isn’t a bad thing for a sport’s junky.”

Check out the complete blog online at JRsBarBQ.com.

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Details On Fast-Count At Night Of Champions, Damien Sandow Teases Cashing In

-According to reports, the announce team at WWE Night Of Champions were told not to acknowledge the fast-count by senior official Scott Armstrong at the finish of the Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan WWE Championship match. Apparently the fast-count will lead to an angle of some sort on WWE RAW tonight.

-With the aforementioned Orton/Bryan main event last night ending with ten minutes left to spare in the pay-per-view window, many felt Damien Sandow was going to come out and cash-in his Money In The Bank briefcase. Sandow fueled a lot of that speculation with the following tweet, which he posted on Sunday:

“I wonder how much longer I will be the uncrowned champion? Monnths? Weeks? Hours? Min? #WWENOC”

Update On Orton/Bryan Plans For RAW Tonight + Dusty Rhodes’ Return!

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Details On Paul Heyman’s New Client, Big E. Langston’s Babyface Turn & More

Based on Sunday night’s WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view, it appears as though Ryback is the new Paul Heyman client that has been rumored for a while now.

As noted previously, there was discussion internally in WWE of using an unknown from NXT as a new “Paul Heyman guy,” while the other options were moving either Ryback or Big E. Langston over to the Heyman crew. It appears that WWE is turning Langston babyface, and decided to go with Ryback as Heyman’s new client. If that is the case, you can expect it to be confirmed on RAW tonight.

For those who missed it, Ryback came to the aid of Heyman after CM Punk beat Curtis Axel in the Handicap Elimination match, which was also made a no-disqualification rules match during the Night Of Champions Kickoff Show.

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WWE Night Of Champions Results – September 15, 2013

WWE Night Of Champions Kickoff Show:

The Kickoff Show opens with Josh Mathews introducing us to the show. The “expert panel” for tonight includes Alex Riley, Booker T and Santino Marella. The panel breaks down some of the top matches for tonight’s show.

We go to the lounge with Renee Dupree, who informs us on how to interact via social media tonight. She runs down some polls for best tag-teams of all-time, etc.

We shoot backstage and Paul Heyman is shown rocking like Jesse Ventura. Brad Maddox walks by and asks Heyman if he’s ok. Heyman says he’s anything but ok. Maddox asks him what’s wrong. Heyman runs down all his concerns, namely, CM Punk. Heyman explains that he taught Punk how to get around the system, so he’s concerned that Punk is gonna massacre him in the middle of Maddox’s ring…unless. Heyman says if Punk beats Axel, then he’ll punch the ref in the mouth. This means Punk will be DQ’d and if he touches Heyman, he can sue for assault. Maddox then makes the match a no-DQ rules match. Heyman looks scared.

Back to the panel, where the guys talk about the new no-DQ stipulation that was just added to the Handicap Elimination match involving Axel, Heyman and Punk. They shift gears to talk more about other top matches on tonight’s show.

Tag-Team Turmoil: The Prime Time Players vs. The Usos vs. 3MB vs. Real Americans vs. Tons Of Funk

The PPV commentary team, consisting of Michael Cole, JBL and Jerry Lawler hype up the Tag-Team Turmoil match, which is up now. Out first is 3MB. Out next is Tons Of Funk. Representing 3MB will be Heath Slater and Drew McIntyre. Slater and Brodus Clay start things off. New teams will come out as people are eliminated. Slater beats up Clay for a while before he tags out to Tensai.

Tensai comes in the ring and runs right back out to the floor. McIntyre tags himself in and does a huge dive over the top, barely catching Tensai and crashing on the floor. Back in the ring, Tensai and McIntyre continue their battle. Nearfall by Tensai but McIntyre is tied up in the ropes. McIntyre misses a big elbow in the corner and Tensai rolls him up for the 1-2-3. 3MB are eliminated.

Out comes The Real Americans. 3MB are still in the ring beating down Tons Of Funk. The Real Americans, in specific, Antonio Cesaro, picks up where they left off. We head to a mid-match commercial here on the Night Of Champions pay-per-view Kickoff Show.

We return from commercial and Cesaro is going to suplex Tensai. Tensai reverses and suplexes Cesaro instead. He immediately tags in The Funkasaurus, Brodus Clay. Clay cleans house of both Swagger and Cesaro. Cesaro is still the legal man. Clay splashes him in the corner. Clay tries a pin on Swagger, but doesn’t get it. Not even sure he was the legal man. Commentators aren’t sure either. It turns out Swagger is the legal man. He applies the Patriot Lock on Clay and Clay taps out. Tons Of Funk are eliminated.

Out comes The Usos. The Usos race down to the ring and immediately throw both of The Real Americans out of the ring. One of the Usos goes flying over the top onto the floor on Swagger. The other flies over the top onto Cesaro. Back in the ring, Cesaro and Uso are the legal men. Uso comes off the top and splashes Cesaro. 1-2…Cesaro kicks out. Uso with another nearfall on Cesaro. Swagger tags himself in and the Real Americans double-team Uso. Swagger goes for a pin attempt but Uso kicks out at two. A loud “Let’s go Usos” and “We The People” dueling chant breaks out as Cesaro, now the legal man, is in control of the offense. We head to another mid-match commercial.

We return from commercial and one of the Usos is on the top rope. He leaps off but Swagger catches him by the leg coming down. Swagger locks in the Patriot Lock and Uso has no choice but to tap out. The Usos are eliminated. The Prime Time Players are now the only team left, along with The Real Americans.

Out comes The Prime Time Players. Titus O’Neil and Swagger are the legal men, as the fresher O’Neil goes to work immediately on Swagger. Big fall-away slam by O’Niel. Swagger chop-blocks O’Neil to slow him down. He’s going for yet another Patriot Lock but Darren Young comes in and kicks Swagger to break things up. Young encouraging O’Neil to make the tag, as both O’Neil and Swagger are down in the ring. O’Neil makes the tag and comes in a ball of fire, only to immediately be grabbed by Swagger for a Patriot Lock attempt. Young breaks free and hits his finisher immediately on Swagger. 1-2-3. The Prime Time Players win. The Prime Time Players now advance to take on Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns of The Shield for a shot at the WWE Tag-Team Championships. Young and O’Neil celebrate their victory in the ring as the announcers put over the tag-title match later on tonight at the PPV.

Winners and NEW #1 Contender’s to the WWE Tag-Team Titles: The Prime Time Players

We shoot back to the “expert panel” where the wrestlers break down the main event between Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton for the WWE Championship. We have four minutes left until the Night Of Champions pay-per-view show begins. Stick with us!

WWE Night Of Champions 2013 Pay-Per-View:

The typical badass video package airs to open tonight’s WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view show. From there, we head into the live arena where Michael Cole, JBL and Jerry “The King” Lawler welcomes us to tonight’s big event.

In-Ring Segment: Triple H

The ring announcer introduces us to the WWE COO Triple H. HHH comes out and talks about “what’s best for business.” He’s proud to put his stamp of approval on tonight’s matches because tonight will be one of the greatest nights in WWE history. And to show the fans that he’s not the villainous guy that WWE superstars think he is, and that he’s listened to the fans, and they, and he both want what’s best for business. So tonight, in the WWE Championship match, where Daniel Bryan takes on Randy Orton, there will be no interference from anyone. No Shield, no Big Show, nobody, just Orton and Daniel Bryan one-on-one. We’ll find out who should be WWE Champion. Hunter asks the crowd if they’re ready. He’s interrupted by Paul Heyman and Curtis Axel.

Heyman says he’s been calling, e-mailing, texting, leaving messages with everyone. He doesn’t know what it takes to get a reply from Hunter, but Heyman has a desperate need to talk to Hunter. He didn’t want it to be in front of the world, but Hunter thinks it’s best for business. Hunter says Paul looks terrible and asks him when the last time he slept was, or when he showered. He says Paul looks like a wreck, and Paul screams of course he’s a wreck. He apologizes and compliments Hunter on the line-up for NOC, but he says tonight Hunter has made a serious error in judgement, by putting Heyman, a non-athlete and father of two, into a handicapped elimination match against a fighter of such dominance, WWE accepted Heyman’s branding him as Best in the World. A fighter that gave Brock Lesnar all that he could handle. And Punk wants to beat Heyman up, to hurt him. Punk wants to give him such a beating that Heyman will never be seen in WWE again. Heyman begs Hunter to cancel the match with Punk.

Hunter thinks it over, and says that Paul makes some good points. He asks about if it has anything to do with the match being made no DQ. Hunter says he’s tried to weasel out of things, and he doesn’t see it happening here. Hunter says Heyman doesn’t need to tag in, he can let Axel handle it. Because Heyman should believe in Axel. Hunter asks if Heyman believes in Axel. Heyman hesitates, and Hunter says the match is on. Heyman asks if there’s no more honor among thieves. Axel grabs the mic and asks Hunter if there’s something personal going on. He knows what it is. The first day Axel became a Heyman guy was on Monday Night Raw and Axel beat Hunter in a match. Hunter says there’s an old saying, don’t poke the bear. Heyman brought up the fact that Hunter made a mistake, and tonight is Night of Champions, and all championships are defended. Luckily this is a mistake that Hunter can fix tonight on September 15th, in Detroit. He’s going to walk down the aisle and defend the Intercontinental Championship against the first person he crosses in the back, and that match is going to take place right now.

WWE Intercontinental Title: Curtis Axel (c) vs. Kofi Kingston

After HHH walks to the back, Heyman says a few more words but it interupted by Kofi Kingston’s music. Out comes Kingston, who is wrestling Axel tonight in the opener in an I-C Title match. Heyman heads to the floor, the bell sounds, and our first match of the evening is officially underway!

The two lock up. Axel is able to clamp on a headlock and Kofi fights out of it. Axel works over Kingston’s arm, but Kingston flips out of it and gets a quick near fall. Axel backs into the ropes. Axel stands and Kofi goes behind, but Axel is able to get Kofi back into a headlock. Kofi fights out and falls to a shoulder block. Kofi pops back up and leap frogs Axel, and Axel bails to the outside, sitting on the ring apron.

The match goes back in the ring and Axel bullies Kofi in the corner with a series of rights and kicks. The ref backs Axel off and when he comes back in, Kingston turns it around and kicks at Axel’s gut. Kingston kicks at the back of Axel’s leg, dropping him to the mat and leading him to bail outside. Axel limps around on the outside and Kofi pulls him up to the apron, but when he tries to suplex him into the ring, Axel lands on his feet. Kingston lands a big kick and gets a two count. Axel gets up and is able to land a sloppy dropkick before clotheslining Kofi over the top rope to the outside.

Axel goes out after Kofi on the floor, but Kofi pops up, runs up to the top turnbuckle, and leaps off with a huge crossbody to the floor. Kingston takes things back into the ring and gets another two count. Kofi heads to the top and Axel sweeps out the legs, trapping Kofi in the tree of woe. Axel holds Kingston up and hits him with several huge clubbing blows before backing up and hitting a big spear in the corner. Axel gets a two count. Axel hits Kofi with a big right, then an elbow to the top of the head before catching Kofi in a rear chin lock and grinding him to the mat.

Curtis Axel with a big slam on Kofi. Axel nails Kofi with a big German suplex and it’s good for two. Axel wrenches Kofi’s neck putting pressure on Kingston. Kofi fights up to his feet and out of the hold. Kofi ducks a clothesline, but runs into another. Axel pins Kingston but Kofi kicks out at two. Axel walks over Kofi’s face in a disrespectful display. Axel picks Kofi up to his feet and buries his knee in Kofi’s midsection. Axel hits a snap mare then flips over and snaps Kingston’s neck for another two count. Axel goes right back into another rear chin lock, but Kofi fights back up and out of it. Kofi avoids a clothesline and reverses into a crazy DDT.

Kingston hits a chop, then another, then a dropkick. Kofi misses a flying forearm, but catches Axel with the boots in the corner. Kofi hits an insane cross body for another two count. Kingston hits Axel with a running knee to the face, then follows it up with the boom drop. Kingston goes to the corner and begins hyping up the fans. Kofi misses trouble in paradise and is backed into the corner. Axel buries his shoulder in Kofi’s midsection, but runs into a kick in the corner. Kofi leaps off the top and Axel hits a giant dropkick to Kingston’s stomach, but Kingston doesn’t stay down.

Axel plows right over Kingston for a two count of his own. Axel hits Kofi with a series of right hands, then gets up to his feet. Kofi tries for the SOS but Axel counters. Kofi misses trouble in paradise. Axel tries for a neckbreaker but Kofi counters into the SOS. Kofi pins Axel but only gets two.

Kingston nails Axel with a bunch of kicks. Kofi goes up in the corner and Axel catches him in electric chair position, but throws Kofi into the ropes. Axel hits Kingston with his finisher. 1-2-3. That’s all she wrote. Axel retains. Heyman seems relieved. The announce team point out that he still has to get by “The Best In The World” later tonight.

Winner and STILL WWE Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel

Backstage: RVD & Ricardo Rodriguez

Backstage, RVD is with Ricardo Rodriguez, who is wearing a sling. RVD asks Rodriguez how to say a number of different terms in Spanish. Finally, RVD asks him how to say “World Heavyweight Champion” in Spanish. Rodriguez says that’s easy. He does the “R-V-D” thing with the thumbs. He and RVD do it together a bunch of times. RVD pats him on his hurt arm, apologizes, and then walks off.

Backstage: AJ Lee Abandoned By Divas

Backstage, we see AJ Lee skipping down the hallway. She runs into her Diva friends. She talks about the match tonight but the Divas are tired of being her helpers. They abandon her, all except Layla. AJ says she and Layla are friends. She says they’ll go out together. Layla says ok, but let me go try and talk to the other girls. AJ is worried, as the match is next.

WWE Divas Title: AJ Lee (c) vs. Brie Bella vs. Natalya vs. Naomi

The bell sounds and here we go with Divas Championship action. AJ tries running away and everyone chases her. She runs out to the floor on both sides of the ring and Natalya throws her into the barricade, then Naomi does the same, and Brie gives her a third shot for good measure. Natalya brings things back into the ring and Brie knocks AJ right back out to the floor. Brie hits a double clothesline on Naomi and Natalya before hitting them both with huge running knees. Brie dropkicks Natalya from the ring apron to the floor. Naomi hits a huge dropkick on Brie, then after a nice little series, hits a decent hurricanrana. Brie runs into Naomi in the corner and AJ almost sneaks in a roll up on Natalya.

Brie goes for a superplex on Naomi, but is pulled down by Natalya. Natalya rolls up Brie, gets a two count, then ducks a cross body from Naomi. AJ tosses Naomi and Natalya from the ring. Naomi is quick to recover on the apron, scoring a kick to Natalya’s head, but AJ pulls her off the apron. AJ heads to the apron but is dropkicked off by Natalya. Brie and Natalya fight in the ring with Natalya suplexing and slamming Brie to the mat before clotheslining Naomi. Natalya sets up the sharpshooter, but punches Brie and slams her on top of Naomi instead. Natalya grabs Brie’s legs and Naomi’s legs and wraps them up for a double sharpshooter, she turns them, but it’s broken up by AJ. AJ catches Natalya in the octopus hold. Nattie taps out. AJ retains.

Winner and STILL WWE Divas Champion: AJ Lee

World Heavyweight Title: Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. Rob Van Dam

RVD’s music plays are the crowd ERUPTS. Out comes Van Dam, accompanied by Ricardo Rodriguez. Out next is current World Heavyweight Champion, Alberto Del Rio. Our World Heavyweight Championship match is about to get underway.

Del Rio kicks and hits RVD with a couple of rights before drilling him with a shoulder block. RVD responds with a huge back kick to the chest. RVD fights Del Rio into the corner before whipping him across the ring and hitting him with a running spinning heel kick. RVD monkey flips Del Rio across the ring before hitting a standing moonsault that’s good for two.

Del Rio catches RVD with a huge dropkick, but misses another kick and ends up tied up in the ropes. Del Rio ends up dropkicked to the floor and Van Dam dives to the outside to wipe out Del Rio. RVD kicks Del Rio into the barricade before suplexing him chest first on top of the barricade. RVD heads up to the ring apron and hits a spinning back kick to Del Rio, who’s laid out over the barricade.

Del Rio gets back to the apron and blocks a suplex, bringing Van Dam back into the ring. Van Dam puts Del Rio back into the ring, and Del Rio hangs Van Dam up on the top rope, causing him to fall to the floor. Del Rio dives to the outside on top of Van Dam, then throws him into the barricade hard. Del Rio brings things back into the ring and gets a two count before clamping on a rear chin lock. Van Dam fights to his feet, and rolls Del Rio up for two. Del Rio suplexes Van Dam and kicks him in the back of the head.

Del Rio chokes Van Dam against the bottom rope before kicking him in the back of the head again for another two count. Del Rio goes right back to the rear chin lock, and Van Dam fights right back up to his feet. Del Rio hear butts RVD and drops him with a belly to back suplex. RVD rolls to the apron and Del Rio scores with an enzugiri to knock Van Dam to the floor.

Del Rio goes for another dive through the ropes, but Van Dam moves and Del Rio hits the ground. Back in the ring, Van Dam scores with a couple of kicks to the face, but Del Rio is able to whip him into the corner. RVD hits another huge kick that’s good for a two count. RVD hits a slingshot leg drop over the ropes to the ring apron on Del Rio, then he heads up to the top rope. Van Dam hits a huge single leg drop kick from the top, then follows up trying for rolling thunder. Del Rio pops up and hits the backstabber for a two count.

Del Rio slaps the back of Van Dam’s head in the corner before seating him backward on the top turnbuckle. Del Rio hooks his arm around Van Dam’s head, but Van Dam blocks it with a series of elbows and Del Rio falls to the mat. RVD stands and hits a giant cannonball senton to a standing Del Rio for another two count. RVD gets to his feet first and he and Del Rio begin trading punches. Van Dam runs right into a big tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, then Del Rio follows up with a double stomp to the back for two.

Del Rio calls for the cross armbreaker. He tries to lock it in, but Van Dam scores with a kick to the side of the head and a roll up for two. Van Dam hits the spilt legged moonsault in the corner that’s good for another two count. RVD gets to his feet and Del Rio scores with an arm breaker, then a kick to the face for yet another near fall. Del Rio stomps at RVD’s face, then he heads to the top rope. Del Rio waits for RVD to stand, but jumps right into a big heel kick. Van Dam hits a big leg drop, then leaps to the top rope. RVD tries for the five star frog splash, but lands on Del Rio’s knees. Del Rio clamps on the cross armbreaker in the middle of the ring. Van Dam fights, and works his way to the ropes to force a break. Del Rio holds the armbreaker past a five count and gets intentionally disqualified.

Winner via DQ: Rob Van Dam

After The Match:

Post-match Del Rio continues the beat down on RVD, stomping the back of his head. Del Rio heads to the outside and grabs a chair, but when he gets back into the ring, the chair is snatched by Ricardo. RVD hits Alberto with a DDT. RVD seats Del Rio in the corner and Ricardo holds up the chair while RVD heads to the opposite side of the ring. RVD heads to the top and goes coast to coast with a dropkick driving the chair into Del Rio’s face. RVD and Ricardo stand while Del Rio remains slumped over in the corner. Doctors are out to check on Del Rio after the match as he falls to the floor looking pretty dazed. Del Rio is helped to the back by refs and the doctors, stumbling on his way to the back.

Backstage: Axel & Heyman

Curtis Axel is shown backstage holding his belt happily. Heyman walks up and says he wants Axel to understand what’s at stake tonight, because if he’s left alone in the ring, Heyman won’t be around anymore and Axel will not have Heyman around to help him. He says Axel made an enemy of Triple H, and Triple H will do everything he can to take everything his family has built away. But he won’t be here if he’s left alone with CM Punk. Axel says Heyman believes in him. Heyman says he’s believed since day one, and tonight he needs Axel to believe in himself.

Fandango vs. The Miz

Out first comes Fandango, dancing with Summer Rae. Out next is The Miz. This match is about to get underway next.

The bell rings and Miz and Fandango begin circling each other. We get a lock up and Miz backs Fandango into the corner, breaking somewhat cleanly. Fandango dances a bit in the corner before catching Miz with a kick to the gut and punch to the back. Fandango locks in a head lock, but Miz fights it off, only to fall to a shoulder block. Miz catches Fandango with a quick neckbreaker, and tries for the figure four, but Fandango fights it off and sends Miz out to the apron. Miz comes back in with a roll up, then follows it up with a big slam, and the corner clothesline. Miz heads to the top and is distracted by Summer Rae, so Fandango kicks him off the ropes to the mat, where he stomps away at him.

Fandango whips Miz into the corner hard and gets another two count. Fandango traps Miz in a body scissors, working in a rear chin lock too. The crowd doesn’t seem to be into this one at all. Miz fights out of the hold, and lands on his feet off of a belly to back suplex. Miz sends Fandango crashing out to the floor, and dives through the ropes with a big dropkick to the outside. Miz gets up to the apron and leaps off into a huge kick to the stomach from Fandango.

Back in the ring, Fandango scores a two count, then traps Miz in a seated bear hug. Miz fights up to his feet and out of the hold, but Fandango hits him with an elbow to the back of the head. Miz follows up with a big clothesline, and a kick to the chest. Miz runs into the corner and kicks the inside of Fandango’s leg before following up with a quick dropkick to the leg. Miz tries for the figure four, then kicks away at Fandango’s leg and plants him with a DDT for two. Miz tries for the SCF, but Fandango fights it off and suplexes Miz to the mat for another two count.

Miz rolls out to the apron and Fandango grabs the arm, whipping him into the turnbuckles before pulling him back into the ring and trapping him in the ropes. Fandango heads to the top and hits a leg drop to drop Miz from the ropes and get another two count. Fandango heads to the top again and goes for the leg drop but Miz sits up. Miz gets a two count, and Fandango rolls Miz up for two, but Miz clamps on the figure four, and Fandango taps out quickly.

Winner: The Miz

No-DQ Handicap Elimination Match: Curtis Axel & Paul Heyman vs. CM Punk

Out first comes Curtis Axel and Paul Heyman. Heyman looks petrified. Axel has a kendo stick. Out next is CM Punk, who has a kendo stick of his own. Heyman and Punk roll out to the floor as Punk makes his entrance. Heyman looks worried again and Axel is assuring him everything will be ok.

The bell rings and here we go folks! Crazy energy in the building for this one. Punk swings the stick at Axel. Axel ducks and hits Punk in the gut, but Punk hits Axel with the first full force shot to the stomach, then back, then chest. Heyman looks shocked. Punk grabs the stick and uses it to choke Axel, hitting him with a Russian leg sweep. Punk dives through the ropes to wipe out Heyman on the floor before picking him up and bringing him into the ring. Punk grabs Heyman by the throat, then picks up the kendo stick, Axel hits Punk with a low blow.

Axel hits Punk with a series of rights to the face before getting up and grabbing one of the kendo sticks. Axel whacks Punk across the back, then puts the stick in Punk’s face and brings it down over Punk’s shoulder. Axel pins Punk for a two and Heyman screams that he believes in Axel. Axel goes under the ring for a chair and he brings it into the ring, but Punk catches him with a couple of kicks, a Mongolian chop and a big forearm before Punk grabs the chair. Axel hits a big dropkick that gets him another two.

Axel wedges the chair into the corner, and Punk tries to whip him in. Axel avoids it and hits Punk with a clothesline to the back of the head but it’s still not enough to keep Punk down for three. Axel goes back under the ring and pulls out a table, the crowd goes nuts. Axel slides the table into the ring and props it up in the corner. Heyman tells Axel to drive Punk through the table. Axel tries to suplex Punk but Punk fights it off and tries to reverse it. Axel finally suplexes Punk away from the table for another two count.

Axel goes to the middle rope and drops an elbow to Punk’s face for another two count before putting Punk in a rear chin lock. Punk fades and falls to the mat and Axel stomps on his face, then heads to the middle rope for another elbow. Punk rolls out of the way, and sends Axel into the steel chair wedged into the corner. Axel falls to the floor.

Punk catches Axel with a kick, then a double forearm, and a swinging neckbreaker. Punk hits Axel with the running knee in the corner followed by a clothesline. Punk heads to the top rope and points to the sky. Axel rolls to the outside. Punk drops to the mat and dives to the outside. Axel hits Punk with a glancing blow to the back of the head on his way out. Axel brings things back into the ring and gets a two count. Both men get to their feet and Axel hits a swinging neckbreaker for two. Axel pounds away at the back of Punk’s head, grinding his forearm against the back of Punk’s head.

Axel grabs the kendo stick and blasts Punk with a nasty series of shots to the back, but Punk refuses to stay down for three. Axel tries for the swinging DDT, but Punk counters. Punk tries for the GTS, but Axel drops down. Punk grabs a stick and blast Axel in the gut. Punk hits the GTS and locks on the anaconda vice. Axel taps out.

Curtis Axel Has Been Eliminated

Heyman looks shocked and he immediately begins running away, up the entrance ramp, through the crowd and back by the announcers into the ring where he’s caught by Punk. Punk rips at Heyman’s face before grabbing a kendo stick. Punk listens to Heyman begging, and lets Heyman hug him with a big smile on his face before he shoves him off and blasts him with the kendo stick. Punk hits Heyman repeatedly and Heyman screams in pain.

Punk props Heyman up against the ropes. He says, “I broke your heart, huh? Now I’m gonna break your face.” As he winds up, Ryback appears behind him. Ryback spears Punk through the table propped up in the corner. Punk’s back is bleeding legitimately pretty bad. Ryback puts Heyman, still in cuffs, completely out of it, on top of Punk. The ref counts. 1-2-3. Heyman wins.

Winner: Paul Heyman

After The Match:

Following the match, Ryback shoulders Heyman and carries him off to the back. Doctors are in to check on Punk who had a pretty nasty cut on his back from being driven through that table. Punk shoves away some of the refs checking on him and looks extremely upset. Punk walks to the back and tells the doctors to stay away from him.

WWE U.S. Title: Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler

Dolph Ziggler is out first. Out next is all three members of The Shield, who come out through the crowd as usual. Ambrose comes down by himself, and we have WWE U.S. Championship action coming up now.

The bell rings and Ziggler takes Ambrose down to the mat for a quick one count. Ambrose avoids Ziggler as much as possible, staying close to the ropes. Ambrose works Ziggler down to the mat, working on his arm and floating into a hammerlock. Ambrose transitions into a head lock, and hits Ziggler with a big shoulder block when he’s thrown off. Ambrose tries to play mind games with Ziggler and ends up dropkicked. Ziggler hits a snap mare and drops a series of ten big elbows for a one count. Ziggler clotheslines Ambrose over the top rope, tumbling to the outside himself. Ziggler slams Ambrose’s head on the apron and brings things back into the ring, pounding on Ambrose in the corner. Ambrose turns things around and slams Ziggler face first into the turnbuckle. Ziggler and Ambrose continue to trade chops and rights until Ambrose hits a big Alabama type slam to Ziggler to stop his momentum.

Ambrose shoves Ziggler’s face into the canvas and traps him in another rear chin lock. Ziggler fights to his feet and Ambrose brings things right back down to the mat. Ziggler sits up, but refuses to quit, even when Ambrose turns it into a straight jacket style chin lock. Ziggler fights to his feet and out of the hold, rolling Ambrose up for a two count. This leads to a series of roll ups for both men. Ziggler counters out of a suplex and hits Ambrose with an elbow. Ziggler goes to the top but he’s stopped by Ambrose. Ambrose rakes at Ziggler’s back before hitting a double underhook superplex. Ambrose pins Ziggler for two.

Ambrose goes to the top rope but Ziggler is right up there with him, hitting a giant facebuster off the top, but it’s still not enough for a three count. Ziggler rolls up Ambrose for two before kicking him into the middle turnbuckle. Ziggler mounts Ambrose in the corner and hits him with a series of punches before dropping and hitting a huge running clothesline for another two count. Ziggler counters something crazy and works it into a sleeper hold, but Ambrose works out of it and slams Ziggler to the mat for another near fall. Ambrose leaps in with a kick, but Ziggler turns it into a roll up. Ambrose rolls up Ziggler for two. Ziggler hits the rocker dropper but Ambrose grabs the ropes.

Ziggler tolls out to the apron, and Ambrose stops him coming back in. Ziggler rolls up Ambrose for two, but Ambrose drives him into the corner, and plants him with the fact first DDT, getting the three count.

Winner and STILL WWE United States Champion: Dean Ambrose

WWE Tag-Team Titles: Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns (c) vs. The Prime Time Players

Out first comes The Prime Time Players, who earned the shot at the titles tonight by winning the Tag-Team Turmoil match during the Night Of Champions Kickoff Show prior to the pay-per-view. Out next are the current WWE Tag-Team Champions, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns.

Titus O’Neil and Seth Rollins start things off. Rollins bitch-slaps O’Neil. O’Neil looks pissed. Rollins taunts him. Now O’Neil is manhandling Rollins. He catches him coming off the ropes and nails him with some kind of spin-bodyslam move. He follows that up with another powerful slam, followed by a leg-drop. O’Neil tags in Darren Young. Young immediately goes to work on Rollins, grounding the fast Shield-member with a headlock.

Rollins fights up to his feet. Young hits a shoulderblock, then catches Rollins for a quick powerslam. Rollins tags out to Reigns, and Reigns is caught with a series of rights. A blind tag from Rollins doesn’t help as Young scores with a huge elbow.

O’Neil chokes Rollins and then stomps on him in the corner. Young and Titus clothesline Reigns over the top rope. Young heads to the outside, ducks a clothesline from Reigns and hits him with a huge right hand. Young heads back into the ring and is hot-shotted into the top rope by Rollins. Reigns tags back into the match and throws Young to the outside hard. Reigns tosses Young up onto the apron and catches him with a knee to the chest before rolling him into the ring for two. Rollins tags in and traps Reigns in a modified rear chin lock.

Darren tries putting up a fight, but Rollins slams him to the mat. Rollins misses a short arm clothesline and Young follows up with a belly to belly suplex. Reigns tags in and shoves Young into the corner, but he trash talks Titus and misses a splash in the corner. Young kicks Reigns away and Rollins tags in. Young hits a back drop and tags in Titus. Titus hits a giant tackle for a two count. Titus goes to work on both opponents with giant kicks and series of strikes. Titus hits Rollins with a giant slam. Rollins comes back with a kick to the head, but Titus hits a giant sit out powerbomb for two. Reigns breaks up the pin. Young sends Reigns to the outside. In the ring, while the ref is distracted with Young, Reigns hits the spear, and Rollins pins Titus for three.

Winners and STILL WWE Tag-Team Champions: Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns

WWE Title: Randy Orton (c) vs. Daniel Bryan

After a long video package, out comes the challenger, Daniel Bryan. Bryan receives a huge pop coming out. After standing in the ring while the crowd chants his name for a few seconds, Randy Orton’s music hits. Out comes the WWE Champion. Orton slowly walks to the ring with a look of extreme confidence on his face. The announcers put over how confident/arrogant Orton is as he heads to the ring for tonight’s big main event.

The bell sounds as both guys have a long staredown. They lock up and Bryan backs Orton into the corner and Orton turns it around, breaking clean. Bryan gets right back in Orton’s face, working over the Viper’s arm. Orton head butt’s Bryan in the face before clamping on a side headlock. Bryan pushes Orton off and falls to a shoulder block. Orton hits the ropes and runs right into a knee to the gut from Bryan. Bryan hits Orton with a series of kicks in the corner before hitting a big armbreaker. Bryan kicks at the arm, then hits yet another arm breaker. Bryan continues the assault with more kicks to the arm in the corner before mounting Orton and hitting him with a series of rights. Orton pulls Bryan off the second rope into his across the back backbreaker.

Randy Orton pins Bryan for a two count. Orton stands and stomps on Bryan’s hand, then on his ankle. Orton and Bryan trade right hands. Orton kicks Bryan and suplexes him across the top rope. Orton covers Bryan for two. Orton rips at Bryan’s beard and locks in a rear chin lock. Orton wrenches away at Bryan’s head. Bryan fights up to his feet and out of the hold. Bryan ducks a clothesline and takes Orton down, mounting him and hitting him with a series of punches. Orton is up quickly and hits a big clothesline for another two count. Orton stomps away at Bryan’s joints, then goes for another pin for two.

Bryan slumps down in the corner after Orton beats on him a bit. Orton pulls him up by the beard and head butt’s Bryan. Orton whips Bryan across the ring. Bryan flips over Orton and follows up with a running clothesline. Bryan gets to his feet and hits a huge dropkick in the corner, then a second. Bryan kicks at Orton’s chest repeatedly, then seats him on the top turnbuckle. Bryan hits a top rope hurricanrana and Orton rolls to the outside. Bryan doesn’t stop there, leaping through the ropes to wipe out Orton. Bryan brings things back into the ring and heads for the top rope. Bryan hits the shotgun missile dropkick and Orton goes outside again. Bryan dives through the ropes to the outside to wipe out Orton again.

Bryan goes through the ropes into an Orton forearm that stops him cold on his third attempt at a floor-dive. Bryan slumps to the apron and Orton pulls him out for an apron assisted DDT to the floor. Bryan is up and back in the ring at a count of 9. Bryan is slow to get up as Orton drops down to the mat. Orton goes for the RKO but Bryan pushes him off and hits a dropkick that sends Orton into the ref, and the ref crashing out to the floor. Bryan wrestles Orton down to the mat and tries to put Orton into the yes lock. Orton fights it off and hits the snap powerslam on Bryan for two. Orton tosses Bryan to the apron and tries for the suspension DDT into the ring, but Bryan gets his feet under him, and clamps Orton into the yes lock. Orton is able to make it into the ropes to force Bryan to break the hold, but Bryan did a good bit of damage to the champ. Bryan hits Orton with another series of vicious kicks, but when he tries for a corner dropkick, Orton moves. Orton slides over and pins Bryan for a two count. Orton pulls Bryan to his feet and seats him on the top turnbuckle. Orton blasts Bryan with a right before climbing up and trying for a superplex. Bryan ducks through and seats Orton on the top. Bryan pulls Orton down into a tree of woe and kicks at Orton’s chest before backing up and hitting a low dropkick to Orton’s face. Bryan seats Orton on the top and Orton fights it off, knocking Bryan to the mat.

The two battle back-and-forth a bit more before Byan has Orton down. Orton is on his knees. Bryan nails Orton repeatedly with kicks to the chest. Bryan winds up for one more big kick but Orton catches him and cradle-suplexes him. A roll-up attempt for a pin fails and out of nowhere, Bryan hits a runing-knee to the face of Orton. 1-2-3 (semi-fast count, in my opinion) and we have a new champion. Daniel Bryan did it. Yes.

Winner and NEW WWE Champion – Daniel Bryan

After The Match:

Still almost ten minutes until 11pm ET. Will we have a reverse here? Bryan celebrates in the ring. He talks a bit of smack to Orton as he celebrates. Bryan continues his celebration outside the ring. He continues his celebration up the aisle. The PPV goes off the air with Bryan celebrating at the top of the ramp. That’s all folks!

Paul Heyman’s New Client, A NEW Shield Member? + MAJOR TNA Stars JUMPING To WWE!

Cody Rhodes Officially Ties The Knot, HHH Hypes Tonight’s Night Of Champions PPV

-WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes officially married Brandi Reed this past Thursday. The two have apparently not yet gone on their honeymoon yet, as Rhodes noted on his official Twitter account that he and his new bride watched the Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez boxing pay-per-view from their home on Saturday night.

-WWE Superstar and executive Triple H recently posted a tweet to hype tonight’s WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view. HHH wrote:

“Headed to tonight’s “Night of Champions” in Detroit. Is @WWEDanielBryan on level of @RandyOrton ? Will @HeymanHustle survive @CMPunk? #BFB”

WWE Night Of Champions Results

Possible Spoiler On Tag-Team Turmoil Match At Night Of Champions Kickoff Show

Take this for what it’s worth, the Prime Time Players worked against Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns on both WWE live events this weekend.

Generally, WWE likes guys who are wrestling on big shows, such as pay-per-views, to work out their matches on the non-televised live events leading up to the pay-per-view show. Whether or not this is any indication as to who will win the Tag-Team Turmoil match during the Night Of Champions Kickoff show, which the Prime Time Players are a part of, remains to be seen.

Make sure to check back here at the website tonight for the best WWE Night Of Champions live pay-per-view results coverage on the internet.

WWE Night Of Champions Results

Note On Change To Night Of Champions PPV, Triple H Hypes Mayweather PPV

-WWE executive and part-time Superstar Triple H recently posted a tweet on his official Twitter account hyping tonight’s Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez boxing pay-per-view, including information on how to order the show (which happens to be the same weekend that WWE is asking their fans to buy their show the very next night). HHH wrote:

“You going to watch @FloydMayweather fight? I am!!! 45-0– Order the fight by going here http://sports.sho.com/order #TheOne”

-WWE’s Vickie Guerrero announced on this week’s SmackDown show that Ricardo Rodriguez would not be allowed to be in Rob Van Dam’s corner this weekend at Night Of Champions when he challenges Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship. Rodriguez reacted to the news on Twitter, writing:

“Im sorry guys. I really tried against Del Rio but came up on the losing end tonight on Smackdown. Guess I won’t be at #NOC :(“

WWE NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS SPOILERS

Jim Ross On Steve Austin Show, Randy Orton Talks Being A Heel Champion

-Jim Ross taped an episode of The Steve Austin Show this week. The show is likely to be featured next week, in addition to part two of the Jerry “The King” Lawler interview. You can check out past episodes of the Steve Austin Show online at PodcastOne.com.

-The Detroit News recently interviewed WWE Champion Randy Orton to promote this Sunday’s Night Of Champions pay-per-view in the city. Orton talked about being a heel champion, helping pick up the slack in WWE in John Cena’s absence and more. You can check that interview out online at DetroitNews.com.

WWE NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS SPOILERS

Big Title Match Official For Sunday, Updated WWE Night Of Champions Lineup

The Dean Ambrose vs. Dolph Ziggler match for Ziggler’s WWE United States Championship has officially been added to Sunday’s WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view. The match had been rumored for a while, but is now official for this Sunday.

With that now known, here is an updated look at the official lineup for this weekend’s Night Of Champions pay-per-view:

WWE Night Of Champions PPV:

-Randy Orton (c) vs. Daniel Bryan [WWE Championship]
-Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. Rob Van Dam [World Heavyweight Championship]
-CM Punk vs. Curtis Axel & Paul Heyman [Handicap Elimination Match]
-Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler [WWE United States Championship]
-AJ Lee (c) vs. Natalya vs. Brie Bella vs. Naomi [WWE Divas Championship]
-Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins (c) vs. Tag-Team Turmoil Match Winners

WWE Night Of Champions Kickoff Show:

-Prime Time Players vs. The Usos vs. 3MB vs. Tons Of Funk vs. Real Americans [Tag-Team Turmoil Elimination #1 Contender’s Match]

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WWE NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS SPOILERS

Possible Spoiler On WWE Night Of Champions Main Event Outcome

According to one source, the plan as recently as this past week was for Daniel Bryan not to win the WWE Championship from Randy Orton at this Sunday’s WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view.

As is always the case when it comes to WWE, especially top pay-per-view programs, those plans could change a million times between now and Sunday. However, with Bryan finally gaining a small measure of revenge on Orton to close out this past week’s RAW, it’s likely that the original plan of Orton retaining his WWE Championship at the pay-per-view this Sunday is still set in place.

WWE NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS SPOILERS

[Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter]

Night Of Champions: Tag Team Turmoil Match Announced For Pre-Show

It was announced during Monday’s live edition of WWE RAW in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that at this Sunday’s WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view there will be an official “Kickoff Show” pre-show prior to the pay-per-view, which will feature what was promoted as a “Tag-Team Turmoil” match.

The match will involve the following tag-teams battling in an elimination style match, where the winners will receive a WWE Tag-Team Championship shot at the current title-holders, Shield members Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns:

  • Tons Of Funk
  • 3MB
  • The Real Americans
  • The Prime Time Players
  • The Usos

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WWE NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS SPOILERS

WWE Night Of Champions: Rumored Tag Team Title Match

With WWE Night of Champions less than a week away, WWE Tag Team champions The Shield are still without opponents for the show.

Originally, the match was scheduled to be Big Show and Mark Henry teaming up against Reigns & Rollins. With Mark Henry currently out of action due to a hamstring injury, there’s been talk that R-Truth will replace him and team with Big Show.

WWE Night Of Champions emanates from Detroit, Michigan this Sunday. Here’s the current card, as of Monday afternoon:

* WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan

* World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio vs. Rob Van Dam

* CM Punk vs. Curtis Axel & Paul Heyman (Handicap Match — Elimination Rules)

* Divas Champion AJ Lee vs. Natalya vs. Brie Bella vs. Naomi

* US Champion Dean Ambrose vs. Dolph Ziggler

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Updated Official WWE Night Of Champions Pay-Per-View Lineup

On Monday’s edition of WWE RAW, new matches, with some interesting stipulations, were added to the WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view, scheduled September 15, 2013, which will be headlined by Daniel Bryan challenging “the face of WWE”, Randy Orton, for his WWE Championship.

WWE Superstar Rob Van Dam, through the help of a quick distraction by his new manager, Ricardo Rodriguez, defeated Alberto Del Rio to earn a World Heavyweight Championship match against the champion at the pay-per-view in three weeks.

Also added to Night Of Champions on RAW was a Handicap Elimination match featuring CM Punk against both Curtis Axel and Paul Heyman. It was noted that if Heyman doesn’t fight, he will have to leave WWE.

Here is an updated look at the official WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view lineup thus far:

WWE Championship
-Randy Orton (c) vs. Daniel Bryan

World Heavyweight Championship
-Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. Rob Van Dam (with Ricardo Rodriguez)

Handicap Elimination Match
-CM Punk vs. Curtis Axel & Paul Heyman

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Handicap Elimination Match Announced For WWE Night Of Champions PPV

It was announced on Monday’s edition of WWE RAW that at the upcoming Night Of Champions pay-per-view in three weks in Detroit, Michigan, WWE Superstar CM Punk will battle both the WWE Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel, as well as his manager Paul Heyman, in a handicap elimination match.

The match was announced by Brad Maddox during a backstage segment on RAW. It was also noted that as an added stipulation, if Heyman doesn’t fight, he must leave WWE.

Full WWE Night Of Champions PPV Lineup [7 Matches >>]