WWE Night of Champions
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| WWE Night of Champions | |
|---|---|
.png) 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 | 2015 |
| Event gimmick | All active WWE championships are defended |
WWE Night of Champions was an American 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.
History[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "Night of Champions 2009". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
- ^ a b c "September". WWE Official Calendar 2010. World Wrestling Entertainment.
- ^ a b Cutting, Devin (2013-01-11). "COMPLETE DETAILS AND LOCATIONS ON ALL 2013 WWE PPV EVENTS". PWInsider. Retrieved 11 January 2013.