WWE Night of Champions

WWE Night of Champions and WWE Vengeance

The WWE Night of Champions logo

The WWE Night of Champions logo used from 2010–2015
Information
Other name(s) Vengeance (2001–2006, 2011)
Vengeance: Night of Champions (2007)
Night of Champions (2008–2015)
Promotion(s) WWE
Brand(s) Raw (2002; 2004–2010)
SmackDown (2002–2003; 2007–2010)
ECW (2007–2009)
First event Vengeance (2001)
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 produced by professional wrestling promotion WWE.[1] The event was previously known under the name Vengeance, with the inaugural event taking place on December 9, 2001 and replacing the regularly scheduled WWE Armageddon for that year. The 2002 event featured the Raw and SmackDown! brands. The event was made exclusive to the SmackDown brand in 2003, and in 2004 it was made exclusive to the Raw brand. In 2007, following WrestleMania, all PPV events became tri-branded. Vengeance took over WWF Fully Loaded's scheduled date in July 2002 and later moved to June in 2005, switching schedules with The Great American Bash. Night of Champions took over as the June pay-per-view event in 2008 dropping the Vengeance name that themed the same name in 2007 with Vengeance: Night of Champions, moved back to July in 2009 and in 2010, the event moved to September. 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.

Name change

The 2007 event was promoted as Vengeance: Night of Champions and featured all WWE titles being defended. In 2008, the event dropped the Vengeance name and continued to promote as Night of Champions, later moving to September in 2010. In 2011, WWE scheduled both a Night of Champions and Vengeance event where the latter name would replace WWE Bragging Rights on the October 2011 event card while Night of Champions retained its original slot.[2] In 2012, the Vengeance name was removed from the scheduled event calendar for that year. For many years, the 2001-07 Vengeance and Night of Champions events were considered a continuation of each other but as of 2016, WWE considers the 2007 Vengeance: Night of Champions as the only connection between the two events as it is listed on both Vengeance and Night of Champions history pages. On the archives of their website, WWE Vengeance 2001-07 and 2011 are listed under the Vengeance chronology and Night of Champions is now considered as taking place from 2007-2015.[3][4] Because of the direct link of the events from the 2007 crossover name, this page reflects both events.

Concept

Starting in 2007, 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:

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 World Wrestling Federation (WWF), the former name of WWE. The inaugural event took place on December 9, 2001 under the name Vengeance at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California and aired live on PPV.

In 2002, WWF was court ordered to change their name, which resulted in the promotion changing its name to WWE.[5] Earlier in the year, WWF held a draft that split its roster into two distinctive brands of wrestling, Raw and SmackDown,[6] and the ECW brand was added in 2006.[7] Before the draft, matches featured wrestlers from the roster without any limitations; after the draft, matches only consisted of wrestlers from their distinctive brands. The first Vengeance event to be produced under the WWE banner and with roster limitations was Vengeance (2002), which took place on July 21, 2002. The following year, WWE announced that PPV events, excluding WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and the Royal Rumble, would be made exclusive to each brand; Vengeance was made exclusive to the Smackdown! brand in 2003 and in 2004 was made exclusive to the Raw brand. After three years of being produced as a brand exclusive event, Vengeance (2006) was the final Vengeance event that was brand exclusive, as WWE announced that PPV events from April 2007 onwards would feature all three brands of WWE.[8]

In 2016, Night of Champions was replaced on the PPV schedule by Clash of Champions.

Dates and venues

Raw-branded event SmackDown-branded event
Event Date City Venue Main Event
Vengeance (2001)[9] December 9, 2001 San Diego, California San Diego Sports Arena[10] 1st championship match: Kurt Angle vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Championship
2nd championship match: The Rock vs. Chris Jericho for the World Championship
3rd double championship: Chris Jericho vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Championship & World Championship.
Vengeance (2002) July 21, 2002 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena[11] The Undertaker (c) vs. The Rock vs. Kurt Angle in a Triple Threat match for the Undisputed WWE Championship[12]
Vengeance (2003)[13] July 27, 2003 Denver, Colorado Pepsi Center[14] Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Kurt Angle vs. Big Show in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship[15]
Vengeance (2004)[16] July 11, 2004 Hartford, Connecticut Hartford Civic Center[17] Chris Benoit (c) vs. Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship
Vengeance (2005)[18] June 26, 2005 Paradise, Nevada Thomas & Mack Center[19] Batista (c) vs. Triple H in a Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship[20]
Vengeance (2006)[21] June 25, 2006 Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Bobcats Arena[22] D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) vs. The Spirit Squad (Kenny, Johnny, Mitch, Nicky, and Mikey) in a 2 on 5 Handicap tag team match
Vengeance: Night of Champions[23] June 24, 2007 Houston, Texas Toyota Center[24] John Cena (c) vs. Mick Foley vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Randy Orton vs. King Booker for the WWE Championship[25]
Night of Champions (2008)[26] June 29, 2008 Dallas, Texas American Airlines Center[27] Triple H (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship
Night of Champions (2009) July 26, 2009[28] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[28] Wachovia Center[28] CM Punk (c) vs. Jeff Hardy for the World Heavyweight Championship
Night of Champions (2010) September 19, 2010[29] Rosemont, Illinois[29] Allstate Arena[29] 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
Vengeance (2011) October 23, 2011 San Antonio, Texas AT&T Center Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. John Cena in a Last Man Standing match for the WWE Championship
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 [30] Detroit, Michigan[30] 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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "WWE Night of Champions history". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-07-06. Before WWE's June pay-per-view event was called Night of Champions, it was dubbed Vengeance. Take a look back at the many memorable moments.
  2. ↑ "WWE Presents Vengeance". WWE. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  3. ↑ "WWE Vengeance". WWE. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  4. ↑ "WWE Night of Champions". WWE. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  5. ↑ "World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Drops The "F" To Emphasize the "E" for Entertainment". WWE. 2002-05-06. Archived from the original on 2009-01-19. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
  6. ↑ "WWE Entertainment To Make RAW and SMACKDOWN Distinct Television Brands". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2002-05-27. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
  7. ↑ "WWE Launches ECW as Third Brand". WWE. 2006-05-25. Archived from the original on 2008-12-23. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
  8. ↑ "WWE Pay-Per-Views To Follow WrestleMania Formula". WWE. 2007-03-14. Archived from the original on March 19, 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
  9. ↑ Morinaro, John (2001-12-10). "Jericho new WWF World Champion". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  10. ↑ "Vengeance (2001) Venue". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  11. ↑ "Vengeance (2002) Venue". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  12. ↑ "Vengeance 2002 Main Event Synopsis". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  13. ↑ Clevett, Jason (2003-07-28). "Angle takes Vengeance on Lesnar". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  14. ↑ "Vengeance (2003) Venue". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  15. ↑ "Vengeance 2003 Main Event Synopsis". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  16. ↑ Sokol, Chris (2004-07-12). "Canadians have Edge at Vengeance". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  17. ↑ "Vengeance (2004) Venue". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  18. ↑ Sokol, Chris (2005-06-27). "Batista retains with a Vengeance". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  19. ↑ "Vengeance (2005) Venue". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  20. ↑ "Vengeance 2005 Main Event Synopsis". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  21. ↑ Plummer, Dale (2006-06-21). "DX returns with a Vengeance". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  22. ↑ Zeigler, Zack (June 24, 2006). "Charlotte Bobcats Arena". WWE. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  23. ↑ Powell, John (2007-06-24). "Vengeance banal and badly booked". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  24. ↑ "Vengeance: Night of Champions (2007) Venue". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  25. ↑ "WWE Champion John Cena def. King Booker, Randy Orton, Bobby Lashley & Mick Foley (Challenge Match)". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  26. ↑ Bishop, Matt (2008-06-30). "Big names still on top after Night of Champions". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  27. ↑ "Night of Champions (2008) Venue". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  28. 1 2 3 "Night of Champions 2009". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  29. 1 2 3 "September". WWE Official Calendar 2010. World Wrestling Entertainment.
  30. 1 2 Cutting, Devin (2013-01-11). "COMPLETE DETAILS AND LOCATIONS ON ALL 2013 WWE PPV EVENTS". PWInsider. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
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