So I did watch the Night of Champions and I can honestly say, I might have insider information, cause I predicted everything except the main event perfectly. But honestly, it was very predictable, I was even able to predict Seth Rollins's involvement. So yeah, on the surprising aspect, Night of Champions failed badly, but when the quality should be judged, they managed to hold their own. Onto the review!
1. The Usos vs The Dust Brothers for the Tag Team Championship
The match itself was very enjoyable and gave us everything it promised. We had action, we had flying, we had drama and by the end, we have new tag team champions. There was only one problem I saw here, we HAVE seen this match on more then one occasion. That is the problem when you don't treat your tag team division seriously, existing teams have to fight each other all the time. What that does is make the crowd expect certain things and lose a lot of excitement over a match, because they already saw it. Nonetheless, I will not take anything away from the match. Both teams looked great and I am sure the rematch will be just as fun to watch.
The winners and the new Tag Team Champions: The Dust Brothers
2. Sheamus vs Cesaro for the United States Championship
Well what can be said about this match? It was near perfect for what it was. The in-ring work was excellent from both opponents. This was definitely match of the night. Sadly Cesaro had no chance of winning and we all knew it. As I wrote in my predictions piece WWE gave up on Cesaro for now and he was going into this with a basically guaranteed loss. The crappy build for this didn't help either. But, like I said, this was a great match, the only thing that stopped it from being perfect was that bad build.
The winner and still the United States Champion: Sheamus
3. Dolph Ziggler vs The Miz for the Intercontinental Championship
This match was very unlucky. Following a very good tag match and a great US title match, it didn't have a chance really. And just to be clear, the problem was not Dolph, I blame this on the Miz. I have seen interviews and a lot of people that had the "pleasure" of working with Miz, have a rather negative opinion on him. I seriously will never understand why WWE is trying to make him happen, when he clearly proved that he will not happen, ever. Good effort from Dolph and an unwarranted loss.
The winner and the new Intercontinental Championship: The Miz
4. Mark Henry vs Rusev
This was just a dick waving contest. I am sorry, but that is how I will see each Rusev match until they actually give him something to do, other then be the big, bad Russian-Bulgarian. It was a very typical squash match, but with Henry the formula just doesn't work. Who's next? Big Show? O r are we going straight for Cena?
The winner: Rusev
5. Randy Orton vs Chris Jericho
Thi was just pure fun match. Absolutely no pressure. Jericho is taking a break, so it was obvious he will lose and Randy had nothing to gain really. What we seen was a great, enjoyable match. Very good chemistry between the two and all what was missing was something to fight for, but maybe it was better this way. I am satisfied after seeing it and have no problems. In-ring work was very good and even though predictable, it still managed to raise my excitement levels.
The winner: Randy Orton
6. Paige vs Aj Lee vs Nikki for the Divas Championship
Like I wrote before, adding Nikki to the match gave nothing back. It didn't raise the stakes, cause we all knew she won't win. It didn't raise the excitement, cause we all know she isn't very good. It added nothing, just made the match unnecessary complicated. Paige and Aj were the center of attention and that is how it should be. Wonder what will happen at the rematch? Will we get a normal, singles match, or will Stephanie do something to fuck it up.
The winner and new Divas Champion: Aj Lee
7. Brock Lesnar vs John Cena for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
So, yeah, this happened. I liked this match far better then the previous one, but on the other hand it doesn't make much sense. So before WWE let Lesnar make a complete pussy out of Cena and that was a no-no. You don't make your champion look like a bitch, unless you want to remove that person from the title picture, as we know, this didn't happen. Lesnar got a monster build after he devastated Cena, from the logic stand point, there was literally way for Cena to have any chance in the rematch, but we have Vince. Vince wanted to make Cena look strong, so we had the couple weeks of very strong booking for John, which in turn lowered the status of Brock - now that destruction of Cena didn't seem like much. Now we had this match in which the much stronger Cena put some actual offense and it wasn't as one sided. It was a much better match. Then we had the Seth Rolling intervention and the WWEWHC title was defended through DQ, hate it when that happens. Now we have a situation in which Cena doesn't have a claim anymore for the title, but this match ended without conclusion. I have no doubts that WWE can get Cena a way to hook into the title out again, but for now, Lesnar has no challenger. Rumors say Cena will go after Rusev, is it true? I guess we will see it at RAW.
Winner of the match: John Cena
Still the WWE World Heavy Weight Champion: Brock Lesnar
Overall this event was nicely executed and besides a match or two that could have been skipped, I am glad I've seen it. There was some very good action and the card gave more then was expected. I will rate the event on 7 out of 10, it really deserves it.
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