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Revision as of 04:07, 3 September 2013
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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Date | September 15, 2013 | ||
| City | Detroit, Michigan | ||
| Venue | Joe Louis Arena | ||
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Night of Champions is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE scheduled to take place on September 15, 2013 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. It will be the seventh annual Night of Champions PPV, and the eighth PPV in the 2013 lineup. The theme of this PPV is that every championship in WWE will be defended.
Background
Night of Champions features professional wrestling matches that will involve different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds, plots, and storylines that play out on WWE's primary television programs, Raw and SmackDown. Wrestlers will portray villains or heroes as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3][4]
Following his win over John Cena at SummerSlam, Daniel Bryan lost the WWE Championship when special guest referee and COO Triple H hit Bryan with a Pedigree, which allowed Randy Orton to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase to win the championship himself. This began a feud with Bryan, Orton, Triple H, and the McMahons, who stated that this was done because they did not feel Bryan "fit the mold" to be the face of the WWE. They named Orton as the new face of WWE. This was followed by an attack by The Shield and an RKO by Orton. Bryan tried to invoke his rematch clause on the August 23 edition of Smackdown, but Orton said the match would be fought at Night of Champions. Later in the show, Bryan defeated Wade Barrett in a steel cage match, and was again hit with an RKO by Orton. Three days later on Raw, Triple H presented Orton with a brand new Cadillac Escalade, and Bryan came out to insult the two. Because of this, he was put into a gauntlet match against the three members of The Shield. Later in the night, Orton defeated Christian in a non-title match, and Bryan appeared on the TitanTron to boast about winning at Night of Champions and to reveal that he trashed Orton's Cadillac by spray-painting "Yes!" all over it. Bryan won the match after pinning Seth Rollins, but Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns were disqualified. The Shield beat Bryan down as Triple H came out and motioned for them to triple powerbomb Bryan. Orton then went to the ring and hit an RKO on Bryan.
On the August 5 edition of Raw Rob Van Dam defeated World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio in non-title match after Ricardo Rodriguez's interference backfired. After the match, Del Rio viciously attacked Rodriguez. On August 19 edition of Raw Rodriguez returned and informed Del Rio that now he is representing Rob Van Dam, with the latter attacking Del Rio twice on Raw, and on the August 23 edition of SmackDown. On the August 26 edition of Raw, Rodriguez cost Del Rio a non-title match against Van Dam, allowing him to defeat Del Rio again. Brad Maddox announced because of Van Dam's victory, he earned a World Heavyweight Championship match at Night of Champions.
After being defeated by Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam, CM Punk would continue his feud with Paul Heyman, thus starting another one with Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel by attacking him the next night on Raw. Four days later on SmackDown, Axel would challenge Punk to a match, which Punk accepted. On the August 26th 2013 edition of Raw, Punk would defeat Axel in a singles match and by vote of WWE Universe, Heyman would be forced to face Punk in the ring, but Axel would interfered and beat down Punk. Heyman also joined in the assault. Maddox granted Punk's wish of facing Heyman by giving him an elimination handicap match at Night of Champions against Axel and Heyman.
Matches
| No. | Matches | Stipulations |
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| 1 | Randy Orton (c) vs. Daniel Bryan | Singles match for the WWE Championship[5] |
| 2 | Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. Rob Van Dam (with Ricardo Rodriguez) | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship[6] |
| 3 | CM Punk vs. Curtis Axel and Paul Heyman | Elimination Handicap match[7]. If Paul Heyman does not compete, he will be fired. |
| 4 | AJ Lee (c) vs. Natalya vs. Brie Bella vs. Naomi | Fatal Four-Way match for the Divas Championship |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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See also
References
- ^ "WWE: Night of Gold (Official PPV Theme Song - Night of Champions) - Single". iTunes/WWE. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ^ "WWE: Big Epic Night (Official PPV Theme Song - Night of Champions) - Single". iTunes/WWE. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
- ^ "WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan". WWE. 23 August 2013.
- ^ "World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio vs. Rob Van Dam". WWE. 26 August 2013.
- ^ "CM Punk vs. Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel & Paul Heyman (Elimination Handicap Match)". WWE. 26 August 2013.