Night of Champions (2012)
Night of Champions | |||
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Promotion WWE | | ||
Date | September 16, 2012 | ||
City | Boston, Massachusetts | ||
Venue | TD Garden | ||
Attendance | 14,886 | ||
Buy rate | 189,000[1] | ||
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The 2012 Night of Champions was the sixth annual
Production
Background
Storylines
The event comprised eight matches, including one on the Pre-Show, that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed
One featured match involved champion Sheamus against Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship. Upon being defeated by Sheamus again at SummerSlam,[6] Del Rio felt that because the referee did not see that his foot was on the bottom rope during the pin, he deserved another chance at the championship. Sheamus felt that Del Rio had enough chances to beat him and said that Randy Orton, who just returned from suspension, deserved a chance at the championship. Del Rio defeated Orton to earn a title match at the event.[7]
Another highly promoted match was CM Punk defending the WWE Championship against John Cena. At Raw 1000, Cena cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase against Punk and failed to win the championship due to interference by Big Show that resulted in a disqualification.[8] This led to a triple threat match at SummerSlam featuring Punk, Cena, and Show, which Punk won.[6] The following night on Raw, Punk was granted the right to choose his challenger at Night of Champions. He announced that he would face John Cena on the condition that he would admit on live television that Punk was the "best in the world" but Cena refused.[9] The following week, Raw General Manager AJ Lee announced that Punk would defend the title against Cena at the event.[10]
Event
Role: | Name: |
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English Commentators
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Michael Cole |
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
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Spanish Commentators | Carlos Cabrera |
Marcelo Rodriguez
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Backstage interviewer
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Matt Striker |
Ring announcers | Lilian Garcia |
Justin Roberts | |
Referees | Mike Chioda |
Charles Robinson | |
Jack Doan | |
Scott Armstrong | |
Chad Patton |
Pre-Show
Prior to the start of the pay-per-view, a 16-man battle royal for a
Preliminary matches
The event opened with The Miz defending the Intercontinental Championship against Rey Mysterio, Cody Rhodes and Sin Cara in a fatal four-way match. In the end, Sin Cara placed a mask on Miz's head. Rhodes performed the Cross Rhodes on Cara, but The Miz, despite being blinded by the mask, performed the Skull-Crushing Finale on Rhodes to retain the title.[11]
Next,
After that,
In the fourth match, Randy Orton wrestled Dolph Ziggler. Orton executed an elevated DDT off the barricade on Ziggler and attempted to pin Ziggler in the ring, but Ziggler placed his foot on the bottom rope, voiding the pinfall. In the end, Orton attempted an RKO, but Ziggler countered the move into a sleeper hold, which Orton escaped. Orton performed an RKO on a leaping Ziggler for the win.[11]
Next, Layla defended the Divas Championship against Eve. After Kaitlyn was attacked, SmackDown general manager Booker T scheduled Layla to defend against Eve. Eve executed the Heart Breaker on Layla to win the title for a record third time.[11]
After that, Sheamus defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Alberto Del Rio. Before the match, Booker T relinquished his ban of the
Main event
In the main event, CM Punk defended the WWE Championship against John Cena. Punk applied the
Results
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times Singles match for the WWE Championship[19] | 26:55 | |||
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- Tensai.
References
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- ^ a b Canton, John (August 21, 2022). "WWE SummerSlam 2012 Review". TJR Wrestling. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- ^ Tedesco, Mike (August 24, 2012). "Smackdown Results – 8/24/12". WrestleView. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- ^ Stephens, David (July 23, 2012). "Raw 1,000 Results – 7/23/12". WrestleView. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- ^ Stephens, David (August 20, 2012). "Raw Results – 8/20/12". WrestleView. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- ^ Stephens, David (August 27, 2012). "Raw Results – 8/27/12". WrestleView. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Caldwell, James (September 16, 2012). "Caldwell's WWE Night of Champions PPV Report 9/16: Complete 'virtual time' coverage of live PPV - Punk vs. Cena, six title matches". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
- ^ Linder, Zach (September 10, 2012). "Zack Ryder won a Pre-Show Battle Royal to become No. 1 Contender for the United States Championship". WWE. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ^ Powers, Kevin (September 11, 2012). "Intercontinental Champion The Miz def. Rey Mysterio, Sin Cara & Cody Rhodes". WWE. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ^ Clapp, John (September 10, 2012). "Kane & Daniel Bryan def. WWE Tag Team Champions R-Truth & Kofi Kingston". WWE. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ^ Linder, Zach (September 16, 2012). "United States Champion Antonio Cesaro def. Zack Ryder". WWE. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ^ Medalis, Kara A. (September 7, 2012). "Randy Orton def. Dolph Ziggler". WWE. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ^ "Eve def. Divas Champion Layla". WWE. August 31, 2012. Archived from the original on September 18, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
- ^ Gianni, Alex (August 24, 2012). "World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus def. Alberto Del Rio". WWE. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
- ^ Wortman, James (August 27, 2012). "John Cena def. WWE Champion CM Punk". WWE. Retrieved September 16, 2012.