WWE Night Of Champions Results
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WWE Unified Tag Team Championship Match
Chris Jericho & ? (c's) vs. Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase
A recap of Edge's interview was shown. Chris Jericho got on the mic and said that he made a mistake picking Edge as a tag team partner and Edge was selfish for leaving him without a partner. Jericho went on to introduce The Big Show as his partner. Big Show came out sporting a new outfit, it looked like he borrowed Jack Swagger's gear.
Show started the match overpowering Rhodes. After the initial moments, the match was more even, as both teams traded the advantage. Rhodes at one point hit Jericho with a moonsault, but Jericho was able to kick out.
As the match went on, the crowd got more behind Jericho and Show and Legacy wrestled like heels. Legacy looked good here. The finish of the match saw all four men in the ring and Jericho hit Dibiase with the codebreaker. Big Show followed it up with the colossal clutch on Dibiase for the win. Average opener.
Winners And Still WWE Unified Tag Team Champions: Big Show and Chris Jericho
CM Punk was interviewed backstage. He asked the crowd that after everything he's said, if they're still behind Jeff Hardy. The crowd kinda replied yeah, although Punk had his supporters. Punk then grabbed the mic and went to the arena and ran down the crowd for supporting Hardy, calling them enablers. He said that supporting Hardy leads kids to go on to smoking, drinking and smoking pot. He then asked parents to make the right choice and have their kids just say yes to a drug-free America and to himself. Good promo by Punk, although it should have been on the go-home show as opposed to the PPV.
A "Don't try this at home" promo aired.
ECW Championship Match
Tommy Dreamer (c) vs. Christian
Dreamer came out first to a good pop, but Christian came out to a better one. They exchanged slaps to start the match before Christan took control.
Striker and Matthews were talking about an autograph session that Dreamer was at, and Matthews jokingly asked how many people showed up, three or four? Way to bury your own champion. Striker went on to note that Dreamer had a lot of fans.
Both mean tried to make the match work, but the fans just don't buy Dreamer as champion or the ECW title as a real championship. Christian hit Dreamer with the kill switch to win the ECW Championship to a good pop.
Winner and NEW ECW Champion: Christian
Dreamer and Christian embraced after the match.
Jericho and Big Show were interviewed backstage. Too Grisham said he didn't know that they were such good friends. Show said it wasn't about friends, but about business. Jericho said they would be more dominant than the Hart Foundation, The Road Warriors, etc. Jericho than thanked Edge for making all this possible.
WWE United States Championship – Six Pack Challenge
Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Primo Colon vs. MVP vs. Carlito vs. Jack Swagger vs. The Miz.
It was announced that Primo Colon was replacing The Big Show since Show won the tag titles. There were a lot of cool moves in the match, but with six competitors, it was all over the place.
With Show out of the match, Swagger played the monster in the match. Primo and Carlito worked together for a little bit, until Carlito hit Primo with the backstabber. Kofi came in from behind and nailed Carlito with the trouble in paradise to retain the title.
Winner and still WWE United States Champion: Kofi Kingston
Randy Orton was interviewed backstage. Orton said that he hoped HHH's and Cena's egos will cause them to self-destruct. He said he hoped to get the respect one day that HHH gets, get until then, he's still your WWE Champion.
WWE Women's Championship
Michelle McCool (c) vs. Melina
McCool nailed Melina with a dropkick as Melina was doing her entrance. Melina quickly recovered and the match was back in the ring.
This was one of the better Women's championship matches in awhile. McCool at one point hit a DDT on Melina on the security wall outside of the ring.
The finish of the match saw McCool reverse a pin attempt to pin Melina and retain the title.
Winner and still WWE Womens Champion: Michelle McCool
WWE Championship – Triple Threat Match
Randy Orton (c) vs. Triple H vs. John Cena
This being Philly, Cena got more boos than he's been getting lately as he came out. Triple H got a mixed reaction as well during the introductions.
Fans were really booing Cena as the match went on, even getting quiet during Cena's offense. It came down to HHH and Cena at one point, and it didn't have the heat that you'd expect. They went back and forth for a bit before The Game hit Cena with a spinebuster and followed it with a pedigree. HHH went for a pin, which was broken up by Orton.
The match went outside the ring, and Orton and HHH battled on the table, but the table was spared. Cena broke it up and went for the STF on HHH, but Orton broke it up and he and Cena battled in the ring. They traded blows, with the crowd giving a 'YAY' for Orton, and a 'BOO' for Cena's punches.
The finish saw HHH get Orton in a sharpshooter. While HHH had Orton in the sharpshooter, Cena got the STF on Orton, so he was in the STF and sharpshooter at the same time. Orton tapped, but the referee didn't know what to do and didn't stop the match. Legacy hit the ring. Cena got Rhodes up for the Attitude Adjustment, but Orton nailed Cena with the RKO to a big pop to pin Cena. Really good match.
Winner and still WWE Champion: Randy Orton
The Miz approached Maryse backstage. The Miz said he could get any girl he wants and said that he's tired of her playing to hard to get. Miz told her that she lost her chance.
Chilli from TLC was shown at ringside.
WWE Divas Championship
Maryse (c) vs. Mickie James
The crowd was dead for this match after that last one. Finally, Maryse was going for her finisher, but James countered and hit a DDT to pin Maryse clean.
Winner and NEW WWE Divas Champion: Mickie James
Dibiase and Rhodes were interviewed backstage. They said it wasn't a big deal that they didn't win the WWE tag titles, but it was a big deal that Orton retained. They said slowly that they were cementing their legacy.
WWE Intercontinental Championship Match
Rey Mysterio (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler
Maria accompanied Ziggler to the ring. The crowd is still dead from the last match. The two tried their best to get the crowd into it, and this was Ziggler's best showing to date.
The finish saw Mysterio hit the 619 and splash to get the clean win. The crowd was quiet until the end. Good match, hurt by the crowd reaction until the end.
Winner and still WWE Intercontinental Champion: Rey Mysterio
WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match
CM Punk (c) vs. Jeff Hardy
They're running short on time. Crowd was pretty quiet again, the Maryse – Mickie James match really sucked the life out of the arena
Punk was working Hardy over with kicks late in the match when Hardy reversed it into a twist of fate. He went for a swanton, put Punk got his knees up. Punk was able to hit the GTS and smiled as he covered Hardy, but only got a two count. He kept going for covers, but Hardy kept kicking out.
Punk went outside the ring and grabbed his belt and started walking towards the back. Hardy attacked Punk in the aisle and got him back into the ring. He hit another twist of fate, followed by a swanton bomb to win the match and the championship! Good match, but it felt rushed since they were short on time.
Winner and NEW World Heavyweight Champion – Jeff Hardy
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