WWE NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS

Sunday, September 18th, 2011, from Buffalo


KOFI KINGSTON & EVAN BOURNE vs. THE MIZ & R. TRUTH: The Miz beat up the ref to cause a DQ. On RAW, HHH fired R Truth and The Miz for beating up the ref. Didn't even really know there were still tag team titles. *1/2 (out of ****)

CODY RHODES vs. TED DIBIASE: Rhodes, for some reason, is a big star on Smackdown!. Not sure why. *

DOLPH ZIGGLER vs. JACK SWAGGER vs. ALEX RILEY vs. JOHN MORRISON: Really fun, fast, exciting match. I hate that Morrison is still being buried, though. ***

RANDY ORTON vs. MARK HENRY: Surprisingly, Henry won the title here. It was an awful match. Henry as champ is something new but not something good. *

KELLY KELLY vs. BETH PHOENIX: Not particularly good, although Phoenix, the beast, did lose. *1/2

ALBERTO DEL RIO vs. JOHN CENA: Cena wins the title. Again. Granted, he lost at MITB and Summerslam to Punk. God forbid he lose at three straight ppv's. Not the best match. **

HHH vs. CM PUNK: So the main event on a show called "Night of Champions" doesn't feature a champion. Interesting. This was a good match with a total clusterfuck finish. The Miz and R Truth ran in and attacked the ref and HHH and Punk. John Laurenaitis, the vice president dude, came in and seemed to favor Punk by not pushing the ref into the ring when HHH was going for the pin but pushing the ref in when Punk went for a cover. Laurenaitis also got on his cell phone and then Kevin Nash came out of the crowd and beat up Punk and HHH. Eventually HHH won after delivering the pedigree on Punk. The highlight was when Punk jumped off the top rope and delivered an elbow onto HHH and the Spanish announce table. It wasn't a great match but the wild finish made it entertaining. ***