Night of Champions 2012 2012-09-16

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Night of Champions 2012

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Sun 16th September 2012 (UTC)
Sun 16th September 2012 (Local)

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WWE

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2012

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Night of Champions was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE, which took place on September 16, 2012 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. It was presented by Lions Gate Entertainment's Dredd and was the fifth annual WWE Night of Champions event (sixth including Vengeance: Night of Champions) and the thirteenth in the WWE Vengeance/Night of Champions overall chronology. The theme to the Night of Champions event is that all sanctioned championships are defended on the card. The event managed to gain 189,000 buys. That is up from last year's event, which gained a 169,000 buyrate.

One featured match involved champion Sheamus against Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship. Upon being defeated by Sheamus again at SummerSlam, Del Rio felt that because the referee did not see that his foot was on the bottom rope during the pin that cost him the match, he deserved yet 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 would go on to defeat Orton and get another chance to claim the championship from Sheamus.

Another highly promoted match was CM Punk defending the WWE Championship against John Cena. This storied rivalry that was rekindled on July 23 at Raw 1000 when 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. This led to a triple threat match at SummerSlam featuring Punk, Cena, and Show. During the match, Cena would have Big Show beat only to be thrown out of the ring by Punk, who would steal a victory. The following night on Raw, Punk would be granted the right to choose his next challenger to face at Night of Champions. The champion was quick to announce that he would face John Cena, on the condition that he would admit on live television that CM Punk is the "best in the world." Cena would refuse to do so, leaving a big question mark on who would face the champion at the event. The following week however, Raw General Manager AJ Lee would announce that it was "her decision" to make the match official, regardless of any stipulation Punk had put into place.

The divas feud heading into the event had WWE Divas Champion Layla El defending against Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn became the No.1 contender after a botched finish to battle royal which was meant to be won by Eve Torres. Before the event Kaitlyn was attacked by a mystery woman. The opportunity to face Layla was then given to Eve.

In partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the Night of Champions set was adorned with pink ribbons representing breast cancer awareness, and the middle rope of the ring was colored pink instead of the usual white. In addition, John Cena would also change his shirt design and arm bands to include the color pink with his shirt saying "Rise Above Cancer".

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Result List

Result Description
WWE Intercontinental Title Fatal Four Way Match
The Miz (c) defeated Cody Rhodes and Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara (12:05)

WWE Tag Team Title Match
Daniel Bryan & Kane defeated Kofi Kingston & R-Truth (c) (8:30) - TITLE CHANGE !!!

WWE United States Title Match
Antonio Cesaro (w/Aksana) (c) defeated Zack Ryder (6:40)

Singles Match
Randy Orton defeated Dolph Ziggler (w/Vickie Guerrero) (18:22)

WWE Divas Title Match
Eve Torres defeated Layla (c) (6:38) - TITLE CHANGE !!!

World Heavyweight Title Match
Sheamus (c) defeated Alberto Del Rio (w/David Otunga & Ricardo Rodriguez) (14:23)

WWE Heavyweight Title Match
CM Punk (c) vs. John Cena - Double Pin (26:54)

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