Night of Champions 2008 2008-06-29

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Night of Champions 2008

Date
Sun 29th June 2008 (UTC)

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WWE

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2008

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32

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Night of Champions (2008) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and presented by P&G's Gillette Fusion Power, which took place on June 29, 2008, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. It was the first annual event to be promoted solely under the Night of Champions name and the eighth annual event under the Vengeance/Night of Champions chronology. It starred wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands. Like the previous year before, every match on the card was contested for a championship; three were won and five were retained.

The main event was an interpromotional match for the WWE Championship between SmackDown representative, Triple H, and Raw representative, John Cena; Triple H won the match and retained the championship. The main match was also an interpromotional match for the World Heavyweight Championship between SmackDown representative, Edge, and Raw representative, Batista, which Edge won to retain the championship. The main match from the ECW brand was an interpromotional standard match involving three wrestlers for the ECW Championship, in which ECW representative, Mark Henry, defeated the champion and Raw representative, Kane, and SmackDown representative, The Big Show.

Night of Champions received 273,000 pay-per-view buys, and was instrumental in helping WWE increase its pay-per-view revenue by $21.9 million compared to the previous year. The professional wrestling section of the Canadian Online Explorer website rated the entire event a 7 out of 10 stars, higher and lower than the 2007 event's ratings of 5 and 7.5 out of 10 (there were two ratings because two different writers reviewed the show).

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Result List

Result Description
WWE Tag Team Title Match
John Morrison & The Miz (c) defeat Finlay & Hornswoggle (8:48)

WWE United States Title Match
Matt Hardy (c) defeats Chavo Guerrero (w/Bam Neely) (9:21)

ECW Heavyweight Title Triple Threat Match
Mark Henry defeats Kane (c) and The Big Show (8:19) - TITLE CHANGE !!!

World Tag Team Title Two On One Handicap Match
Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase defeat Hardcore Holly (c) (1:30) - TITLE CHANGE !!!

Intercontinental Title Match
Kofi Kingston defeats Chris Jericho (w/Lance Cade) (c) (11:00) - TITLE CHANGE !!!

WWE Women's Title Match
Mickie James (c) defeats Katie Lea (w/Paul Burchill) (7:17)

World Heavyweight Title Match
Edge (c) defeats Batista (18:13)

WWE Heavyweight Title Match
Triple H (c) defeats John Cena (19:39)

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