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Night of Champions (2014)

The 2014 Night of Champions was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the eighth annual Night of Champions and took place on September 21, 2014, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. This was the first Night of Champions event to livestream on the WWE Network, which launched in February. The theme of the event was that every championship promoted on WWE's main roster at the time was defended.

Production
Background in Nashville, Tennessee. Night of Champions was an annual pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE since 2007. Announced on April 16, 2014, the 2014 event was the eighth Night of Champions. It was held on September 21, 2014, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to traditional PPV, it was the first Night of Champions to livestream on the WWE Network, which launched earlier that year in February. Tickets went on sale on June 28. As per the theme of the event, every championship promoted on WWE's main roster at the time was defended. These included the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, the Intercontinental Championship, the United States Championship, the WWE Tag Team Championship, and the WWE Divas Championship. while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Raw and SmackDown. At SummerSlam, Brock Lesnar defeated John Cena to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. On the August 19 episode of Main Event, a rematch was scheduled for Night of Champions. . At SummerSlam, Paige defeated AJ Lee to win the WWE Divas Championship. On September 5, Stephanie decided that Paige would defend the title against AJ and Nikki in a triple threat match. On the same show, Dolph Ziggler, who at SummerSlam had defeated The Miz for the WWE Intercontinental Championship, On the September 2 episode of Main Event, another title defense against The Miz was scheduled for the event. On the August 25 episode of Raw, Cesaro by defeated Rob Van Dam and thus became the number one contender for the WWE United States Championship, held by Sheamus. On the August 18 episode of Raw, Mark Henry attacked Rusev, On the August 18 episode of Raw, Gold and Stardust defeated WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) in a non-title match. On September 9, a match between Jericho and Orton was scheduled for the event. ==Event==
Event
Pre-show interior prior to the pay-per-view beginning. On the pre-show, Christian returned to host the "Peep" Show, with Chris Jericho as the show's guest. Analysis was provided by a pre-show panel of Booker T, Alex Riley, Big Show, and Renee Young. Preliminary matches The actual pay-per-view opened with The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) defending the WWE Tag Team Championship against Goldust and Stardust. The Usos dominated throughout the match until Jey attempted a Samoan splash on Stardust but landed on Stardust's raised knee. Stardust immediately rolled up Jey for a pinfall, thus winning the titles. Rollins walked to the ring to claim a victory against via forfeit. While in the ring, Dean Ambrose attacked Rollins. The Authority emerged from backstage to separate the two and restore order. Security later tied Ambrose's hands behind his back and escorted him out of the arena. In the fifth match, before the match Lillian Garcia sang the American Anthem. Rusev (accompanied by Lana) faced Mark Henry. During the match, Henry executed The World's Strongest Slam, but couldn't capitalize. In the end, Henry submitted to The Accolade. In the next match, Randy Orton faced Chris Jericho. In the end, Jericho executed a Codebreaker on Orton for a nearfall. Jericho dove off the top rope but Orton countered into a mid-air RKO and pinned Jericho to win the match. 's victory in a triple threat match earned AJ her record third and final WWE Divas Championship reign. In the penultimate match, Paige defended the Divas Championship in a triple threat match against Nikki Bella and AJ Lee. After leaving Bella unconscious out of the ring, Lee forced Paige to submit to the Black Widow to win the title. With this win, Lee tied the record for most reigns alongside Eve Torres with three. Main event In the main event, Brock Lesnar (accompanied by Paul Heyman) defended the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against John Cena. Cena executed an Attitude Adjustment on Lesnar, who kicked out at one. Lesnar then applied the Kimura Lock four times, but Cena reached the ropes to break the submission each time. Later in the match, Cena performed a second Attitude Adjustment on Lesnar for a nearfall. Cena later applied the STF, however, Lesnar countered. As Lesnar applied a fifth Kimura Lock on Cena, Cena escaped by repeatedly driving Lesnar into the corner. Cena then executed a third Attitude Adjustment on Lesnar and applied a second STF, only for Lesnar to reach the ropes. Cena applied a third STF, but Lesnar again reached the ropes. Cena then locked Lesnar in a fourth STF, but Cena let Lesnar out of the hold when he refused to submit. In the end, Cena executed a fourth Attitude Adjustment on Lesnar. As Cena went for the cover, Seth Rollins emerged to attack Cena with the Money in the Bank briefcase, causing a disqualification. Rollins attacked Lesnar with a Curb Stomp and then attempted to cash in his contract but Cena attacked and drove him away before the match could actually begin. Lesnar then executed an F-5 on Cena to close the show, still WWE World Heavyweight Champion. ==Reception==
Reception
Night of Champions received mostly positive reviews. The Sheamus vs. Cesaro match was highly acclaimed. James Caldwell of Pro Wrestling Torch gave the main event 3.75 out of 5 stars, calling it a "solid title match". However, he complained about the Intercontinental and Divas title changes. ==Aftermath==
Aftermath
The following night on Raw, The Miz defended his Intercontinental title against Dolph Ziggler in a Night of Champions rematch. Ziggler regained the title after rolling up The Miz with a handful of tights. During his weekly interview with Michael Cole, Triple H scheduled a battle royal for the September 26 episode of SmackDown, with the winner receiving a title match against Ziggler later in the night. Also on Raw, Mark Henry addressed his loss to Rusev, but was interrupted by Rusev and Lana. A rematch between Rusev and Henry took place afterwards, with Rusev again victorious. The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) teamed with Sheamus to take on and defeat Cesaro, and The WWE Tag Team Champions (Goldust and Stardust) on the following Raw. ==Results==
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