Night of Champions (2011)

Night of Champions (2012)
Night of Champions (2012)
Tagline(s)	It's a Night You Will Never Forget
Theme; song(s)	"Magika" by Two Steps from Hell
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Date	September 18, 2012
Venue	First Niagara Center
City	Buffalo, New York
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Night of Champions (2012) was a professional wrestling event that was done by World Wrestling Entertainment. It happened on September 18th, 2012^[1] at the First Niagra Centre in Buffalo, New York.^[2] It was the 4th Annual Night of Champions event, and the 11th overall. Seven matches were played.

Matches[change | change source]

#	Matches	Stipulations	Times^[3]
Dark	Daniel Bryan defeated Heath Slater	Singles match^[4]	n/a
1	Air Boom (Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston) (c) defeated The Miz and R-Truth by disqualification	Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship^[5]	9:55
2	Cody Rhodes (c) defeated Ted DiBiase	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship^[6]	9:45
3	Dolph Ziggler (c) (with Vickie Guerrero) defeated Jack Swagger, Alex Riley and John Morrison	Fatal 4-Way match for the WWE United States Championship^[7]	8:20
4	Mark Henry defeated Randy Orton (c)	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship^[8]	13:07
5	Kelly Kelly (c) (with Eve Torres) defeated Beth Phoenix (with Natalya)	Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship^[9]	6:34
6	John Cena defeated Alberto Del Rio (c) (with Ricardo Rodriguez)	Singles match for the WWE Championship^[10]	17:34
7	Triple H defeated CM Punk	No Disqualification match; If CM Punk would have won, Triple H would have to resign as COO of WWE^[11]	24:10
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References[change | change source]

↑ "Light Strike presents WWE Night of Champions". WWE. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
↑ "WWE presents Night of Champions". HSBC Arena. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
↑ Eck, Kevin (2011-09-18). "Night of Champions thoughts". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2011-09-20.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "WWE Night of Champions dark match result". Pro Wrestling.net. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
↑ "WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne vs. The Miz & R-Truth". WWE. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
↑ "WWE Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes vs. Ted DiBiase". WWE. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
↑ "WWE United States Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. Jack Swagger vs. Alex Riley vs. John Morrison". WWE. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
↑ "WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton vs. Mark Henry". WWE. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
↑ "WWE Divas Champion Kelly Kelly vs. Beth Phoenix". WWE. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
↑ "WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio vs. John Cena". WWE. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
↑ "CM Punk vs. Triple H". WWE. Retrieved August 29, 2011.

Other websites[change | change source]

Official Night of Champions website

[1] "Light Strike presents WWE Night of Champions". WWE. Retrieved 2012-08-15.

[2] "WWE presents Night of Champions". HSBC Arena. Retrieved 2012-08-15.

[Eck-3] Eck, Kevin (2011-09-18). "Night of Champions thoughts". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2011-09-20.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] "WWE Night of Champions dark match result". Pro Wrestling.net. Retrieved 18 September 2011.

[5] "WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne vs. The Miz & R-Truth". WWE. Retrieved September 9, 2011.

[6] "WWE Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes vs. Ted DiBiase". WWE. Retrieved September 16, 2011.

[7] "WWE United States Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. Jack Swagger vs. Alex Riley vs. John Morrison". WWE. Retrieved September 12, 2011.

[8] "WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton vs. Mark Henry". WWE. Retrieved September 9, 2011.

[9] "WWE Divas Champion Kelly Kelly vs. Beth Phoenix". WWE. Retrieved September 5, 2011.

[10] "WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio vs. John Cena". WWE. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2011.

[11] "CM Punk vs. Triple H". WWE. Retrieved August 29, 2011.

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