4. WWE Night of Champions 2014
Coming off SummerSlam, Night of Champions 2014 was a bigger show than usual, especially for a B PPV.
The event would feature Brock Lesnar’s first WWE World Heavyweight Title defense against John Cena, who Brock had beaten for the title in a memorable 16-minute squash match at SummerSlam in the month prior.
In the main event, Brock would end up retaining the title after Seth Rollins attacked Cena, causing Brock to get disqualified. Rollins would also attempt to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase, but failed after Cena had stopped the attempt.
The show was also supposed to feature a big match between Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns. However, Roman was rushed to the hospital for a hernia and was not able to compete. Rollins would officially win the bout via forfeit. This then led to the return of Dean Ambrose, who was looking to get revenge on Seth Rollins for his betrayal of The Shield.
The rest of the event included a great United States Title defense from Sheamus against Cesaro, Goldust and Stardust defeating The Usos to win the WWE Tag Titles, The Miz winning the Intercontinental Title against Dolph Ziggler, and AJ Lee becoming a three-time WWE Divas Champion in a triple threat match against Paige and Nikki Bella.
3. WWE Night of Champions 2009
This edition of Night of Champions was highly anticipated because of the main event with CM Punk defending his World Heavyweight Championship against Jeff Hardy.
2009 was a big year for Hardy, as the crowd had connected to him heavily, and he was also coming off a WWE Title reign and had just won the World Heavyweight Title against Edge in a Ladder match at Extreme Rules to end their feud. This would be ruined when Punk would cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase and defeat Jeff Hardy to win the title.
The two would have a rematch at The Bash, in which Punk retained after disqualifying himself in the bout. Punk would become a full-on heel, and many were ready for Hardy to get revenge and regain his title, which Hardy would end up doing.
Randy Orton would also retain his WWE Title against John Cena and Triple H in a WrestleMania 24 rematch. This was a hot period for Randy Orton, as he had begun The Legacy stable and was unstable, which caused him to injure and attack the McMahons, Triple H, and Batista.
Also on the show was Rey Mysterio retaining his Intercontinental Championship against Dolph Ziggler, Michelle McCool retaining her WWE Women’s Title against Melina, and Christian defeating Tommy Dreamer to become a two-time ECW Champion.
