WWE Night of Champions Pre-Show thread **SPOILERS**

Hashtag_HEEL

WWE Night of champions takes place Sunday September 16TH live from the TD garden in Boston, MA!



Matches Announced (as of 31-8-11):

World heavyweight championship :Alberto Del Rio Vs Sheamus
WWE Championship: John Cena Vs CM Punk

Matches Expected:

U.S Championship: Santino Marella VS. Antonio Cesaro
Divas Championship: Kaitlin VS. Layla

Matches to be announced for:
Intercontinental Championship
Tag Team Championship

jaykhunter

Boston, MA? That can only mean one thing...the return of

Hashtag_HEEL

Ahh, if only!

bobby_says_hi

is the WHC going to be a triple threat with Randy Orton? don't think i could stomach another Sheamus/Del Rio match

RobbingBandit

bobby_says_hi wrote: »

is the WHC going to be a triple threat with Randy Orton? don't think i could stomach another Sheamus/Del Rio match

Put Barrett in there instead of Orton and I will be happy.

GTR63

Dull Rio, Lame-us, Blahrrett, bOreton all just different flavours of blandness for me. Looking at the card thats developing and recent shows this is a ppv i'll read about monday morning on the live ppv thread especially since its on Sky Box Office.

Venom

GTR63 wrote: »

Dull Rio, Lame-us, Blahrrett, bOreton all just different flavours of blandness for me. Looking at the card thats developing and recent shows this is a ppv i'll read about monday morning on the live ppv thread especially since its on Sky Box Office.

Least theres no Big Slow this time

Stereomaniac

YET.

the groutch

I smell a Ziggy cash-in

JP Liz V1

I would love to see a TLC or Ladder match with Gabriel/Kidd, PTPs, Usos, Primo/Epico and Kofi/Truth for the tag titles

Stereomaniac

Isn't there a TLC pay per view in December or something though? My memory is gone to hell.

GTR63

Stereomaniac wrote: »

Isn't there a TLC pay per view in December or something though? My memory is gone to hell.

There was the last 2 years, wwe is so inconsistent i'm not sure if its on again this year.

D2D

GTR63 wrote: »

There was the last 2 years, wwe is so inconsistent i'm not sure if its on again this year.

Yep, TLC is the December PPV now

Stereomaniac

Yeah I was thinking I saw a schedule of all of the upcoming pay per views in FSM a while back.

airmax87

Too many PPV's to make me want to watch one, They dont feel as important as before I stopped watching.

TechnoFreek

I really hope the Shambo Del Rio feud ends at this ppv. Shambo v Sandow feud for the win!

gnfnrhead

Back in the day you used to know what PPV was when withouth even thinking too hard. Now, I only know the big four. The rest would be guess work.

Just did the order in my head and I know from August to April straight away. I'm not sure what order the other three were.

Loughc

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Back in the day you used to know what PPV was when withouth even thinking too hard. Now, I only know the big four. The rest would be guess work.

Just did the order in my head and I know from August to April straight away. I'm not sure what order the other three were.

They should revert to having 6 ppvs a year and for the month's they don't have a PPV they should have a Saturday Night Main Event type event and treat it like a PPV but air it on cable instead.

But then again why would they as long as people keep buying the PPVs they'll keep churning them out!

Stereomaniac

It must not be costing them any money, when you think of the ticket and merchandise sales, and the price of the things on pay per view as well. Looking at the figures, I know the minor pay per views are a lot less than WrestleMania but surely it's all still profit, am I wrong?

Loughc

Stereomaniac wrote: »

It must not be costing them any money, when you think of the ticket and merchandise sales, and the price of the things on pay per view as well. Looking at the figures, I know the minor pay per views are a lot less than WrestleMania but surely it's all still profit, am I wrong?

Stage One: Book PPV, Stage Two: ???, Stage Three: Profit.

But yea I imagine even the smaller PPVs are making quiet a handsome profit for the WWE.

Stereomaniac

People criticise them for having plot inconsistencies, for airing shows that aren't as good as they were "back then." If I was a McMahon, I wouldn't care, I'd sing all the way to the bank.

JP Liz V1

After last night's WWE SmackDown tapings, it looks like we have two more matches for WWE's Night of Champions PPV

Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler and WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston & R-Truth vs. Titus O'Neil & Darren Young

F4Wonline.com reports that Eve Torres may be added to the Divas Title match between Layla and Kaitlyn at WWE's Night of Champions pay-per-view. It's also possible that Kaitlyn may be removed from the match and it end up being Eve vs. Layla. As we noted, the Divas battle royal from a few weeks ago was botched as Kaitlyn wasn't supposed to win and was not scheduled to be named the No. 1 contender

gnfnrhead

How do you botch a Battle Royal? It's not like Eve fell out of the ring, she actually went over the top rope unlike (I think) everyone else.

bobby_says_hi

likely just the dirt sheets making up a rumour. they've been quietly pushing Kaitlyn for a while now. if Eve was meant to win in the first place then why did she also become Booker T's assistant?

rovert

bobby_says_hi wrote: »

likely just the dirt sheets making up a rumour.

Or Eve lost her footing, the referees scrambled for ages and Kaitlyn was a deer in the headlights post match.

A Primal Nut

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

After last night's WWE SmackDown tapings, it looks like we have two more matches for WWE's Night of Champions PPV

Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler and WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston & R-Truth vs. Titus O'Neil & Darren Young

Didn't they already have

Orton/Ziggler

on Smackdown recently? And that

tag-team match

has already happened a few times including at the last PPV. Add in Sheamus-Del Rio for the 3rd PPV in a row (almost 4 in a row, 5 in a row if you include the fact they fought in a fatal four way); you have to think how are the Smackdown writers earning their salary. Complete lack of ideas.

JP Liz V1

A Primal Nut wrote: »

Didn't they already have

Orton/Ziggler

on Smackdown recently? And that

tag-team match

has already happened a few times including at the last PPV. Add in Sheamus-Del Rio for the 3rd PPV in a row (almost 4 in a row, 5 in a row if you include the fact they fought in a fatal four way); you have to think how are the Smackdown writers earning their salary. Complete lack of ideas.

I'd prefer

The Usos or Gabriel and Kidd in the tag match that PTP (couldnt care less about them now with Washington gone)

gnfnrhead

Do we really need so many spoiler tags when a thread title says spoilers? I'm on my iPad so have to quote every post to see what it says

grames_bond

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Do we really need so many spoiler tags when a thread title says spoilers? I'm on my iPad so have to quote every post to see what it says

go on the touch.boards.ie version and you just have to press the spoiler tags for them to disssapear!

bobby_says_hi

rovert wrote: »

Or Eve lost her footing, the referees scrambled for ages and Kaitlyn was a deer in the headlights post match.

just rewatched the battle royal and they showed a graphic saying "#1 Contender Kaitlyn" afterwards meaning they'd already had one ready for her winning unless they had one prepared for all the divas just in case the ending did get botched. and watching the end of it, Kaitlyn clotheslines Eve and she doesn't go over the top rope which looks like a botch but she clotheslines her again and that sends her out. seems like a planned finish to me

SirDelboy18

Can they not just have a tag team fatal four way TLC to generate a bit more interest?

Mr.Nice Guy

I figured they were going to pair Kane and Bryan together in a match against Kofi and Truth.

Ridley

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I figured they were going to pair Kane and Bryan together in a match against Kofi and Truth.

I'd like for them to do this anyway at some point. With the tag division moving again, the addition of Kane/Bryan and Mysterio/Sin Cara would be welcome although admittedly that could end up shutting out the other teams.

The PTP against Truth and Kofi again is a bit of a let down. The gauntlet variation of the Tag Team Turmoil match seemed liked a natural conclusion

to the past few weeks of teams scrambling to be the number one contenders on Smackdown and Superstars.

Hope Ziggler is defending the MitB contract against Orton. Not only to help show that Ziggler can play with the big boys but treat that briefcase like the unofficial championship that it is. Watching Smackdown gave me the thought that it would be nice to see a situation where a MitB winner is forced to defend the case at a future date and they cash in before that can happen with hilarious consequences.

bobby_says_hi

i wonder if the PTP are just a second choice and maybe they were going to put the belts on Reks and Hawkins before Reks asked for his release. it seems pointless to not have them win a third title match

JP Liz V1

Updated Card

WWE Championship
CM Punk (c) vs. John Cena

World Heavyweight Championship
Sheamus (c) vs. Alberto del Rio

Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler

Intercontinental Championship
Miz (c) vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Sin Cara

WWE Tag Team Championship
Kofi Kingston & R-Truth (c) vs. Kane & Daniel Bryan

WWE Divas Championship
Layla (c) vs. Kailyn

United States Championship
Antonio Cesaro (c) vs. Battle Royal Winner

paddyismaddy

WWE Championship
CM Punk (c) vs. John Cena

World Heavyweight Championship
Sheamus (c) vs. Alberto del Rio

Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler

Intercontinental Championship
Miz (c) vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Sin Cara

WWE Tag Team Championship
Kofi Kingston & R-Truth (c) vs. Kane & Daniel Bryan

WWE Divas Championship
Layla (c) vs. Kailyn

United States Championship
Antonio Cesaro (c) vs. Battle Royal Winner

CMpunked

What if the WHC match is on relatively early, followed by the tag and then Ziggles v Orton. Ziggler cashes in and wins and enters his match as WHC. Sheamus hits the ring mid match and causes the DQ leading to a sheamo v orton feud for no.1 contender?


Or is that a few too many lines of effort that I have used that wwe bookers certainly wont use?

More like

Ziggles cheats to win. Cashes in following sheamus win but pulls out last second. Continue both feuds.

A Primal Nut

Whatever it is I'd say there won't be much thinking involved. It's the Smackdown writers remember!

the groutch

came up with a possible name for Bryan-Kane tag team:

HELL NO!!!

Professional Griefer

Forgot about this.

Yes boys.

Lord TSC

Wrestlezone reporting that

JBL

will be doing commentry tonight in place of Lawler.

Can. Not. Wait.

EDIT: Confirmed by Lawler himself. From his twitter...

Sorry I can't be at Night Of Champions tonight, but I understand JBL will be taking my place. I wish him the best of luck! @WWE @JCLayfield

Is this on sky?

Lord TSC

Box Office

Pool4Life

connemara man wrote: »

Is this on sky?

Box office

JP Liz V1

AJ Lee putting Kane and Daniel Bryan vs. Titus O'Neil and Darren Young in a #1 contenders match at RAW last week was part of the feud between AJ and Booker T that they are building to.

Titus O'Neil says he will be at Night of Champions tonight to confront AJ. He tweeted:

"Off to Boston. Not very happy with the #RAW GM AJ Lee. Blatant abuse of power and she will hear all about it face to Face at #NOC"

cocalolaman

Cén t-am is it starting at tonight?

CMpunked

I'm quite bored so here's graphs showing the predictions from the prediction thread:

sockmo

1am

or 12:30 on youtube for the US title no. 1 contendership battle royale

Mr.Saturn

Well, Jerry Lawler just tweeted that (commentary spoiler)

JBL is filling in for him tonight.

I'm game.

Ridley

CMpunked wrote: »

I'm quite bored so here's graphs showing the predictions from the prediction thread:

Quite surprised at how many are going for Barrett in the battle royal. Especially those choosing him and see Cesaro still walking out champion. I suppose Barrett could get himself DQ'd but, unless one of them has made some mistake backstage that I don't know about, I'm not seeing WWE making a heel vs heel match with two guys they're pushing.

CMpunked

Quite looking forward to this. Some matches have good potential.