WWE Night Of Champions: 12 Major Talking Points

As the first major fall WWE PPV, Night of Champions represents an important point in gauging where the company stands vis-à-vis popularity. With the changing of the season also come new changes in WWE’s competition: new sports seasons, new TV shows, and a return to different schedules for WWE’s fanbase.

With the show now behind us, it’s time to see what was done correctly, and which decisions were more questionable. There was a lot of pressure on WWE to put on as great a show as possible, especially since ratings have been going down in recent weeks. Needless to say, WWE delivered big in some ways…and failed in others.

Here are the match results for the show:

Pre-Show: The Cosmic Wasteland defeated Neville & the Lucha Dragons

Kevin Owens defeated Ryback become the new Intercontinental Champion

Dolph Ziggler defeated Rusev following a thrown shoe and a Zig-Zag (yes, that’s exactly what it reads like)

The Dudley Boyz defeated the New Day via DQ

Charlotte defeated Nikki Bella to become the new Divas Champion

The Wyatt Family defeated Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Chris Jericho

John Cena defeated Seth Rollins to become the new US Champion

Seth Rollins defeated Sting to retain the WWEWHC

This article will discuss the 12 most important talking points from Night of Champions 2015. Each entry will analyze the match or segment in question, what it means for WWE in a greater storyline context, and whether this is something that could benefit WWE, or if it’s something that does more harm than good.

Five months ago, Neville and the Lucha Dragons debuted on RAW to much fanfare. Now they’re on the pre-show of major WWE PPVS/Network specials. All three of them deserve much better than this.

Then there’s the new trio of the Ascension and Stardust/Cody Rhodes, who call themselves ‘the Cosmic Wasteland’, yet there hasn’t been any storyline explanation for why they have come together as a group. 

But I digress…

This match wasn’t anything special. In fact, it felt like a TV match, and was the appropriate thing to warm up the crowd as they entered the arena. Though the match did have some impressive spots, including the three faces doing outside dives at the same time and Kalisto reversing a Superbomb into a Frankensteiner, there wasn’t much else to it. 

A big problem in the contest was Konnor consistently botching moves, and his movements looked stiff during the match.

But at least this match that had the right finish, as the heel team won. For them, that’s a major point because they haven’t won a major match since they formed. With this victory, they might gain some momentum going forward, which is crucial to their survival. 

Hopefully they can turn this match into something more positive going forward, and maybe, if they’re lucky, they can be presented as a more credible team.