10 Things You Didn’t Know About WWE Night Of Champions

6. Eight Years In A Row...Then An Eight Year Gap

Eric Bischoff Night Of Champions
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Most likely just an act of happenstance rather than because WWE manufactured a cute bit of trivia, Night Of Champions ran for eight years before taking a break that lasted the exact same amount of time.

After dropping the "Vengeance" tag in 2007 in an attempt to move fans' memories away from the show Chris Benoit failed to attend due to his double murder-suicide, the Night Of Champions branding lasted from the birth of the PG Era all the way through to WWE's post-NXT brave new world in 2015.

Dropped in favour of "Clash Of Champions" before that too was binned after 2020's pandemic edition, the format had seemingly been dropped before returning as a Saudi Arabia card for the first time in 2023. It follows Elimination Chamber 2022 as the second show from WWE's traditional schedule to feature in the country, moving away from the likes of Super ShowDown and Crown Jewel as customised special events.

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