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

5. Only One Non-WWE Championship Has Ever Been Competed For

Eric Bischoff Night Of Champions
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In the rich-ish history of title clashes at Night Of Champions, only one Championship hasn't had WWE's name all over it and even then, the booking of it existed to tee up bigger things for the titleholders.

On the 2008 and 2009 editions of the show, the rebooted Extreme Championship Wrestling was included in proceedings. In the inaugural offering for the third brand, Mark Henry won his first "World" title with victory over then-Champion Kane and The Big Show. This monster mash was used as a test run for if the 'World's Strongest Man' could believably carry a run on top, and Henry proved it enough to advance to World Heavyweight Title status, winning the coveted prize at Night Of Champions 2011.

Following a similar trajectory, Christian's victory over Tommy Dreamer at 2009's event foreshadowed bigger things for him in the company he'd left several years prior. He ascended to the top tier in 2011 too, eventually losing the gold to Randy Orton so 'The Viper' could play transitional Champion for the aforementioned Henry push

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