IC Title Match Added To WWE Night Of Champions

It was announced on Tuesday during Main Event that Dolph Ziggler will defend the WWE Intercontinental Title against The Miz at WWE Night of Champions on September 21. The two men from Ohio will meet in a rematch from SummerSlam when Ziggler beat Miz clean to win the gold. This past week on Raw, Ziggler was in a tag match with Sheamus against Cesaro and The Miz. At ringside, Miz brought out his "stunt double" Damien Sandow (aka Damien Mizdow) and a makeup lady. They were there to protect Miz from any attacks on his "Moneymaker" face. They did a unique finish for the match with Miz telling Sandow to take his place. It wasn't allowed, so Ziggler dropped Sandow with the Zig Zag. While that was going on, Miz snuck up from behind Ziggler and hit the Skull Crushing Finale to win the match. Having Miz pin Ziggler like that is typical WWE booking where somebody gets pinned in a tag match to further a singles feud. It makes sense that WWE would do a rematch although it would be a surprise if Ziggler lost the gold. He'll probably win again. What it could lead to is Miz blaming the loss on Sandow, who can botch the interference, which could lead to a babyface turn for Sandow. They have to be doing this angle for some reason. If that's the payoff in the end then that's fine because it's better than what Sandow is currently doing. There are two other matches that have been announced for WWE Night of Champions: WWE Title: Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena - They have been kept apart since SummerSlam. Lesnar was on Raw the night after SummerSlam while Cena was off selling injuries. Cena's been on the last two weeks of Raw looking impressive in matches as WWE tries to build him back up. Lesnar isn't expected back on Raw until September 15, which is six days before Night of Champions. United States Title: Sheamus vs. Cesaro - There isn't a major backstory here other than Sheamus is the face and Cesaro's the heel. They had matches earlier in the year, including at Payback in a match that Sheamus won. No other matches have been officially announced although several of them have been built up on WWE television in the last few weeks. There's still two more editions of Raw before Night of Champions, so we can expect some more lineup announcements on next week's show.