WWE Night of Champions - September 18th 2011

[D]

I am finished watching WWE for good.

[BlowUpYourVideo]

Yeah right.

[AtariLegend]

I think Nash will show up cost Punk the match and Triple H will turn heel, it'll wadle along till Survivor Series. Triple H's CEO role is far from over and the stupid idea to add the stips to it, screams dusty finish.

I think any scenario with Triple H going over cleanly or the Russo type swerve of Punk and Nash basically as good as a burial.

It's really disapointing, had this been done properly it's easily one of those Wrestlemaina worthy matches.

[Yankee1012]

I am finished watching WWE for good.

Well I don't think this is going to be their last match, so I do think HHH will win. If this is their only match and Punk doesn't win then I'll be a bit mad, but I think they will have another fight in the coming months.

[BlowUpYourVideo]

I'll wait and see what developments are made before the PPV, but I think it's very possible HHH could win but no way will it be clean. If HHH wins this match clean, I'll give you all my WWE game points D.

Like Yankee said, I doubt this is going to be their last match. I can see them possibly stretching this out to the Rumble or even Wrestlemania. This is too big a feud to end this soon and at Night Of Champions....

[Hammy]

This is too big a feud to end this soon and at Night Of Champions....

Even so.  I think Atari saying they are blowing this too soon was alluding to the fact that the first match between them should have been at Wrestlemania, with Triple H's I can't attack the wrestlers role, the tension and build could have been great with fans for months wanting to see them go at it and finally at 'Mania they do, this just seems too soon.  If they do meet at 'Mania but its their 3rd....or 4th match, it won't be nearly as special.

[Hammy]

Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship

CM Punk vs. Triple H in a No Disqualification match; If CM Punk wins, Triple H resigns as COO of WWE

Kelly Kelly (c) vs. Beth Phoenix for the WWE Divas Championship

Air Boom (Evan Bourne & Kofi Kingston) (c) vs. The Miz & R-Truth for the WWE Tag Team Championship

[EricxGNRxSTARx]

Ms.ZigZag and I were there.

The PPV was pretty good. Shows are almost always better live. I'll give a few live notes.

Dark match was Bryan Danielson over Heath Slater. The MITB winner is now featured in dark matches and on Superstars.

The crowd was hot for the opening match but died down a bit during Cody/Ted. There were huge WE WANT RYDER chants during that match.

Christian got a big pop but they need something new to heel Buffalo over besides the Bills never winning a SuperBowl.

The 4 way match was fun though it seems like Dolph is stuck in the midcard even though he has shown signs of breaking through.

RKO is over huge. I'd say the pop of the night was between him and CM Punk. I think people were actually surprised that Mark Henry won. I gotta say Henry's promo after the match was great.

Beth Phoenix was over big time since she is billed as being from Buffalo,NY. There were loud THIS IS BULLSHIT chants after Beth lost but I don't know if they cut away to something else.

Cena also got a huge pop. I guess I am in the minority of the IWC in that I actually like him. I think even if you don't like his Superman push ,you have to respect that he busted his ass to get to the top of the Company. For the last 5 years the WWE has pretty much put the Company on his shoulders. I'm not gonna judge this angle yet since they could just have Del Rio win the belt back in Mexico. I gotta say I got a big kick out of Cena's introduction of himself especially when he mentioned JORTS!

CM Punk & HHH both got a big reaction. The ending was a bit much and some of it made no sense at all such as Truth breaking up a pinfall for Punk when they wanted him to win. Punk has cooled off so much since his huge buzz a few months ago that WWE needs to get him his momentum back.

The giant head pictures of Punk,HHH,Beth & Del Rio in the front row were too funny. IDK if it got on TV but someone had a I WISH BENOIT WAS HERE sign ripped from their hands by WWE Security during the show. They were on the camera side so maybe it ended up getting on.

[D]

So once again.. what was the **** point of Albert Del Rio???

Its insane how terribly they've botched his career to this point.

[D]

LOL@ Last night.

[BlowUpYourVideo]

Oh well, bye D. We'll contact you if anything interesting develops from last night.

[BlowUpYourVideo]

^I did enjoy the show but I sort of have to agree with you D on that point. I don't hate Cena but was kinda disappointed to see him beat ADR cleanly last night. It would've really got Del Rio over as a heel if he'd beat Cena last night, even if it was down to cheating. Like Eric said though, I'll wait and see what happens with this, I'd like to see ADR with a decent-length title reign.

Eric, the Benoit sign did appear on TV. I noticed it during one of the last couple of matches and thought "That isn't going to be seen again."

The ending to the last match was ridiculous but in an entertaining way. One big clusterfuck, which, if it was the sort of thing they did constantly, would be awful but it was just so chaotic, I couldn't help be intrigued. It's looking like Johnny Ace is actually trying to get rid of HHH?....

Mark Henry winning the title was a bit of a surprise for me but I guess it's nice to see someone new hold the title, though Orton has grown on me recently, at least in-ring wise. If nothing else, I guess Henry does deserve some kind of reward for staying with the company for this long (even if he hasn't been on TV for big portions of that time...).

Overall, I thought it was a decent show. Not quite on the level of the last two PPVs but an intriguing one at the very least. Raw tonight should be worth watching....

[Yankee1012]

The PPV was alright. Other than the divas match, all of the other matches had solid to good wrestling. I really liked the US Title match. Henry winning the belt was something I never thought I would see. He has been pushed well since June. Del Rio dropping the belt so soon is just ridiculous. I bet Cena drops the belt to Del Rio or Punk in the 3 way Hell in a Cell. The main event was really good, but the booking at the end was a bit too clustered. Punk looked strong because it took 3 pedigree's and a powerbomb for him to be defeated.

[Hammy]

Attempts to get Ted DiBiase over as a babyface clearly aren't working.

Awesome Truth showing up in the Main Event just left people thinking....WHY?  It had its moments but was to much of a mess overall.

Beth losing was annoying since Kelly Kelly is god awful.

Air Boom have sort of matching ring attire and a team name, thats something, maybe the tag division will be revived....

Thought the Fatal 4 Way was really good, the Ziggler vs Swagger feud is really interesting, with the heel vs heel dynamic.  Morrison seems doomed, Riley doesn't seem too far behind...

Henry winning was a surprise, not an altogether bad one, but I don't know why this push didn't go to someone who they hadn't made a joke of so many times....Mae Young....I still rememer.

Del Rio really did look stupid losing the title so quickly.

[Hammy]

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