WWE Night of Champions was an awkward, yet entertaining show. For most of it, I couldn't help but wonder what exactly I would have missed out on had I skipped it, but in the end I was glad I watched. There were some awkward booking spots, bad bumps and unnecessary amounts of people fighting twice, but everyone involved put on a great show...for the most part.
Opening Promo...Why?
Personally, I'm never a big fan of promos during a pay-per-view. I understand that when I watch Raw and Smackdown they're giving me quality content for free so I don't mind when they plug their work and show bad promos. When I'm ordering an even on PPV, however, I expect to get right to the action.
What was extra confusing about this, aside from changing the PPV card on the spot, was Triple H acting like such a face after all this heel buildup. I was so relieved to see him as a heel again, but then he comes out to tell Heyman to suck it up, plugs the crowd and books Curtis Axel in a match. Later in the night, he makes a stipulation that no one can interfere in the main event match also. Seems like he's flip flopping between heel and baby face, which is either completely intentional (for some reason) or just bad writing.
Did this PPV really need two doses of Curtis Axel?
To be fair, I have no problem with the current Intercontinental Champion. Also, by making him defend his belt it gave Kofi Kingston a chance to be on the PPV card, which I'm sure he was happy about. My problem with the booking was that no one really believed that Axel could beat Punk in the first place, so to make him fight twice really kind of made the rest of the night play out predictably. Seemed rushed and awkward.
Women's Fatal Fourway: Good effort, bad bumps
The effort put out by the four women in their title match was really impressive. Lots of wrestling chains and high spots. Sadly I felt like I was going to watch someone kill themselves in that match. Lots of awkward falls and miscues. Either they were just a bit off or I'm a total mark.
Ziggler's shot at the US strap
As a Dolph Ziggler fan, I was really hoping that he'd lose this match. Putting the US title on a former World champ, one that I particularly like, would have been terrible. Watching him lose every week leading up to this also made me depressed. My beef here is that you've got the perfect heel, Dean Ambrose, to have one of his buddies interfere and beat Ziggler while letting him save face. This way Ambrose could keep his belt and Ziggler can get back in the main event. Sadly, he lost cleanly, which is even worse. Seems like they're trying to bury him for some reason. From World Champion to losing in a shot for the US gold. Weird.
Del Rio and RVD
This match was awesome. Sadly, it ended terribly. Amazingly brutal match that ends with a cheap DQ victory for RVD, letting Del Rio keep his belt. I get it, they're clearly going to have a longer feud with an eventual rematch. I still just didn't like the finish. Especially if you consider that the only champion that should have DQ'd himself that night was Axel since he had to fight twice. Felt like the wrong person doing this.
Main Event was great
So, up until this point, there were no belt exchanges and the only significant story was that Ryback interfered in the CM Punk match. Aside from the thought that Punk will now be tied into a feud that I really won't care about, at this point I'm thinking that I wouldn't have missed anything if I'd have skipped this event. The Orton/Bryan match was not only extremely exciting but made the whole night worth the wait. Great match no matter who would have won. The fact that Daniel Bryan pulled it off legitimately shocked me. Really didn't think he had a chance so soon. I had to keep watching him hold the WWE Championship over his head until the show went off the air just to be sure that it wasn't some kind of spot.
All in all, great show despite some awkward moments. Looking forward to seeing where they go from here.
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