Sunday, September 16, 2012

Night Of Champions Preview

First off a big thank you to Darragh O'Connor and all those involved in the Wrestleview International Desk for plugging this blog, it means a lot lads and it is hugely appreciated. Now to business, tonight is the Night of Champions PPV where every single title in the WWE is defended. It should be noted that ideally all the titles would be defended on every single PPV but that is another topic for another time. Including the pre show match we have 8 matches to enjoy tonight. So here is the card as it stands-

1. Pre show Battle Royal where the winner will face Antonio Cesaro on the main show for the US Title
2. Antoni Cesaro (c) v Winner of Battle Royal for the US Title
3. Miz (c) v Sin Cara v Rey Mysterio v Cody Rhodes for the Intercontinental Title
4. Layla (c) v Kaitlyn for the Divas Title
5. R-Truth & Kofi Kingston (c) v Daniel Bryan & Kane for the World Tag Team Titles
6. Dolph Ziggler v Randy Orton
7. Sheamus (c) v Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Title
8. CM Punk (c) v John Cena for the WWE Title

For the US Title match I see Brodus Clay picking up the win in the Battle Royal to go forward and face Cesaro just from what was teased on Smackdown. I think this could be an interesting match up as Cesaro has proven to have a smash mouth style much like the much bigger Clay. Sometimes similar styles compliment each other and given a solid ten minutes this could work really well. As for who picks up the win? I'd go for Cesaro. I think the time for having the more so light hearted acts like Ryder, Clay and Santino as mid card champions has passed and these titles should be for the up and comers. Cesaro is definitely a future player within WWE and a strong mid card title reign will help him no end so whoever he faces tonight, for me, he retains.

Moving on to the Intercontinental title. Fatal 4 ways can usually be a cluster f**k and tonight I can't see it going any other way. Miz has lost matches to Rey and Sin Cara in recent weeks and Cody jumped him on last weeks Raw. Simple set up for a multi man match. The Intercontinental title seems to be floating about in recent times. Each new champion espouses that they will bring back the prestige to the title. As of yet it hasn't happened. Since WrestleMania 28 the title has changed hands 4 times in 5 months. That's more changes than any other title this year. It has became the hot potato much like the WWE Title was last autumn. Sin Cara ain't winning this, reports from this weeks Smackdown will confirm this. Does Rey need it? At this stage in his career? Probably not. Cody has floundered since dropping the title earlier on in the year.As such another run could help him get back on track. Miz has proved a solid enough champion so why take the belt off him. For this I will go with Miz. The title needs stability and Miz is the current champ so stable the ship with him. Sin Cara needs a huge amount of work done and pairing him with Rey for a while could benefit him going forward. As for Cody? Take him off TV for a while. Re-evaluate the character and bring him back down the line. 

Ah the Divas Title. Normally I wouldn't have much interest but tonight that changes as my favourite Diva has a chance of winning the title for the first time. Those who know me know I am a huge Kaitlyn fan, and always have been. Will she win? My heart says yes but the head says yes too. Clearly they want the title on Eve, which makes sense with the mainstream exposure she is getting.  If we are to believe that Eve was supposed to win the number 1 contender battle royal then it should make sense that Kaitlyn has no chance as she has "fluked" her way in to contention. She has gotten big wins against Beth and Nattie so a suprise win against champion Layla isn't as far fetched as once thought. But then again maybe I'm biased. But still I'm going for Kaitlyn. 

I'll sum up the tag time title match quickly. Kane & D-Bryan win. Simple as. They have been gold recently and as such they shall receive gold...........or bronze in this case. 

The only match tonight not to be contested for a title will be Dolph Ziggler v Randy Orton. This is a match I am looking forward to immensely. This is the show stealer in my eyes. Dolph picked up a win a couple of weeks ago against Orton on Raw and with Orton busy filming 12 Rounds shortly I can see Dolph picking up another win to keep his momentum going as him cashing in Money in the Bank looks more and more imminent. This should be a cracking match.

The World Heavyweight Title match is for a third PPV running Sheamus v ADR. Is anyone else getting tired of this match? Dolph needs to cash in tonight. As for who wins the match I can see ADR winning after shenanigans from Ricardo and Otunga. After he picks up the win Sheamus Brogue Kicks them all and Dolph moves in for the kill. The time is right for Dolph to cash in. The main event scene needs a fresh face for match choices. ADR would have beef as would Sheamus. Orton could be added when he is back from filming. ADR v Dolph & Sheamus v Dolph would be far more interesting to watch than a fourth installment of ADR v Sheamus right?

Finally, the main event. The WWE title match between CM Punk and hometown boy John Cena. The WWE  title has been the focus of Raw for the past 4 weeks and the build for this match has been very good. The addition of Paul Heyman to Punk's heel turn has been a very welcomed development and will add a dimension not seen to Punk's character going forward. Cena has showed some good fire on the mic particularly last weeks Raw and has done his part in the build for the match. Punk v Cena rarely disappoints and tonight should be no different. Going forward I see Punk retaining. They keep talking about the lenght of his title reign and I believe he will make it past the year and drop the title to Rocky at the Rumble. I don't think this will be the last time we see these guys face off, I think that will come next month at Hell in a Cell. But tonight for me Punk wins in Cena's hometown giving him that little bit extra heat he needs in cementing his heel turn.

Well that's that. Those watching live tonight I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for reading. My next blog post will be on the new NXT and the 5 to watch out for. I should have that posted next Sunday/Monday. Thanks for reading and once again enjoy Night of Champions tonight.

Gar

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