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Sunday's Night of Champions featured three title changes and two World Championship showdowns ... with one brand leaving the PPV minus a top belt.
Triple H and John Cena closed the show with a solid WWE Title match. I enjoyed the psychology here, as Hunter sold a knee injury after taking a bump to the outside; this created a good story for the rest of the bout, as Cena basically worked heel (which was fitting, considering he heard most of the boos anyway) and continuously attacked The Game’s leg. The finish came when Triple H escaped an F-U and delivered the Pedigree for the pin.
The second Heavyweight Title match featured Edge defending his World Championship against Batista. This was Run-in City, as La Familia appeared at ringside to assist their leader. General Manager Vicki Guerrero left her wheelchair to interrupt the referee’s count on Edge and The Rated R Superstar later pulled the official to the arena floor and punched him. Vicki called for another ref, and Chavo Guerrero emerged from the back wearing a striped shirt. Batista lifted the GM over his head and threw her to the outside onto La Familia. These distractions allowed Edge to nail The Animal with the World Title and cover him for the Chavo-delivered three-count.
Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho placed his belt on the line against surprise challenger Kofi Kingston. Y2J appeared on the verge of retaining when Shawn Michaels appeared at ringside and superkicked Lance Cade. This caused Jericho to turn his attention away from the match long enough for Kofi to recover and surprise the first-ever Undisputed Champion with his Trouble in Paradise finisher to become the new I-C Titleholder.
In other news, Mark Henry won the ECW Championship in a three-way match against The Big Show and Kane, and Cody Rhodes turned on Hardcore Holly to win the World Tag Team Titles with Ted DiBiase Jr.
This was a decent enough show, but nothing exceptional. I was surprised that Raw failed to gain a World Championship and it will be interesting to see how long the company’s flagship program is without a big belt.
Match Results: WWE Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz over Finlay and Hornswoggle via Morrison’s pinfall on Hornswoggle … U.S. Champion Matt Hardy over Chavo Guerrero via pinfall … Mark Henry over ECW Champion Kane and The Big Show via pinfall on Kane to win the ECW Title … Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase Jr. over World Tag Team Champion Hardcore Holly via DiBiase’s pinfall on Holly to win the titles when Rhodes turned on his partner … Kofi Kingston over Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho via pinfall to win the title following interference from Shawn Michaels … Women’s Champion Mickie James over Katie Lea Burchill via pinfall … World Champion Edge over Batista via pinfall following interference from La Familia … WWE Champion Triple H over John Cena via pinfall.
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