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txt Night of Champions (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE. It took place on September 21, 2014, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.〔 〕 It was the eighth annual Night of Champions event, and the first WWE event to include the new logo in all promotional material, including the poster and the event branding. Eight matches took place at the event. Of the five championships contested, 3 changed hands. The main event saw John Cena defeat Brock Lesnar by disqualification (with Lesnar retaining his WWE World Heavyweight Championship) after Seth Rollins interfered. The event had 48,000 buys (excluding WWE Network views). The previous year's drew 175,000 buys.〔http://www.wrestlingnewsworld.com/traditional-wwe-ppv-buys-battleground-summerslam-night-champions/〕 ==Background== Night of Champions featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on WWE's primary television programs, ''Raw'' and ''SmackDown''. Wrestlers portrayed heroes or villains as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. At SummerSlam, Brock Lesnar defeated John Cena to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. On the edition of August 19 of ''Main Event'', Triple H announced that Lesnar would defend the championship against Cena in a rematch at Night of Champions. On the August 25 episode of ''Raw'', Cesaro became the number one contender for the WWE United States Championship by defeating Rob Van Dam. On August 29, it was announced on WWE.com that Sheamus would defend the title against Cesaro at the event. At SummerSlam, Dolph Ziggler defeated The Miz to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship. On the edition of August 18 of ''Raw'', Miz defeated Ziggler by count-out in a rematch for the title. On the edition of September 2 of ''Main Event'', it was announced that Ziggler would defend the title against The Miz at the event. At SummerSlam, Paige defeated AJ Lee to win the WWE Divas Championship. On the September 1 episode of ''Raw'', Stephanie McMahon granted Nikki Bella a Divas Championship match at Night of Champions, but they were interrupted by AJ, who reminded Stephanie of her rematch. On September 5, Stephanie announced that Paige would defend the title against AJ and Nikki in a Triple threat match at the event. On the edition of August 18 of ''Raw'', Mark Henry attacked Rusev.〔 On the edition of September 1 of ''Raw'', Henry and Big Show defeated Erick Rowan and Luke Harper by disqualification after Rusev attacked Henry.〔 On edition of September 5 of ''SmackDown'', Henry challenged Rusev to a match at Night of Champions, with Lana accepting on Rusev's behalf. On the August 18 episode of ''Raw'', Gold and Stardust defeated WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos in a non-title match.〔 On the edition of August 25 of ''Raw'', Goldust and Stardust defeated The Usos by count-out in a rematch for the titles and attacked The Usos after the match.〔 On the August 29 episode of ''SmackDown'', after Jey Uso defeated Stardust, Goldust and Stardust attacked the Usos again.〔 On the September 1 episode of ''Raw'', after Goldust defeated Jimmy Uso, Goldust and Stardust attacked the Usos again, resulting in Jey Uso suffering an injured leg.〔 On September 8, it was announced on WWE.com that The Usos would defend the titles against Gold and Stardust at the event. On the September 1 episode of ''Raw'', Chris Jericho insulted Randy Orton on his Highlight Reel show.〔 On the September 8 episode of ''Raw'', Orton attacked Jericho in the WWE trainer’s room while Jericho was being medically treated after losing to Bray Wyatt in a steel cage match. On September 9, it was announced on WWE.com that Jericho would face Orton at the event. A match was supposed to take place against Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins, but was cancelled the day before the event, as Reigns was rushed to the hospital for surgery on an incarcerated hernia, and was deemed unable to compete. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Night of Champions (2014)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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