WWE Night of Champions 2014: The Results & Highlights You Need to Know

Mark Henry vs. Rusev

WWE Night of Champions 2014

Winner: Rusev!

Results/Highlights: Henry arrived with his new All-American adorned tights. Lilian Garcia sung the National Anthem before this big match officially began. Once Rusev and Henry stood apart from one another, a powerful series of punches between both men took place. Henry dominated Rusev as he pushed him various times to the outside of the ring. Soon, Rusev headed back in and landed some kicks to Henry’s thighs. Henry pushed Rusev back to the outside and followed him, but he was pushed by Rusev back first into the steel ring steps. Once back in the ring, Rusev stuffed Henry with two corner back splashes and falling headbutts. Rusev kept Henry at bay with even more strikes and a tight submission hold. Henry looked to get out of the hold and get back to his feet, but Rusev cut him off with a quick Russian Leg Sweep. Henry found himself locked into another submissions hold by Rusev soon after. Henry got to his feet this time and built up some momentum with a clothesline and a corner ring splash. Henry couldn’t keep his offensive string up though and he was soon caught with a Rusev Spinning Kick. Rusev tried to lock in The Accolade but Henry powered out of it in an amazing fit of strength. Henry then shocked the live crowd by dropping Rusev with The World’s Strongest Slam. Rusev slipped out to the outside and even laid out Henry with a sudden Superkick. Rusev was shocked to see Henry shake off the pain of that kick, but he laid in even more kicks for good measure. Rusev finally managed to lock in The Accolade on Henry for the tapout victory.


Chris Jericho vs. Randy Orton

WWE Night of Champions 2014

Winner: Randy Orton!

Results/Highlights: As soon as the match began, Orton got the better of Jericho by punching him down into the ring corner. Soon, Jericho fought Orton off with a chop and a followup dropkick. Orton fell to the outside and was then met with a Baseball Slide from Jericho. Jericho landed as much offense as he could to Orton on the outside before forcefully throwing him back into the ring. Orton recovered though and made a bit of comeback against Y2J. Jericho caught Orton off guard at one point as Orton ran right into his boots. Jericho headed to the top rope, but Orton pushed Jericho groin first onto the top rope. Orton then landed a nice Superplex to an even weaker Jericho. After only getting a 2-count. Orton locked on a sleeper hold to Jericho. Jericho fought out of it and pushed Orton off, but he got pushed to the outside of the ring as he launched himself at Orton. Orton got in a few more strikes on Y2J on the outside for a bit (Orton showed a rare act of kindness by taking JBL’s hat and moving it out of harm’s way). Orton looked to destroy Y2J even further by backdropping him right onto the announce table. Back in the ring, Orton and Jericho continued to tear into each other. Y2J soon got back to his normal self and came back with his signature offense on Orton. Jericho had the upper hand for a while until Orton put him back down with a smooth Powerslam. Orton got back to his feet and looked to land a knee drop, but Jericho moved out of the way at the last second. Jericho headed to the top rope again and successfully hit a double axe handle. Jericho then looked to land his Lionsault but Orton dodged it and dropped Jericho with his signature neckbreaker. Orton looked to nail Y2J with an RKO next, but Jericho pushed him off and landed a Lionsault. Orton kicked out of a follow up pin attempt and fell to the outside ring apron. Jericho ran to the top rope and went for his dropkick, but Orton ran into the ring and looked to land his ring apron DDT. Jericho fought it off, but he was dropped even after countering Orton. Orton went for his Punt Kick, but Y2J dodged it and locked Orton in the Walls of Jericho. Orton inched ever so slowly to the ring ropes to escape, but Jericho pulled him away from the ropes. Orton pushed Jericho off to the outside and eventually put down Jericho with his apron DDT. As Orton looked to land his RKO, Y2J surprised him with a sudden Codebreaker. Orton kicked out at two after being hit, which shocked Jericho and the live crowd. Y2J hopped to the top rope for another big move, but Orton suckered him in and landed a vicious RKO for the 1-2-3.


Paige (c) vs. AJ Lee vs. Nikki Bella (WWE Divas Championship)

WWE Night of Champions 2014

Winner: The new WWE Divas champion, AJ Lee!

Results/Highlights: Paige and Nikki got in each other faces as soon as the bell rang. When they put their attention on AJ, they were met with boots to the face. AJ began ruling the match as she began beating down Nikki. Nikki managed to recover and soon locked AJ in a tight sleeper hold. AJ was thrown to the outside of the ring, which led to Paige re-entering the match. Nikki hit her with a nice top rope side kick and a surprising armbar submission hold. Paige got out of the hold, but she soon found herself on the outside. AJ slammed both her opponents to the outside barricade before turning her attention to a prone Paige. AJ got her kicks in on Paige for a couple of minutes before Nikki made her return. Nikki began working over AJ for a bit with even more punches and kicks. Nikki got pushed to the outside once again, which made way for Paige and AJ to continue their friendly rivalry. AJ denied Paige’s love and affection, which led to Paige headbutting her so-called bestie. Paige looked to land a move from the ring apron on AJ, but Nikki pushed her off and looked to get a sneak pin on AJ. AJ kicked out, but she soon ended up getting beat down by Nikki. Nikki went for a big swinging side slam when she caught AJ from the top rope, but AJ fought it off and locked in her Black Widow submission hold. Paige returned before Nikki could tap out and kicked Nikki right in the face. As Paige looked to land a superplex on AJ, Nikki hopped back in and dropped both women with a Tower of Doom. Afterwards, Nikki capitalized on a weakened Paige with her Torture Rack finisher. Her pin attempt was interrupted by AJ, though. AJ then got the win by locking in her Black Widow submission hold on Paige.

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