WWE Night Of Champions 2015

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Written By: Mark Armstrong

Genre: Wrestling
Produced By: WWE
Format: Pay-Per-View
Date: September 20 2015
Location: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Attendance: 14,369

On the surface, the annual WWE Night Of Champions has decreased in importance over the last few years, not because the show itself is inconsequential, but because with fewer titles than at any point since the mid-1990s, WWE now regularly promotes PPV cards where every Championship is at stake. However, if you look closely, that hasn't been the case. Since the WWE World Titles were unified at TLC 2013, reducing the title count to five, we have seen Payback 2014, Hell In A Cell 2014, Survivor Series 2014, TLC 2014 and Fast Lane 2015 without a World Title match; Royal Rumbles 2014 and 2015 featured no other matches for Championship gold; Elimination Chamber 2014, WrestleMania XXX and Extreme Rules 2014 did not feature a United States Championship match, nor did Money In The Bank 2014, Battleground 2014 or SummerSlam 2014; WrestleMania 31, Battleground 2015 and SummerSlam 2015 did not see the Divas Title at stake; the Intercontinental Title wasn't on the line at Extreme Rules 2015 (although it was supposed to be defended, to be fair) or at Payback 2015; and the first two John Cena-Kevin Owens bouts at Elimination Chamber 2015 and Money In The Bank 2015 were not for the U.S. Title.

Therefore, by chance or by design, Night Of Champions remains the only WWE PPV where all five regular titles are on the line. That could change in the future, especially if the Intercontinental and United States Championships are ever unified, as has been rumoured (and desired) for years now. But regardless, for all intents and purposes, NOC is still the one show where all straps are at stake. Phew!

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