Night of Champions (2015)
2015 WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network event
The 2015 Night of Champions was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the ninth annual Night of Champions and took place on September 20, 2015, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, which was the second time the event was held at the venue, after the inaugural Vengeance: Night of Champions in 2007. The theme of the event was that all five of WWE's active main roster championships at the time were defended.
Eight matches were contested at the event, with one match on the Kickoff pre-show. In the main event, Seth Rollins defeated Sting to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. In the penultimate match, John Cena defeated Rollins to win the WWE United States Championship. In other prominent matches, Kevin Owens defeated Ryback to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship, and Charlotte defeated Nikki Bella to win the WWE Divas Championship. With this win, Charlotte became the final holder of the title before it was retired at WrestleMania 32 in April 2016. The event also marked the returns of Chris Jericho and Kane.
The event, which included Sting's sole PPV main event and title match in WWE, which would in turn be his final match in the promotion, generated 77,000 pay-per-view buys (excluding WWE Network views), up from the previous year's 48,000. The following year, Night of Champions was replaced by the similarly themed Clash of Champions; however, WWE revived Night of Champions in 2023.
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