The WWE presented Night of Champions live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville tonight and three new champions were crowned while two defending title holders walked out with their gold -- including WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar.
Lesnar lost to John Cena via disqualification in the main event after Seth Rollins interfered and hit Cena with the Money in the Bank briefcase to break up his pin on Lesnar following an Attitude Adjustment. Rollins then acted as though he was going to cash in after hitting Lesnar with the Curb Stomp, but his attempt was thwarted by Cena.
Earlier in the night, Rollins took a forfeit victory over Roman Reigns, who had emergency surgery this weekend, and he then issued an open challenge which was met by a returning Dean Ambrose. Ambrose attacked Rollins and the two were then separated by security.
Three championships changed hands as Goldust and Stardust defeated The Usos for the WWE Tag Team Championships, The Miz wrested away the Intercontinental Championship from Dolph Ziggler and AJ Lee won the Divas Championship in a Triple Threat Match with Nikki Bella and the defending champion Paige.
Goldust and Stardust won the match after Stardust pinned Jey Uso while The Miz took advantage of a distraction by Damien Sandow and rolled up Ziggler to win the championship back. Lee caused Paige to tap out after locking in the Black Widow.
Sheamus was able to successfully defend his United States Championship against Cesaro as he won a back-and-forth match after hitting the Brogue Kick.
In what may be his final match for quite some time, Chris Jericho lost to Randy Orton in one of the best bouts of the night after Orton caught Jericho coming off of the top rope with an RKO.
In other action, Rusev defeated Mark Henry after making him submit due to the Accolade.
Quick Results:
--Goldust and Stardust def. The Usos to win the WWE Tag Team Championships.
--Sheamus def. Cesaro to retain the WWE United States Championship.
--The Miz def. Dolph Ziggler to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
--Seth Rollins def. Roman Reigns via forfeit and Dean Ambrose returned.
--Rusev def. Mark Henry via submission.
--Randy Orton def. Chris Jericho.
--AJ Lee def. Paige and Nikki Bella in a Triple Threat Match to win the WWE Divas Championship.
--John Cena def. Brock Lesnar by DQ in a match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
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