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WWE: Night of Champions 2008 | 
 enlarge | Actors: Chris Jericho, Matt Hardy, Triple H, Edge
Studio: World Wrestling
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 7096
Format: Color, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 180
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WWE94672
UPC: 651191946723
EAN: 0651191946723
ASIN: B00120LPMO
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: July 29, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Product Description
WWE Night of Champions returns after last year s successful PPV launch. All matches will have gold on the line. Fans will see title defenses for the WWE Championship World Heavyweight Championship ECW Championship Intercontinental Championship United States Championship Women s Championship World Tag Team Championship and WWE Tag Team Championship.System Requirements:Running Time: 180 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: SPORTS/GAMES/PRO WRESTLING Rating: TV-14 UPC: 651191946723 Manufacturer No: WWE94672
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 Everything Is Up For Grabs August 7, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Night Of Champions is the one night of the year where WWE is suppost to put focus on all the championships they have...however, last years event turned out to be a complete waste (and that's not even including the Benoit situation) but WWE learned their lesson & put together a better card this year & delivered better quality.
WWE Tag Team Champions John Morrison & The Miz vs. Finlay & Hornswoggle - This was one of those matches that you have to look at it for what it was to enjoy it. Hornswoggle's purpose was to have some comedic moments & put over Morrison & Miz as bully-type heels which was acomplished in the end. It was an entertaining opener that did it's job in getting the crowd into it.
United States Champion Matt Hardy vs. Chavo Guerrero - Chavo focused on Hardy's leg & even pulling out Lance Storm's old "rollover into a half crab" move but in the end, this was just an average match.
ECW Champion Kane vs. Big Show vs. Mark Henry - Before I get started, if you look closely at the banners of championships they have held up...you'll notice that the ECW Title banner is just the old Cruserweight Title banner with ECW logo on the belt. TALK ABOUT LOW BUDGET!!!
Anyways, the match got off to a bad start with Kane hurting his leg in the beginning leaving Henry & Show to go at it for a while with a highlight happening in Big Show scoop slamming Mark Henry. In the end, Mark Henry capitalized on Kane & Show's superplex to gain the ECW Title. Not bad for a guy who got Mae Young pregnant.
World Tag Team Champions Hardcore Holly & Cody Rhodes vs. Ted Dibiase & ? - This was more of a segment than a match as Rhodes turned on Holly to win the tag team titles.
Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho vs. Kofi Kingston - This was a good athletic match between the two that went back & forth which saw Kofi get the upset with help from a cameo appearence from Shawn Michaels.
Womens Champion Mickie James vs. Katie Lee Burchill - very similar to the previous chavo/hardy match in that it was just average at best with katie working on mickie's arm thoughout the bout.
World Champion Edge vs. Batista - No, it's not deja vu...you are seeing the exact same match they did last year...with the only difference being that this years was better. This was another match that went back & forth between each one with Batista putting forth a strong effort with his power offense while Edge does what he does best in the ring. If you can get past the crap ending, good encounter from these two.
WWE Champion Triple H vs. John Cena - As it was hyped up for leading up to the PPV, the rematch from WrestleMania 22 with the roles reversed as Triple H walks in as the champion. The match itself wasn't fast paced but solid as each man throughout the match tried to establish dominance & psych each other out with the story of Triple H's bad knee coming into play midway & the crowd getting more into it as the match went on, this was I felt was better than their WrestleMania 22 match however all that was missing was that rabid crowd they had back in Chicago.
DVD extras include J.R.'s farewell address to RAW (which for some reason didn't include everything that happened afterwards) & a great Triple H interview that puts Cena over even in defeat.
In the end, this wasn't on the same level of quality as all the events from WrestleMania to One Night Stand but it was surely the best effort for this PPV (formely Vengeance) I've seen since 2005 so I would recommend.
 WWE NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS 2008 July 29, 2008
WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
JOHN MORRISON AND THE MIZ[C] VS. FINLAY AND HORNSOWOGGLE
WINNERS JOHN MORRISON AND THE MIZ
WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP
MATT HARDY[C] VS. CHAVO
WINNER MATT HARDY
ECW CHAMPIONSHIP
KANE[C] VS. BIG SHOW VS. MARK HENRY
WINNER AND NEW ECW CHAMPION MARK HENRY
WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
HARCORE HOLLY[C] VS. TED JR. AND CODY RHODES[C]
WINNERS AND NEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS TED JR. AND CODY RHODES
I.C. CHAMPIONSHIP
Y2J[C] VS. KOFFI KINGSTON
WINNER AND NEW I.C. CHAMPION KOFFI KINGSTON
WOMENS CHAMPIONSHIP
MICKIE JAMES[C] VS. KATIE LEA BURCHILL
WINNER MICKIE JAMES
WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
EDGE[C] VS. BATISTA
WINNER EDGE
WWE CHAMPIONSHIP
TRIPLE H[C] VS. JOHN CENA
WINNER TRIPLE H
A few steps back compared to the last few ppvs July 19, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Night of Champions 08 is much better than last years weak fest. But that is not saying much. For some reason it felt like most of these matches were held back alot. Simply for the main event to steal the show. In which it did. The best matches without a doubt are the two heavyweight title matches and the women's match. I barely liked the first half of this ppv. The second half is when the wait finally pays off.
WWE Tag Team Championship
John Morrison & The Miz vs. Finlay & Hornswoggle
This match surprised me but I still feel Hornswoggle should just go away. Still an entertaining match and Hornswoggle did alot more than run around the ring. Some decent wrestling and the little guy can sell a funny beating. The crowd was into this one but it's going to be awhile before you see anything better. 3/5
United States Championship
Matt Hardy vs. Chavo Guerrero
I expected better from these two. For some strange reason it just felt like their wings were clipped. The match was pretty boring until midway. Some decent wrestling with a bit of interference. Chavo worked on Matt's legs a bit but it just never really got me going. The ending was pulled off very well though. I didn't see that coming. 2.75/5
Triple Threat Match for the ECW title
Kane vs. Mark Henry vs. The Big Show
After seeing the way the draft turned out. The outcome of this match was a dead giveaway. This was pretty decent for a big man match. Except there was a while nothing was happening at all, after Kane took a spill over the top rope. Still, there was some good high impact spots that I won't spoil and I liked the ending. 3/5
World Tag Team Championship
Hardcore Holly & Cody Rhodes vs. Ted Dibiase & Mystery opponent
I give props to the creative team for the way this match was pulled off. But they get no love for booking this garbage on ppv. This could have easily taken place on RAW before or after this. This rating is for shock value only. 1.5/5
Finally the ppv picks up some speed here and actually feels worth the time.
IC Championship
Chris Jericho vs. Kofi Kingston
Coming into this match no one knew Jericho's opponent. But I will admit this was a good move. The match started out slow and began to build up. These two delivered some pretty good quick pace wrestling. The suspense began to build up and it became obvious who was going to win this one. The match did a good job continuing the storyline. 3.5/5
WWE Women's Championship
Mickie James vs. Katie Lea Burchill
One of the best matches on the card. I was surprised here. It's very good to see the women who can actually wrestle being pushed. It's clear to me that WWE is taking TNA's women division serious. Some very good wrestling with Katie working over Mickie's arm. A bit of submission applied with several near falls. These two blended together well. 4/5
World Heavyweight Championship
Edge vs. Batista
These two delivered the best match in their long feud. But that was not a hard task to accomplish after those pathetic outings from last year. Of course this match would be full of spots and barely anything technical. But it did deliver. Non stop action and a very entertaining match with an ending typical of Edge. 4/5
WWE Championship
Triple H vs. John Cena
The hype behind this match was unbelievable. The story behind Triple H conquering Cena is what sold this one. It was definitly a very good match. Lots of spots and certain moves were reused. The suspense was there and it was hard to tell who was going to win this one. Again, a very good match but Taker and Edge set the standard for the year on what a great title match should be. 4.25/5
The ppv itself was just barely above average. But most of these outcomes breathed some new life into WWE by delivering these awesome storylines as of late. WWE has become very interesting and I'm really looking forward to see what happens next.
The extras are decent at best. It contains Triple H's after match interview. Plus J.R.'s farewell address the following night. However, it doesn't contain the MITB cash in. The DVD would have been so much better had that been added.
NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS July 6, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
1)WWE Tag Team Championships: The Miz/John Morrison(c) d. Finlay/Hornswaggle - This match was a decent opener. Miz/Morrison showed some great teamwork as usual. Definately can't believe The Miz had to sell some of the moves he did for Hornswaggle, LOL. Isn't there anybody else tired of the whole Hornswaggle thing. He should of been out the window a long time ago. Morrison gets the pin on Hornswaggle. 5.5/10
2)United States Championship: Matt Hardy(c) d. Chavo Guerrero - This match starts out kind of slow. Guerrero works on Hardy's leg most of the match, but of course Hardy eventually gets the win and retains. 5/10
3)ECW Championship: Mark Henry d. Kane(c) and Big Show - This one was a lot more entertaining than seeing it on paper. Kane goes down early and stays on the outside w/ an injury for most of the match. Some nice spots w/ a body slam on Mark Henry by the Big Show, and also a Superplex to Big Show by Kane...where after Mark Henry hits his splash on Kane to take home the ECW Championship. Bet nobody saw that coming...I'm sure, like me, everybody would of put there money on Big Show going in. 6/10
4)World Tag Team Championships: Ted Dibiase Jr. and ??? d. Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes(c) - Dibiase comes out to the ring and says his partner hasn't arrived yet, but that they can go ahead and start the match cause he will be there. They ring the bell, Holly turns around into a DDT by Cody Rhodes! So obviously, Rhodes turns heel and joins Dibiase. Dibiase gets the three count on Holly. Very interested to see where they go w/ this one. A very short match, but they did what they set out to accomplish. New World Tag Team Champions are Ted Dibiase Jr. and Cody Rhodes!! 5.5/10
5)Intercontinental Championship: Kofi Kingston d. Chris Jericho(c) - It is to be noted that nobody knew Jericho's advisary going in. Kingston comes out and they have an alright contest at best. Would of expected more from these two due to the in-ring talent between them. Surprisingly, HBK comes through the crowd, gives Lance Cade who is in Jericho's corner the Sweet Chin Music. Which, distracts Jericho giving Kingston a roll-up for the victory. 6/10
6)WWE Women's Championship: Mickie James(c) d. Katie Lea Burchill - I was very happy w/ this one. It's nice to see that there really hasn't been a bad women's match on any PPV this year. This one stays in line w/ the rest. I do think they need to ditch Paul Burcill though, It's pretty bad when your manager/sister has better in-ring presence than you, haha. Katie Lea was impressive, didn't expect much from her. Mickie James, in the end, gets the victory. 7/10
7)World Heavyweight Championship: Edge(c) d. Batista - This contest could of went either way. They had plenty of spots near the end where you weren't sure who would win. Probably my favorite between these two. Edge gets the win in a Screwjob fashion. 8/10
8) WWE Championship: Triple H(c) d. John Cena - Triple H definately needed this win more than Cena. These two worked very well together, and put on an entertaining match. Some good submission and Pedigree/FU spots. I though it was just as good as Wrestlemania 22's Main Event, especially since Cena jobs in this one. The only thing WWE did wrong on this one was over-hyping the match. It didn't compare to the Austin/Rock moments or the HBK/Bret Hart moments that were shown in the video package before the match, and WWE should of known that. But w/ that aside, great match and very solid. 8.5/10
Overall Night of Champions was better than my expectations going in. The thing that was great about it was the fact that nobody expected both Edge and Triple H pulling off the victories here. Which, left Raw without a championship, but not for long...
An Improvement June 30, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Last years Night of Champions wasn't that good but this years was an improvement.
WWE Tag Team championship
The Mizz and Morrison vs. Finlay and Hornswaggle
This match was better than expected. The crowd was into this match also. Hornswaggle played his part in this match also. I couldn't really tell who was going to win and that's what I like about matches. There was a miss up but it all worked out. Good. Overall 7.5/10
WWE United States championship
Matt Hardy vs. Chavo Gueurruo
This was a disappointment to me. I expected this to be a sort of a high flying match but instead I got a sort of technical match. I don't mind that but these two had no chemistry. Chavo works on Matt's legs pretty good though and nice reversals.
Overall 5.5/10
Triple Threat match for the ECW championship
Kane vs. The Big Show vs. Mark Henry
Pretty much a very slow match. It got even worse that Kane legitly got hurt during the match. I liked spots when Henry got body slammed and the superplex from Kane. I also liked the end of the match. Nice splash. Overall 6/10
Tag Team championship
Cody Rhodes and Hardcore Holly vs. Ted Dibiase and ???????
Heres exactly what happen. Cody tags Holly only to ddt him. Then Ted tells us that Cody is his partner. Ted performs what looks like a million dollar dream slam to win the belts. Horrible choice in choosing partners Teddy. Overall 3/10
( For Dibiase winning the belts like he said)
Intercontinental championship
Chris Jericho vs. ??????
Chris starts off by saying he takes back what he ever said about saving us. Then we are shown that his secret opponent is the newest superstar to the raw roster: Kofi Kingston. This match was not good but also not bad. I did here some boring chants that started to get real loud. I thought Jericho was not that good here. He felt sort of sluggish. Kofi was really entertaining here. Overall 6/10
WWE Womens championship
Mickie James vs. Katie Lee
This match was also better than expected. Katie worked on Mickies arm through the match. I thought Paul was going to get into the match but he let them do there thing. I also liked the reversal Katie did to Mickie with the arm bar. Good Overall 7/10
World Heavyweight championship
Batista vs. Edge
This match had excitement and suspense. This is my favorite match between these two. It really got good between the end of the match. It really looked like it could happen both ways. Batista really carried his own here. Good match. Overall 8/10
WWE championship
John Cena vs. Triple H
This was a lot better than there match at Wrestlemania 22. This had good reversal. Out of nowhere submission. Finishers after finishers. It was also strange to hear both Cena nad H to get a mixed crowd. Good. 8/10
Eventhough my match ratings are low and I have a four star rating. It is because simply there was more title changes than last year. And also it was more exciting. An improvement.
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