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Best of Night of Champions: photos
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Johnny Nitro and CM Punk collide over the vacant ECW Title at Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007.- `2 Z: h8 [. {9 m5 \4 n' @& p
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* d) ~+ h# H) t3 Y. dAgainst the WWE Hall of Fame duo of Sgt. Slaughter & Jimmy Snuka, greaser WWE Tag Team Champions Deuce & Domino rely on this physical superiority.
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Bobby Lashley smashes into Booker T during a Five-Pack Challenge for the WWE Championship.# _ ]+ R2 H' Y, Q
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Randy Orton, John Cena and Mick Foley round out the Five-Pack field.
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$ }" O( S% Q' b# @3 O) jIn a literally huge ECW Title Match, colossi Mark Henry, Kane and Big Show square off at Night of Champions 2008.4 Z6 M V) P, t
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The pace changes drastically when Kofi Kingston and Chris Jericho go toe-to-toe over the Intercontinental Championship.* h8 s& ?2 }, x' ]
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2 V# w8 q) K8 yThen-World Heavyweight Champion Edge works over the beastly Batista., Q" q3 j' q0 r
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John Cena attempts to lock in the STF on champion Triple H during a WWE Title contest.
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: L1 O$ m8 Z) l2 n9 I; g% vSecond-generation Superstars Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase double-team Chris Jericho at Night of Champions 2009, while Big Show, Jericho's partner, looks on.1 J+ h0 ~0 y% {: c6 ? p- |) M( W
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Unified WWE Tag Team Champions "Jeri-Show" regains momentum against The Legacy tandem.4 G% ?" g' ?& z9 R2 V
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) a/ Z1 j' }" t: D# }+ pThe Miz becomes aggressive in a Six-Pack Challenge for the United States Championship.
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Jack Swagger feels the fleet-footed fury of U.S. Champion Kofi Kingston.
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+ W: V) K6 v2 w" u, s, b6 ]Dolph Ziggler tries to slow down Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio. S& c7 Z% f8 K7 P
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In a Triple Threat Match for Randy Orton's WWE Title, Triple H takes a moment to mock John Cena.
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The Cenation leader's all like, "no biggie."
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& x( P+ J7 Q x! WJeff Hardy feels the wrath of World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk, who a month earlier successfully cashed in his Money in the Bank contract against Hardy.
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+ b; W6 p8 G' g- KAt Night of Champions 2010, then-U.S. Champion The Miz punishes Daniel Bryan, who was once The Awesome One's "rookie" on WWE NXT.; d, v* D% o9 V. Q3 L
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Bryan defeats his former mentor to capture his first championship.4 X4 w' O& y( u7 [" f& l
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Cody Rhodes & Drew McIntyre ground Evan Bourne & Mark Henry, prevailing in a Tag Team Turmoil Match for the WWE Tag Team Titles.
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$ `; Q. J* ~( g8 HThe Brothers of Destruction wage war: World Heavyweight Champion Kane takes flight against The Undertaker.
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Wade Barrett takes punches from all angles in this Six-Pack Challenge featuring Edge, John Cena, WWE Champion Sheamus, Randy Orton and Chris Jericho (not pictured).
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R-Truth & The Miz, collectively known as The Awesome Truth, go to town on "Air Boom's" Evan Bourne at Night of Champions 2011.
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Co-WWE Tag Team Champion Kofi Kingston leaps into a forearm smash against The Miz.: P' h# U0 p3 U
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. q% G+ W, V' K8 B/ l) x6 {Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes, while wearing a protective mask, drives a punch into the face of his former Legacy cohort, Ted DiBiase.
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Beth Phoenix's tactics turn ugly as she tries to take away Kelly Kelly's Divas Championship.
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Looking to secure his first World Heavyweight Title, "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry presses Randy Orton overhead.
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; I! ~ t& \! E* A+ H" g6 XJohn Cena tightens his headlock on WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio.
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The Second City Saint ratchets up the danger of his elbow drop.
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; I- y) O# d( v f. cWith his position as WWE's COO on the line, The Game perseveres against Punk. |
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