Night Of Champions: Triple H vs. John Cena

[Steamboat Ricky]

Everyone should remember that June was the month of King of the Ring, and if you ask me, I think they are trying to rekindle some of the grandeur that KOTR brought with it, thus making it the 5th of the "big 5" ppvs again. That being said, I don't necessarily think it's too early for Trips/Cena.

I do, however, think that they add Hardy to this match. There is nothing else for Jeff to do at the PPV, so this is a logical placement for him. Jericho is occupied with Michaels, and he won't tag with TD2, so that leaves him matchless.

 

[justinsayne]

Everyone should remember that June was the month of King of the Ring, and if you ask me, I think they are trying to rekindle some of the grandeur that KOTR brought with it, thus making it the 5th of the "big 5" ppvs again. That being said, I don't necessarily think it's too early for Trips/Cena.

I do, however, think that they add Hardy to this match. There is nothing else for Jeff to do at the PPV, so this is a logical placement for him. Jericho is occupied with Michaels, and he won't tag with TD2, so that leaves him matchless.

Jeff could very easily start a short feud with Jericho leading to a match at NOC, after what happen tonight, and with HBK still be a little beat up from ONS, they could sell a story where HBK has a concussion and is on the self, Jeff Hardy comes out and cuts some crap promo about how he looked up to HBK and how he doesn't think Jericho is worthy of being a champ, and then goes on to say he never got a rematch when he lost the IC title, then challenges Jericho for the belt, Jericho accepts, and boom you got Jeff Hardy vs. Jericho at NOC, and then have HBK come out and interfere in the match, possibly costing Jericho the belt

There is no need for Jeff to be in this match, we've had enough triple threats and fatal four ways for the WWE title already this year, keep this match one on one, no cages, no "extreme" stipulation just a straight up one on one match, anyone remember those, they're fucking great

 

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

Jeff could very easily start a short feud with Jericho leading to a match at NOC, after what happen tonight, and with HBK still be a little beat up from ONS, they could sell a story where HBK has a concussion and is on the self, Jeff Hardy comes out and cuts some crap promo about how he looked up to HBK and how he doesn't think Jericho is worthy of being a champ, and then goes on to say he never got a rematch when he lost the IC title, then challenges Jericho for the belt, Jericho accepts, and boom you got Jeff Hardy vs. Jericho at NOC, and then have HBK come out and interfere in the match, possibly costing Jericho the belt

There is no need for Jeff to be in this match, we've had enough triple threats and fatal four ways for the WWE title already this year, keep this match one on one, no cages, no "extreme" stipulation just a straight up one on one match, anyone remember those, they're fucking great

Not a bad scenario to get Hardy vs Jericho. "I looked up to him too, but I'm not the one smashing his head through a TV" lol. I'd bite. However, I think they're trying to push Hardy to the main event now (possibly drafting him to Smackdown too) so I think it would be a step backwards for him to be IC champ.

I'm looking for, and hoping for, Jericho vs HBK. There's two weird outcomes from this, too. HBK in this state in his career, he might be tailor made for the IC title. He's said he doesn't want a WWE title run (which I'm begging for!) because he doesn't want the touring and such, but IC doesn't bring as much responsibilities. It also gives him another notch in the belt AND allows him to continue putting over talent. If you beat Michaels for the IC title (especially if they have him run with it for a long while), you're looking at a decent push. The other argument is, now that Jericho is heel (in an overwhelming sea of heels), do we have what could be a great feud of Jericho/Kennedy, with Kennedy winning the IC title? I'm down for both. I just don't want to see Jericho feuding with Trevor Murdoch or something lol.

 

[klunderbunker]

This match seems to be little more than a match to pass the way over until Summerslam. Cena and HHH has been done to death, but at least this doesn't scream long term feud to me, but rather a screwjob finish to allow the next feud to begin. It won't a bad match perse, but nothing match of the year worthy. However, this match more or less has no expectations, so it could be seen as quite good. HHH usually puts on a good show, so this should be a decent main event to pass the time. Hardy shouldn't be in it though, as the 3way could be a major match.

 

[DavidR90]

I'd prefer to keep Jeff off the card at NoC if it meant he wouldn't be in the WWE Title match. It's been said already and it is true, that there has been far too many stipulation matches for the strap of recent months; Orton-Cena being the last normal match iirc.

 

[mcflyboy]

It seems to me that what we've been seeing is HHH now getting wins over the talent that has defeated him over the past year or so, probably to reestablish himself as some unstoppable guy that no one can beat cleanly. The most noteworthy folks who have defeated HHH in recent history being Orton, Cena, and Jeff Hardy. HHH now has a string of victories over Orton. Looks like Cena is next. I was expecting HHH to defeat Hardy last monday, but instead there was interference. But it was done in a way to make it look like HHH would have won and he certainly went away from the match the better of the two. it's probably only a matter of time before HHH gets the win over hardy too.

It also wouldn't surprise me if they drafted batista to raw, just so HHH could beat him too. Batista is another one who has gotten a memorable win over HHH in the last few years, and since now HHH is going through and conquering everyone who defeated him recently, it wouldn't surprise me if this happened too.

 

[image1986]

I see triple h losing to hardy as a way to keep hardy in the title picture. He probably will eventunally beat hardy but vince is saving that for summerslam(laughs). I honestly don't think this little rivalry is going pass vengence cuz I don't see the purpose of it going on even further. I think kennedy at point would be the better contender than cena or hardy since he never had a title shot period after the burchill program

 

[Monkey_Mania]

Well Cena Vs. Triple H. Its only happened once on a high profile stage. It shouldnt be bad. Hopefully Hardy is going to get implemented in this match somehow to make it more interesting. I fully expect Triple H to walk out as champion here to carry out a long summer fued with Cena. Culminating at either Summerslam or Unforgiven with Cena getting the strap back.

 

[The Mark of Zur-En-Arrh]

Can you say 'JBL run in?' because i think they'll draw out the 'HHH has never beaten Cena when the belt's on the line' angle for as long as possible like every other thing that's going on atm. Cena seems to need to mention beating HHH at WM in every segment they do so that's how i've come to this conclusion.
Also the JBL/Cena fued ended without JBL ever getting a decisive win over Cena, so i can't see JBL letting that fued end without beating Cena at least once. But then WWE creative never works along that kind of logic so who knows.

Bottom line, Trips aint losing the strap

 

[matt_09]

Like I said with the Batista vs Edge match, I'm not exicited in any way for this match. If Cena does get drafted, they will probably add the stipulation where Cena would take the title with him. I fully expect Triple H to win and move on to the next contender

 

[Ratedrko619]

I put this over in the Edge vs. Batista thread, but I think it still applies here as well. I know it has a really small chance of happening, but what if Batista and Cena switched shows in the draft? We could have Batista on Raw and Cena on SmackDown! That would switch the main events up to make them a little more interesting. Now we would have Triple H vs. Batista for the WWE title (its been about three years since we had this match so I could live with it) and Edge vs. Cena for the World title (its been almost two years since the TLC match from Unforgiven and I thought the feud was fairly entertaining). I still see Edge and Triple H going over but what do you guys think?

 

[mrpaul]

Well its all but been confirmed that Cena will go to Smackdown, but whether Edge or Batista will go anywhere is anybodies guess. I think Cena will have this one last chane to beat HHH for his old title because he'll be on Smackdown after the draft and HHH will win, and there endeth the feud.

 

[Cowboy]

i would predict that Cena wins the belt and takes it too smackdown with him, then Edge retains against Batista via count out or DQ, then takes his title to Raw. Then setting up two highly anticipated WM25 matches with Batista challenging Cena and failing, while Triple H takes the title from Edge in the main event...IMO. I would also like to see jericho and MVP trade places, along with Umaga and Rey Mysterio...to keep things fresh, while Undertaker becomes omni-present and drifts between both shows as an enigma, fueding with Edge on raw after his return then Umaga on SD! after Summerslam.IMO

 

[Instant Classic]

I dislike this feud, partly because these 2 collecively have completely hogged the main event picture on raw for the last 6 years. Bar a couple of small runs with other guys these 2 have nearly always had the belt. Even when they dont have the belt they are constants in the main event picture. Take HHH he disapeared from the main event for 3 just months before he got another title match, Cena was only out of it this year because of injury, but has been inolved in 3/5 ppv title matches so far. Now I realise that the top stars are going to be in the main event more times, but it is ridcolous that barely anyone else on the card gets to fight for the belt, and if they do its a 1 off match not a prolonged feud.

The other reason for me disliking the feud is that there is not really any story between these 2, ok they developed it a little on raw with the segment they had but there still isnt really a story, other than 'i want the belt'. While this is ok in moderation, to make every single WWE title match soley about the belt, and little or no story between the 2 makes the feud rather stale, and thats why I am not overly excited about the match. And while you would be stupid to completely discount Cena getting the belt, just because it is Cena. It is far too predictable that HHH will retain, his reign is already boring me so they could at least build Cena a bit more to make it seem more likely that he will get the belt.

 

[kingrko]

I'm agreeing with the Instant Classic, who posted before me. I like both wrestlers, particularly Trips, but this WWE Title match is still stale. At the very least they could've made it a Hell in the Cell Match or a Last Man Standing Match. Still, though, there was no build to it, and the whole Mickie-Cena angle wasn't helping (though I thought this angle was actually fairly good and was a breath of fresh air.) Cena's title run. As far as I see, the fact that Cena has like a ninety-nine percent chance of getting drafted to SD!, and they aren't going to give the "A" belt to SD!, I'm giving HHH the win on their Night of Champions bout.

 

[kingrko]

Also, to continue on this Mickie-Cena angle. I don't even know if it's still going, but if it is they could've used to help build the fued. They could've had HHH turn heel and "accidently" hurt her, or hire someone to hurt her. Heck they could've kept Trips a face and it could've been written off as an accident. Plus, this would've tied in to the whole "It's not personal" thing they had going on during their confrontation on Raw. Things would've then become so heated between the two that Vince could've easily made it some kidn've hardcore match that ends with Cena bloody and beaten, with Mickie James making her way to the ring to see how he is after losing her title to Katie Lea.

 

[The_Franchise001]

I think the developments of tonight's draft make this match more interesting, in that I assume they're going to want to keep the two world titles separated on the two different brands. This makes me wonder about the title matches to come at NOC.

With Batista moving to Raw, it seems as if they would most likely have Edge retain and keep the big gold belt on Smackdown. However, the fact that HHH is now Smackdown makes me believe they're going to have Cena pull one out at Night of Champs. I know everybody has their problems with Cena, but the guy does entertain me, so I wouldn't mind him winning it again. The only thing is the fact that HHH hasn't beaten Cena one on one yet, which stacks the odds in his favor.

The only other scenario would be HHH retains and brings the WWE championship to SD, and Batista defeating edge to bring the Heavyweight Championship to Raw. I do doubt this, however, because of what was mentioned previously in that they most likely want to keep the #1 championship on the #1 show.

 

[Ratedrko619]

The Draft does make Night of Champions more interesting. I don't see Edge losing to Batista, but then again, I don't see Triple H losing to Cena either. If I had to choose, I think Batista will take the World Title to RAW and Triple H will retain against Cena and the WWE Title will be exclusive to SmackDown! But, Edge could retain and Cena could defeat Triple H and bring the WWE Title back to RAW. No that leaves the question as to who will challenge for the titles. If Edge retains, Triple H, Undertaker, Jeff Hardy and Mr. Kennedy are all viable choices. If Edge loses, he will go after Hunter for the WWE title. Kudos to WWE for stirring things up a bit.

 

[psykohurricane]

Here the thing, last night HHH switch brand and is now on smackdown, so now smackdown got to world champions and raw don't have one but they got the 2 challengers. Before last night i didn't see Cena winning thisw match since i thought that this would be the beginning of a long feud but now that HHH is on smackdown i pretty much got no choice put to thing that cena will win his belt back. The reason is that the WWE championship belt was made for cena so not having it on raw would be stupid plus the fact that edge just won the world title so having him lose to batista doesn'T make sense.

So even if probably most fans don't like it, i guessing that Cena is going to be crown to new WWE champion at NOC and HHH will chase edge forthe world title after NOC.

 

[8five]

So I think that the match ends in a double pin. I feel as though Edge will retain and a situation will come into place where there has to be a Raw tournament to crown a new world champion. I can really see either a pay per view being devoted to this or simply on Raw in the upcoming weeks. You have Batista, Cena, Jericho, JBL, Rey, Punk, Kane and Michaels have an 8 man tournament for the belt. It draws ratings and makes for some compelling future feuds

 

[Italian MVP]

I see this ending in controversy big time. I just dont see a clear cut winner or a clean match out of what happened on RAW. While i do agree that Smackdown cant have both World Titles on the show, I just dont see Triple H losing the Title on Sunday cleanly or properly.

I think Edge will retain defiently against Batista due to the interference of La Famila and then he will make an apparence in this match. I see it being a no conetest or Edge helping Cena win the title as Triple H is now a threat to Edge.

I then see Batista coming out looking to take out Edge for what happened earlier, but instead he takes out Cena because he is now on RAW and seeking Cena's title.

This would help set up the two new fueds for RAW and Smackdown with Edge Vs Triple H and Cena Vs Batista.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Well fuck. The draft sorta stirred THIS pot. So we have to decide which belt is gonna switch brands. Well really, what needs to be looked at, Is who would the WWE want to build these two respective brands around. I say they would much rather build RAW around another Cena title reighn, over a Batista title reighn. So I can certainley see A cena victory in this now. They have already said they like Edge as a champ being chased, and I dont think they will have RAW having no title. So Cena is most likely taking this, based upon that.

 

[benmaney]

I really hope that Cena doesn't win. I think we have seen enough of a title reign from him for a while. I think a good fued could come out of Batista winning the title. It could set up a Edge vs. HHH fued, with Vickie saying that Edge was cheated out of his title and that he was going to get the title no matter what. I can't wait to see what happens.

 

[Theo Mays]

I think Edge is gonna beat Batista come NoC, then he will somehow cost Trips the WWE Championship, setting up a feud between the two of them that can last until Summerslam with Trips winning the title. They can have a match at the Bash, with Edge either getting DQ'd or winning with some help, then Trips earns a rematch at Summerslam and wins the title. That is what I see going down. And then Batista and Cena will fued a bit, maybe with JBL getting involved down the road.

 

[Ratedrko619]

The only thing we forgot about is how Undertaker will fit into the mix. He may be involved in the "McMahon accident" and go to RAW or he will crash the Vickie/Edge wedding. With Trips on SD!, I'm not sure how Taker will fit into the title picture if they set up a HHH/Edge fued. I guess they could do a triple threat at SummerSlam for the title; Taker vs. HHH vs. Edge. Now that might get some ratings.