WWE: Night of Champions 2023 results and recap

WWE Night of Champions 2023 was a successful event for the company. Night of Champions resulted in the falling out of ‘The Bloodline’ as the Usos betrayed The Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns. The betrayal helped Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens retain the undisputed WWE tag team championship against Reigns and Solo Sikoa. The other matches included Seth Rollins vs AJ Styles for the World Heavyweight Championship. Here are the results and recap of WWE Night of Champions:

World Heavyweight Championship

Seth Rollins vs AJ Styles:

The match began with a series of back-and-forth blows dealt by the two superstars. Styles was first to gain momentum as he landed a DDT move. Rollins too fought back with a top rope DDT shortly after that Rollins injured his knee which played an essential role in determining the outcome of the match. Styles tried landing his ‘Phenomenal Forearm’ move but it was countered by Rollins with a superkick. Rollins landed a Pedigree followed by Curb Stomp to win the brand-new title.

Becky Lynch vs Trish Stratus:

Lynch was thrown onto steel steps by the evil Stratus, who took advantage of the situation to start working. Despite having been four years since her last singles battle, Stratus still did well. She hit a head scissors from the apron to the ringside, which is a remarkable feat. Stratus persisted in using sneaky methods, eavesdropping on Lynch’s conversations and looking for any opening to gain the upper hand. Upon her return to the ring, the legend nearly won by count-out and hit Lynch with a Chick Kick. Recent NXT call-up Zoey Starks attacked Lynch at the ringside, which allowed Stratus to hit Stratusfaction for the pinfaLL and win the match.

Intercontinental Championship

Gunther vs Mustafa Ali:

The Intercontinental champion, Gunther dominated the match early on but was met with an equally determined challenger in Mustafa Ali. Gunther who is famous for his power chops did not shy away from using them against Mustafa. Mustafa too hit Gunther with a series of power chops turning his chest red. Gunther hit Mustafa with a shotgun dropkick and powerbomb to retain his title and defeat Mustafa via pinfall.

RAW Women’s Championship

Bianca Belair vs Asuka:

This match too began with a lot of back-and-forth moves, with the champion Bianca Belair doing a lot of trash-talking. With a decoy Asuka lock, the challenger attempted to blind Belair with her chilli poison mist. When Belair lifted Asuka for the KOD, the challenger finally succeeded in throwing the mist into Belair’s eyes which allowed her to land a couple of kicks to the back of the head as she defeated Belair to win the Raw Women’s Championship.

SamckDown Women’s Championship

Rhea Ripley vs Natalya:

Ripley was as intimidating as she had appeared. After Dominik Mysterio diverted attention, Judgement Day’s enforcer sprang into action and attacked Natalya. Before tossing the veteran back into the ring, Ripley threw her onto several steel steps. Within minutes, Ripley had successfully defended her title after just one Riptide.

Brock Lesnar vs Cody Rhodes:

As part of the storyline, Lesnar gave Rhodes a fractured left arm, which he advertised before their Backlash rematch with Lesnar. Rhodes attempted to manipulate Lesnar into unfavourable circumstances, but he was unable to close the power disparity. Lesnar used a number of suplexes to propel Rhodes. In most instances, Rhodes landed on his hurt arms. Rhodes attempted a third successive Cross Rhodes as he was about to win. Rhodes’ broken arm was caught in a kimura lock as Lesnar countered. As he had at Backlash, Rhodes attempted to roll through and snag a quick pinfall, but Lesnar was aware of the move. Rhodes drilled Lesnar with a third Cross Rhodes for a close call after Lesnar lifted him for a sloppy F-5. Eventually, Lesnar performed the F-5, but Rhodes persisted and raised his shoulder at two. Rhodes blacked out from the pain when Lesnar grabbed hold of a second mounted kimura. Lesnar, therefore, defeated Rhodes by technical submission.

Undisputed Tag Team Championship

Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn vs Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa:

When Zayn returned to Saudi Arabia for the first time since 2014, the people of Jeddah welcomed him with open arms. To the surprise of the audience, Zayn spoke Arabic when introducing the tag team champs. Reigns and Zayn introduced the contest. Zayn was backed by the crowd, who were clapping for him. Before yelling that he should have never allowed “Honorary Uce” Zayn into The Bloodline, Reigns tagged in Sikoa.

Sikoa’s strength overpowered Zayn, resulting in Owens’ first experience with combat. Owens and Sikoa squared off. He made up for his lack of power with toughness. Reigns and Sikoa were subjected to an extended beating by Zayn after he tagged back in. 

After a series of signature moves from the 4 superstars in the ring, Owens laid out Reigns on the announcer’s table as The Usos suddenly emerged to save the Tribal Chief from Owens. Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso each gave Zayn a superkick, but they botched a double kick and unintentionally hit Sikoa. Reigns repeatedly shoved his cousins in the face out of frustration. Jimmy Uso after trying to keep peace among the Bloodline for a long time, snapped and hit Reigns with a superkick. A second kick allowed the champions some time to gain momentum as they hit the challengers with a Stunner-Helluva kick combination to retain their titles.

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