Confusion reigns at Night of Champions

A Bizarre main event marred the Night of Champions PPV on Sunday. John Cena claimed yet another WWE title — his 12th — and veteran Mark Henry finally picked up his first major championship, But Triple H and CM Punk's top-of-the-bill No Disqualification match will surely rank as one of the most convoluted and strangest in the company's history. The pair brawled around the arena for some time before The Miz and R-Truth — losers earlier in the night to Air Boom, and complainants of a supposed conspiracy — hit the ring and began to attack both Punk and Hunter. After laying each man out with a finisher, they draped Punk's arm over Triple H's prone body, showing that they intended Hunter to lose his job as COO, as per the stipulation of the match. When Triple H kicked out, Miz and Truth went ballistic, laying out referee Scott Armstrong, before Trips and Punk ejected the intruders. This led to John Laurinaitis, the vice president of talent relations, coming to ringside but blocking a fresh referee who rushed the ring as Triple H hit a Pedigree on Punk. Punk then hit a GTS on HHH but as the ref counted this time, R-Truth stopped the count. This was the first major logic error. If Miz and Truth wanted Punk to win some two minutes earlier, why stop him from getting the pin now? Next, after Punk kicked out of another Pedigree, Laurinaitis was seen sending a text (as he was earlier in the night) seconds before Kevin Nash emerged through the crowd. This would lead to major logic problem No2. Nash punched both men and shaped to powerbomb HHH before Punk intercepted. Punk received a Jack-knife for his troubles, before Nash and Triple H brawled outside the ring. Hunter got the best of the exchange and rolled back inside to hit a third Pedigree on Punk to this time pick up the win. The crowd in Buffalo, which had been hot all night, seemed not to know how to react. The interference of Nash, Miz, Truth and Laurinaitis seemed not to favour either party, and was deeply confusing to the viewer. Elsewhere on the show, Air Boom kept the tag titles in a fun opener after Miz and Truth were disqualified for attacking a referee. Dolph Ziggler capitalised on hard work by rival Jack Swagger to retain his US title in an entertaining four way matches. Kelly Kelly remained Divas champ with another roll up win on Beth Phoenix, this time in the latter's home town, and Cody Rhodes also retained, beating Ted DiBiase in a lacklustre affair. Randy Orton, the best storyteller in wrestling right now, got a very decent match out of Mark Henry, who won cleanly to claim his first world title, fifteen years after his debut. The pair told a gripping in ring story as Orton battled valiantly but in vain against the monstrous Henry. Once such a maligned figure, Henry's win was greeted pleasantly by many onlookers who appreciate his current push. Cena defeated Alberto Del Rio to reclaim the WWE title in a decent yet formulaic bout. It wasn't bad by any means but one just feels we have seen it all before. Then came the maelstrom of Triple H v CM Punk which dominated the build-up and will surely do the same to Raw on Monday night. WWE may need the entire two hours to explain the logic of this one — we are still scratching our heads. We award this Night of Champions PPV, with a decent undercard but fiasco of a finish, a rating of 5.5 out of 10. THE SUN .