Night of Champions predictions

Here we go, my Night of Champions predictions post. Let's do it.

The opening contest will set the mood for the whole PPV and there are so many ways to start this great PPV. I'm going with the Fatal 4 Way US Title match to start the show off. I'm really looking forward to this match. All the great midcarders in one match. Who wins the match? I'm going with Dolph Ziggler to win this one. I don't see anyone else in the WWE Title picture but Del Rio and Cena and I think Ziggler is doing a fine job at representing the US Title so I gotta go with him on this one. If I had to pick another person to win, it would be Alex Riley. You don't let him beat The Miz in June and not give the kid a title. So Riley is my back-up but my first pick is definitely Ziggler.

Rhodes and DiBiase just got thrown together at the last minute for an IC Title match. This definitely has potential to be a real show stealer but I worry that the crowd won't even care about this match one bit. I mean, this past week on Raw, Rhodes BARELY even got a reaction and he's the IC Champion and he beat the World Champion for crying out loud. How is this man not getting over? I don't think Rhodes will lose to DiBiase just yet. I know DiBiase will win the title eventually, just not this Sunday. Rhodes for the win.

Kelly or Phoenix? Well, Beth will be in her hometown of Buffalo, which probably means she won't win, but I'm going to pick her anyway. Hopefully, we'll get a Phoenix/Natalya match sometime in the future.

I don't know the last time that I was this hype for a tag team title match. Air Boom VS The Awesome Truth could really be something special. Miz and Kingston already have good chemistry and don't forget that Miz is the one who beat Kingston for his first singles title in the WWE. I'm pretty sure that's not important for this match though. Anyway, this is another potential show stealer and it really could go either way. Air Boom needs this victory to prove they are here to stay and to help rebuild this tag division. The Awesome Truth really don't need the tag titles, but it would be nice to see them with some gold. As much as I want to see The Awesome Truth win, I think Air Boom needs the victory so much more so I'm going with the high fliers on this one.

Will Mark Henry FINALLY win his 1st major World Title? Will WWE FINALLY realize that he deserves a World Title? I really hope so. This man took out Big Show and Kane AND put Sheamus through a barricade. How doesn't he get a World Title? Unfortunately for Henry, he's going against Randal Orton who is our new Superman in WWE. Chances are Henry won't be beating Orton this Sunday for the World Title but I'm staying optimistic! I am boldly picking Mark Henry to defeat Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship this Sunday at Night of Champions. If he doesn't win, it will be because of a returning Big Show or Kane.

Alberto's first big WWE Title defense on a PPV and it's against Raw's Superman John Cena. I've been wanting to see this feud since Del Rio got drafted to Raw. This is a big time match for Del Rio, who has been overlooked since winning the WWE Title. With Hell in a Cell in two weeks, there is no way in hell Del Rio is losing, right? We'll see. Del Rio won't be winning with armbar I'll tell you that. Roll-up or DQ finish is most likely. Well, it should be a good match either way.

And the main event. In what could be the match of the year, CM Punk will face Triple H in a No DQ match. No DQ means that there won't be a clear winner. Will we see Kevin Nash comeback? I don't think so. Everyone is EXPECTING Nash to come back. Like at SummerSlam, everyone thought Hunter was going to turn heel but in the end, we got Kevin Nash and a new WWE Champion. WWE is going to do that again with this match. Whatever we expect to happen, isn't. Vince and the creative team aren't stupid. So what do I think will happen? I'm hoping somebody will turn fully heel first off. I don't care if it's Punk OR Triple H, just somebody turn heel. Second of all, IF Punk's the one to turn heel, he needs The Awesome Truth to help him. They keep saying Triple H has conspiracies against them, so why not cost the guy the match AND his job? It just makes sense wrestling wise. So that's my prediction. CM Punk will defeat Triple H at Night of Champions due to the interference from The Awesome Truth. Straight Edge Society Part 2?

Anyway, there it is, my NOC predictions. So, Rock and Cena will be teaming up at Survivor Series this year? That's some big news. I guess it will be Rock and Cena's team VS Miz and Truth's team? I think that would be the best option. Anyway, come on back Sunday night for my reaction post.