Night Of Champions LIVE BLOG! (Part I)

Disco: As I type, with 60 seconds to go before this PPV begins, Biggs is on the phone with his new content provider, Verizon FiOS. For an unknown reason we are unable to purchase the PPV. Please stand by.

Disco: 8:16 PM... the PPV is ON! I don't know why but it's suddenly on. We drop into the Kingston/Ziggler match. Vickie tries to interfere but Zigger explains he wants to do it "on his own." He does, finishing with a Kingston with a ZigZag. Vicky is somewhat somber... realizing that Ziggler doesn't need her cheatin' ways to win.

After a "Paper Jams" commercial, we cut to Edge being interviewed by Josh Matthews. Edge annoyed, confident he will win.

Disco: CM Punk comes out. Says he loves Chicago, crowd happy (Chicago is his hometown). Them CM Punk says he hates the people -- corrupt cops, fat teamsters, etc. The crowd is not happy. BIG BOO

Biggs: CM Punk has to win this, can't keeb jobbing to Big Show. CM Punk's career is on hold. Why? They could have Luke Gallows and Joey Mercury as a tag team. You could get them over by having them go after Punk... but not tonight.

Disco: Then Show punches Punk out and pins.

Biggs: Who does that help? What was the point of that?

Disco: A very short match.

Disco: Matthews interviews Jericho. Jericho extolls his virtues. Plans to "eliminate, eliminate, eliminate" because he is the "best at what I do". Announcers remind us that if Jericho loses tonight he plans on leaving the WWE.

Disco: MIZ/BRYAN... Miz comes in, cluching MIB suitcase, with Alex Riley. Riley has lost his High School gimmick, wearing white button-down.

Disco: Bryan comes in, people like him. There's a lot of talk about Gene LeBell and the LeBell lock, Bryan's finisher.

Biggs: (Prediction) Miz loses US Title, Jericho wins 6-Pack, Miz uses Money In Bank. Bryan is so over, a testament to WWE marketing.

Disco: Great match! Very technical, a LOT of spots and pins. Striker calls -- "the Crossface is locked in!", Cole calls it the LeBell....

Disco: WE HAVE A NEW CHAMPION! Daniel Bryan takes the US TITLE! Miz sobs against the ring apron as Bryan heads up the ramp.

Disco: Backstage interview with Cena. Cena reminds us that Edge is zero percent "R Rated"...""it's PG now folks."

Disco: Women's Unification match (Lumberjill). Not much to say. Divas. Michelle McCool has a neat outfit but with a lot of crucifixes. She's a serious Christian.

Disco: WE HAVE A NEW CHAMPION! While getting a vicious lumberjill beatdown, Layla sneaks in and kicks Melina in the face. McCool finishes Melina and wins the Diva Title.

Disco: Wade Barrett interview. Sees the match as his opportunity to change the WWE status quo.

Disco: Kane vs. Undertaker history video promo. Kane unmasking, etc. Some cool old footage. Same one they're showing on SD.

(Continue to part II)

'Cuz Disco Says So: Night Of Champions Predictions

Okay, I'm going to make this quick:

Divas and Women's Championship Unification Lumberjill Match: Melina. After WWE invested in creating that girlie "DIVA" belt, I can't see them letting McCool win. This way they bury the old belt and the title along with it. LayCool will have a falling out over the loss of the title... McCool goes solo and feuds with Melina while Layla becomes valet to NXT winner Kaval.

Big Show vs. CM Punk: What's happening here? Either Punk wins and regains some of his credibility, or Big Show wins (as usual, it seems) and the Straight Edge Society clique is over. I think (hope) that Punk wins and later his rookie Darren Young converts to the Straight Edge Lifestyle to give the SES some new life. Otherwise we won't be seeing Punk for a while, which is a shame.

Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston: Kofi. This feud has been going on too long, it's the logical conclusion after all the close matches. Also, Dolph's "failure" to defend the title will play into the Vicki/Kaitlyn/Dolph love triangle on NXT.

United States Champion The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan: Bryan. This could be a little premature. But... I think this sets up the Intercontinental title as a legitimate division (maybe even a classic TNA-style "X-Division") and you'll start seeing Husky Harris, Alex Riley, Kaval, et al., have a reason to exist. Miz will save face 'cuz he has that Money in the Bank which will come into play later in the night.

World Heavyweight Champion Kane vs. The Undertaker (No Holds Barred Match): Kane. The logical conclusion to this feud is a "Hell in a Cell" match. Since this is not that match, Kane will win somehow. Possibly a supernaturally-assisted win (teleportation?), but hard to predict when you bring the "dark powers" into the mix.

WWE Championship Six Pack Elimination Challenge: Orton (but not for long). WWE has spent several weeks putting Orton over and I can't see any way he'll lose this. However, if Miz loses to Bryan Miz will regain respect by pulling out the Money In The Bank contract and pinning Orton. This will set up a three-way feud between Orton, Miz and Sheamus that will bring us through football season to Wrestlemania.

Other observations: Why will Cena lose the Six Pack Challenge? Because he will probably move to SMACKDOWN to ensure good ratings when SD moves to SyFy later this year. Being on the SD roster will set up a Wrestlemania match between Undertaker and Cena (which Cena has hinted at on Twitter). Besides he's not doing anything useful on RAW right now.

Women's title unification tightens up the talent in two weak rosters. Naomi from NXT (called "the female Shelton Benjamin") will probably go head-to-head with Melina, and the belt will finally gain some legitimacy.

The Bryan/Miz match and Six Pack matches are connected because it puts the MIB in play. If Miz wins, there's no reason for him to interfere with the Six Pack match so there might be a different outcome there -- Orton wins but Sheamus demands his rematch on Monday Night RAW.