2012 WWE Night of Champions Match of the Night

[Juan]

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Intercontinental Championship
Rey Mysterio vs. Sin Cara vs. Cody Rhodes vs. The Miz
http://www.wwe.com/f/styles/show_matchup/public/match/image/2012/09/20120907_EP_LIGHT_NOC_Fatal_4_Way_HOMEPAGE.jpg


Tag Team Championship
Kofi Kingston & R-Truth vs. Kane & Daniel Bryan
http://www.wwe.com/f/styles/show_matchup/public/match/image/2012/09/20120910_EP_LIGHT_NOC_Tag_Match_HOMEPAGE.jpg


United States Championship
Antonio Cesaro vs. Zack Ryder
http://www.wwe.com/f/styles/show_matchup/public/wysiwyg/image/2012/09/20120910_EP_LIGHT_NOC_preshow_battleroyal_C1.jpg


Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler
http://www.wwe.com/f/styles/show_matchup/public/match/thumb/2012/09/20120907_EP_LIGHT_NOC-Matches_Orton-Ziggler_C-homepage.jpg


Divas Championship
Layla vs. Eve Torres
http://www.wwe.com/f/styles/show_matchup/public/match/image/2012/08/201208230_EP_LIGHT_NOC_kaitlyn-layla_C-homepage.jpg


World Heavyweight Championship
Sheamus vs. Alberto Del Rio
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WWE Championship
CM Punk vs. John Cena
http://www.wwe.com/f/styles/show_matchup/public/wysiwyg/image/2012/08/20120822_EP_LIGHT_NOC-Matches_cenapunk_C-homepage1.jpg

[loopydate]

I don't think there's much of a contest here. I also think the rest of the competition for Match of the
Month may as well concede.

[CSL]

dunno, on first impression I think I liked Ziggler/Orton more. Truly had no idea how Cena/Punk was going to finish after Cena came out of the 2nd GTS tho

[Keith]

Tonight, CM Punk and Cena had perhaps their best match yet

[Road Warrior]

Voted for Ziggler / Orton. Cena / Punk was a very good match but personally, and maybe i'm just nit picking here, I can't stand when the last half of the match is essentially two guys just kicking out of each others finisher. Also wasn't in love with the Dusty finish either.

[KaosDarksol]

Punk vs cena is the obvious choice here don't know why anybody would seriously vote for anything else

[Rammsteinmad]

Punk/Cena.

Didn't top their MITB match, but then this match had a completely different pschology going into it.

[LewisTheTruest]

Punk v Cena no doubt. Most entertaining and emotionally invested.

[#1-norm-fan]

Yeah, not really close. Cena and Punk by a mile.

[#1-norm-fan]

Didn't top their MITB match, but then this match had a completely different pschology going into it.

^^^

[Keith]

I'll say this, though. Eve and Layla's match was pretty damn good, for a Divas match. Eve worked really well tonight. It was great to see.

[CSL]

Punk vs cena is the obvious choice here don't know why anybody would seriously vote for anything else

It would be because they preferred a different match. Shocking I know.

[XCaliber]

Ziggler/Orton can't help but agree with what Rock Bottom said in another thread about Punk/Cena being a repeated formula from the Rock/Austin feud in having false finishes it's been done to death now.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Gonna give it to Orton/Ziggler since it was the one non-title match, and it ended cleanly instead of with a f*cking draw.

[Big Vic]

nodded off during the Main event, so I had to choose the IC title match.

[MoFo]

Orton v Ziggler

Punk bores me to tears

[Bocephus Black]

Bocephus Black's a big fan of bandwagons.

[#1-norm-fan]

Ziggler/Orton can't help but agree with what Rock Bottom said in another thread about Punk/Cena being a repeated formula from the Rock/Austin feud in having false finishes it's been done to death now.

Don't all "epic" matches have false finishes though? Did it ruin Taker-Michaels for you

[Keith]

Yeah, because we all know, and history shows, that Rock and Austin were the first ones to ever use false finishes in their matches.

:nono:

[Joesgonnakillyou]

Punk Cena for me, it was much smoother than the MITB 11 match but didn't have the momentum going in. Still a MOTY candidate though.

I loved the finish. I'm a sucker for creative ways to keep feud's going. It'll actually make a bit sense for them to have a HIAC match.

[Joesgonnakillyou]

I just watched the preshow battle royal and it was great!

[XCaliber]

Don't all "epic" matches have false finishes though? Did it ruin Taker-Michaels for you

No because at that point (WM25) it wasn't stale as hell and they were able to mix it up a lot more in terms of reversals which is probably why I liked it significantly more than what happened the following year.

[Emperor Smeat]

Punk vs Cena.

Just as good as their match in Punk's hometown of Chicago which was amazing as well. The ending was the weakest part of the match and the crowd hated it but it did help set up the potential for another match between the two.

[Gertner]

Ryback easily.

[VSG]

Went with the opener despite knowing how the polls would look like. I liked it a lot.

[Poit]

Punk/Cena

[Keith]

I'm glad a lot of people voted on this poll.

I'm sure it's not easy to set all this up, so kudos to Juan for doing so, and to y'all for supporting.