Vengeance: Night of Champions was a professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It featured wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands. The event took place on June 24, 2007 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.[3] It was the seventh Vengeance event and the first Night of Champions event. Every match on the card was contested for a championship. This event was notable for being on the weekend of the Chris Benoit double murder and suicide case. Benoit, who was originally booked to wrestle CM Punk for the vacant ECW World Championship, did not come to the event because of "personal reasons."[4]
The main event featured the Raw brand. John Cena defended the WWE Championship against Mick Foley, Bobby Lashley, Randy Orton, and King Booker. Cena won the match and kept the WWE Championship after pinning Foley following an FU.[5] The main match from the SmackDown brand was a "Last Chance match" for the World Heavyweight Championship between Edge and Batista, which Edge won by countout.[6] The main match from the ECW brand was CM Punk versus Johnny Nitro for the vacant ECW World Championship, which Nitro won by pinfall after performing a corkscrew neckbreaker from the middle rope.[7]
- ↑ Medalis, Kara A. (2007-06-21). "Fueling Vengeance: Night of Champions". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2010-01-31. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ↑ "Night of Champions results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
- ↑ Powell, John; Powell, Justin (2007-06-25). "Vengeance banal and badly booked". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on 2015-04-19. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
- ↑ Martin, Adam (2007-06-24). "Vengeance PPV Results - 6/24 - Houston, TX". WrestleView. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
- ↑ Dee, Louie (2007-06-24). "Five alive". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
- ↑ McAvennie, Mike (2007-06-24). "Batista's last stand falls". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
- ↑ Robinson, Bryan (2007-06-24). "ECW World Title goes A-list". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2007-11-06.