Night of Champions (2011)

Night of Champions (2011) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on September 18, 2011, at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. It was the fifth annual event under the Night of Champions chronology. The event was themed around every championship in WWE being defended.

The main event saw John Cena defeat Alberto Del Rio for the WWE Championship. Other prominent matches included Mark Henry defeating Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship, and CM Punk defeating Triple H in a No Disqualification match.

The show featured a variety of matches across WWE's Raw and SmackDown brands. The card included:

• Air Boom (Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston) defeating The Miz and R-Truth for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
• Dolph Ziggler (with Vickie Guerrero) defeating Alex Riley to retain the WWE United States Championship.
• Cody Rhodes defeating Ted DiBiase to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
• Kelly Kelly (with Eve Torres) defeating Beth Phoenix to retain the WWE Divas Championship.

Night of Champions (2011) was notable for its championship defenses and for marking a significant point in several ongoing storylines within WWE at the time.