WWE Night of Champions
| WWE Night of Champions | |
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| Promotion(s) | World Championship Wrestling (2001) WWE (2007–present) |
| Brands | Raw (2007–2010, 2023, 2025–present) SmackDown (2007–2010, 2023, 2025–present) ECW (2007–2009) |
| Other name(s) | WCW Monday Nitro: The Night of Champions (2001) Vengeance: Night of Champions (2007) |
| First event | WCW Monday Nitro: The Night of Champions |
| Event gimmick | Championship matches (2007–2015) |
WWE Night of Champions is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, a Connecticut-based professional wrestling promotion. Established in 2007, the original concept was that every championship promoted on WWE's main roster was contested. Night of Champions was discontinued after the 2015 event, but was revived in 2023; however, while the event is still characterized by championship matches, it no longer features all of WWE's main roster championships, but since 2025, the finals of the King of the Ring and Queen of the Ring tournaments are held at Night of Champions.
The event originated in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), with the name The Night of Champions being used for the final episode of WCW Monday Nitro. After the then-World Wrestling Federation (WWF, renamed WWE in 2002) acquired the assets of WCW in 2001, including the rights to the event's name, WWE's first Night of Champions was held in June 2007 and was a crossover with Vengeance titled Vengeance: Night of Champions. In 2008, Vengeance was dropped in favor of Night of Champions and it took over the June PPV slot. The event then moved to July in 2009 before becoming the annual September PPV beginning in 2010. In 2016, Night of Champions was replaced by the similarly themed Clash of Champions which was discontinued after its final use in 2020. After eight years, Night of Champions was revived to be held in May 2023. An event was not held in 2024, but returned again in 2025. Since its revival in 2023, Night of Champions has been held as one of WWE's events in Saudi Arabia in support of Saudi Vision 2030.
To coincide with the original WWE brand extension (2002–2011), the events from 2007 to 2010 featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands. The events from 2007 to 2009 also featured the ECW brand before that brand was dissolved in early 2010. During the first brand extension, these three brands were considered WWE's main roster. The brand extension ended in August 2011, but was reinstated in July 2016 with Raw and SmackDown again representing the main roster.
Under the event's original concept (2007–2015), 10 different WWE championships were contested at Night of Champions. Only four of these 10 championships were contested at every event during this time. These were the WWE Championship (called the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at the 2014 and 2015 events), the WWE Intercontinental Championship, the WWE United States Championship, and the WWE Tag Team Championship, the latter of which was renamed as Raw Tag Team Championship in 2016 to coincide with the second brand extension that began that year before it was renamed again as World Tag Team Championship in 2024. Although the events since 2023 have not retained this original concept, five newer championships have been contested, bringing the total number of different championships contested at Night of Champions to 15.