It took place on September 21, 2014, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, and was the first Night of Champions event to livestream on the WWE Network, which launched in February.

The event also saw AJ Lee defeat defending champion Paige and Nikki Bella to win her record-tying third WWE Divas Championship.

This was also the last WWE PPV to date to feature Justin Roberts as a ring announcer as he would be released the following month.

In addition to traditional PPV, it was the first Night of Champions to livestream on the WWE Network, which launched earlier that year in February.

At SummerSlam, Brock Lesnar defeated John Cena to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

[9] On September 5, Stephanie decided that Paige would defend the title against AJ and Nikki in a triple threat match.

On same show, Dolph Ziggler, who at SummerSlam had defeated The Miz for the WWE Intercontinental Championship,[7] lost a rematch by countout.

[11] On the August 25 episode of Raw, Cesaro by defeated Rob Van Dam and thus became the number one contender for the WWE United States Championship, held by Sheamus.

[14] On the September 1 episode of Raw, Chris Jericho insulted Randy Orton on his Highlight Reel show.

[9] A week later, Orton attacked Jericho who was being medically treated after losing to Bray Wyatt in a Steel Cage match.

Analysis was provided by a pre-show panel of Booker T, Alex Riley, Big Show, and Renee Young.

In the end, after an evenly contested match, Sheamus executed a Brogue Kick on Cesaro to retain the title.

The match was cancelled the day before the event, as Reigns was rushed to the hospital for surgery on an incarcerated hernia, and was deemed unable to compete.

After leaving Bella unconscious out of the ring, Lee forced Paige to submit to the Black Widow to win the title.

In the main event, Brock Lesnar (accompanied by Paul Heyman) defended the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against John Cena.

James Caldwell of Pro Wrestling Torch gave the main event 3.75 out of 5 stars, calling it a "solid title match".

[19] During his weekly interview with Michael Cole, Triple H scheduled a battle royal for the September 26 episode of SmackDown, with the winner receiving a title match against Ziggler later in the night.