This in turn made the 2015 event the final Night of Champions to be held before the reintroduction of the brand extension in July 2016.

In the main event, Seth Rollins defeated Sting to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

In the penultimate match, John Cena defeated Rollins to win the WWE United States Championship.

[8] Triple H then scheduled Rollins to defend the WWE World title against Sting at Night of Champions.

[9] On the August 31 episode of Raw, Cena invoked his rematch clause to face Rollins for the United States Championship at Night of Champions.

[7] On the August 24 episode of Raw, during a rematch between both teams, Braun Strowman made his WWE debut, aligning with Wyatt and Harper and attacking Reigns and Ambrose.

[10] On September 5, a six-man tag team match pitting Wyatt, Harper, and Strowman against Reigns, Ambrose, and a partner of their choice was scheduled for Night of Champions.

[12] At SummerSlam, The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Big E, accompanied by Xavier Woods) defeated The Prime Time Players (Titus O'Neil and Darren Young), The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara), and Los Matadores (Diego and Fernando) in a fatal four-way tag team match to win the WWE Tag Team Championship.

[14] On the September 14 episode of Raw, Ryback was scheduled to defend the title against Owens at Night of Champions.

[7] On the August 31 edition of Raw, three Beat the Clock Challenge matches were held to determine a new number one contender to face Nikki for the WWE Divas Championship at Night of Champions.

[16] On the September 14 episode of Raw, Neville allied with The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) and the trio attacked Stardust and The Ascension.

A match pitting Neville and The Lucha Dragons against Stardust and The Ascension was then scheduled for the Night of Champions Kickoff pre-show.

[15] During the Night of Champions Kickoff pre-show, Neville and The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) faced Stardust and The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor).

The match ended when Stardust pushed Viktor, causing Neville to fall off the top rope.

[17] In the penultimate match, Seth Rollins defended the United States Championship against John Cena.

[17] In the main event, Seth Rollins defended the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Sting.

[28] Also on Raw, when Charlotte was celebrating her victory over Nikki Bella at Night of Champions, her teammate Paige went on a rant about how there is no Divas Revolution, telling Charlotte the reason she won the Divas Championship was because of her father Ric Flair and telling Becky Lynch that she is irrelevant in PCB, thus turning heel in the process.

[29] Later in the same show, Randy Orton joined forces with Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose as he attacked The Wyatt Family.

[29] Before Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns revealed Chris Jericho as their mystery partner, a fan managed to jump the barricade and enter the ring without getting caught by security.

[34] After nearly eight years, Night of Champions was reinstated in 2023, replacing the originally announced "King and Queen of the Ring" event that had been scheduled.