Night of Champions 2010 Night of Champions 2010 was a professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , that took place on September 19 , 2010 at the Allstate Arena in Chicago , Illinois . It was the fourth annual event under the " Night of Champions " name and the tenth annual event under the Vengeance / Night of Champions chronology . Similar to the previous three events , the concept of the show was that every championship in the company was defended at the event . It was also the first Night of Champions event to feature a non - title match . Seven matches took place Background . Night of Champions will feature professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre - existing scripted feuds , plots , and storylines that will be played out on World Wrestling Entertainment ' s ( WWE ) television programs . Wrestlers will portray villains or heroes as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate into a wrestling match or series of matches . The main rivalry heading into Night of Champions from the " Raw " brand features the defending champion Sheamus , Randy Orton , John Cena , Chris Jericho , Edge and Wade Barrett , feuding over the WWE Championship . At the WWE Fatal 4 - Way pay - per - view in June , Sheamus won the WWE Championship in a Fatal Four - Way match , and at WWE Money in the Bank in July , defeated Cena to retain the title in a Steel Cage match . At SummerSlam , Sheamus lost to Orton in a championship match via disqualification , but as per WWE rules , retained the title . On the televised August 23 episode of " Raw " , the " anonymous " general manager of the show set up a series of matches that night to determine the next contender for the WWE Championship , and allowed Sheamus himself to handpick his opponent for Night of Champions . The matches saw Edge defeating R - Truth , Jericho defeating The Great Khali , and Orton defeating John Morrison and Ted DiBiase in a Triple Threat match , while The Miz defeated Cena via disqualification . During the night , Barrett called off The Nexus ' " truce " with Sheamus , and at the end of night decided to cash - in his right ( due to winning the first season of " WWE NXT " ) to challenge for the WWE Championship at Night of Champions . However , the general manager announced that Sheamus will defend his WWE title against Orton , Cena , Jericho , Edge , and Barrett in a Six - Pack Challenge at Night of Champions . On the 900th episode of Raw , Chris Jericho added a stipulation that if he cannot win the championship , he will leave the WWE . However , the following week , he participated in a match with John Morrison under the stipulation that he would be taken out of the Night of Champions match if he did not win . Jericho lost the match and was removed from the Six - Pack Challenge . On the September 13 edition of Raw , the anonymous General Manager of Raw announced the match was changed to an elimination format . In addition , the General Manager also offered Chris Jericho an opportunity to re - insert himself in the match via a handicap steel cage match against The Hart Dynasty . Jericho was successful in defeating the duo and thus was re - admitted to the Six - Pack Challenge . The main rivalry from the " SmackDown " brand features the current champion Kane against his half - brother The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship . About three months ago , The Undertaker had been mysteriously put in a vegetative state . Upon finding out about this , Kane had attepted to seek vengeance against the culprit . At the Money in the Bank pay - per - view , Kane had won the Money in the Bank ladder match and cashed in his briefcase later that night against then champion Rey Mysterio . Mysterio used his rematch clause on Kane to challenge him at SummerSlam but failed . During the weeks leading up to SummerSlam , Kane was convinced that Mysterio was the one behind the attack on his brother and upon defeating him , attempted to put him in a casket when The Undertaker appeared inside it . Upon seeing his brother again , Kane attacked The Undertaker turning him heel . On the September 3rd episode of Smackdown , Kane challenged the Undertaker putting his Championship on the line and promises to end The Undertaker for good . Another rivalry involves an interbrand match involving the Divas Champion Melina and the Women ' s Champion Layla and Michelle McCool , collectively known as Team Lay - Cool , in a Title Unification Match . On May 14 , Layla had pinned then - Women ' s Champion Beth Phoenix on a 2 - on - 1 handicap match which awarded Layla the championship . However , both Layla and McCool decided to make themselves Co - Women ' s Champion ( as , by their logic , the Championship was won in a handicap match ) , going as far as splitting the main belt to keep co - reign . At SummerSlam , Melina had won the Divas Championship from former champion Alicia Fox . After the match , Lay - Cool had attacked Melina . Their explanation being that they had defeated about everyone on the SmackDown brand as champions and decided to go after Raw Divas . On the 900th Episode of Raw , Lay - Cool challenged Melina to a Title Unification Match . Melina accepted under one condition , their match would be a Lumberjill Match . Another rivalry from " Raw " involves champion The Miz against Daniel Bryan for the United States Championship . From the start of WWE NXT , The Miz has been at odds against his rookie Daniel Bryan throughout the competition . Even when Bryan was removed from the competition , he would still occasionally attack The Miz even getting a victory against The Miz one night on Raw before Bryan was released . At SummerSlam , The Miz had volunteered himself to be apart of Team WWE though was replaced by a returning Daniel Bryan when he took too long to make a decision . Afterwards , the two would resume their rivalry attacking each other with The Miz ' s new rookie , Alex Riley , getting involved on Miz ' s behalf . On the September 6th episode of Raw , Daniel Bryan challenged The Miz for his United States Title which he accepted .