{"id":23967,"date":"2016-06-25T00:26:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T05:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=23967"},"modified":"2016-06-26T04:17:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T09:17:28","slug":"wwe-changing-night-champions-former-wcw-tv-special-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/25\/wwe-changing-night-champions-former-wcw-tv-special-name\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE changing Night of Champions to Clash of Champions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-340866188\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE is in the process of re-naming this year&#8217;s Night of Champions PPV as &#8220;Clash of Champions,&#8221; using the title for the old NWA\/WCW TV specials.<\/p>\n<p>WWE&#8217;s events page\u00a0is now listing the September 25\u00a0event as &#8220;WWE Clash of Champions,&#8221; while still using the Night of Champions logo.<\/p>\n<p>The same is true for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/wwe-night-of-champions-indianapolis-indiana-09-25-2016\/event\/0500504BF31B77C9\" target=\"_blank\">Ticketmaster<\/a>, which is listing &#8220;Clash of Champions&#8221; tickets for Sept. 25 at Bankerslife Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, while all other marketing is still listing\u00a0&#8220;Night of Champions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The arena website is still listing everything as Night of Champions.<\/p>\n<p>WWE set the change in motion earlier this month when the company <a href=\"http:\/\/tmsearch.uspto.gov\/bin\/showfield?f=toc&amp;state=4806%3Ayopjzo.1.1&amp;p_search=searchss&amp;p_L=50&amp;BackReference=&amp;p_plural=yes&amp;p_s_PARA1=&amp;p_tagrepl~%3A=PARA1%24LD&amp;expr=PARA1+AND+PARA2&amp;p_s_PARA2=%22clash+of+champions%22&amp;p_tagrepl~%3A=PARA2%24COMB&amp;p_op_ALL=AND&amp;a_default=search&amp;a_search=Submit+Query&amp;a_search=Submit+Query\" target=\"_blank\">filed five trademarks for &#8220;Clash of Champions.&#8221;<\/a> The trademarks filed on June 10 are for the purposes of trademarking the live event, marketing, and merchandising.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, former WWE star Cody Rhodes weighed in on WWE now using one of the titles thought of by his father, Dusty Rhodes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not in the slightest bit perturbed,&#8221; Rhodes tweeted, &#8220;a new audience gets to feel clash. 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