WWE Night of Champions 2015: Greatest Title Matches in PPV's History

In operation since 2008, making it one of WWE's longer-running pay-per-views outside of its big four, Night of Champions is a night when plenty is expected from the company's big stars.

With all five titles likely to be defended at the show, there are always opportunities for big names, plenty of drama and some standout, enjoyable matches.

The previous seven editions of Night of Champions have had some great title matches featuring men who are either still with the company or have since headed to new pastures.

Will Sting vs. Seth Rollins prove to be a suitable addition to the list in the years to come? That is yet to be decided, but for now, here are the best title matches in Night of Champions history.

It's always fairly easy to book a match between Kane and Undertaker, not least because there's a whole heap of angles to work on.

But this meeting between the brothers for Kane's World Heavyweight Championship back in 2010 has to be regarded as one of their best, especially because it was a No Holds Barred bout.

The two brawled all over the Allstate Arena, much to the delight of the crowd in attendance, and they gave each other everything they had.

Undertaker seemed to take control of the match toward the end before a remarkable moment: He was beaten with his own move. Just as it looked like Taker was setting up for the Tombstone Piledriver, Kane countered superbly and delivered one of his own to his brother.

It scored him the win and brought an end to a great match—perhaps the best these two icons have ever had.

In Daniel Bryan's early days on the WWE roster, he was booked as a plucky but talented kid who sadly couldn't get any wins.

He went through a torrential losing streak on NXT but would eventually fight his way onto the main roster and establish himself as a star. His first real feud was against the man who used to mentor him on NXT.

The Miz was the arrogant, brash United States champion, and Bryan had seen enough of him and set his sights on the title.

They met at Night of Champions with the belt on the line, and what followed was arguably one of The Miz's finest matches ever. The back-and-forth was sensational, and Bryan's unique counterattacking style—which wasn't as popular back then as it is now—was in full flow.

The crowd was into it from start to finish, and when Bryan got the win, the fans were boisterous in support of their man. It was this night when Bryan first confirmed himself to be a real star, and the rest is history.

Sometimes in WWE, you always wonder what could have been if WWE had kept certain talent.

Jeff Hardy vs. CM Punk was a storyline that was just brilliant from start to finish. It was born out of Punk's straight-edge mantra and Hardy's wilder lifestyle, and it set the two on a collision course over the summer of 2009, with Punk's World Heavyweight Championship as the prize.

They met at Night of Champions and Punk tried to escape the match by leaving the ring during the bout with his title in hand, but Hardy would eventually get his hands on him.

They had great chemistry in the ring and were both great workers, which made for a really dynamic match with plenty of spark to it.

Hardy would eventually beat Punk and emerge victorious thanks to a Swanton Bomb to pick up his third world title, and although they wouldn't cross paths too often after that, this was still one of their more memorable meetings.

When Wade Barrett became the first man to win a season of NXT back in 2010, the Englishman was rewarded with a title match against any champion at any event.

He would pick Sheamus and the WWE Championship as his target at Night of Champions, but shortly after, WWE added four more men (Randy Orton, John Cena, Edge and Chris Jericho) into the mix, making it an elimination bout.

Why was this match so good? It obviously featured a lot of stars and a lot of talent, and included a really strong performance from Randy Orton, who eliminated three men alone.

It had the classic run-in from Barrett's splinter group Nexus and saw the rookie come agonizingly close to winning.

Orton would prevail, seeing off the rest of the field to emerge as the victor in a great main event at the 2010 event.