Sorry for the delay on today’s WWE Raw open discussion thread, I just got back from a magical weekend at Chikara’s King Of Trios tournament in Easton, PA, and when I say “I just got back” I mean “I just walked into my home, put down my luggage and turned on the computer”. A few pre-show notes:

1. Tomorrow’s Best And Worst Of WWE Raw column will arrive like always. Remember, the 10 best comments from tonight’s open discussion thread get a featured spot alongside Jack Swagger Of Mars in the report.

2. I did not watch Night Of Champions, because I was live at (with no hyperbole) one of if not THE best North American independent professional wrestling shows of all-time. Screw that, best WRESTLING shows of all-time. Not using that lightly.

3. A Best And Worst Of King Of Trios will arrive on Wednesday. If between now and then I get a copy of Night Of Champions from somewhere, I’ll try to do something with it, even if it’s just me taking screencaps and writing NOT MANAMI TOYOTA across them in meme font.

Tonight’s Raw preview:

Night of Champions has come and gone, and the ramifications will surely be severe. WWE has a pair of Tag Team Champions that may or may not still hate each other; a World Heavyweight Champion whose dominance is reaching a fever pitch; and to top it all off, a controversial outcome to the WWE Champion CM Punk–John Cena rivalry that’s sure to keep WWE’s top two competitors at each other’s throats for some time.

Also, the “road to Hell In A Cell” has begun, whatever that is.

Let’s enjoy pro wrestling!

Tonight’s card for WWE Night Of Champions 2012, the annual event celebrating the one night a year WWE remembers it has more than two champions:

- Pre-show Battle Royal to determine the #1 contender to the United States Championship (participants unannounced)

- Triple Threat Match for the Intercontinental Championship: The Miz (c) vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Rey Mysterio

- Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler

- United States Championship Match: Antonio Cesaro (c) vs. pre-show battle royal winner

- Tag Team Championship Match: R-Truth and Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Daniel Bryan and Kane

- Divas Championship Match: Layla (c) vs. Kaitlyn

- WWE Championship Match: CM Punk (c) vs. John Cena

- World Heavyweight Championship Match: Sheamus (c) vs. Alberto Del Rio

The best part of our discussion tonight is special guest Peter Rosenberg. If you’re wondering why the hell he’d want to sit and talk to a bunch of wrestling nerds about Night Of Champions, 1) we’re lucky, and 2) his Hot 97 bio is brave enough to actually feature the words “pro wrestling”.

In the nearly 2 years that he has been on New York’s Hot 97, Peter Rosenberg has made an indelible mark on New York radio and the global hip hop landscape. His voice can be heard every weekday morning on Cipha Sounds and Rosenberg, a morning show that is revolutionizing urban radio, and every Sunday night on Real Late with Peter Rosenberg. His persona on both of these shows, characterized by his quirky and unique spin on hip hop culture and New York life has made him a fixture on the hip hop scene. But what has endeared him to people most has been his undying passion for everything he covers, whether it’s hip hop, sports, professional wrestling, comedy, politics or entertainment.

Peter’s going to be stopping by for a pre-show pre-show Q+A at 6 PM tonight, so if you’ve got any questions about him, his career, what he thinks about Night Of Champions or how terrible Nicki Minaj is, make sure to drop a comment below and preface it with @Peter so he’ll have an easier time answer it. This is an awesome opportunity for us, so let’s make him feel welcome.

How To Unlock:

Log into UPROXX (or create an account), then share your participation in today’s live discussion on Facebook or Twitter to unlock the ‘Heath Slater ONE MAN BADGE.’

You want this. So let’s have fun hanging out with Peter Rosenberg, then slightly less fun watching Alberto Del Rio lose again.

Welcome to the second pay-per-view in two weeks! I actually got to see this one, so before we begin:

- If you give his a read, please share it with everyone you have ever met. I’m not kidding. Show it to your ex-girlfriends, your high school teachers, people you see wandering around out front of the community college, homeless people. I’m looking to spread the word about these reports and can use every Facebook share and Retweet and Spotify Spotification you can muster. And no, I don’t have any idea what Spotify is or how it works.

- Also, I’d really appreciate it if you’d leave a comment after you’re done to let us know what you thought of the show or the report. If I can become enough of a voice for the voiceless, Jim Rome will start thinking I’m real and let me on his show.

- If you aren’t familiar with the Hell In A Cell concept, be sure to check out The Masked Man’s excellent Hell In A Cell preview over at Grantland. Also, bug him on the Internet so he’ll fill in for me on one of these reports one day. I can return the favor to him by filling in for Chuck Klosterman and remembering Ninja Turtles.

The Best and Worst of WWE Hell In A Cell is after the jump. Enjoy.

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Let’s get a couple of things out of the way:

- I am not Brandon. My name is Andrew Johnson, and while both Brandon and I are wrestling fans and bloggers, the best way to tell us apart is that he’s vegan and I only eat things that can look at me with sad eyes. Also he’s really good and I get paid in superfluous wanking motions.

- I write about wrestling four times a week (usually) at The John Report, a blog about wrestling and your toiletry needs.

- I’m funny. If you don’t believe me, ask my mom.

- Although Lobster Dog was not on the card he is the champion of my heart, so that has to count for something.

- This is my first time writing at With Leather, so leave me some good karma in the comment section. Brandon has some extremely large shoes to fill, and your positive feedback is the only thing that will give me the experience points I need to having more Uproxx opportunities, so hook a destitute blogger guy up. Unless you don’t like what you read. In that case just keep it to yourself.

- I really like bullet points.

Enjoy the Best and Worst of Night of Champions.

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