Ranking every main roster PPV of 2017

#14 Clash of Champions (December 17)

More a ping than a clash.

The final PPV of the year looked like it had an underwhelming card and it lived up to that appearance. The triple threat match between Bobby Roode, Dolph Ziggler, and Baron Corbin was surprisingly the match of the night, but it ended in a confusing way, as Ziggler walked out with the gold, a booking decision that doesn't really move anything forward in the long run. It looked very much like a consolation prize for Ziggler, who seemed to trend toward leaving the company the week prior.

The lumberjack match for the women's title missed any opportunity it had to mean something by failing to have Carmella cash in her Money in the Bank contract. Inside the ring, Charlotte and Natalya had their worst match together of the year, and outside, it all devolved into a meaningless squabble. It is sadly most memorable for Natalya's angry tirade in an unnecessary post-match interview.

The fatal 4-way tag team match disappointed, given who was in it, but it's arguably the multi-man format left it with no room to get off the ground anyway. The right decision was made in The Usos retaining, at least.

As expected, the tag team match with Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon as guest referees was entirely focused on authority figure shenanigans and was a very basic match for the talents involved in the ring.

Finally, AJ Styles took Jinder Mahal to a watchable match, which is good for the latter's standards. The best part of this event was the immense sigh of relief we all breathed when AJ retained his WWE Championship.

Overall, it was a very lazy show that only approached well once. There was nothing atrocious about it, but "watchable" was the best it achieved for almost the entire night.