3 things that could happen at WWE Clash of Champions 2019

With SummerSlam firmly in the rear-view mirror and a hot fall of wrestling action ahead of us, WWE will kick off the action with their annual Clash of Champions pay-per-view which will emulate live from the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina on the WWE Network. With this being the one night of the year that every title is on the line, this Sunday’s show is shaping up to be a good one. There are currently 11 matches scheduled for this Sunday’s show.

On the RAW side of the card, AJ Styles will defend the United States Championship against Cedric Alexander. Becky Lynch will defend the RAW Women’s Championship in a highly anticipated match against Sasha Banks. In the main events on the Red brand, Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman will pull double duty as they first defend their RAW Tag Team titles against Bobby Roode and Dolph Ziggler, then Rollins and Strowman go one-on-one for the Universal Championship.

On the SmackDown side of the card, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross will defend the Women’s Tag Team titles against Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville. Roman Reigns will take on Erick Rowan, Shinsuke Nakamura will defend the Intercontinental Championship against The Miz, Bayley will defend the SmackDown Women’s Championship against Charlotte Flair, The New Day will defend the SmackDown Tag Team titles against The Revival. In the main event for the Blue brand, Kofi Kingston will defend the WWE Championship against Randy Orton.

There will also be a Cruiserweight title match between Drew Gulak and Humberto Carrillo, The previously scheduled King of the Ring finals will take place next Monday on RAW instead of this Sunday.

With that being said, here are three things possible for this Sunday’s PPV:

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#3 Randy Orton will end Kofi Kingston's WWE Title Reign

Will Randy Orton finally reclaim WWE Gold?

After a disappointing end to their match last month at SummerSlam, Randy Orton will once again challenge Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship. While Kingston escaped the Viper’s strike at SummerSlam, he won’t be so lucky this time.

As mentioned last month, Kingston has had a pretty long title reign and while it has been a good reign, it is nearing time for a change and Orton is the perfect person to take the title off of Kofi. A babyface is usually always better chasing the title, and Kingston trying to regain what he worked 11 years to achieve would make for captivating television.

The other benefit to an Orton WWE title reign is that it could also mean a Revival SmackDown Tag Team title reign. Orton and Revival have formed a group named FTRKO, which has reminded most people of Legacy, another Orton led group from a decade ago. The Revival have finally gotten some heel heat by aligning with Orton and attacking New Day, so an Orton WWE title reign and Revival tag team title reign would give them much needed credibility and make The Revival huge stars.

#2 Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler will win the RAW Tag Team Championships

Will another odd-couple team become champions?

In a match of two makeshift teams, the team of Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler will take on the RAW Tag Team Champions Braun Strowman and Seth Rollins, who is also Universal Champion.

Strowman and Rollins won the tag team titles from The OC after Strowman saved Rollins from a beatdown at the hands of The OC and AJ Styles. Rollins returned the favor a week later and the rest is history. To add fuel to the fire, Strowman will also be challenging Rollins for the Universal Championship later in the night. Roode and Ziggler were a thrown together team as well and won a tag team turmoil match.

While it was a strange and unpopular decision to take the tag titles off of the OC, it was even stranger decision to put them on two main eventers who won’t be a long-term team and have a Universal title match later in the night. With that being said, even if they are a random team, Roode and Ziggler have the potential to be a good tag team and it gives them something to do.

It is almost a certainty that Roode and Ziggler are going to win the belts this Sunday. However, the question is will Rollins or Strowman turn heel in this match leading up to their Universal title bout later in the night? The most likely scenario is that Strowman and Rollins have some sort of miscommunication which leads to one of them getting pinned and a heated backstage discussion.

#1 The Fiend will make his presence felt in the Universal Championship Match

Will "The Fiend" make his presence felt?

WWE has booked their way into a corner with the Universal Championship match this Sunday between Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman, but there is a way to get out of that corner. All they have to do is “Let Him In”.

The main issue with the Rollins vs Strowman match is that neither one can afford to lose at this point. Rollins just won the Universal title at SummerSlam from Brock Lesnar in a great match. On the other hand, Strowman has finally been booked strong again after a stretch of poor booking. So, a clean loss for either one would do more harm than good. That is where “The Fiend” comes in.

The Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California, the location for next month’s Hell in a Cell PPV, tweeted that “The Fiend” would be challenging the winner of the Rollins vs Strowman match for the Universal Championship at the event. Whether this is true or just a red herring remains to be seen, but it does give WWE an out to this Sunday’s match.

Rollins and Strowman could both be in the middle of the ring, and all of a sudden, the lights slowly go out and eventually you see Bray Wyatt in the ring and he takes them both out, leading to a no-contest. In this scenario, Rollins and Strowman both look strong and The Fiend is inserted into the title picture, which leads to a couple of scenarios at Hell in a Cell in October.