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Welcome to the PPV edition - things WWE subtly told us at Clash of Champions 2020. It turned out to be a fun PPV despite not having the strongest overall card and a few strong matches and an extremely strong ending made for incredible television. We're excited to see what's next, but for now, let's look at what happened at Clash of Champions 2020!
#6 The change we were waiting to see from Roman Reigns finally happened at Clash of Champions
From a storytelling standpoint, everything about this rivalry was excellent - and the match was the icing on the cake. With all due respect to Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman, the one-month storyline between Roman Reigns and Jey Uso heading into Clash of Champions proved to be far more interesting than anything that was done in the four months from WrestleMania 36 to SummerSlam 2020.
The family aspect of it is one part, but the other side is Roman Reigns' character transformation ever since he returned at SummerSlam 2020. He's been a heel and while he hasn't acted heel-ish heading into Clash of Champions 2020, we saw a glimpse of it on the go-home episode of SmackDown and we then witnessed it tenfold at Clash of Champions.
Roman Reigns is a more experienced main eventer and the initial story of the match was about him beating down Jey Uso in what seemed rather one-sided. Jey Uso did eventually fight back and came close to winning at the Clash of Champions main event, but as we know, there won't be any plans for Roman Reigns to lose the Universal title anytime soon.
We finally got to see one side of the heel Roman Reigns, where he brutally beatdown Jey Uso, forcing Jimmy Uso to come out and eventually throw in the towel despite his brother's refusal.
Roman Reigns demanded that Jey Uso acknowledge him as the Tribal Chief and he never did so, although Jimmy Uso uttered the words to seemingly calm his cousin down. Ultimately, Paul Heyman ended up putting the garland on Roman Reigns, seemingly cementing himself as the Tribal Chief.
What was interesting at the end was a line by Corey Graves, where he simply asked if this was what Roman Reigns was willing to do to his family, what would he do to others?
This might just sum up the excitement in Roman Reigns' upcoming heel run. We're thrilled to see what happens next after Clash of Champions.
#5 What's next in the Drew McIntyre-Randy Orton saga after Clash of Champions?
While we certainly can't confirm it, Clash of Champions 2020 seems to have been the end of the Drew McIntyre-Randy Orton rivalry. While we admittedly predicted that Randy Orton would win the WWE title and that the ambulance match was a stipulation to protect Drew McIntyre, the opposite ended up being true.
Instead, Drew McIntyre not only won, but he retained in the least-impressive fashion since winning the WWE title at WrestleMania 36. Now, the Clash of Champions co-main event was excellent in its own right. Running for over 20 minutes, the two had a war that wasn't a "methodical" match on Randy Orton's part.
Instead, Randy Orton had the ghosts of his recent past haunt him at Clash of Champions 2020 as he was attacked by Big Show while still in the ring, Christian backstage and a Sweet Chin Music from Shawn Michaels before being lightly shoved off the ambulance roof.
We're not sure how WWE intends to set up a Hell in a Cell match between the two, but it seemed to be a payoff of sorts after the brutal beatings that Randy Orton had given the legends. The cherry on the cake was Ric Flair driving him away in a door-less ambulance.
#4 RETRIBUTION has no presence at Clash of Champions as The Hurt Business go about uninterrupted
Clash of Champions proved to be a great night at the office for Bobby Lashley, MVP, and The Hurt Business. The Hurt Business and MVP are the two best things that have happened to Bobby Lashley's career since returning to WWE in 2018.
He's now the United States Champion after beating Apollo Crews at Payback and he successfully defended the title at Clash of Champions, defeating the former titleholder with The Hurt Lock.
There was a lot of speculation about RETRIBUTION possibly making an impact in this match. Since The Hurt Business is now feuding with RETRIBUTION, it would make sense for a full-fledged attack at Clash of Champions 2020. Instead, RETRIBUTION seem nice enough to never interfere on PPVs as they had no appearance at SummerSlam, Payback, or Clash of Champions 2020.
Either way, it turned out well for Bobby Lashley, who had MVP in his corner while Apollo Crews had Ricochet. Things are looking good for The All Mighty.
#3 Clash of Champions proved that WWE is in no rush to dethrone The Street Profits
At Clash of Champions 2020, The Street Profits had yet another successful RAW Tag Team title defense against Andrade and Angel Garza, who they've defeated numerous times.
It was reported by PWInsider that Angel Garza suffered a hip injury of sorts, though the severity of it was unknown. It wasn't surprising that The Street Profits won at Clash of Champions 2020 since WWE doesn't have that many options, to begin with.
The Tag Team division is extremely shallow on both RAW and SmackDown, which is perhaps one of the circumstances that helped The Street Profits become the most successful tag team on RAW since 2016 when The New Day dominated the Tag Team title scene.
We're not sure if Clash of Champions was the end of the Street Profits-Andrade and Angel Garza feud, especially since there aren't many teams for them to feud with. However, WWE is at risk of the division becoming extremely stale quickly and there needs to be something done about it.
#2 The fallout in the Women's division at Clash of Champions 2020
The situation with the women's matches at Clash of Champions was interesting. Nikki Cross, Shayna Baszler, and Nia Jax were all pulled from their title matches as they weren't medically cleared, resulting in Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan having to pull out as well.
Asuka vs Zelina Vega got bumped up to the Clash of Champions main show, where Asuka predictably won and stood tall. What was interesting was the fact that she even stood in as Nikki Cross' replacement against Bayley, nearly defeating the SmackDown Women's Champion.
With two weeks left to complete a full calendar year as SmackDown Women's Champion, Bayley got herself disqualified to save her title reign. Immediately after, Sasha Banks returned at Clash of Champions and assaulted Bayley before the Champion narrowly escaped.
It's clear that not only are we finally getting the Sasha Banks-Bayley match, but it's going to be at Hell in a Cell, most likely inside the structure itself. Now that's a match that we can see headlining the show.
#1 Did the era of Sami Zayn begin at Clash of Champions?
It's hard to argue which the match of the night at Clash of Champions 2020 was. From a storytelling standpoint, the Universal title main event was the best. From an excitement and thriller standpoint, the WWE title co-main event was possibly the best. But in terms of a pure in-ring masterpiece, the opening Triple Threat Intercontinental title ladder match took the cake.
Jeff Hardy had to put his title on the line to prove who the true undisputed Intercontinental Champion was. It was an epic clash between three veterans. Sami Zayn outsmarted both opponents as he chained Jeff Hardy's pierced earlobe to a ladder while handcuffing AJ Styles, allowing himself to pick up an incredible victory.
Clash Of Champions was the best that Sami Zayn looked in years and now that he's the undisputed Intercontinental Champion, it might only be up from here for him.
Sami Zayn has long deserved a big break and Clash of Champions 2020 was WWE giving it to him.
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