WWE Clash of Champions 2019: 5 booking mistakes WWE made at the event 

Clash of Champions took over the Spectrum Centre in Charlotte, North Carolina last night. Interestingly and perhaps quite shockingly, despite the fact that every WWE main roster Championship was on the line, only two of them changed hands.

The SmackDown and RAW Tag Team Championships now have new owners since Dolph Ziggler, Robert Roode and The Revival walked out with the gold. Bray Wyatt also planted seeds for his match for the Universal Championship at Hell in a Cell in less than two weeks, whilst Luke Harper was one of the biggest shocks of the night when he appeared to help Erick Rowan overcome the threat of Roman Reigns in their no-disqualification match.

Even though Clash of Champions is seen as one of the best pay-per-views of the year, the company still made several mistakes throughout the show and here are just a few of them.

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#5 The ending to Becky Lynch vs Sasha Banks

It has been quite obvious ever since Sasha Banks' return to the company that WWE is looking to have the women inside Hell in a Cell once again this year. Banks is no stranger to the structure having made history when she wrestled Charlotte inside the cell back in 2016 and WWE needed to plant seeds last night.

Becky Lynch accidentally knocked out the official with a chair last night before she and Banks began brawling all over the arena and then ended up back in the ring to find out that Banks had won the match since Lynch was disqualified. Now, this happened all the time back in The Attitude Era and WWE would just send out a second official and the match would continue.

WWE obviously needed Lynch to lose via disqualification so that there was a reason that Banks was being given a second match for the title. The use of weapons and the brawl was a hint that these women would need to be locked inside the cell to overcome their issues, it was just disappointing that the end was so underwhelming since the two women put on a fantastic show.

#2 Seth Rollins defeated Braun Strowman

Seth Rollins managed to defeat Braun Strowman last night at Clash of Champions

Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman pulled double duty last night as they lost their Raw Tag Team Champions in the opening match of the show before the two men did battle for the Universal Championship in the main event.

Strowman inadvertently cost his team their Championships when he pushed Robert Roode into Rollins and he was then knocked into the turnbuckle and was later on course to become Universal Champion since he was wrestling a weakened Champion. Interestingly, Rollins once again came out on top the same way he was able to defeat Brock Lesnar as part of SummerSlam a few months ago.

Strowman is a monster and should have been able to get the better of Rollins, who had already been pinned earlier in the night, but obviously the company needed to push Rollins into a feud with The Fiend ahead of next month's Hell in a Cell pay-per-view. This means that The Architect managed to retain his Universal Championship despite the fact that he only used six moves in the entire match and then recycled his offense when needed.

#3 Daniel Bryan didn't appear

Erick Rowan managed to pin Roman Reigns

Erick Rowan took out Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns the weeks before Clash of Champions on SmackDown Live, but even though the match between Reigns and Rowan was no disqualification, Daniel Bryan didn't come out to get some revenge.

Roman was on top throughout the match and it was Luke Harper who went on to make the save for his Bludgeon Brothers partner, but wouldn't this have made more sense if Bryan had already come out then Harper could make the save the numbers game was against Erick Rowan?

It is unknown as to why Bryan wasn't part of the show last night unless there is yet another twist in this storyline that could lead to Bryan being revealed as one of the people behind the attacks, to begin with. What will be interesting now is whether or not Reigns is able to find a partner to help him to take on The Bludgeon Brothers in their subsequent match in the coming weeks.

Rowan was able to pin Roman Reigns clean as part of their match, which means that the company are definitely setting him up for a huge push since there aren't many stars who have been able to pin Roman Reigns over the past seven years.

#2 Robert Roode pinning Seth Rollins clean

Bobby Roode pinned Seth Rollins clean

Seth Rollins is the Universal Champion, but he was the man who was pinned so that he and Braun Strowman lost their Raw Tag Team Championships. Rollins was pinned by Robert Roode, who hasn't been able to win a match on WWE TV in months and has instead been stuck in the 24/7 Championship picture alongside a number of other jobbers.

WWE once again booked themselves into a corner with this match since Rollins needed to look strong and go on to retain his Championship against Braun, but Strowman also needed to still look strong since he was the challenger looking to take on The Beast Slayer and come out on top.

Neither man could really afford to be pinned, but in any other context, this would mean that Roode should be handed a Universal Championship match since he did pin the Champion. Even though it was Braun's fault and it was in a tag team match, it still counts and is the entire reason why Cedric Alexander was given a shot at AJ Styles and the United States Championship last night at Clash of Champions.

#1 AJ Styles vs Cedric Alexander on the kickoff show

AJ Styles' title defense was relegated to the pre-show

AJ Styles was forced to defend his United States Championship against Cedric Alexander last night at Clash of Champions, but it was only revealed a few minutes ahead of their match that the two stars would do battle on the pre-show.

Styles is a former WWE Champion and this feud has been one of the main pulls on Monday Night Raw over the past few weeks, but WWE made the decision to chose to push AJ's title defense onto the pre-show alongside the Cruiserweight Championship match where Drew Gulak also managed to retain his title.

It was a fantastic match that saw Styles not only retain but later call on his O.C. teammates, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson to come and beat down Alexander following his loss. It's obvious that this is building towards something between The O.C. and the likes of Alexander and Ricochet but the faces will need a third man and now there are just three episodes of Raw to add to what could be an interesting six-man showdown at Hell in a Cell on October 6th.