WWE Clash of Champions 2019

The gold theming for the LEDs helps this show stand out a bit visually. OH THANK GOD A LENGTHY RECAP OF THE ROMAN REIGNS MYSTERY HOUR! Shame it wasn't Old Man Jenkins. Cruiserweigh title is up and Aiden splooges over Humberto. This gets a big match lights-out intro to attempt to make it seem important. This fails spectacularly as no one gets a reaction. THIS IS PAWS-DOWN THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY OF LINCE DORADO'S CAREER! - that was a Striker-esque all-time bad line from Aiden.

Drew gets a long kneeling Corbinlock on Carrillo. Drew gets a gutbuster on Lince for 2. Kneeling half-nelson on the mat for Drew. Lince gets a handspring kick and either knees Drew or misses before Carrillo lands a basement dropkick for 2. Doomsday Fosbury flop by Lince to the others gets a mild applause. This gets a complimentary 205 chant briefly before a 2. Lince does some crazy shit and Drew steals the pin to win.

This Charlotte-Bayley video package is just ridiculous. So Charlotte's a bitchy heel - but at least she admits it, while Bayley is...siding with her best friend and wants to be a role model. So the story of this Charlotte vs. Bayley match is that Bayley is an underdog who must fight from underneath to defeat the cocky legacy star who has been given chance after chance to succeed? Bayley and Sasha cut terrible promos about being able to meet tough challenges and beating the odds.

Cedric comes down to face AJ with Cole saying that the former Cruiserweight Champion is here to win his first major title. CA hits a snap Michinoku driver for 2.9! SUPLEX ON THE APRON BY AJ. Clash on the floor hits, but he rolls him and that takes time, so it only gets 2. Ushigoroshi hits for AJ. Calf slicer is on, but Cedric escapes, so AJ just kicks the leg out a bunch. AJ goes for a kick on the apron and he catches the foot and lands the spinning back elbow for 2.  AJ hits the forearm and Cedric takes a crazy bump for it before a Clash ends it. Well, Cedric did get the always-dreaded MOMENTUM before the match by winning on Raw. And then Cedric gets his ass kicked. THIS'LL GET HIM OVER! A night of champions...a clash of champions...for the Raw tag team titles of the World! Coach is just the best.

Corey wants the faces to screw each other in this. Corey brings up that Roode's greatest success was in a team and then Dolph lands a big leaping DDT on the floor to Seth. Seth avoids another and shoves Dolph off before tagging Braun in. Braun charges in and runs wild before Seth tags back in and then runs wild with a slingblade and a suicide dive. Boy, this is a bit like having Ricky Morton play a babyface in peril and then eventually do his own comeback. Braun accidentally charges into Seth and a Glorious DDT hits Seth and Bobby Roode pins the UNIVERSAL CHAMPION.

Braun says that Seth lost the title and he's on a losing streak - that he'll continue. Becky cuts a goofy promo burying Sasha for doing nothing but dye her hair while she had the biggeet year in history. There is no bigger match than this. "It doesn't get any bigger than this!" - you JUST SAID YOU MAIN EVENTED WRESTLEMANIA. IT LITERALLY DOES GET BIGGER THAN THIS. Charlotte comes out to a great babyface reaction in her hometown and Bayley's getting boos - so that's good. Charlotte jumps her and gets 2 off a yakuza kick - so they made the mistake of having two rapid-fare knockout-style covers up front for title matches. Charlotte destroys her on the floor and then boots her again, but Bayley smashes Charlotte's face into an exposed buckle and wins it. Well that sure was a thing.

Revival is out to face the New Day for the SD Tag Titles. Woods is out after the knee breaker stuff with a brace and gets taken out early. E is a face in peril, but Woods recovers and tags in and lands the honor roll lariat.  E catches Dash on the floor, but he eats a headbutt before the suplex can be done and then land a Shatter Machine on the floor. Vic calls a chop block to the knee a cock block. Shatter Machine to Woods leads to them taking the knee brace off and then the tights before Dawson locks on a Trailer Hitch and that ends it and they become former NXT, Raw, and SD tag champs.

 

Dawson says the titles are no longer covered in pancake batter - they have been revived! Alexa and
her rack and Nikki are interviewed before Truth blows his cover. Nikki takes out Mandy and mocks her. Truth and the 24/7 guys come out. Hawkins using Edge's '98 gear design is hilarious. Alexa goes for a cradle on Truth, but it gets 2 and they just run around before Mandy and Alexa wrestle a bit.

Miz and Nakamura have a pretty boring match. I dig them showing Sami's beating at the hands of Taker, but it would've made more sense to show that BEFORE HE CAME OUT. Becky vs. Sasha gets a non-finish of sorts with a DQ after Becky hits the ref with a chair. Sasha gets a great close call with a pair of backstabbers and a crossface.



Kofi vs. Orton is a bunch of nothing. Punt misses and Kofi hits the tornado kick to win it.  Street Profits run down tonights events before Angelo says he loves stinkfaces and they talk about KOTR. KING BOOKAH returns and he tells them to get their heads right. Rowan vs. Roman starts off strong with punches in the corner. Drive by hits on the apron. Rowan beats him with steps for a while before Roman uses them and gets 2 off the superman punch. Long walk and brawl. "No matter how agonizing the action is!" - thanks Corey! They brawl on the stage and use a jib camera - with Rowan getting the ass end of the ass-kicking here. He preps for a ramp-running spear and HARPER BOOTS ROMAN. Iron claw slam ends it!

Seth starts off his match with three superkicks and a high fly flow for 1. Braun goes to bowl him over but eats a dop toehold. Another superkicks puts him on a table and he wants a frog splash, but Braun darts up and sends him down. Strowman gordbusts him off a superplex attampt and Braun hits a splash for 2.9. Seth gets a sleeper and it turns into the Stomp for 1! A second one hits for 2! A THIRD GETS 2 and then a pedigree hits alongside a fourth stomp for the win. Well that was a bit better than I expected. A blackout leads to THE FIEND and Sister Abigail on the ramp before a mandible claw. The horror movie music sting works great for this act.