12 HUGE WWE Clash Of Champions 2019 Predictions You Need To Know
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Clash Of The Champions could and should be brilliant. Or, troublingly, it could be really, really awful.
Consider this; WWE pay-per-views in 2019 have been (with odd rule-proving exceptions) an absolute f*cking hoot. A break from the at-times torturous churn of main roster television, the Sunday supershows have reflected the company operating at peak Sports Entertainment performance, with good-to-great action untarnished by sh*tty scripting, solid comedy and dream reconciliation from legend and experienced hands, with the odd banger even lingering around on one or two of them. In the case of Extreme Rules' Graveyard Dogs/Drew McIntyre & Shane McMahon belter, it had all of the above.
Some of the success has to be put down the aforementioned churn though - the dreaded beats and rhythms that made Raw in particular so hard to watch for so long. By virtue of how bad the weekly show was, the monthly provided a palette cleanser. But that's not been a fitting description of the flagship this month. Raw's been quality since just before SummerSlam.
WWE, for the first time in an ice age, have to maintain the heat from television rather than simply find it on a pay-per-view. Here's hoping, for a rare change, Clash Of Champions 2019 reflects a company that can do both.
12. Drew Gulak (c) Vs. Humberto Carrillo Vs. Lince Dorado
WWE's holding pattern with their Cruiserweight division doesn't not work, so it's understandable why they follow the dominant champion model so often, but the total lack of upward momentum for the league equally renders it all a little bit pointless. In the place of angles lasting longer than a month or title matches meaning anything a few seconds after the referee counts three, early-evening bangers are the last great preserve of the 205 fan.
Drew Gulak's triple threat defence potentially promises another. Lince Dorado, without hyperbole, should have already been a multi-time champion by now, had the division ever developed a true identity beyond "missable". Humberto Carrillo's modest success on NXT alongside Raul Mendoza never resulted in the pair of them moving into the TakeOver echelon of the brand, but this opportunity (even if bumped to the Kickoff) for Carrillo is overdue in light of his efforts on 205 Live.
It all ends with another win for Gulak of course, in spite of what the challengers can offer. Ahead of some potential instability, the division requires its rock to remain solid.
Winner - Drew Gulak