7 WWE Clash Of Champions 2017 Results Predictions

The final WWE pay-per-view of 2017 is sort of the wrestling equivalent of working in retail on Christmas Eve. You reckon you should be finished until the new year, but there's still this one last agonising hurdle to get over. It's impossible to care about what's on offer - and the shelves really are stripped bare by this stage - so you have no option but to tough it out. And, er, review it the next day. Perhaps this analogy is personal.

Either way, it's undeniably crap. They haven't even bothered giving it a festive name, like the Christmas Cracker or SantaSlam. What's the point? Heck, even December to Dismember would have done - Lord knows about as many people will buy it! But no, it's just plain ol' gibberish 'Clash of Champions', still hating on the definite article. It wouldn't be so bad if champions were actually clashing, but they're not. WrestleFestive? Snow Mercy? Come on guys, look what you missed out on.

Anyway, sh*te name or not, it's unfortunately happening, which means one of us has to pluck out predictions as though lucky coins in a Christmas pudding. One thing is for sure: like Jesus' birthday, it's stuff we've all seen before. Who'll end the night wearing paper crowns and who'll be passed out on the sofa this time around?

If rumours circulating this weekend are to be believed, Vince McMahon has been entertaining ideas of an XFL revival ever since ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary on the subject, which as it happens is also at the time he was heard asking Linda if she'd seen his mind around the house. What next, a Chris Benoit DVD?

If Vince is adamant about bringing back what he personally described as a "colossal failure", he'll need some stars for it. No, not Lawrence Taylor: he's had his turn. Step forth Mojo Rawley. What, did you think he won that Andre the Giant battle royal for nothing? That, and, oddly, this pre-show victory over former partner Zack Ryder, are just the pre-cursor to this major franchise reboot.

Prediction: Believe the hype: Rawley sees off Ryder, then stars in XFL's second season.