8 Big Concerns Ahead Of WWE Clash Of Champions 2017

6. US Title Tedium

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Here's a list of things that don't suck about the current United States Title feud:-

1. Dolph Ziggler's hair.

2. None of their recent matches have gone longer than four minutes.

... aaaaaand that's it.

The Corbin/Ziggler/Roode rivalry has given us some of the laziest, most uninspired television WWE have produced all year, with the performers forced to conform to one rote formula after another. This week's offerings were a near-direct recreation of the previous show's, with Roode, the guest commentator, interrupting a bout between his two opponents. It's a complete waste of airtime, and the sooner it ends, the better.

This is 2017's coldest pay-per-view bout. Interest levels couldn't be lower, and the stage is perfectly set for an absolute snorefest between a man who's been mailing it in since January (Dolph), a resthold-spamming peacock whose appeal is all character-based (Bobby), and the company's least exciting champion ('Big Banter' himself). Add the contrived WWE Triple Threat format to the equation, in which the wrestlers take it in turns to conveniently sit around outside the ring while the other two fight each other, and you have a recipe for monotony.

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