8 HUGE WWE Clash Of Champions 2017 Predictions You Need To Know

3. Cash Of Champions

Carmella SmackDown
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With no titles changing hands elsewhere on the 'Clash Of Champions', the evening will belong to Carmella, having patiently waited to pick her spot to cash in the golden opportunity she won twice back in June.

Only made more credible by comparison when Baron Corbin bid farewell to his briefcase during the dark days of summer, the 'Princess Of Staten Island' has nearly seen out 2017 with hers, but an opportunity will present itself that will simply be too good to pass up.

With the Lumberjack match between Charlotte Flair and Natalya coming to a predictably chaotic close, she'll already be stationed at ringside ready to pounce. Though Flair will be the one to win that battle, she'll lose the ultimate war when Carmella takes full advantage of the carnage with her shocking decision.

It'll be an auspicious start to her life as champion, but her tenure as Ms. Money In The Bank began in similarly controversial fashion. More than anything else she's done thus far on the main roster, Carmella spat fire in defending her original victory, and rode the wave of momentum all the way to a follow-up win. She can no prepare for the holidays to be the most fabulous time of the year. Rematches with Flair will only further her progression.

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