WWE Clash Of Champions 2020: 10 Most Likely Outcomes

Been there, done that, retained the title.

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It's nearly time for every single champion in WWE to dust off their title belts, throw on their game faces and prove to the world why they are worthy of holding the gold. We are, of course, talking about the annual Clash of Champions event where all the title holders of Raw and SmackDown will defend their championships (except for the unlucky one relegated to the Kick-Off show).

It's hard to think about WWE right now without getting flashbacks to the horrendous debut of RETRIBUTION but perhaps a gimmicky champions-and-challengers-only PPV is exactly what we need. Then again, the faction could always find a way to make their presence felt and, if we're being totally honest, nobody wants to see that.

But enough about the 'ifs' and 'maybes' of the event; we're here to talk about the things that are likely - some more than likely - to go down at Clash of Champions as Roman Reigns faces off with family in Jey Uso, Drew McIntyre and Randy Orton try to batter each other in an Ambulance match and The Street Profits take on Andrade and Angel Garza for 54876578218th time.

10. There Will Be A LOT Of Filler

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It's not unheard of for any kind of wrestling event to feature a filler match or two to pad things out a bit and give the audience a chance to breathe between the high-stakes contests, but Clash of Champions is destined to be bogged down with them.

By its very design, it requires every single champion to compete at the event, regardless of what's actually happening in their lives outside of the PPV. It doesn't require old rivals to settle their blood feuds or new foes to finally dance, it just requires the champ to show up and defend his or her championship against anyone. And thanks to WWE's expert booking (lol), there is a lot of the latter going around on the Clash of Champions card.

The Raw Tag Team Championship match is an obvious offender because it's one rematch we never need to see again, but the SmackDown Tag Team Titles bout between the teams of Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro and the Lucha House Party also has filler written all over it, while Bayley is forced to face off against Nikki Cross even though she's feuding with Sasha Banks because the creative team aren't ready to pull the trigger on that one yet. This one may have an interesting ending, but the match itself doesn't feel earned. And speaking of not being earned, Zelina Vega's last-minute challenge to Asuka is the definition of filler.

On that note...

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