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Revision as of 02:14, 6 December 2017
| Clash of Champions (2017) | |||
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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | SmackDown | ||
| Date | December 17, 2017 | ||
| City | Boston, Massachusetts | ||
| Venue | TD Garden | ||
| WWE Network event chronology | |||
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| Clash of Champions chronology | |||
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Clash of Champions (2017) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view event and WWE Network event produced by WWE for the SmackDown brand. It will take place on December 17, 2017, at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.[1] It will be the second event under the Clash of Champions chronology.
Background
The card will feature matches resulting from scripted storylines and have results predetermined by WWE on the SmackDown brand.[2][3] Storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television show SmackDown Live.[4] Every championship exclusive to SmackDown – the WWE Championship, the United States Championship, the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, and the SmackDown Women's Championship – will be defended.
On the November 7 episode of SmackDown, AJ Styles defeated Jinder Mahal to win the WWE Championship for the second time.[5] This resulted in Styles taking Mahal's place in the Universal Champion versus WWE Champion match at Survivor Series against Raw's Brock Lesnar, which Styles lost.[6] The following SmackDown, Styles came out and addressed the WWE fans. Mahal appeared on the TitanTron and challenged Styles to a rematch for the championship at Clash of Champions. The Singh Brothers (Samir and Sunil Singh) attacked Styles, but Styles fought them off and performed a Styles Clash on Samir. Styles then accepted Mahal's challenge and a handicap match between Styles and The Singh Brothers was scheduled for the following week.[7] Before the handicap match could officially begin, Mahal and The Singh Brothers attacked Styles during his entrance. However, Styles defeated The Singh Brothers. Afterwards, Mahal attempted to attack Styles, who retreated. A frustrated Mahal then proceeded to attack The Singh Brothers, performing a Khallas on both Samir and Sunil.[8]
On the November 14 episode of SmackDown, Charlotte Flair defeated Natalya to win the SmackDown Women's Championship.[9] This resulted in Flair taking Natalya's place in the Raw Women's Champion versus SmackDown Women's Champion match at Survivor Series against Raw's Alexa Bliss, which Flair won.[6] Two days later on SmackDown, a rematch for the SmackDown Women's Championship was scheduled, but the match ended in a no contest after Flair and Natalya were attacked by the main roster debuts of NXT's Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, and Sarah Logan, calling themselves The Riott Squad.[7] On December 1 on WWE.com, in honoring the theme of the event, Byron Saxton announced that Flair and Natalya would have a SmackDown Women's Championship rematch at Clash of Champions.[10]
On the November 21 episode of SmackDown, during the Lumberjack match between The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) and Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, United States Champion Baron Corbin accidentally hit Bobby Roode, which caused a brawl between all of the lumberjacks.[7] The following week, while Roode was being interviewed by Charly Caruso, Corbin interrupted. Roode then issued a challenge to Corbin for the United States Championship, but Corbin denied his request.[7] However, on December 1, in honoring the theme of the event, it was announced that Corbin would defend the title in a triple threat match against Roode and Dolph Ziggler at Clash of Champions.[10]
On the October 10 episode of SmackDown, Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin defeated The Hype Bros (Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder), Breezango (Fandango and Tyler Breeze), and The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) in a number one contender's fatal four-way tag team match.[11] Gable and Benjamin received their SmackDown Tag Team Championship match on the November 7 episode of SmackDown and defeated champions The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso), but by count-out, and as a result, The Usos retained the titles.[5] Over the next couple of weeks, the teams traded wins in singles matches where Jimmy defeated Gable,[9] and Benjamin defeated Jey.[7] On the November 28 episode, The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) defeated Gable and Benjamin.[8] The following week, in honoring the theme of the event, it was announced that The Usos would defend the SmackDown Tag Team Championship against The New Day and Gable and Benjamin in a triple threat tag team match at Clash of Champions.[10]
Matches
| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||||
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| 1 | AJ Styles (c) vs. Jinder Mahal | Singles match for the WWE Championship[12] | ||||
| 2 | Baron Corbin (c) vs. Bobby Roode vs. Dolph Ziggler | Triple threat match for the WWE United States Championship[13] | ||||
| 3 | The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) (c) vs. Aiden English and Rusev vs. Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin vs. The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and/or Xavier Woods) | Fatal four-way tag team match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship[14] | ||||
| 4 | Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Natalya | Lumberjack match for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship[15] | ||||
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See also
References
- ^ "WWE Clash of Champions tickets available now". WWE. September 27, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Steinberg, Brian (2016-05-25). "WWE's 'Smackdown' Will Move To Live Broadcast On USA (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
- ^ a b Barnett, Jake. "11/7 Barnett's WWE Smackdown Live TV Review: Jinder Mahal vs. AJ Styles for the WWE Championship, The Usos vs. Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable for the Smackdown Tag Titles, Becky Lynch vs. James Ellsworth". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^ a b Powell, Jason. "Powell's WWE Survivor Series 2017 live review: Brock Lesnar vs. AJ Styles, "Team Raw" Kurt Angle, Braun Strowman, Triple H, Finn Balor, and Samoa Joe vs. "Team Smackdown" Shane McMahon, John Cena, Shinsuke Nakamura, Randy Orton, and Bobby Roode, The Shield vs. New Day, Charlotte vs. Alexa Bliss". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Keller, Wade. "Keller's WWE Smackdown Report 11/21: Survivor Series fallout including Shane McMahon responding to KO and Sami attacking him". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
- ^ a b Barnett, Jake. "11/28 Barnett's WWE Smackdown Live TV Review: Kevin Owens vs. Randy Orton, AJ Styles vs. The Singh Brothers in a handicap match, New Day vs. Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable, Fashion Files". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
- ^ a b Barnett, Jake (November 14, 2017). "11/14 Barnett's WWE Smackdown Live TV Review: Natalya vs. Charlotte for the Smackdown Women's Championship, Baron Corbin vs. Sin Cara for the U.S. Title, New Day vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, final hype for Survivor Series". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Three big title matches announced for WWE Clash of Champions: WWE.com Exclusive". WWE. December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
- ^ Keller, Wade (October 10, 2017). "Keller's WWE Smackdown Report 10/10: Sami Zayn has some explaining to do, Owens-Shane fallout, Styles challenges Corbin". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
- ^ Benigno, Anthony. "WWE Champion AJ Styles vs. Jinder Mahal". WWE. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
- ^ Benigno, Anthony. "United States Champion Baron Corbin vs. Bobby Roode vs. Dolph Ziggler". Retrieved December 1, 2017.
- ^ Melok, Bobby. "SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos vs. The New Day vs. Shelton Benjamin & Chad Gable vs. Rusev & Aiden English". Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ Burdick, Mcihael. "SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair vs. Natalya (Lumberjack Match)". Retrieved December 5, 2017.