Clash of Champions thoughts + more

I know I'm a bit late on this, but I've got a few thoughts regarding Clash of Champions. I mostly want to cover a few major points.


Tag Team Title Match. Once again, New Day managed to retain the titles. This time, Xavier had to use a trombone to help the team win. I seriously expect heels to do stuff like this, but a face team? When I see a face team struggle to keep their titles like this, it really makes them look desperate. I think it would look better if a team like Anderson & Gallows to just get the win, forcing New Day to chase the titles.

I'm seriously bored with New Day as champions. I mentioned this previously and it's worth repeating. I realize WWE is hyping New Day with a record breaking title reign. Trust me, I get it. I'm just not thrilled with how WWE is building this record. If they want to build New Day up as such a dominate team, don't make them into such a joke.

When Demolition was building their record, they were allowed to actually kick ass. I can't remember if they were faces or heels at that time. Not sure if that's relevant to this point. They didn't have to be ridiculous. Even as faces, they were allowed to be ass kickers.

New Day, during most of the groups history, has been a bunch of goof offs. I know that's normal, but most goof offs typically don't have long title reigns. That's usually because they're used as comedians and not serious wrestlers. To me, this makes the titles look weak when comedian wrestlers are allowed to be champions too long.

They're capable of doing more then just being comedians. Allow them to show what they're capable of doing without goofing off so much. Even wrestlers like Edge & Christian were allowed to develop into serious wrestlers.

Anderson & Gallows would be a serious change of pace as tag team champions.

This brings me to another concern. What the hell was the point of a best-of-seven series between Cesaro and Sheamus if it's going to end up tied? I was hoping that maybe, just maybe, logic would be used. The first point that would've been obvious would've been book a rematch, only this time we must have a winner. It could've involved a cage match. Could've been a Last Man Standing match. Book a Submission match, as far as I'm concerned. A match could've been booked where one of these guys had to fucking win.

Nope. Couldn't get that. A suitable 2nd choice would've been a triple threat match for the Universal title. If booked right, this would've been acceptable. It could've been booked as simply as Foley or Stephanie telling Sheamus & Cesaro that they're being viewed as equals because of how badly they've been beating each other up. Since they're viewed as equals, they both get a shot at the Universal title.


Nope, couldn't get that.

What do we get instead? WWE uses the crap of "we promised they'd get A title shot, but didn't state which title they'd challenge for" bullshit. Since we didn't specify what title you'd challenge for, we're going to make arch rivals team up to challenge for the tag team titles, but only if they seriously want their title shot.

Yeah, like that hasn't been beaten to death over the years. Sadly, this is how I expect New Day to drop the titles. Make them drop the titles to a mix & match team where both wrestlers hate each others' guts. Then, just to make a point, they'll somehow keep the titles a few months, forcing them to work together for awhile.

Next.....I'm cool with Charlotte being the champion. Basic logic seems to apply here. Her challengers look strong going into the title matches. When the big match happens, she finds a way of retaining the title. They manage to do so while still allowing Charlotte to look credible. WWE seems to have the Charlotte booked in a fashion where she cheats, but still allow her to show off her talents. Nice balance, so far, IMO.

I also have to ask why Roman Reigns was allowed to leave Clash of Champions as new United States Champion. Considering how he's been booked, I thought it would've made sense for Rusev to remain champion, even if it was through hook & crook. When a face dominates this much going into a major title match, it makes sense to have the heel somehow leave as champion. Allow for the heel champ to pull off a few big matches where he squirms out as the champion, only for the face to finally get his ultimate revenge.

Perhaps WWE will surprise me. I hope so. I doubt it, but I'm hoping they manage to find a way of surprising me.

Looks like WWE is serious about having Roman as a midcarder for awhile, which I'll happily live with. When fans are ready to accept him as a main eventer, then push him back to the top. WWE has more room for top stars with a roster split. Roman will have his shot at the main event again, with the right grooming.


Finally, it doesn't surprise me that Kevin Owens is still Universal Champion. I was expecting Triple H to interfere at one point. Then again, Jericho's interference wasn't a surprise either. From what I caught on Raw, earlier, I think a Jericho/Owens feud will be inevitable. We've seen this before. Two close "buddies", one of which is a champion. The wrestler without the title becomes jealous. Jericho did make the comment along the lines "we're the champ"....something along those lines.

I suspect this will build into Jericho being jealous. Maybe Owens becomes ticked off with Jericho trying to steal his thunder. We'll likely see things involving Jericho believing he's really the champ and whatnot. There are several options WWE could probably go with.

If a feud eventually happens like I suspect, this could be entertaining. Jericho & Owens are both entertaining wrestlers. I feel they could put on a great series of matches, if allowed to.

Thoughts? Comments?