WWE Clash of Champions 2019: Full match card and predictions
By Mark Justice
WWE Clash of Champions 2019 will be the stage where all championships will be defended. Now that all the matches are official, the following will prepare the final match card predictions for a PPV made for champions.
From WWE Raw, the officially announced matches are as follows: (1) Seth Rollins (c) vs. Braun Strowman for the Universal Championship, (2) Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman (c) vs. Bobby Roode and Dolph Ziggler for the Raw Tag Team Championships, (3) Becky Lynch (c) vs. Sasha Banks for the Raw Women’s Championship, (4) AJ Styles (c) vs. Cedric Alexander for the United States Championship, and (5) Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross (c) vs. Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville for the Women’s Tag Team Championships.
From WWE SmackDown, the officially announced matches are as follows: (1) Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship, (2) The New Day (c) vs. The Revival for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, (3) Bayley (c) vs. Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women’s Championship, (4) Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. The Miz for the Intercontinental Championship, (5) Roman Reigns vs. Rowan.
From 205 Live, Drew Gulak is scheduled to defend his Cruiserweight Championship against Humberto Carillo and Lince Dorado in a triple threat match. This match will most likely be in the kickoff show.
With that being said, let’s predict the Clash of Champions 2019 card, starting with the kickoff match: Drew Gulak (c) vs. Humberto Carillo vs. Lince Dorado for the Cruiserweight Championship.
Drew Gulak (c) vs. Humberto Carillo vs. Lince Dorado [Cruiserweight Championship]
Many thought Oney Lorcan would get himself a rematch for the Cruiserweight Championship against Drew Gulak at Clash of Champions. Unfortunately for him, that did not seem to be the case.
Humberto Carillo has been built up as a threat for a while on 205 Live and defeated Oney Lorcan to become #1 contender for the Cruiserweight Championship. When he began his 205 Live career, he was actually under the tutelage of Drew Gulak and learned about the ‘no-fly zone’ from his powerpoint presentations; now, he has relieved himself of that tutelage and flew along his own path to the Cruiserweight Championship.
Lince Dorado, a member of the Lucha House Party, then defeated Humberto Carillo to get added to the championship match. With rumors of Lucha House Party requesting to be released from the WWE, including Dorado in a championship match is definitely a strategy to persuade him to stay.
With Humberto Carillo and Lince Dorado getting a tag match victory over Drew Gulak on the go-home show of 205 Live, it is pretty obvious that these high-flying contenders are simply getting their feet wet in the title picture with no intention of winning the championship. Since Gulak needs a lengthy reign to be considered getting called up for the main roster soon, he should use his exceptional submission maneuvers and technically sound ground-based attacks to successfully retain his championship on the kickoff show.
Prediction: Drew Gulak