Clash of Champions 2019: 5 questions from this year’s pay-per-view

#4 Was Rowan vs Roman really that important?

With Erick Rowan revealing that he schemed and masterminded numerous attacks on Roman Reigns in the months leading into Clash of Champions, Roman was ready to exact revenge.

The only non-title match of the night was scheduled high up on the card and took place right before the main event. Surprisingly, it was twenty minutes long and at times felt like a useless stretch just to make the battle seem more convincing.

After the match, we finally learned why Rowan always played second fiddle to other top superstars, and why the company chose him to lose to The Rock at WrestleMania in record time.

Rowan got his massive opportunity, but the 20-minute PPV bout was too much for him to carry on his massive shoulders. The main storyline seemed to keep Roman as the underdog top superstar of the company who was only taken out with the help of the returning Luke Harper.

Has Meltzer ever given a match negative stars? Because this Roman vs Rowan match is painfully long and pointless #WWEClash

— Mitzula (@Mitzula) September 16, 2019

At the end of the night, one wonders whether Rowan vs Roman was that important a match to have right before the main-event. Additionally, should it have stretched on for such a long time on a card when many other championship matches could have done with some more time?