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WWE Clash of Champions was a night where the reigning champions of WWE stood tall at the end of the night, and only the tag team champions lost their title belts. RAW, in particular, delivered some good performances at the event, and it was time to carry on that momentum into the next night.
With the King of the Ring final scheduled for the night and a match between the Women’s Tag Team Champions and the Boss n Hug Connection set, there was a lot the creative team had to work with to ensure the momentum kept flowing.
On top of that, the company also gave us a match between The O.C. and The Viking Raiders & Cedric Alexander which could result in some bigger matches in the weeks to come.
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In this article, we will look at the 5 things the company got right on the night after Clash of Champions.
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#1 Put Nikki Cross over once again
After being made a part of the main roster, Nikki Cross was overlooked for several months and struggled to get any televised bookings. In May this year, WWE finally found something to do with the talented Superstar and started pairing her up in segments with Alexa Bliss.
After a few good matches, with a couple involving the SmackDown Women’s Champion, Cross teamed up with Bliss to capture the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship from The IIconics on the August 5th edition of RAW.
Since then, WWE has done well to give Cross some individual spots which have really shown her true potential to the WWE Universe. This week on RAW, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross were scheduled to take on the heel team of Bayley and Sasha Banks, but an injured knee forced Bliss to head back during the match.
This allowed Cross to shine even more against two of WWE’s top Superstars, and she looked impressive as she maneuvered around both women.
Even though Sasha Banks stopped Cross’ charge and forced her to tap out to the Bank Statement, Cross got her chance to display what she’s got on her own against two of the top heels on the roster.
#2 Gave The Viking Raiders and Cedric a good booking
For months, fans have been forced to sit through squash matches involving the most dominating tag team to have come out of NXT this year and local competitors.
At a time when The Viking Raiders were looking for stronger opponents, WWE managed to spark a fire between them and Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson.
On the other hand, the third member and the leader of The O.C. AJ Styles had picked a fight with Cedric Alexander a few weeks back and managed to overcome him at Clash of Champions.
This week on RAW, WWE managed to utilize The Viking Raiders and Cedric Alexander well as they teamed up to take on The O.C.
Even though Alexander once again took the pin from the United States Champion, The Viking Raiders still came out looking strong and the three men continue to benefit from the spotlight they are given from feuding with a team involving AJ Styles and the former RAW Tag Team Champions.
#3 Set-up another Four Horsewomen segment
Fans had been waiting for years to watch the Four Horsewomen of WWE to battle against each other on the main roster. While we’d seen many matches involving Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch, and Bayley in the past, we’d never seen anything of this magnitude before.
At Clash of Champions, Charlotte took on Bayley for her SmackDown Women’s Championship but lost after Bayley resorted to some heelish tactics to pick up the win. Even though Sasha Banks was successful in defeating Becky Lynch at the pay-per-view, it was through disqualification which meant Lynch managed to retain her RAW Women’s Championship.
To build towards the next pay-per-view involving the two titles and the Four Horsewomen, WWE did a great job this week on RAW by allowing the two women who lost their matches to stand tall against the heels.
Making Sasha and Bayley look like the weaker team in the feud could prove to the right thing in the long term, as we look forward to them holding the two top championships at the end of Hell in a Cell.
#4 Crowned Baron Corbin the King of the Ring
After almost a month, the King of the Ring had its final match on this week’s RAW. The finalist from RAW, Baron Corbin, took on the finalist from SmackDown Live, Chad Gable, in a great battle which saw Corbin picking up the victory.
At a time when fans were hoping against hope to see the babyface Chad Gable pick up the victory and receive a huge push by becoming the King of the Ring, WWE stayed faithful to the man who’d been doing a lot of dirty work for them in the ring since the past year.
This was a great match and a worthy end to the King of the Ring tournament. It was also Corbin’s best performance in the ring for a long time.
Corbin is good on the mic and in the ring and has a much more refined and distinct character as compared to Chad Gable. These factors alone are good enough reasons for WWE to crown him King, as he can take the momentum forward and use it in some big storylines and feuds.
Even though we expect Corbin to be an unfair King during his run, it could mean that he will receive some good bookings in the coming weeks.
#5 Allowed The Fiend to carry on the momentum
The Fiend has been the talk of the town in the WWE Universe, and the evil entity has been doing a great job at sending a warning to the entire locker room.
At Clash of Champions, Bray Wyatt got his biggest moment as The Fiend when he took out the Universal Champion with the Mandible Claw after the main event match. To carry on the momentum, WWE needed to think of something even bigger as Wyatt has stepped into his biggest championship storyline to date.
This opened the doors to a surprise return of Kane, who stepped in to help Seth Rollins fend off Bobby Roode, Dolph Ziggler, and The O.C. in a five-on-one beatdown.
While Kane was successful in rolling over all five men, and even delivered a chokeslam to his former imposter Luke Gallows in a memorable spot, The Fiend once again made his presence felt.
He got to take out Kane, which felt as much like a passing of the torch as his Mandible Claw on Mick Foley. More importantly, the segment allowed Wyatt to end another show on top in a segment which involved five current top Superstars and a legend.
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