Each year, WWE Clash of Champions stands the one night where the stakes are at some of their highest points as every title across the Raw and SmackDown brands is defended. Those stakes will be through the roof once again here in 2020 as the latest edition of WWE Clash of Champions takes center stage this weekend.
The event goes down on Sunday night from the WWE ThunderDome inside Orlando's Amway Center. It will air live on WWE Network beginning at 7 p.m. ET with a kickoff show at 6 p.m. Below you can have a look at the 2020 WWE Clash of Champions card along with predictions for the outcome of each contest.
2020 WWE Clash of Champions matches
WWE Championship -- Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Randy Orton: Orton lost his first shot at McIntyre and the title at SummerSlam, getting caught in a McIntyre backslide. The retaliation came fast and hard, with Orton punting McIntyre in the head three times on the following edition of Raw, leaving McIntyre with a fractured jaw. On Sept. 7, McIntyre retaliated with three Claymores, sending Orton from the arena in an ambulance. In between those two separate attacks, Orton secured a rematch by winning a triple threat match against Seth Rollins and Keith Lee. Pick: Randy Orton wins the title
Universal Championship -- Roman Reigns (c) vs. Jey Uso: After Reigns' shocking return at SummerSlam and subsequent title win at Payback, he needed a new challenger. Seeking to do things "bigger" than how Raw handled lining up McIntyre's challenger, Reigns and advocate Paul Heyman said there would be a four-way match on the Sept. 4 SmackDown between Big E, Sheamus, King Corbin and Matt Riddle. Big E was taken out by Sheamus before the match, opening the door for Uso to step in, ultimately winning a chance to face his cousin for the title. Pick: Roman Reigns retains the title
Intercontinental Championship -- Jeff Hardy (c) vs. AJ Styles vs. Sami Zayn (Ladder match): Hardy and Styles have unresolved issues stemming from Hardy using his knee brace as a weapon in the match that won him the championship. Meanwhile, Zayn recently returned with the intercontinental championship belt he never lost in the ring and then attacked Styles and Hardy during a title match. After attacks by all men involved in recent weeks, Hardy issued the official challenge for the triple threat ladder match. Pick: Sami Zayn wins the title
Raw Tag Team Championships -- The Street Profits (c) vs. Andrade & Angel Garza: There was no program to build to this pairing, with the challengers earning their shot at the belts in a No. 1 contender match on Sept. 21, beating Humberto Carrillo & Dominik Mysterio and Seth Rollins & Murphy. Andrade and Garza had brawled the week before, but seemed to patch things up before earning their title shot. Pick: Andrade & Angel Garza win the titles
United States Championship -- Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Apollo Crews: Crews has only wrestled Hurt Business members since mid-June. Even with another Lashley vs. Crews showdown being far from a unique pairing, it was the most logical title match since Crews hasn't received a rematch since Lashley won the title at Payback and Crews' issues with The Hurt Business seem far from over. Pick: Bobby Lashley retains the title
SmackDown Tag Team Championship -- Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Lucha House Party: The issues between these two teams have been kept at a low simmer while Cesaro and Nakamura dealt with a two-week brand crossover program with The Street Profits and Lucha House Party has been focused on internal tensions since Kalisto made his return. With the SmackDown tag division struggling and a lack of other challengers, this became the only match to make on a show where all titles must be defended. Pick: Nakamura & Cesaro retain the titles
Raw Women's Championship -- Asuka (c) vs. Zelina Vega: After getting sick of the fighting between Andrade and Angel Garza, Vega has again become an active wrestler. On Sept. 14, she interrupted an Asuka promo to declare her intention to challenge for the title. She secured the opportunity to face Asuka on Sept. 21, beating Mickie James in a match to crown a No. 1 contender at the pay-per-view. Pick: Asuka retains the title
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SmackDown Women's Championship -- Bayley (c) vs. Nikki Cross: With Bayley viciously turning on Sasha Banks, her main story immediately involved bigger things than Clash of Champions. But, as every title must be defended on the show, a four-way match was held between Cross, Tamina, Lacey Evans and Alexa Bliss, with Cross emerging as the winner. Cross challenged for the title twice in July -- including a match at Extreme Rules -- but a stale lineup of challengers landed her back in the role of Contender of the Month. Pick: Bayley retains the title
Women's Tag Team Championship -- Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler (c) vs. The Riott Squad: Jax and Baszler won the titles from Bayley and Sasha Banks and successfully defended them in the rematch. The Riott Squad then took on Jax and Baszler in a pair of handicap matches, with Liv Morgan pinning Baszler in the first and Retribution interrupting the Squad's match with Jax. As the only established tag team who has interacted with the champions, The Riott Squad has earned the next opportunity. Pick: Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler retain the titles
