T.J. Perkins (c) vs. Brian Kendrick (WWE Cruiserweight Championship)
Predictions & Winner: The Cruiserweight Classic has to go down in the books as one of the best wrestling tournaments ever. We get a kick out of watching ROH’s Survival of the Fittest, NJPW’s G1 Climax and PWG’s Battle of Los Angeles annual tournament gatherings. But we’re extra pleased to see that the CWC became a focal point of WWE programming in tourney form. The winner of the entire event and RAW’s Cruiserweight Champion T.J. Perkins is a hot commodity on the main roster. But his main adversary in this match is a veteran who’s still got some sneaky tricks up his sleeve. This one will be fast paced and just as jaw dropping as the other bouts we were witness to during the CWC. TJP just captured the title though, which means it’s unlikely that he’ll drop the title so soon. TJP FTW!
Rusev (c) (with Lana) vs. Roman Reigns (WWE United States Championship)
Predictions & Winner: Rusev has every reason in the world to crush Reigns, in our opinion. Roman has gone out of his way to embarrass Lana (Rusev’s wife), which is an act that has made Rusev sympathetic in our eyes. Can you really fault the Russian bruiser for fighting for his wife’s honor? Anyways, Reigns and Rusev are finally going to have that US Championship match they were supposed to have at SummerSlam 2016 (we all know how that came to a close). We’re expecting a pretty brutal affair between these two brawlers. The end result? Somehow, someway, Rusev will cause Reigns to fall unconscious to his Accolade submission hold. That’s right, you heard us correctly: our money’s on Rusev doing the unthinkable by successfully defending his US Title. We can totally see WWE defying our expectations for this match’s victor and completely swerving us all with a Rusev win.
The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and/or Xavier Woods) (c) vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson (WWE RAW Tag Team Championship)
Predictions & Winners: Sigh…so we were huge fans of Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson during their reigns as tag champs in NJPW. So far, their WWE run has been less than impressive. That whole “Old Day” segment and the “ringpostitus” gimmick hasn’t really entertained us in the slightest. Their beef with The New Day has turned into one of the more disappointingly horrid feuds of 2016. We’re ready to see this whole thing come to a close at Clash of Champions, but we don’t envision that happening due to the results we’re predicting here: Gallows and Anderson are leaving this PPV with RAW’s Tag Team Championship due to nefarious means. Which means this feud will probably continue since The New Day are gonna want to get those titles back ASAP. Sign once again…
Kevin Owens (c) vs. Seth Rollins (WWE Universal Champion)
Predictions & Winner: Rollins looks like he’s veering more and more towards a face run. And he has the perfect reason to do so since HHH turned on him and cost him his chance at becoming WWE Universal Champion. We’re all in for a big face run by Rollins since it involves him standing across from RAW’s biggest heel, Kevin Owens. Owens has the support of HHH and that’s why he managed to walk away with RAW’s top prize. Rollins is on the road to redemption and revenge, which means it’ll pit him against Hunter’s new chosen one. This main event will end up being the match of the night, for sure. But we expect to see some shenanigans take place. We can totally see Hunter showing up again and looking to cost Rollins the win. However, Rollins will fend off Hunter to the delight of the crowd. But this will cost him in the end. Owens will take advantage of Rollins’ change in focus and pull away from this match with his championship intact. Rollins will fly into a fit of rage, which we ultimately see culminating in a match against HHH at WrestleMania 33. We can totally see Owens taking on Rollins again at some point before this goes down, though.
