By Brandon Albright, @B_Rock1978
What's up wrestling fans, Triple Threat CLE returns with the WWE Clash of Champions pay per view preview for this Sunday night's event, live at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. If you can't catch the show live on the WWE Network, just check out Triple Threat CLE on Monday afternoon as the recap of the show will be provided.
- "WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match": AJ Styles (c) vs. Jinder Mahal: Last month, AJ Styles defeated Jinder Mahal on an episode of Smackdown Live to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. The following week, Jinder Mahal announced that he was getting his rematch against Styles at WWE Clash of Champions. Styles accepted the challenge and then fought off an attempted attack from The Singh Brothers. Styles went on to battle The Singh Brothers in a handicap match and was attacked by The Singh Brothers and Jinder Mahal. Styles defeated The Singh Brothers and then chased off Mahal after the match. One week before WWE Clash of Champions, The Singh Brothers tried to convince Styles that they were no longer aligning themselves with Mahal due to his unfair treatment of them. Styles saw right through the trick and laid out The Singh Brothers as Mahal appeared and stared down Styles. Later in the night, backstage announcer Renee Young, attempted to interview Styles, when he was suddenly attacked and laid out by Mahal and The Singh Brothers.
Baron Corbin began having his problems with Bobby Roode during a lumberjack match on Smackdown Live, which saw Corbin accidentally hit Roode, starting a brawl. Roode challenged Corbin for the WWE United States Championship the following week, but Corbin laughed off the challenge. Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan stepped in and officially announced the Triple Threat Match for WWE Clash of Champions between Corbin, Roode and Dolph Ziggler with the title on the line. All three men met face to face the following week and Ziggler bragged that he was added to the match because of all of his past accomplishments in the WWE, which was more than what Corbin and Roode have done combined. Later in the night, Roode battled Corbin in a non title match, but it ended in a No Contest, as Ziggler laid out both men with the Zig Zag. One week before WWE Clash of Champions, Corbin battled Ziggler in a non title match, which also ended in a No Contest, as Roode laid out both men with the Glorious DDT.
Benjamin and Gable won a Fatal Four Way Match to earn themselves a tag team title match against The Usos on Smackdown Live. Benjamin and Gable went on to defeat The Usos, however, it was by countout, which titles don't change hands on a count out. Benjamin and Gable traded one on one wins with The Usos, while The New Day also snuck in a non title victory of their own on The Usos. Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan announced a Triple Threat Match at WWE Clash of Champions between The Usos, Benjamin and Gable and The New Day for the tag team titles. Two weeks before WWE Clash of Champions, Rusev and Aiden English defeated The New Day in tag team action and then defeated The Usos one week before WWE Clash of Champions in a non title match. Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan officially changed the tag team title match at WWE Clash of Champions to a Fatal Four Way Match and added Rusev and Aiden English to the match.
Last month, Charlotte defeated Nattie Neidhart to win the WWE Smackdown Live Women's Championship in her hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina. Nattie would get her rematch, however, the debut of The Riot Squad ruined Nattie's chances of winning back the title. Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan announced that Nattie Neidhart would get her rematch against Charlotte at WWE Clash of Champions. The rest of the women's division complained to Daniel Bryan about Nattie Neidhart getting another shot at the title when they all felt like they deserved to be the next challengers. Bryan settled the debate by making the whole women's division lumberjills for the title match at WWE Clash of Champions and none of them would get title shots at the moment. Charlotte faced Tamina two weeks before WWE Clash of Champions and then Ruby Riot one week before WWE Clash of Champions with both matches ending in a women's division brawl.
Last month at WWE Survivor Series, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn attacked Shane McMahon during the men's 5-On-5 Elimination Match, which Smackdown Live ended up losing. Shane McMahon was about to fire Owens and Zayn, but Daniel Bryan saved their jobs and put them in a match later that night as punishment instead. Later that night, Owens and Zayn defeated The New Day in a Lumberjack Match and then begged Bryan to not fire them. Bryan said he wouldn't, but Owens would face Randy Orton the following week. Owens went onto defeat Orton, after Zayn interfered and cost Orton the match. Shane McMahon then announced that Owens and Zayn would battle Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura at WWE Clash of Champions in a tag team match. Later that night, Orton defeated Zayn, but got attacked by Owens and Zayn until Nakamura made the save. Shane McMahon then announced that he would serve as the special guest referee at WWE Clash of Champions after all the chaos in the Zayn vs. Orton match. Shane then announced that if Owens and Zayn lost at WWE Clash of Champions then they would be fired from the WWE. One week before WWE Clash of Champions, Owens defeated Nakamura after the referee was knocked out and Daniel Bryan took over as the referee. Daniel Bryan then announced that he also would be a special guest referee in the tag team match at WWE Clash of Champions.
- The Bludgeon Brothers vs. Breezango: Breezango had been predicting for months during their Fashion Files segments that Luke Harper and Erick Rowan were out to get them. The Ascension were originally thought to have been behind the whole thing, but tried to befriend Breezango to prove their innocence. The Ascension sacrificed themselves to a beat down by The Bludgeon Brothers and then convinced Breezango to finally meet The Bludgeon Brothers at WWE Clash of Champions to settle things once and for all.
- Mojo Rawley vs. Zack Ryder: After Zack Ryder returned from injury over the summer, The Hype Bros reformed, but hit a losing streak and appeared to be having problems. After losing to The Bludgeon Brothers two weeks in a row, Mojo finally snapped and beat down Ryder from behind. Mojo then stated that he was doing fine on his own in singles action until Ryder came back and made things difficult. Ryder would go on to challenge Mojo and the match was made official for WWE Clash of Champions.
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