Welcome to the Clash of Champions Review.
Lucha House Party vs Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro for the Smackdown Tag Team Championships will start us off.
Kalisto and Lince Dorado will be the members in this match. The House party are using their speed, but Nakamura and Cesaro are able to slow them down with their power
Dorado manages to flip Cesaro with a Sunset Bomb, but runs into a hard clothesline from The Swiss Cyborg. Dorado needs to make a tag, but is cut off every time.
Kalistio comes in and cleans house. He and Dorado hit a Tornado DDT on Cesaro. The team is looking good. Dorado is thrown over the barricade. Kalisto tries, but a swing and a kick give the win to the champions.
Jeff Hardy vs. AJ Styles vs Sami Zayn in a Ladder Match for the IC is next.
After some impressive rope work from Sami, he grabs the ladder and brings into the ring. Jeff is there and slams him into it. Styles sidesteps a jumping Hardy, who lands right on the ladder.
Styles controls the ring with the ladder. Hardy and Styles trade shots on top of the stairs. Hardy takes a nasty fall right on his shoulder. He still manages to get up to drag Styles off the ladder.
After knocking both men down, Styles misses a running dive on Hardy. Hardy follows it up with Poetry in Motion, but is distracted long enough for Sami to hit a Helluva Kick. Sami is climbing the ladder when Styles throws a ladder from outside to knock him down.
Sami is climbing the ladder when Jeff pushes it over, right into a flying Styles who was trying to hit a Phenomenal Elbow. Jeff is on the ladder when Sami tries to push it over. Jeff tries to use his body weight, but crashes hard to the floor.
Jeff decides to recreate his dive from 2017 Wrestlemania ladder match. Sami is the one laying on the ladder this time. Styles tries to grab the belts, but Jeff knocks him down. There are broken ladders everywhere. Sami grabs a two handcuffs. He cuffs Hardy to the ladder through his earlobe. He cuffs Styles to himself.
Hardy drags the ladder into the ring. Sami unlocks his cuffs and relocks it on the ladder. He climbs the ladder and gets the belts. Hell of an match.
Zelina Vega vs. Askua for the Raw Championship is up next.
Askua is not taking Vega seriously in the opening bit of this match. This seems true, but a miscue has Vega slamming her into the stairs and taking control.
Vega is focusing on Askua’s left arm. Askua tries for a Askua Lock, but Vega rolls through. Vega ties her up in the ropes and gets a crucifix.
Vega tries a few pinning combinations, but one lets Askua get into the perfect position for the Askua Lock. Vega has no choice but to tap.
Apollo Crews vs. Bobby Lashley for the US Title.
Crews has Ricochet in his corner to even the odds with The Hurt Business. Crews is using his speed, but one move from Lashley shuts him down. MVP talks trash at ringside.
Lashley is dominating, but Crews is able to send him headfirst in the ringpost. Lashley is dazed which allows Crews to go to work, ending with Crews deadlifting him
Lashley regains control with a superplex. Crews will not just go down, but Lashley is able to put in the Hurt Lock for the submission win.
Angel Garza and Andrade vs Angel Garza and Andrades for the Raw Tag Team Championship.
The Prophets start off hot, but Andrade is able to stop their momentum. Andrade and Garza mange to double team Ford in the corner and ends with a Garza knee to the face.
Dawkins gets the tag and drops both men. Andrade tries for a double knee but misses. Ford and Garza tag in and Garza hits A Spanish Fly
Dawkins get the tag and hits Andrade with slam for the Three count. It looks like Andrade got his shoulder up before the three.
Bayley came out to gloat about Nikki Cross not being able to compete. She offered a shot to anyone in the back, but did not expect Askua to answer the call.
Askua looks as if this is her first match of the night. Bayley is trying to run, but Askua keeps pulling her back in the ring. she locks in the Askua lock, but Bayley makes it to the bottom rope.
Bayley finally gets some offense in, but Askua quickly regains control. Bayley has no choice but to use a chair for the DQ. Sasha Banks comes out of nowhere and gets a small measure of revenge on her former friend with a kendo stick.
Randy Orton vs Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship in an Ambulance Match.
Both men start off hot. Drew Mcintyre is nailing chops. Both men try for their finshing moves. Orton goes for the punt, but his leg is grabbed by the Big Show who chokeslams him through the table.
Drew grabs Randy and drags him toward the ambulance. A chair shot from a ambulance chair (do ambulances have chairs?) puts Orton down. Orton grabs crutches and knocks Drew down.
The battle continues around the ambulance. Drew hits a Claymoore on the ambulance door and knocks it oof. The battle spills to the back and Christian attacks Orton near the catering table.
Back in the front, Orton and McIntyre fight on the hood of the ambulance. Orton throws Drew and he cracks the windshield hard. Orton is hit with Sweet Chin Music by Shawn Michaels.
Randy hits an RKO on the floor, but Drew manages to fight out of the ambulance. Drew hits a Claymoor and then a punt on Randy Orton to win. Ric Flair drives Orton away in the ambulance.
Jey Uso vs Roman Reigns for the Universal Title will close us out.
Jey and Roman size each other up, with a lot of talk happening. Jey knocks Roman with some punch’s, but a flying clothesline stops him cold.
The fact that we can hear what these two are saying to each other really helps this match. Both man trade shots outside the ring. Jey finally gets some momentum, capped off with a Samoan drop. Roman responds with a Superman punch.
Jey chops Roman, and Reigns no sells it. He knocks Jey down, but Jey slams him into the corner. Jey flies around and out of the ring. A hard kick to the face gets Jey a two count. Roman responds with a running leg takedown..
Reigns tries for a spear, but Jey reverse it. He hits a flying Uce for a two. When he kicks out, Roman hits a low blow. A spear, but Roman does not go for the cover. He wants Jey to call him chief. Jey refuses.
Jimmy comes down and throws in the towel. He acknowledges Roman as chief to save his bother. This was a fantastic finish and storyline.
Results
Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro beat Lucha House Party to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Championship.
Sami Zayn climbed the ladder to become the new IC Champion
Askua beat Zelina Vega to retain the Raw Championship.
Bobby Lashley beat Apollo Crews to retain the US Title.
The Street Prophets beat Angel Garza and Andrade to retain the Raw Tag Team Championship
Askua and Bayley was no contest. Bayley retains the Smackdown Championship.
Drew McIntyre beat Randy Orton to retain the WWE Championship.
Roman Reigns beat Jimmy Uso to retain the Universal Champion.
Final Thought
Wow, that finsh.
