The 2017 Clash of Champions was the second Clash of Champions professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's SmackDown brand division. The event took place on December 17, 2017, at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. As per the theme of the event, all championships exclusive to SmackDown at the time were defended. The event was replaced by Evolution in 2018, and would subsequently stop becoming a regular for WWE until WCW was revived as a 4th brand in 2019, with the Clash of Champions Pay-per-view being a WCW exclusive from then on.
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The Official Clash of the Champions poster featuring Smackdown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair
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Survivor Series 2017 | Clash of the Champions 2017 | NXT Takeover: Philadelphia | |||||||||||||||||
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Clash of Champions 2016 | Clash of the Champions 2017 | Last |
Seven matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. In the main event, Samoa Joe defeated Randy Orton to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Of the five SmackDown-exclusive championships, the only two championships that changed hands were the WWE Television Championship and the WWE United States Championship as Chad Gable and Dean Ambrose would win their respective titles. In another marquee match, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn defeated Shane McMahon with Daniel Bryan in a tag team match.
Production[]
Background[]
In mid-2016, WWE reintroduced the brand extension, again splitting its main roster between the Raw and SmackDown brands where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform. Clash of Champions was subsequently established as a Raw-exclusive event that year, replacing Night of Champions, an event in which the concept was that all main roster championships promoted by WWE at the time were defended; Clash of Champions was established on a similar concept. The 2017 event was made a SmackDown-exclusive event, with all of its titles at the time defended. These were the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, the SmackDown Women's Championship, the United States Championship, the Television Championship and the WWE Tag Team Championship. While the 2016 event was held in September, the 2017 event was moved to December and took place on December 17, 2017, at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The event aired on pay-per-view (PPV) worldwide and was livestreamed on the WWE Network.
Storylines[]
Main Event/Joe vs Orton[]
Owens and Zayn vs McMahon and Benjamin[]
Nakamura vs Ambrose[]
Flair vs Natalya[]
The Usos vs Rusev Day[]
Gable vs Dellinger[]
Event[]
Pre-Show[]
Preliminary Matches[]
Main Event[]
Reception[]
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Results[]
No. | Results | Stipulation | Times |
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1p | Chad Gable defeated Tye Dellinger (c) via Pinfall | Singles match for the WWE Television Championship | 6:55 |
2 | Devon Luthor defeated Bobby Roode via pinfall | Singles match | 7:14 |
3 | Dean Ambrose and Shinsuke Nakamura (c) via pinfall | No Holds Barred match for the WWE United States Championship | 12:45 |
4 | The Usos (c) defeated Rusev Day (Rusev and Aiden English) (with Lana), the New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) (with Kofi Kingston) and Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango) via Pinfall | Tag Team match | 12:00 |
5 | Charlotte Flair (c) defeated Natalya via Pinfall | Lumberjack match for the SmackDown Women's Championship | 10"35 |
6 | Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn defeat Shane McMahon and Shelton Benjamin via Pinfall | Tag Team match | 21:40 |
7 | Samoa Joe (c) defeat Randy Orton via Submission | Singles match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship | 23:00 |