September 20th, 2020 – Newark, New Jersey

Clash of Champions:
WWE Intercontinental Championship

Shinsuke Nakamura vs Ced (c)

Raw Women's Championship

Zelina Vega vs Asuka (c)

WWE United States Championship

Bobby Lashley vs Apollo Crews vs Jaden Sennoa (c)

Raw Tag Team Championship

Andrade and Angel Garza vs The Street Profits (c)

World Heavyweight Championship

"The Fiend" Bray Wyatt (c) vs Drew McIntyre

WWE Championship

Jey Uso vs Roman Reigns

The event formerly known as Night of Champions that was now known was Clash of Champions was live in front of 15,323 proud WWE fans in the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The tagline for the Pay-Per-View was Goldrush and it was sponsored by Hyundai and the new WWE 2K game, WWE 2K Battlegrounds.

The Pay-Per-View was set to begin with the opening match of "The King" Ced vs "The King of Strong Style" Shinsuke Nakamura. Two men who have accomplished a lot in their short careers in the WWE. Shinsuke was currently ½ of the SmackDown Tag Team Champions with his partner Cesaro. A lot of people were wondering how the match would shape up considering that Sami Zayn wasn't gonna be at ringside due to Ced's attack a few weeks ago on SmackDown. And you have to wonder if the fact that Ced hasn't been in the ring in weeks was gonna be an advantage to the #1 Contender for the Intercontinental Championship.

The World Heavyweight Championship of Raw was going to be in contention as the man who had recently turned face and moved to Raw, Drew McIntyre was going to be going one on one with the man who had recently defeated former Champion, Braun Strowman, "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt.

The WWE Championship was going to be the main event of the night with the #1 contender Jey Uso taking on his cousin the WWE Champion, Roman Reigns. With Roman declaring that he be acknowledge as the "Head of the Table" as the "Tribal Chief" you had to wonder just how far he would go to prove that here tonight.

All the gold was on the line tonight and it was going to be a night that would shake the landscape of the today's WWE.

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"Shadows of a Setting Sun" Hits

The fans in the Prudential Center gave a light boo as they heard the music of the #1 Contender Shinsuke Nakamura. Shinsuke walked out onto the stage with his SmackDown Tag Team title on his shoulder. Tonight, he was looking to become a double champion as ½ of the Tag Team Champions and the Intercontinental Champion.

"The following contest is scheduled for one fall and is for the Intercontinental Championship. Introducing first, from Kyoto, Japan. Weighing in at 220 Pounds. ½ of the SmackDown Tag Team Champions, "The Artist Known As" Shinsuke Nakamura!" Hamilton announced as Nakamura began to make his way down the ramp.

Nakamura walked around to the steel steps and ran up the steps onto the apron, entering the ring. Nakamura ran towards the ropes gripping the top rope before leaning back in his eccentric rockstar like fashion, laying on the mat looking at the ceiling as Ced's music hit the PA System.

"Icon" Hits

The WWE Universe cheered as they heard the music of the 3-time Intercontinental Champion. Ced walked out onto the stage as the lights started to go around in a frenzy of different color. Ced stared down at the stage floor with the white and gold strap around his waist.

"And his opponent, from Charlotte, North Carolina. Weighing in at 250 Pounds. The Intercontinental Champion, Ced!" Greg Hamilton announced.

Ced slowly rose his head up from the stage and spit out a mist of water before he started to make his way down the ramp clad in his black ring trunks his ring name and logo in gold with a white outline with black tape, knee pads and boots. The Champion kept his gaze locked on his #1 Contender. Once he reached ringside, he stopped, looking around the arena at the WWE fans. He smirked before walking around to the steel steps, walking up the steps and entering the ring making a beeline to the corner. He jumped up onto the middle ropes and unwrapped his title from around his waist and raised the title in the air as he locked eyes with Shinsuke Nakamura. He jumped down from the turnbuckle and handed the title to the referee as his music faded off into the background.

The referee raised the title in the air as Ced jumped side to side in place while staring down Shinsuke. The referee handed the title to the ring crew before he called for the bell.

Ding-Ding-Ding!

First match of the night of Clash of Champions underway for the coveted, WWE Intercontinental Championship. Ced and Shinsuke circled around the ring before locking it up in a collar elbow tie-up. "Yung Simba" managed to get the advantage pushing "The Artist" into the corner using his strength and size to his advantage. Ced kept the hold pushing Shinsuke into the corner. 1..., 2..., 3... Ced released the hold and backed up to the center of the ring.

Shinsuke and Ced circled around the ring once more locking it up in a collar elbow tie-up. Ced once more started to use his strength and size to push Shinsuke into the corner but Shinsuke managed to change the momentum and pushed Ced into the corner. Shinsuke managed to keep the pressure keeping Ced pushed into the corner. The referee counted to get the two to release the hold. 1...,2...,3...,4... Shinsuke released the hold and started to back up to the center of the ring but quickly slapped Ced across the face before he made his way to the center of the ring.

The fans booed as Ced checked his mouth for bleeding as Shinsuke looked at him with a smirk. Ced looked at Shinsuke with a smile on his face before Ced and Shinsuke circled around the ring once more looking for a lock-up, but Shinsuke had other plans and kneed Ced in the gut making "Yung Simba" grunt at the impact. Shinsuke Nakamura clocked Ced with a forearm smash to the face making Ced momentarily back up a bit. Shinsuke with another forearm smash making Ced drop down to the canvas but quickly back up to a vertical base. Shinsuke with an elbow smash to the face making him back up to the ropes. Shinsuke with a chop across the chest to Ced making the crowd "woo". Shinsuke with another chop to the chest of Ced making him howl out in pain as the crowd "woo"ed in response.

Ced was whipped across the ring, sent to the ropes and as he rebounded off he was clocked with a calf kick by "The King of Strong Style". Ced sat up with a hand at his mouth checking for bleeding. Shinsuke pushed Ced back down and covered him as the crowd chanted along.

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2, Ced powered out at 2 sitting up. Shinsuke stalked his opponent, walking towards him hitting him with a stiff kick to the spine making Ced wince in pain as he laid back down on his back. Shinsuke looked down looking at Ced before he jumped up hitting the Intercontinental Champion with a knee drop to the head once more making him sit up as he winced in pain with a hand on his forehead. Shinsuke wrapped an arm around the throat of Ced looking to cut off the oxygen supply with a chin lock.

Ced had his hands on Shinsuke's arm trying to pull them off, but Shinsuke's grip was too strong. "Yung Simba" reached out for the ropes as the fans started to clap trying to get Ced back into the match-up. The fans clapping started to re-energize Ced making him shake his head as he and Shinsuke slowly started to rise to a vertical base. Ced with repeated elbows to the gut of Shinsuke slowly starting to get him to loosen his grip on Ced allowing "The King" to maneuver around and transition into a Belly-to-Back Suplex slamming Shinsuke flat on his back. The fans cheered as both men laid there staring at the ceiling.

Ced laid there for a minute before he quickly started to stir first rolling over onto his abdomen as he crawled for the ropes. Once he reached the ropes and started to use them to lift himself up to a vertical base, Shinsuke was starting to reach his feet. Ced shook his head trying to clear the cobwebs and walked towards Shinsuke only to get rocked with a roundhouse kick to the head making him stubble back to the ropes. Shinsuke walked towards the Intercontinental Champion and gripped him by his wrist pulling him off the ropes and sending him into the ropes across the ring with an Irish whip.

When Ced rebounded off the ropes, he attempted to take Shinsuke's head off with a clothesline but "The Artist" ducked it instead when to the ropes just like Ced did after the clothesline. Ced rebounded off the ropes and was caught with a jumping yakuza kick sending him down to the canvas. Shinsuke leaned up against the ropes looking down as Ced before he quickly rushed over to him grabbing him by the shoulders and lifting him up to a vertical base. Shinsuke dragged Ced over to the corner and smashed his face into the turnbuckle making him grunt. Shinsuke lifted Ced up onto the turnbuckle, leaving his body stretched across the top turnbuckle. Shinsuke did a back roll flipping to the center of the ring pointing towards Ced as the fans booed while Shinsuke ran towards Ced jumping up to clock him with a knee to the midsection. Ced fell off the top turnbuckle and landed on his feet soon falling over onto his back. Shinsuke quickly to the cover as the WWE Universe chanted along.

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2, Ced powered out at 2 as the fans cheered his resilience. Shinsuke looked at the referee with a look of frustration. Shinsuke stood up to his feet and walked towards the turnbuckle and hopped up onto the middle turnbuckle. Shinsuke looked and watched as Ced slowly rose up to his feet. "The Artist" jumped off the turnbuckle and clocked Ced in the face with a diving knee strike. Shinsuke was fired up and looked around the arena as the fans who were booing him and cheering Ced. Shinsuke backed up into the corner stalking the Champion. Ced rolled over onto his abdomen and slowly started to crawl towards the ropes using the ropes to pull himself up to his feet before he stumbled turning around. Shinsuke ran towards him looking for the Kinshasa knee but Ced ducked it ran to the ropes. When Ced rebounded off, Shinsuke turned around into a SPEAR from Ced! But Ced didn't take the opportunity to go for the cover but bent down to pick Shinsuke up which proved to be a mistake as Shinsuke took him down looking for a submission!

Shinsuke had Ced in a cross armbar! Ced waved his arms around frantically looking for some way to get out of the submission hold. Ced rotated his body seeing the ropes in sight and this proved to be a big mistake as Shinsuke was able to transition the hold into a triangle sleeper like hold. The fans were somewhat booing Shinsuke and cheering Ced in the process. Shinsuke like a maniac was shaking his head frantically as he had the hold locked on. Ced could feel himself fading, feel his title reign ending abruptly after only winning about 3 to 4 weeks ago but he wasn't ready to let go yet. Ced using his strength managed to pick Shinsuke up with the arm that was in the submission. The fans cheered for Ced as he struggled to his feet still feeling the effects of that knee from Nakamura earlier. Ced bent down grabbing Shinsuke by the hair, but Shinsuke had other plans and clocked him an elbow smash making him crash down to a knee. "The King of Strong Style" ran towards Ced hitting him with a sliding knee strike to the face.

Shinsuke was still fired up and backed up to the corner stomping on the mat frantically as Ced slowly stumbled to his feet. Shinsuke went for another Kinshasa looking to win the Intercontinental Championship but Ced ducked it again and this time stood behind Shinsuke waiting for Shinsuke to turn around to lift him up to his shoulders and taking him down with the DEATHBOMB! Ced quickly hook of the leg.

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Ding-Ding-Ding!

"Icon" Plays

"Here is your winner and STILL the WWE Intercontinental Champion: Ced!" Greg Hamilton announced as the referee walked towards the ropes grabbing the title while Ced rose to his feet as Shinsuke rolled out of the ring. The referee handed Ced the title before raising his arms in the air as the fans cheered.

Ced kept his arms raised with the title in hand as he looked around the arena with a frown on his face. He walked towards the corner and climbed the turnbuckles doing his pose with his Championships in hand.

A/N: So, I know it make literally no sense to send Drew McIntyre to Raw and have him challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship, but I wanted that to somewhat line up with what's been happening in current day WWE. Especially because Survivor Series is coming up in the story and I still want Drew McIntyre vs Roman Reigns to be a match at the event.

Results:
WWE Intercontinental Championship Winner: Ced

Raw Women's Championship Winner: Asuka

WWE United States Championship Winner: Jaden Sennoa

Raw Tag Team Championship Winner: The Street Profits

World Heavyweight Championship Winner: Drew McIntyre

WWE Championship Winner: Roman Reigns