Clash of Champions (2020)

Clash of Champions was a wrestling pay-per-view produced by WWE. It took place on September 27th, 2020 and was the fourth event under the Clash of Champions chronology. As per the theme of the event, all championships across Raw, SmackDown and NXT must be defended. Fourteen matches were contested on the card, with the main event seeing Drew McIntyre defending the WWE Championship against Randy Orton.

Production
Clash of Champions is a recurring pay-per-view (PPV) event established by WWE in 2016. Similar to its predecessor Night of Champions, the concept of the show is that every active WWE championship for the brand divisions featured at the event are defended. This year will include the championships defended on Raw - WWE Championship, Raw Women's Championship and the Raw Tag Team Championships; the championships defended on SmackDown - Universal Championship. SmackDown Women's Championship and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship; the championships defended on NXT - NXT Championship, NXT Women's Championship and the North American Championship; and the championships defended across all brands - Undisputed Women's Championship and the Women's Tag Team Championship.

Storylines
The show included matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on all three brands, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows.

The main event saw Drew McIntyre defend his WWE Championship against Randy Orton. Orton had been racking up wins since defeating Edge at Backlash (2020), and a match was originally scheduled to take place between the two to end their feud in the main event of SummerSlam (2020), but those plans were cancelled when Edge was injured (leaving him out for an undisclosed number of months) and they were replaced by Sasha Banks vs Bayley, which had quickly become the hottest feud in recent memory. Orton then resurrected his old 'Legend Killer' Gimmick, and with Ric Flair acting as his manager, he targeted other legends such as Big Show, Christian, Shawn Michaels and Triple H. Flair then told Orton he wanted him to break his record for WWE championships (sixteen) and to turn his attention towards legends in the making. Orton then targeted McIntyre, attacking him from behind on multiple occasions, as well as punting him several times and sending him to a local medical facility. After turning on Flair and punting him, McIntyre returned and hit Orton with the Claymore three times, resulting in medical personnel coming to help Orton.

Trivia

 * During his title defense against Randy Orton, both competitors were attacked by Aleister Black, who cashed in his Money in the Bank Contract to win the WWE Championship.