Most of the odds are spot-on in terms of who fans are picking to win, but Banks is simply the safer choice. She has been red-hot as a heel lately and must maintain momentum by clinching the Raw Women’s title on Sunday. The feud will surely continue beyond Clash of Champions, but Lynch would benefit from going back into chase mode. The challengers now have odds of winning as well. Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable have the best odds of dethroning at +370 and in second place is The New Day at +410. Rusev and Aiden English are least likely to win with odds of +535. Kevin Owen and Sami Zayn have seen their odds widen from -300 to -975 to defeat Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura.
WWE is bringing back the Clash of the Champions for a pay-per-view event from the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The show comes at a time when WWE is in a bit of a holding pattern as they have the big debut on FOX coming up in just a few weeks and they also have the upcoming competition with AEW.
That said, this is still a pretty nice card with some big time match-ups. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair vs. Bayley are two nice match-ups with a ton of history behind them. We also have Randy Orton continuing his feud with Kofi Kingston and Seth Rollins defending the title against Braun Strowman.
Let’s take a look at the full card and betting odds for the show:
There are definitely some interesting plays here and the odds show that the sportsbooks themselves don’t quite now how to proceed with this show. The only truly major favorites are Seth Rollins at -455 and Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross at -295. Every other match has the line hedging against an upset so this show could see some results.
That said, it’s hard to see them making any major changes. Braun Strowman might be a good option at a different point of the year, but on the eve of a new era for the company? They are probably sticking with Rollins. The same can be said about Kofi Kingston, but that one is a bit more debatable as Orton does have a bit more name recognition in the mainstream.