Styles vs. Alexander US title match set for WWE Clash of Champions
AJ Styles and Cedric Alexander are officially set to face off at Clash of Champions.
Coming out of last night’s Raw, WWE has announced that Styles will defend his United States Championship against Alexander at Sunday’s pay-per-view. It’s taking place at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Alexander pinned Styles in the main event of Raw last night. Alexander teamed with Seth Rollins, Braun Strowman & The Viking Raiders against Styles, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode.
The O.C. (Styles, Gallows & Anderson) attacked Alexander during a backstage segment on last week’s Raw. Alexander initially faced Styles in a non-title singles match last night, with The Viking Raiders making the save after Gallows and Anderson caused a disqualification.
Here’s the updated card for Clash of Champions:
- Universal Champion Seth Rollins defending against Braun Strowman
- WWE Champion Kofi Kingston defending against Randy Orton
- Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending against Sasha Banks
- SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley defending against Charlotte Flair
- Roman Reigns vs. Erick Rowan
- Raw Tag Team Champions Seth Rollins & Braun Strowman defending against Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode
- SmackDown Tag Team Champions Big E & Xavier Woods defending against The Revival
- Women’s Tag Team Champions Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross defending against Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville
- United States Champion AJ Styles defending against Cedric Alexander
- Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura defending against The Miz
- The finals of the King of the Ring tournament
- WWE Cruiserweight Champion Drew Gulak defending against Humberto Carrillo and Lince Dorado in a triple threat match