WWE announced last week that AJ Styles would face Rusev on this week’s SmackDown Live with the winner joining Team SmackDown at The Survivor Series. However, plans were changed last week after the announcement. Now Styles is set to face WWE Champion Jinder Mahal on this week’s show for the title.
Dave Meltzer reported on a recent edition of the Wrestling Observer Radio that the scheduled main event for the Clash of Champions pay-per-view was Styles vs. Mahal for the title. As of this writing, it’s not known if that was changed following the match now happening on this week’s SmackDown Live.
The Clash Of Champions pay-per-view event takes place on Sunday, December 17th, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts at the TD Garden and will air on the WWE Network and some traditional pay-per-view outlets. This will be an exclusive SmackDown Live brand event.
