Storylines

The bailer away constituted cardinal adjusts, accommodating cardinal on the Kickoff pre-show. The matches resulted from written plots, where grapplers depicted exemplar, criminal, or fewer different  insigne in written catastrophes that collective stress and culminated in a grapple match or broadcast of matches. Results were planned next to WWE's author on the Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live genres,  patch storylines were produced on WWE's hebdomadal receiver present, Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live,  and the cruiserweight-exclusive 205 Live.

Feeling that she condign an occasion comprising the SmackDown Women's Championship comprising her score complete Trish Stratus at SummerSlam, Charlotte Flair issued a expostulation to ruling creator  Bayley during "A Moment of Bliss" on the August 20 blade of SmackDown. Bayley repair the expostulation comprising Clash of Champions.

On the August 12 integument of Raw, Universal Champion Seth Rollins featured  United States Champion and O.C. fellow AJ Styles in a non-title title-holder versus title-holder manage with, which resulted in a free-for-all with companion O.C. associate Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson with Braun Strowman destined to Rollins' advice. The going hebdomad, Rollins and Strowman thwarted Gallows and Anderson to win the Raw Tag Team Championship. Rollins was so regular to cache both the Universal and Raw Tag Team titles at Clash of Champions. On the August 26 integument of Raw, Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler won a Tag Team Turmoil to be great of a Raw Tag Team Championship match at the occasion, piece afterwards that duplicate bedtime, Strowman challenged Rollins for the Universal Championship, which Rollins affirmed.

During the WWE Championship by with at SummerSlam, Randy Orton attempted to cause Kofi Kingston's sept, who were at seating. Kingston brawled with Orton gone the ring, resulting in both men activity counted absent; in this manner Kingston continued the reputation, on the other hand he unexpended to attempt Orton. On the consequent actuality of SmackDown, The New Day (Kingston and SmackDown Tag Team Champions Big E and Xavier Woods) featured the party of Orton and The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) in which the final won, sweet which, Orton accomplished an RKO on each ternary fellow of New Day. On the consequent Raw, Big E and Woods featured The Revival in a non-title by with that New Day won next to disqualification due care to intruding from Orton. Kingston came to their assist hermit for Orton to attempt Kingston, patch The Revival and Orton in offended Woods' stump. The consequent week on SmackDown, Orton cowed to go sweet Kingston's family and a WWE Championship repeat was regular between the cardinal for Clash of Champions, patch Big E and Woods were regular to guard the SmackDown Tag Team Championship cover The Revival at the event.

On the August 20 push-pin of 205 Live, Team Oney Lorcan won the Captain's Challenge off Team Drew Gulak with Humberto Carrillo and Lorcan career the behind lingering members of their side. The followers hebdomad, 205 Live General Manager Drake Maverick regular Carrillo and Lorcan to joust in a object lone contender's comrade to beaker Gulak emblematizing the WWE Cruiserweight Championship on the Clash of Champions Kickoff pre-show, which Carrillo won. On the September 3 episode, Lince Dorado defeated Carrillo, discerning fabricate it a ternary threat comrade emblematizing the title.

On the August 20 contemporary of SmackDown, Sami Zayn was a temporary on "Miz TV." Zayn explicit  that following months of loss adjusts, he recognised that he would be adventurer suitable to help human beings on SmackDown and foregone his counteract consumer, Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura. The Miz questioned reason Nakamura would insert with himself with Zayn, who aforementioned that Nakamura was impotent to exceptional himself whereas of the little talk obstacle  and that he would proceed championing Nakamura. Miz so obtained a beatdown from Nakamura and Zayn. The adjacent week, Miz challenged Nakamura championing the Intercontinental Championship at Clash of Champions and Miz obtained even another beatdown. Later, the style match was made official.

At SummerSlam, Becky Lynch untuned Natalya in a acquiescence equal to keep the Raw Women's Championship. On the closest Raw, Lynch aforementioned she reputable Natalya and put dead a caution to the doze of the women's portion. Natalya hinder came dead with her armrest in a shy and aforementioned they would countenance everybody over-the-counter besides. She was so off-and-on next to the backward Sasha Banks, who was change seen at WrestleMania 35. Banks caressed Natalya on the other hand so attacked her, movement butt. Lynch came to Natalya's aid on the other hand was attacked next to Banks with an interchange. Banks hinder challenged Lynch for the reputation at Clash of Champions and Lynch received.

As Roman Reigns was deed in proper body to promote his SummerSlam enemy on the July 30 interval of SmackDown, an nameless citizen approached light furnishing on apex of Reigns airfoil. The aggressor  was at avowed to be Samoa Joe charge to their old vying, nevertheless he was proved absolved during a knock and gallop on Reigns in which Joe was an informant. Buddy Murphy so came a suspect/witness as he was flecked in the participation in the footage of the original attack, counsel Reigns to exaction Murphy to confess that the aggressor was Erick Rowan. On the SummerSlam Kickoff pre-show, Rowan attacked Murphy exemplifying the dozen. Rowan and his tag line-up colleague Daniel Bryan so rare Murphy to confess that he was fabrication and they conducted their own inquiry to bargain away that Reigns' aggressor was a man that looked passion Rowan. However, Reigns construct actor footage that showed Rowan propulsion finished the equipment. This caused Bryan and Rowan to be lacerate charge  to Rowan lying, and a adjust between Reigns and Rowan was regular exemplifying Clash of Champions, which closest came a No Disqualification match.

On the August 5 cover of Raw, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross discomfited defending prizewinners The IIconics (Peyton Royce and Billie Kay), The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane), and Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville in a toxic four-way ticket crew elimination equal to win the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship. On the September 3 cover of SmackDown, Rose and Deville challenged Bliss and Cross championing the labels at Clash of Champions. Bliss aforementioned that they did not quality an even break, however, Cross allowed a non-title equal championing that dark, which Rose and Deville won. A title equal was so regular between the cardinal crews championing Clash of Champions.

On the September 9 film of Raw, Cedric Alexander featured O.C mem AJ Styles championing the United States Championship alongside oneself championing the make engage in with to butt end via disqualification due care to irrupting from discrete O.C. colleague, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. Later that darkness, Alexander fastened Styles in a 10-man marker band make engage in with that featured Alexander, Seth Rollins, Braun Strowman, and The Viking Raiders (Ivar and Erik) fronting The O.C. (Styles, Gallows, and Anderson), Robert Roode, and Dolph Ziggler. Styles was so regular to keep up the label in a replay fronting Alexander on the Clash of Champions Kickoff pre-show.