New WWE Clash in Italy 2026 Match Card Predictions After SNME Results

WWE heads overseas to Turin on Saturday for Clash in Italy with a card headlined by Roman Reigns defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Jacob Fatu in Tribal Combat.

Will The Tribal Chief emerge victorious, or will The Samoan Werewolf unleash his unpredictability on all of WWE with his first major championship victory?

Find out with these predictions for Saturday's card.

Saturday Night's Main Event Results

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The results for the May 23 show were:

The Vision (Logan Paul and Austin Theory) defeated The Street Profits to retain the World Tag Team Championship

Brie Bella and Paige defeated The Irresistible Forces (Nia Jax and Lash Legend) to retain the Women's Tag Team Championship

Penta defeated "All Ego" Ethan Page to retain the Intercontinental Championship

Sol Ruca defeated women's intercontinental champion Becky Lynch via disqualification

Jade Cargill, Michin, and B-Fab defeated Rhea Ripley, Charlotte Flair, and Alexa Bliss

Women's Intercontinental Championship: Sol Ruca vs. Becky Lynch

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Becky Lynch has spent almost the entirety of her time as women's IC champion putting others over. First, Lyra Valkyria, then Maxxine Dupri. Sol Ruca is poised to be next up.

The disqualification finish on Saturday Night's Main Event was a means to an end; a way to get the two back in the same ring for another high-stakes match, this time at Clash in Italy.

While there is an argument to be made that the title is better off around the waist of The Man, the only reason this feud should exist is if it is intended to put Ruca over and kick off her main roster run with a bang.

Prediction: Ruca wins the title

Oba Femi vs. Brock Lesnar

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In no universe should this match be happening.

WWE stuck the landing at WrestleMania 42, giving fans the Oba Femi squash win they demanded and sending Brock Lesnar into retirement in a classy, respectful manner that earned him considerable respect and admiration from the WWE Universe.

Less than two months later, Lesnar is back after flattening Femi with multiple F-5s on last week's Raw.

One of the most effective main event pushes of all time saw Batista defeat Triple H over three consecutive pay-per-views in 2005. That stretch confirmed to the audience that The Animal was a top guy and should be taken seriously in that role.

In a perfect world, Lesnar is back to put Femi over again.

While WWE may be tempted to go with The Beast Incarnate winning and setting up the rubber match, imagine a scenario where another loss pushes Lesnar to the brink, forcing him to put his career on the line in Minneapolis for SummerSlam.

It would mean more than the prototypical trading of victories to set up one final clash, and it would give WWE a non-title match it can build into its summertime spectacular.

Perhaps it is all wishful thinking, but it feels like everyone involved knows what the endgame should be. How they get there is the question.

Prediction: Femi

WWE Women's Championship: Rhea Ripley vs. Jade Cargill

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Rhea Ripley defeated Jade Cargill at WrestleMania 42 to win the WWE Women's Championship. Since then, she has found herself on defense against The Storm, who has repeatedly had her number, including a pinfall victory at Saturday Night's Main Event.

Ripley fans should not be worried, though. Despite the efforts that have gone into rebuilding Cargill in the wake of her WrestleMania defeat, Saturday's match still feels like a relative foregone conclusion, with Ripley retaining.

The only caveat would be if WWE plans to explore the tension that still exists between Flair and Ripley, regardless of their embrace on Saturday. If so, there is an open lane to Cargill regaining the gold because of botched interference from The Queen that would set up a long-awaited WrestleMania 39 rematch.

That still feels a ways off, though. Ripley is too early into her title reign to drop it here.

Prediction: Ripley retains

Undisputed WWE Championship: Cody Rhodes vs. Gunther

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Now is the time to book the Undisputed WWE Championship change that did not happen at WrestleMania 42.

Gunther is the most believable guy on the SmackDown roster and could easily benefit the top of the card as the heel champion for babyfaces to chase.

Considering how devoid of top bad guys the show is right now, putting the title on him and letting Rhodes regain some of the fandom he has lost via booking fatigue is the right call.

With a side program established involving Sami Zayn, The American Nightmare can even step away from the title picture for the moment and allow The Ring General to build his championship reign before going right back to the matchup.

If Gunther loses the match definitively, there becomes a real issue with depth and credibility as the pool of challengers for Rhodes gets even smaller.

If WWE is not ready to make that move, a disqualification finish is the obvious fallback.

Prediction: Gunther wins the WWE title

Tribal Combat for the World Heavyweight Championship

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Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatu tore the house down at Backlash in their straightforward one-on-one match, and fans should expect more of the same in their glorified street fight known as Tribal Combat.

It will be the third time that this specific match type has been presented in WWE, with The Tribal Chief winning both previously. There is no reason to believe the outcome will be any different on Saturday.

Fatu has been presented as an unstoppable force. While some fresh blood in the title picture would be welcome, this Reigns run is in its infancy, and one would be hard pressed to imagine WWE went through the trouble of putting the title back on him just to take it off within a month.

Reigns wins a wild, chaotic, physical main event, likely with some outside interference, presumably from The Usos or, perhaps, a new Bloodline member.

Prediction: Reigns retains