 Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, "Monday Night Raw" and "SmackDown Live" (with this broadcast renaming the latter to "Friday Night SmackDown").At Clash of Champions, Kofi Kingston defeated Randy Orton to retain the WWE Championship.On the following "SmackDown", after The New Day (Kingston, Big E, and Xavier Woods) defeated the team of Orton and SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) in a six-man tag team match, Brock Lesnar (accompanied by Paul Heyman) returned and challenged Kingston for the WWE Championship, which Kingston accepted.