#6. We learned… WWE values AJ Styles.
I know you’re just as surprised as I am. Yeah, maybe you believed it was going to happen, but not like that. John Cena took a clean, 1-2-3 loss to AJ Styles at WWE SummerSlam. For months, the booking of AJ Styles has been a rollercoaster ride. Playing this tweener, Styles’ character has been lacking that one big win, but he finally got it.
He lost to Roman Reigns several times, Chris Jericho at WrestleMania 32 and needed the Club to beat John Cena the first go around at WWE Money In The Bank. Since arriving in WWE at the 2016 Royal Rumble, Styles was lacking that defining moment that legitimized him with the casual fans who had never heard of him before WWE.
Well, he got it at SummerSlam.
Not only did he beat John Cena clean, but he also didn’t have any outside assistance from Luke Gallows or Karl Anderson. As for the match itself, I wasn’t as big a fan as others were. Some called this match a match of the year contender. Eh, I don’t see it, but I can understand that mindset. These guys did bust their asses and did a great job, but the pace of this match never really connected with me. It felt like their time got cut or something like that, because it appeared as if they were rushing their match.
As for the golden boy, Cena is off to reportedly shoot season two of the reality show, “American Grit,” which was renewed by FOX earlier this year. As for Styles, it only makes sense for him to move onto the WWE Champion Dean Ambrose and become the number one contender for the World Championship.
That’ll be phenomenal.
