AJ Styles is small
On this episode of Monday Night Raw, WWE wanted to make one thing VERY clear about AJ Styles. With The Miz in the ring during this segment, to JBL on commentary, WWE wants to let you know one thing: AJ Styles is SMALL.
He’s an underdog, who was “a big fish in a small pond,” and is now in the “big leagues,” where he has to prove himself. The Miz with countless references to Daniel Bryan, illustrating that AJ Styles is small and has been fighting for his whole life with a “chip on his shoulder.”
Pile on top of this segment, that AJ Styles, who is NEW to this fan base didn’t get to say a word. No, why try to familiarize him with the audience? They’ve already made him a star by portraying him as a scrappy, underdog. Yes, an underdog. The same “underdog” that is a former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, who helped sell out the Tokyo Dome at Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Japan.
I can hear them now… you, know… the WWE sympathizers, who will say, “but Eron, he came off looking good!”
Once you introduce the idea to the fan base, which a majority of said fan base have no clue who he is, that he’s just some Daniel Bryan replacement and is an undersized, former “small fish in a big pond,” underdog, you’ve already lost the battle.
Welcome to WWE, Mr. Styles.
