AJ Styles

I was at Raw last night and AJ was in tears over the reaction he got from the crowd . He stuck around for about 10 minutes after Raw went off the air, meeting fans. He deserves it.

Exactly what I was coming here to say.

I'd like to think that maybe just maybe they realize that Roman is not the top guy they were looking for and they'll give Styles the championship considering the amount of money they spent to sign him and see what he can do with it.

Glad someone else noticed. The way he shoo'd Sami away seemed suspicious to me

I'm just having a hard time finding the negative that other people are seeing here.

Look, Wrestlemania was an absolute mess. I have been among the most critical of that show on this board to my knowledge, I thought it was absolute trash. Raw was...better, but still pretty senseless and lackluster up until the Enzo & Cass debut, then things got really good, really fast. I was absolutely shocked that AJ won, and elated. To me, there's simply no negative here if you go in realizing a couple of things.

1. Roman Reigns isn't going anywhere. He's going to beat Styles. He was going to beat anyone they put in front of him. If you can't accept that and find positivity in other aspects of the show (and trust me, I'm not happy about it) there is nothing left to watch for. I get it, it sucks. Roman is clearly the wrong guy, yada yada, there's no debating it. But it's what they're doing. So, we can either be willing to accept the compromises they're making to try to mitigate his disastrous position, or we have no choice but to look elsewhere.

2. AJ Styles is main eventing a WWE Pay-Per-View. I mean, this is literally a scenario everyone dreamed about when Styles was signed, and multiple people were quick to say "lol Styles will never main event a WWE PPV, mark my words." Now it's happening.

3. Look at the alternatives. Assuming that Roman Reigns is a constant in all of these scenarios, what would you rather see? Do you want Roman to plod through the next several months facing the likes of the Wyatt Family, The League of Nations, and maybe Ryback? How about heel turns from Kane and Big Show? Those are the realistic alternatives until Cena comes back, and when that happens, you can bet it's going to be all about WWE's torch-passing scenario. AJ Styles can have a passable match with a balloon animal. He's going to make Roman look like a million bucks, and lord knows Reigns needs that right now.

I'm already more excited about this match than anything at Wrestlemania. I really, really needed a bone thrown my way after Sunday night. This was enough to get me by, for now.

Now, I say all this with fear in the back of my mind, because I still think that there is a very realistic possibility that Vince and company pull the rug out from under AJ next week and go in a completely different direction, making last night a temporary truce in an otherwise all out war with the audience. I sincerely hope that isn't the case.

Never happy

i was going to say the exact same thing you guys did. why would WWE want AJ to win the match if WWE knows fans will boo Reigns even harder? i hope he becomes a heel, i can see him as a great heel

Balor/Bullet club involvement sounds like internet fan speculation, and a pipe dream...

But it's odd to see this face/face matchup when WWE knows such a large following are STRONGLY on the side of AJ.

I mean, I'm sure they know a heel like KO would still get cheered over Roman.

& Styles/Reigns will be a quality match because of AJ's ability.

It's just a very...odd...decision.

I am not complaining at all, though. Yeah, we know tons of guys will be fed to Roman from now to SummerSlam but this PPV matchup is FAR superior to Roman/Wyatt, Sheamus, or Big Show pt. 3,400.

If Kevin Owens can come in and lose like 3 times to Cena over the US title, I can take AJ losing a WWE title match in the main event.