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When AJ Styles first confronted John Cena it was a legitimately amazing moment. People have wanted to see Styles in WWE for years, but until he came in earlier this year as a bona fide star it seemed unlikely that he and Big Match John would ever cross paths in a true main event scenario.
Of course Styles did end up being introduced to WWE in Orlando, of all places, and was treated like a huge star by fans and the company alike. There was a rough patch during the initial feud with Chris Jericho when the commentary team were agreeing with Jericho, the heel, that Styles was unproven and not really a star. Thankfully they dropped that narrative, especially since in the end Jericho ended up being proven right when he defeated Styles at WrestleMania.
Styles went on to have an early contender for WWE’s feud of the year with he and The Club up against Roman Reigns and The Usos. Even though he didn’t win the title, none of the former New Japan stars were treated like losers and they came out of a feud that they technically lost looking better than ever.
WWE is getting dangerously close to ruining all of the credibility Styles and The Club have gained, and ironically it’s going the same way Styles said he would ensure it wouldn’t. Cena went into the tool shed and pulled out his shovel.
While the way their match ended at Money in the Bank was very disappointing (I would almost have rather seen Styles lose clean than win like that), they are far from reaching the point of no return. What I mean by that is that they haven’t yet been Rusev‘d. Thanks to his insane talent and distance from Cena, Rusev is close to where he was before the Cena debacle, and Styles would surely recover as well. But what’s the point of getting to that in the first place?
Cena absolutely dominated Karl Anderson on RAW this week. I don’t think Anderson got a single move in. Maybe one or two punches, but the match was Cena looking like Superman and Anderson looking like an untrained 5-year-old. That simply cannot happen. Yes, Cena should be able to beat Anderson. He’s a career tag team specialist (though he is a very good singles guy), so it’s not at all wrong for Cena to beat him clean. In fact it’s the right thing to do, after a fairly competitive match. Not competitive like a match against Styles, obviously, but Anderson looked like an embarrassment.
Just saying, if I was the leader of The Club, Monday would have been his last night.
If this is any indication as to how the feud is going to develop, then we might as well just skip to the end.
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