Men's singles match: John Cena vs. AJ Styles

 

Result: Cena defeats Styles by pinfall

Grade: A

No build, no problem. Cena and Styles have had an great rivalry considering 2016, with a sequence of fits that helped Cena break out the "5 Moves of Doom" label that he were saddled with for the duration of his lengthy reign on top of the WWE. Both forty eight years old and almost a decade eliminated from their closing come across, Cena and Styles needed to find a manner to provide something exclusive and tasty for their remaining dance.

And they clearly added with a fit that was precise from their previous affairs however also served as a love letter to their respective histories inside the squared circle.

We need to have recognised we had been in for some thing unique whilst Styles wore his Total Nonstop Action wrestling equipment to the ring and turned into introduced as the leader of the Bullet Club faction.

After setting up that they have been all too acquainted with every other's actions, with counters for his or her opponent's counters and settling right into a stalemate, Cena and Styles dug deep into their luggage and utilized actions from former opponents that served both as a homage and an exceptional recreation plan to capture their opponent off stability. Cena introduced a Skull Crushing Finale (The Miz) and an Accolade (Rusev) earlier than being met with a Coquina Clutch (Samoa Joe) and an Angel's Wings (Christopher Daniels). Moves from Chris Jericho, Frankie Kazarian, Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton and Triple H had been most of the tributes inside the healthy.

It became an clearly first rate way to wonder lovers and work inside their in-ring limits. Still, Styles was as masterful as ever and deployed a springboard 450 as a reminder that he's one of the pleasant ever. Cena was similarly wonderful and hit a Sister Abigail in a touching salute to the overdue Bray Wyatt. Everything labored here, along with the conclusion.

After hitting Sweet Chin Music (Shawn Michaels), Styles went for a dash off the top rope, however Cena caught him and rolled via, in a nod to Michaels from their notable WrestleMania 23 match. Instead of hitting the Attitude Adjustment, Cena transitioned to a Tombstone (Undertaker). It changed into handiest fitting that Cena placed a pin at the suit by way of hitting one closing Attitude Adjustment for the win.

This turned into as properly because it gets and a fitting way to cease one of the quality rivalries in WWE.