10 Times WWE Swerved The Fans Just For The Sake Of It

10. Chris Jericho Beats AJ Styles At WrestleMania 32

AJ Styles's first program in WWE was a respectful rivalry with Chris Jericho, but when the pair failed to win the WWE Tag Team Titles from The New Day, Jericho turned on Styles and it became a fully-fledged blood feud. Styles picked up the first win at Fastlane, but they were set up for a rematch at WrestleMania 32.

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The bout was the best one-on-one match on a weak card, with both guys getting enough time to build something special. In the end, though, Jericho pulled out a surprising win - when Styles came in with the Phenomenal Forearm, Jericho caught him with the Codebreaker and got the pinfall.

Was this part of a longer story WWE was telling? Would the two men meet again at Payback? No.

That was, for all intents and purposes, the end of their feud. The very next evening, they'd be part of a four-way match for WWE Heavyweight Title number one contendership. Styles would pin Jericho for the win, but all that did was put "The Phenomenal One" into a new feud, one with Roman Reigns.

So why did Jericho beat Styles at WrestleMania? Simply because people expected Styles to win. Of course, though, people expected Styles to win because it would have made sense.

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