8 Burning Questions For WWE Backlash 2016

2. Is AJ’s Time Now?

It’s not often that John Cena puts over a wrestler clean as a sheet. He’ll have outstanding matches with just about anyone (the John Cena United States Championship open challenge proved that) and he’ll give opponents a ton of offense, but Cena almost always 'Rises Above Adversity' to win.

That’s why AJ Styles’ super-clean, hard-fought victory over Cena at SummerSlam was such a big deal. Styles’ star has never been brighter in WWE – save for the moment he walked out at #3 in the Royal Rumble in January. Conversely, Dean Ambrose has seemed to falter with the WWE World Championship, poking Dolph Ziggler like a heel would and then acting goofy the next. Ambrose has been a favorite of many fans, but his act could be waning.

Does all of that mean that Sunday is AJ’s night? Could he break through and leave Backlash as the world champion? Imagine that: Kevin Owens and AJ Styles as WWE’s top two champions. Craziness. Either way, Styles isn’t getting any younger (he’s 39), so if WWE is going to cash in on him, now’s the time.