9 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (March 7th)
6. AJs Coming Out Party
Granted, AJ Styles has been part of WWE for more than a month now, but Mondays Tag Team Championship match provided WWE fans with more of a display of the Phenomenal One than theyd seen before.
Styles match against Chris Jericho at Fastlane was a good one (as were the others on television), but it also was a more grounded match. Monday, we saw AJ debut the springboard 450 splash and hit the Phenomenal Stylin DDT (moonsault into an inverted DDT) flawlessly (a previous attempt on Jericho was slightly botched), bringing fans to their feet. It was the kind of reaction you wanted from the fans, especially given what was coming later.
You get the feeling that even though wrestlers have to use WWE style in the ring, we still havent seen the bulk of what AJ can and will bring to the table. Fans who have seen him in TNA and New Japan know what hes capable of. Monday might have been Styles kicking off the training wheels a little and taking off.