10 Bad Habits WWE MUST Kick
1. Styles Council
Between 2014 and 2016, it was relatively easy to throw 'best in the world' around in discussion of AJ Styles based on his unexpectedly excellent exploits in NJPW and WWE following a gradual decline in TNA.
By 2017, New Japan had perhaps raised the bar too high for him to athletically vault over, but the 'Phenomenal One' was nonetheless superlative beyond the standard in Stamford.
Stupefying to most observers was how he'd overcome the company's uncanny knack of crushing characters before rebuilding them anew. From his Royal Rumble debut through to WWE Title surrender to John Cena one year later, he'd somehow navigated his way to the top of a company that had more than once only offered him basement wages to even sign.
He overachieved in feuds in 2017, and amassed enormous goodwill in saving the SmackDown Live! strap from the death-clutch of Jinder Mahal, but WWE's creative savagery finally caught up with him shortly afterwards.
A fifth wheel during the most ungainly portion of the Zayn/Owens/Bryan/Shane love square, his 'dream match' trajectory with Shinsuke Nakamura was undermined by the pair's in-ring failings together on three consecutive supershows.
Inexplicably frozen out of a Monday Night Raw move, his eventual loss to the 'King Of Strong Style' may actually reinvigorate him on Tuesdays. Something has to.