10 Biggest Sacred Cows In Wrestling In 2018
7. AJ Styles
WWE's '365' Network special on Kevin Owens was an alarming and illuminating look at the realities of life for a man that didn't really know where he stood in an organisation he'd only recently been atop of. The sequel - a year-round profile on AJ Styles during his year-long reign with the WWE Championship - in contrast reflected a man who knew exactly where he stood; right in the middle ground.
There was a time when safe-pair-of-hands AJ was vital to the future of the title. As the aforementioned documentary covered, in between powerful losses to Finn Bálor and Brock Lesnar, Styles liberated the strap from Jinder Mahal and in doing so immediately restored it to former glories.
A year later though, and The New Daniel Bryan felt too like he was saving the day.
Styles' 371-day run - not entirely down to his own failings - was a moribund slew of middling matches and passable promos. His opponents were routinely more responsible for elevating their programmes than he was. It's largely the reason the Nakamura "dream match" triggered a load of nightmares that even Samoa Joe's bedtime stories couldn't placate. The truth hurt - a very, very good wrestler had a very, very ordinary year.