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2. The Club Helps Styles Beat Cena

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Sunday marks John Cena's first televised match since his return from injury, and it could hardly be a more interesting one - Cena will take on AJ Styles in what, up until this year, could only be considered an interpromotional dream match.

Styles turned heel and renewed his affiliation with The Club in order to make his first strike on Cena, and that's greatly affected the build for the match. This past week on Raw, the two men had a contract signing, and Cena laid down a gauntlet - Styles could either sign for a match with The Club at ringside (and presumably win, but without honor), or he could face Cena one on one. Styles, feeling challenged, signed for the fair match.

Still, "The Phenomenal One" is a heel, and heels lie. Whether or not The Club is at ringside, they're still technically not allowed to interfere in the match, so the contract doesn't make much of a difference regarding whether they get involved or not.

There's also the fact that this match likely isn't a one-off - it's probably the opening bout in a feud that will last until SummerSlam. Regardless of what ultimately happens, Styles needs the first win for credibility (especially after his losses to Roman Reigns), and WWE doesn't usually job top faces out cleanly.

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Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried. *Best Crowd of the Year, 2013