10 Live Observations From WWE Extreme Rules 2016

AJ Styles is the best worker in the largest wrestling company on the planet. At Extreme Rules, he once again delivered an incredible main event, taking Roman Reigns to the limit and helping the WWE Champion have his best match ever. And it didn't matter.

WWE tries to sell Reigns as a polarizing figure, a la John Cena, but that's not true - the vast, vast majority of fans hate him, and at Extreme Rules, it was almost unanimous. Styles, meanwhile, has picked up an immediate following based solely on his talent - and WWE made him use all of that talent to make Reigns look good. The champ got the better of every exchange, while Styles - who turns 39 in June and has suffered from back and ankle injuries over the past half-year - took some very ill-advised bumps in the process of making Reigns seem like a conqueror.

Also disturbing was the fact that Styles never looked like he could have won - in fact, he unloaded absolutely everything he had on Reigns, and it was to no avail. Reigns kicked out of a Styles Clash. He kicked out of a Styles Clash on a chair. He kicked out of an attack from Anderson and Gallows. Finally, Styles hit him with multiple chairshots, but when he went for the Phenomenal Forearm, Reigns caught him with a Spear and got the win.

I get that in wrestling, great workers are often called upon to put lesser workers over. It's just that in this context, Reigns's domination was so excessive, that I'm not even looking forward to his next match. It'll be more of the same.