10 New SmackDown Matches Made Possible By WWE’s Superstar Shakeup

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Samoa Joe Vs. AJ Styles

Samoa Joe AJ Styles
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The exact same goes for two men who know one another very, very well.

Samoa Joe and AJ Styles worked against one another extensively in TNA. Watch their X-Division Title match from Turning Point 2005 or the three-way also involving Christopher Daniels at Unbreakable the same year for evidence of how smooth AJ and Joe are together.

Older, more experienced and with the might of WWE's machine behind them, both could feasibly construct a match of the year candidate on SmackDown or pay-per-view. They're good enough to have multiple matches that don't feel like the usual WWE repeats too.

It's an exciting time to be a WWE fan, specifically if you find SmackDown's two-hour format more palatable than Raw's often mind-numbing three-hour stretch. Matches like Joe vs. Styles and Joe vs. Nakamura are reasons to be happy about the blue brand's future.

Embrace it.

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What other fresh matches would you like to see on SmackDown? Let us know your thoughts down in the comments section below!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.