10 Shocks WWE Could Pull At Royal Rumble 2019

7. The WWE Title Match Ends Cleanly

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Between Shinsuke Nakamura going to town on his plums last year and Daniel Bryan joining the ball-booting party more recently, it's a wonder AJ Styles has any manhood left. WWE's apparent booking strategy when it comes to AJ is thus: someone is kicking him in the dick, and not all of his matches are allowed to end cleanly.

Across feuds with Nakamura, Samoa Joe and Bryan, Styles has been asked to work in cheap finishes so his stories may continue. Will that be the case in Arizona at the Rumble? Hell, it's likely, if only because WWE might not feel beating AJ clean twice in a row does anything for him; don't forget their TLC finish, whilst cleaner than some, still had some referee involvement to distract the babyface.

Unless this rivalry is ending for good next week, one predicts shenanigans.

It'd be a pleasant (minor) shock if Daniel submitted Styles following a gruelling battle, and it'd be even more of one if AJ came up trumps with the title again.

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