4 Ups And 10 Downs From WWE Raw (Dec 27)

3. Crews/Styles Put On Nice Show

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We criticized the decision to scrub an AJ Styles/Commander Azeez match just minutes after it was announced, but to be fair, we got a much better match as a result.

Styles and Apollo Crews had a decent little match, reminding everyone that Crews really can go and is being completely wasted as some lower-card goof with a bad accent. Apollo controlled for a lot of the match until AJ went on a tear. Crews nearly pulled it out with a Death Valley Driver on the apron, but after a clumsy series of reversals, AJ pulled out a Styles Clash for the win.

Afterward, he put Commander Azeez down with a Phenomenal Forearm, and supposedly put Omos on notice.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.