5 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE Super Show-Down

3. Styles Clash

AJ Styles was a recipient of an uncharacteristically long push of the bleep button as the heat intensified in his clash with Samoa Joe. Assuming he wasn't dishing out the F-words he relied upon during his the independent career, he was presumably screaming obscenities to get across his bilious rage with the man that has made his life a misery over the past few months. Considering this match played out more like an attempted double-turn than a redemptive act, his work failed what his mouth managed.

Systematically working on Joe's leg after the 'Samoan Submission Machine' suffered the mid-match knock, Styles was more Ric Flair than Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart in his approach and didn't relent until he forced his foe to tap out to an intensely-applied calf-crusher. Fans felt it too - there was again a criminal lack of reaction to an objectively excellent clash but as much of it was to do with 'The Phenomenal One's disconnected detonations as Joe gamely sold.

The conclusive nature of the finish suggested the end of the feud altogether even if leaked cards later in the year have them paired beyond Christmas. The boring suggestion is that AJ will hold the gold at least until the first-day sales of WWE 2K19 have been released, but Samoa Joe deserved more than having his momentum halted by the video game marketing.