5 Ups 8 Downs From WWE Raw (Oct 19)

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8. Big Jordan Backing… AJ Styles?

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Look, we’re willing to be wrong here, but the pairing Monday night of AJ Styles with Big Jordan, the former Raw Underground doorman, is just a perplexing decision.

Styles has had backup to win matches before, but it was in the form of his real-life buddies Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows. With the Good Brothers gone, WWE decided the former multi-time world champion needed some muscle, so they gave him an imposing 7-footer to stand behind him in a suit.

The pairing just didn’t seem to click. This big dude just towered over AJ, refused to leave the ring at the referee’s request, and then glowered at Matt Riddle throughout the match. Shawn Michaels and Diesel this was not.

Of course, we’re always willing to give it another view and opinion next week, but this wasn’t a positive first impression.

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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.