7 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Raw (Oct 10)

3. AJ Gets Some Backup

For the past few weeks, Finn Balor has tried to recruit his old running buddy AJ Styles to join Judgment Day, noting that the Phenomenal One is alone and needs backup.

This message has been delivered with some tough love, but Balor insisted that he was showing mercy in not finishing the job. Monday, he started to deliver an ultimatum, but Styles came out to say he had seen the light and agreed with Finn that he needed friends, family even. And he wanted someone who had his back in Japan and WWE was the kind of help he needed.

But when Finn hugged AJ to welcome him to The Judgment Day, Styles noted that he wasn’t talking about Balor… and out came Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows, marking their first appearance in WWE since WrestleMania 36, when they backed up AJ against The Undertaker in the Boneyard Match.

Just like then, the Good Brothers backed up Styles as a brawl broke out, with Judgment Day fleeing the scene. A feud between Judgment Day and the reunited OC could be fun, especially given the history between the wrestlers. Throw in Rey Mysterio possibly sticking his masked head into things and you could have something there.