AJ Styles To Face Roman Reigns At Extreme Rules In WWE Title Rematch
The two will square off again in an extreme rules match.
After a very entertaining main event at Payback, WWE has decided to run it back and give us a second helping of AJ Styles and Roman Reigns battling it out for the World Heavyweight Title.
Reigns successfully defended the belt in what was an impressive match that saw multiple McMahon involvement, two false finishes and restarts as well as several run-ins, yet despite all the convoluted overbooking, still ended up being an awesome display from both men.
The fans were solidly behind Styles in his first WWE pay-per-view main event, and the bout had tremendous heat from a raucous crowd in Chicago.
In the end, Reigns managed to retain after surviving interference from AJ's former Bullet Club cohorts Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows, as well as an array of near-falls from Styles' vast arsenal. At the close of the show, Vince, Stephanie and Shane McMahon were shown raving over the quality of the match and deciding that AJ definitely deserved another shot at Roman, which will take place May 22nd at Extreme Rules in a bout named after the event itself.
The two men will have the chance to raise the bar they set at Payback by tossing traditional rules out the window when they step in the ring once again. Regardless of where you stand on Roman Reigns as champion, there's no denying he carried his share of the load at Payback and there's reason to be excited for the rematch less than a month away.