Ranking Every Raw Vs SmackDown WWE Survivor Series Match From Worst To Best
3. Brock Lesnar Vs AJ Styles (2017)
To a generation of fans, Bret Hart was the glue that held their world together as a fan of a declining WWE. The mid-1990s were starved of believability, but not when the bell rang for 'The Excellence Of Execution'. No matter the story, he'd tell it with painstakingly accurate heft, carefully employing his broad skillset to leave both himself and his opponent better off regardless of the result.
AJ Styles was a decade and a half into a refined career before signing with WWE, but as its Champion, he had Paul Heyman calling him the new 'Best There Is, Best There Was, and Best There Ever Will Be' after this.
The Pele kick to the back of Brock's head was a study in skilful desperation. The calf-killer near-tap and face-flattening escape was one of the best ever spots in a Brock Lesnar match before it was topped the following year (more on that later). Excellence of execution was certainly in supply, with Styles' immaculate selling of Lesnar's early assault finally making his auto-pilot effort seem worthy.
He couldn't slay the beast, and everybody knew it, but AJ refused to let anybody believe it until the F5 was fatally landed.