#6 Did you expect anything less from Styles and KO?
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With all the talk about Shinsuke Nakamura, and the prospect of seeing Jinder Mahal compete for the WWE Championship (more on that later!), not a lot of attention was being paid to the Kevin Owens vs. AJ Styles bout for the US Championship. After the opening match failed to deliver, and the rest of the lower card kind of stumbled along, very unsure of itself, these two reminded us why they are the stalwarts of WWE's new era.
This was a good example of where wrestling is at in 2017. Two men, with bags of talent behind them, going out and putting on a performance that just speaks for itself. There was no onus on the commentators to get you invested in the action; no strange stipulations were needed either. This is bread and butter WWE wrestling at its finest, and it really helped take the Backlash show out from the gutter.
SmackDown has been struggling since the superstar shakeup, after losing so much from its upper-mid card, and certain events from last night show that management haven't quite worked out what to do about that yet. Thankfully, you can always wheel out either Styles or Kevin Owens when things are getting desperate, and sit back and watch them do their thing. This was easily the match of the night, and not just because the rest of the show was so weak.
