5 booking mistakes WWE made with Ryback

#5 From AJ Styles to Kalisto

Ryback was originally set to face AJ Styles at WrestleMania 32

For the second WrestleMania build in a row, Ryback’s WWE career looked to be heading in a positive direction. On the previous PPV, he teamed with Kane & Big Show to defeat the Wyatt Family and was made to look like the biggest star in the match.

According to Ryback, he was told by Vince McMahon that he would be facing WWE newcomer AJ Styles at WrestleMania 32 and that he would be allowed to “squash that little twerp”.

But, as always in WWE, plans change and he ended up losing a United States Championship match to Kalisto in front of roughly 10,000 people on the kickoff show, while Styles went on to wrestle Chris Jericho in front of over 100,000 people on the main show.

This is probably the biggest booking mistake WWE made during Ryback’s time with the company, and it’s no wonder he left two months later after refusing to sign a new contract.

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