5 Questions from WWE TLC that most need answering

A strange night indeed.
A strange night indeed.

#4 How will Bullet Club respond?

Too sweet for the Club?
Too sweet for the Club?

Rather than try to piece together a match between Finn Balor and some other RAW Superstar in Wyatt's absence, the WWE decided to turn to the Smackdown Live roster, inviting AJ Styles over on a one night only basis. On the surface, this was a pretty decent move as management knew fans would have been up for seeing the two go head to head and that there would be a very strong possibility of them stealing the show.

However, one cannot ignore the backdrop to this match. Even if you are not a follower of New Japan Pro Wrestling or ROH, there's a pretty good chance you'll have heard of the Bullet Club. You might also be aware that both Balor and Styles have, at one point, been leaders of this popular faction.

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In the midst of this classic match-up, the WWE and Bullet Club have been engaged in a little back and forth recently. First, there was the 'cease and desist' order that Vince filed against the group for using what he sees as WWE trademarks like 'Suck it!' and the 'Too-Sweet' hand gesture. Then we had a very interesting episode of 'Being the Elite' in which Cody and the rest of Bullet Club 'invaded' Monday Night RAW.

Therefore, there's a pretty strong possibility that Vince chose to have Styles face Balor as a way to signal that he is still the grandfather of wrestling and that no matter how big you might become by being involved in Bullet Club, everyone eventually ends up wanting to wrestle on the WWE platform.

Having the two men end the match by 'too-sweeting' each other just went to show that when it comes to public disagreements, Vince is not usually the one to back down. The next few weeks will be very interesting, especially if Bullet Club do decide to respond in some way.

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