5 WWE matches advertised for pay-per-views that did not happen

#1 AJ Styles vs Daniel Bryan (Crown Jewel 2018)

Bryan refused to travel.

Following his crowd-pleasing WWE Championship victory in England, AJ Styles embarked on a long journey with the title. His resultant match with Brock Lesnar was a classic and helped him a lot, despite losing the bout. The reign he had was not always electric, but Styles did bring it, on most occasions. His feuds against Shinsuke Nakamura and Samoa Joe stick out, with multiple matches against both men ranging from frustrating to excellent. He was quickly approaching a full year with the title, with a match against Daniel Bryan looming.

The two were set to meet in Riyadh, at the controversial Crown Jewel event. However, after assessing the situation with Saudi Arabia and the grim circumstances surrounding the journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, Bryan refused to travel to the show. This forced WWE to change plans for the WWE title match for Crown Jewel, so they had this match take place on the SmackDown before Crown Jewel. Bryan and Styles had an excellent match for the belt, with the Phenomenal One standing tall before being jumped by a former bitter rival.

Samoa Joe challenged AJ Styles for the title for the fourth time at Crown Jewel, with the Phenomenal One's victory taking his title reign past the one year mark. As for Daniel Bryan, it seemed like WWE would punish him for refusing to go to Saudi Arabia. But, to the shock of everyone, he turned heel and won the WWE Championship, ending AJ's title reign at 371 days.