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Randy Orton is the one big name from Smackdown that AJ Styles hadn’t faced in his explosive first year. While this match certainly wasn’t of the same calibre as his classics against John Cena, it was still a big ticket match and solid for what it eventually was.
We’re surprised that their first contest wasn’t on pay-per-view and was just given away on TV. Perhaps the best spot of the night was when Styles checked his Phenomenal Forearm so that he did not fly into an RKO.
It was quite obvious to long term fans of the product that Orton would eventually go to Wrestlemania to culminate his feud with Bray Wyatt, but this was a nice detour along the way. We look forward to the eventual Orton-Styles program when it does happen. It’ll be explosive.
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Riju Dasgupta
Riju Dasgupta is the most-read active writer in Sportskeeda at the moment, across all sports. Having come on board in 2016, Dasgupta is best known for the 'Best and Worst' column, something that has become a staple for the site!
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