Extreme Rules 2018: Predictions for the outcome of every match on the pay per view

AJ Styles(c) vs Rusev (WWE Title)

Rusev has a zero percent chance of winning

As of the time of writing, there is no stipulation for the WWE Title match between AJ Styles and Rusev at Extreme Rules, which makes this Sunday's event the first of its kind to feature a WWE Title match without a special stipulation, which is just bewildering to me. It is the WWE Title for God's sake, the most prestigious title in WWE. At least show some respect to the title.

This match is certainly not going to be the main event, which is not a surprise since this has been a case with most WWE Title matches in 2018. Even though Styles' reign as the champion has gone stale, he is still the best option for WWE to be the top star on Blue Brand. If someone deserved to take the title off Styles, it was Nakamura, and if isn't Nakamura, then it certainly isn't anyone else.

As for Rusev, he is still very over with the crowd and WWE has tried very hard to present him as a serious contender in recent weeks, but his popularity has taken a hit since WrestleMania. This title match is just WWE's way of binding time before starting a fresh program for Styles leading up to Summerslam. Even though we all want Sunday to be a Happy Rusev Day, we all know that he has zero percent chance of winning on Sunday.

Prediction: AJ Styles retains the WWE Title

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