Sportskeeda WWE Awards 2016: Match of the Year

2016 was a great year for wrestling in the WWE

2: AJ Styles vs John Cena – WWE Summerslam 2016

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AJ Styles and John Cena had a near-perfect match at SummerSlam
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AJ Styles and John Cena met for their second one-on-one matchup at Summerslam this year. Their first match earlier in the year was excellent but ended with a dusty finishing when Gallows and Anderson helped Styles defeat Cena.

Styles and Cena’s feud heated up and culminated at Summerslam as the “Face that runs the place” met “The champ that runs the camp” and fans at Brooklyn were treated to a masterpiece of a wrestling match.

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Styles and Cena put on a clinic as they showed the rest of the roster how it was done, with the crowd watching on with bated breath as the face of WWE and the former face of TNA laid it all out on the line. They hit each other with their finishers but both men kicked out, sending the fans into a frenzy. Cena applied his STF on Styles but Styles managed to reverse out of it.

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Styles then hit a Phenomenal Forearm but Cena kicked out of it before hitting an Attitude Adjustment from the top rope. Styles somehow kicked out of it and sent the crowd wild frenzy. Styles then transitioned an AA attempt from Cena into a Styles Clash. The Phenomenal one then hit the Phenomenal Forearm on Cena to pick up the win.

This match was one of the best pro wrestling matches held by any promotion this year as we saw two stalwarts of the business hang it all out to dry as they tried to outdo each other. Absolutely brilliant match.

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