The biggest winners and losers of last night's SmackDown (January 1)

Role reversal.
Role reversal.

Winner: AJ Styles

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In one way, it's dismaying that we're getting yet another rematch between Styles and Bryan after the company made big promises that automatic rematches were a thing of the past. There is a reason to be sceptical about that already.

On the other hand, in this case, no one is probably arguing too much. After the performance that Styles and Bryan had at TLC, fans aren't exactly going to give the company flak for letting us see it happen again.

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Furthermore, there is a clear attempt to take a new direction with the story, with Styles unleashing "the animal within," as we saw in this great match. How this animal continues to develop and will stack up against the NEW Daniel Bryan at the Royal Rumble is the question we'll be asking for the next few weeks.

The other stars shined in the match too, Mustafa Ali in particular. He might be going places this year.

Major rumor about recently released stars HERE

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