Top Rope Report: Why the booking for Styles vs. Reigns is actually brilliant

The ultimate finish to the feud

Will Balor be called to the main roster?

But none of those options carry the same potential as what would be the true ideal finish to this feud, and it involves a call-up from NXT that has been anticipated for more than a year.

For this one, Styles continues to reject the assistance of his friends, but they continue to attack Reigns, even in the actual match at Payback. That costs Styles the world title, although he technically wins the match via disqualification.

When he starts to berate Anderson and Gallows for messing up his shot at the belt, we hear Finn Balor’s music or some sort of clear Bullet Club theme song. Balor enters the ring, and after a moment of tension, he joins Gallows and Anderson in beating down both Styles and Reigns.

This is far from an original idea, as it’s been floating around the Internet a good bit over the last day or so, but it has some really cool implications that haven’t really been a part of the WWE of late. That attack would set up a three-faceted main event picture involving a big-time babyface in Styles, a fan favorite who has battled the loathed Reigns as well as his former friends. It would also establish the Bullet Club as heels who work for themselves instead of any authority figure.

And last, it would leave Reigns as a true tweener, capable of drawing on the huge pops he gets as a favorite at house shows while also interacting with the boos he gets on televised shows and pay-per-views.

Those three men – Styles, Balor and Reigns – could feud for the world title, or one of them could branch off while the other two battled. Regardless of how that played out, it would be a fresh angle at a time when WWE badly needs it.