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Best/Worst: AJ Styles' WWE title reign
AJ Styles has had a bizarre year.
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He reigned as WWE Champion for most of it, but that title reign was underwhelming, even if it was good. He had a feud with Shinsuke Nakamura that was good, but lackluster at the same time. He had a better feud with Samoa Joe that also wound up being disappointing.
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Styles' booking was far from bad, since he was the champion, but it wasn't good, either. He rarely main evented his own show every week. His matches were marred by screwy finish after screwy finish. He even tapped out to Samoa Joe before a pinfall but kept his title due to referee incompetence.
That kind of booking doesn't make one feel like a real champion.
Styles was always reliable, but the title felt stagnant at the same time.
Perhaps its unsurprising that Daniel Bryan's reign is already better after a month or so than Styles' was for a year. Simply put, Bryan hasn't been booked that way.
