AJ Styles-John Cena contract signing
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General Manager Daniel Bryan made his way out. John Cena made his way out first. AJ Styles told Daniel Bryan that he and Bryan are cut from the same cloth and that John Cena is different. He called out Cena for getting a title shot despite being absent for 4 months last year. Bryan mentioned SmackDown Live beating Raw in the viewership the previous week and said that they wanted to keep the momentum going by giving the biggest possible match for the Rumble.
He said that it was the match everyone wanted and the match everyone was going to get. Bryan told AJ that he didn’t know what AJ was worried about because he has 3 victories over Cena. Bryan then departed. AJ told Cena that the tables had turned from when they first met. He then said that SmackDown Live beat Raw in the ratings because he was the champion and not Cena.
Cena said that he had a lot of respect for AJ. AJ cut him off and told him he didn’t want to hear about it. He mentioned Cena taking back his comments on The Rock being a phoney on Talking Smack. AJ said that Cena wasn’t wrong, he was right, and that Cena was a phoney. He credited John Cena for being great before. He then told Cena that he would never be as great as The Rock would be in Hollywood, and he would never be as good as Styles in the ring and signed the contract.
The crowd erupted into Cena chants.Cena said that the biggest part of being humble is admitting when he is wrong. He then said that AJ made the biggest mistake by pissing him off and that he would push back. Cena said he lost all respect for Styles, calling him a chump. He cut a different style promo than he usually does, calling AJ a “punk little b*tch”.
Cena cut a promo about passion, and told AJ that he was no different from anyone who said: “Cena sucks”. He said that they chant “Cena sucks” and “has been” could never be him. He said that he is John Cena, “recognised” and signed the contract.
Baron Corbin came out and announced his participation in the Rumble, and that he would leave Wrestlemania as WWE champion. Cena said that he knew AJ wasn’t going to fight but he would pick a fight with Corbin. Before he could get his hands on Corbin, AJ blindsided Cena, attacking him from behind. AJ then left while Corbin was standing by the ropes.
