WWE Smackdown Live September 6th: Reading Between the Lines of Each Segment

Dean Ambrose and AJ Styles, Face to Face:

Main Point: Styles heel work in earlier backstage segments was brilliant. Breaking an employee’s phone, threatening to get another employee fired because he showed the footage of AJ falling on the ropes last week, it was awesome!

He even managed to draw some boos from the crowd that popped big time when he first appeared on screen.

I’ve seen some people criticising this ending but to be honest, I felt it accomplished the goal of finishing the build to their match at Backlash. AJ Styles was the cold, arrogant heel with his sights set on the title, and Dean Ambrose was the laid back, confident champ who took things to a more serious level (his best level) when Styles said something distasteful.

With both men cutting intense promos towards the end of the segment, Styles finished proceedings with a low blow to the champ. Although a further beat down would have left a lasting image, this was enough to define Styles as the cold-hearted heel who will stop at nothing to win the title on Sunday at WWE Backlash.

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