4) Roman Reigns vs AJ Styles
WWE Extreme Rules ’16
This was the second of two great matches between AJ Styles and Roman Reigns for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. The two put on a great match a couple of weeks earlier at Payback where Reigns was able to keep his title.
At Extreme Rules, Styles was granted a re-match. The two put on another great match that saw Reigns kick out of 2 ‘Styles Clashes’ including one on a chair. The match saw interference from both the Club and the Usos.
Reigns ended up hitting Styles with a spear in mid-air while he was attempting the Phenomenal Forearm for the win. The match also saw the incredible return of Seth Rollins where he took out Reigns with a pedigree after the match. Rollins had been out for almost a year after undergoing serious knee surgery.
The match received a 4.5/5 star rating from Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer.
You can see the match highlights below from WWE’s Youtube page and find the full match on the WWE Network!
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I like this list. My only change would be to switch out the Raw vs. SmackDown match at Survivor Series for the Triple Threat Women’s Title match at WrestleMania. Keep up the great work!