7) AJ Styles vs John Cena
WWE Summerslam ’16
AJ Styles and John Cena have been entrenched in a bitter rivalry for a large chunk of 2016. Styles was able to defeat Cena with the help of the Club at the Money In The Bank PPV. Cena, alongside Enzo Amore and Big Cass defeated Styles and the Club at WWE Battleground a couple of weeks later. This set up a third encounter between Styles and Cena at Summerslam.
The two put on a fantastic match at Summerslam, earning them match of the night honors. Plenty of near falls and great moments throughout the match. Styles was able to defeat Cena after a second Phenomenal Forearm.
Styles would go on to win the WWE World Championship a month later.
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!