AJ Styles cut a promo at his last ROH show, which led to Jay Lethal coming out to do his lame heel shtick. Roderick Strong and the Bullet Club hit the ring in a brawl to set up Lethal/Roderick Strong/War Machine vs. the Bullet Club's Bucks/Gallows/Anderson with all the titles on the line. Bullet Club lost, and did a big "Curtain Call" style sendoff for Styles. The Bullet Club and ROH are both going to be missing someone important with him gone.
Stevie Richards was also at ROH's live event Saturday night. He lost to Adam Cole. I'd like to see him working in ROH, TNA, or NXT regularly. He can still go.
Rey Mysterio will be working WWC in Puerto Rico on Feb. 27. He's been pretty busy post-WWE.
AJ Styles tweeted about coming to WWE. That's something I can't say I expected to see years back.
TNA tweeted about AJ's WWE debut, too. Classy move. This is a really big chapter for the Phenomenal One.
Everything else from yesterday is after the break.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Umm, you can watch the Rumble later either on PPV or on the Network. Or you could DVR it or the NFL game. It's 2016. You don't have to choose.
2. Yeah, it's probably a politics thing. They haven't made the right offer to convince WWE it will be the right investment for WM33. It's not out of the question to happen another year, though, if they put together the right blueprint and financial package.
3. First of all, I don't think an AJ Styles match is as anticipated as a Cena match in 2016. I'm a fan of AJ, but a lot of the audience has never heard of him. AJ vs. Del Rio could be fun. The U.S. Title is still pretty important (look at what lengths Del Rio has gone to keep Kalisto from holding it), and that'd be a good prize for AJ to compete for. I think AJ will have a lot of competition for big matches during Mania season, but there's nothing to say he won't be in the hunt for gold later in the year.
4. Reigns won't sell out to The Authority. He wants to be his own man, coming through the crowd and so on. The Reigns/Authority feud has been going back for a while now, when the Shield turned face and split from them. The McMahons see it as a betrayal thing. As for Reigns not doing anything, I suggest watching the ending of TLC, or the time he superman punched Vince.
5. Considering they didn't do that (they held their four fingers down. The Horsemen put their four fingers up), you might be the only one. And really, I don't see any reason to be upset. It's hardly gimmick infringement at the Young Bucks level.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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