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AJ Styles has surely taken WWE by storm. He has received one of the biggest pushes a debuting wrestler can receive and is constantly featured on main event matches.
Now, he just turned heel (although I can't fully consider him a heel, he just made a statement by attacking John Cena. Does that make him a heel? This is wrestling: you attack people in order to challenge them. Roman has the Usos attack Styles as well, when Styles was playing fair and didn't want the Club to get involved, however Roman isn't viewed as a heel) and he has set his eyes on John Cena, the face of the WWE.
In the past years we've seen Cena lose to guys like Kevin Owens, Rusev, Daniel Bryan, Seth Rollins and Alberto Del Rio. So I'm sure that Styles will be able to get a win out of John Cena as well.
However something Cena never loses, is that he never (rarely) loses in a feud. He won his feud against Owens. He was like 3-1 to Seth Rollins during their WWE/US title feud. We never really got to see a feud with him and Del Rio or with him and Bryan. It was just one match. He won his feud against Rusev and Bray Wyatt.
The last feud Cena lost, was with Brock Lesnar and that's debatable. Cena won at Extreme Rules in 2012. Lesnar killed him at SSlam 2014 and then Cena got a DQ win at NoC. So the score is 2-1 to Cena, or 2-2, if you're counting Royal Rumble 2015 as well.
The only feud Cena has lost in his career, is the feud with CM Punk in 2011. Punk and Cena had traded multiple victories on RAW before that, but it was Punk who got the two decisive victories against Cena at MITB and Summerlam.
Ever since coming in the WWE, AJ Styles has been in 2 feuds. One with Jericho and one with Roman. With Jericho he tied 2-2 in singles matches and he's 0-2 against Roman Reigns. So AJ Styles hasn't won any feud after coming here.
So, why should AJ Styles win in the feud against Cena?
a) In order to give Styles a won feud under his belt. AJ Styles is 39 years old and isn't getting any younger. He's not a Bray Wyatt or a Kevin Owens, guys that could stick around for the next decade and earn credibility through time. If you want to run with AJ Styles, you have to run now. His name has value and he also has a huge fanbase behind him.
b) Cena talked about the New Era passing through him. This is the perfect example. It can back up Cena's words. AJ Styles passing through John Cena.
c) Give The Club credibility. I won't lie, beating the Usos was impressive, but they failed to give Styles the belt. Styles couldn't get the job done alone. If he can't get the job done with the Club besides him, then what's the point? Why is he a threat? Why are the Club a threat?
d) Progress the story. There's a great story that can be told with the Club and AJ Styles. But if they lose to Cena, they lose credibility and anything else that comes after that, just won't feel right. There's money in The Shield vs The Club. There's money in getting Human Balor/Demon Balor involved. There's money in getting the japanese wrestlers of the WWE involved. The Club can be a moneymaking programm for the next year easily. All they need is to go through John Cena. Not squash him, not beat him cleanly. Just beat him, so the scoreline can in someway read Styles: 2 - Cena: 1.
e) Bring chaos. Everytime Cena loses a feud, something big comes afterwards even if that is the Summer of Punk or Brock Lesnar. With the Brand Extension coming and the fact that WWE sort of hit a "reboot" button after Wrestlemania they need all the mainstream appeal and push they can get. Club beating John Cena can do that. Club losing to John Cena just puts them in the same level as Bray Wyatt and Kevin Owens. There's nothing wrong with that, but as I said, Styles is 39. You have to run with him, now.
Now, he just turned heel (although I can't fully consider him a heel, he just made a statement by attacking John Cena. Does that make him a heel? This is wrestling: you attack people in order to challenge them. Roman has the Usos attack Styles as well, when Styles was playing fair and didn't want the Club to get involved, however Roman isn't viewed as a heel) and he has set his eyes on John Cena, the face of the WWE.
In the past years we've seen Cena lose to guys like Kevin Owens, Rusev, Daniel Bryan, Seth Rollins and Alberto Del Rio. So I'm sure that Styles will be able to get a win out of John Cena as well.
However something Cena never loses, is that he never (rarely) loses in a feud. He won his feud against Owens. He was like 3-1 to Seth Rollins during their WWE/US title feud. We never really got to see a feud with him and Del Rio or with him and Bryan. It was just one match. He won his feud against Rusev and Bray Wyatt.
The last feud Cena lost, was with Brock Lesnar and that's debatable. Cena won at Extreme Rules in 2012. Lesnar killed him at SSlam 2014 and then Cena got a DQ win at NoC. So the score is 2-1 to Cena, or 2-2, if you're counting Royal Rumble 2015 as well.
The only feud Cena has lost in his career, is the feud with CM Punk in 2011. Punk and Cena had traded multiple victories on RAW before that, but it was Punk who got the two decisive victories against Cena at MITB and Summerlam.
Ever since coming in the WWE, AJ Styles has been in 2 feuds. One with Jericho and one with Roman. With Jericho he tied 2-2 in singles matches and he's 0-2 against Roman Reigns. So AJ Styles hasn't won any feud after coming here.
So, why should AJ Styles win in the feud against Cena?
a) In order to give Styles a won feud under his belt. AJ Styles is 39 years old and isn't getting any younger. He's not a Bray Wyatt or a Kevin Owens, guys that could stick around for the next decade and earn credibility through time. If you want to run with AJ Styles, you have to run now. His name has value and he also has a huge fanbase behind him.
b) Cena talked about the New Era passing through him. This is the perfect example. It can back up Cena's words. AJ Styles passing through John Cena.
c) Give The Club credibility. I won't lie, beating the Usos was impressive, but they failed to give Styles the belt. Styles couldn't get the job done alone. If he can't get the job done with the Club besides him, then what's the point? Why is he a threat? Why are the Club a threat?
d) Progress the story. There's a great story that can be told with the Club and AJ Styles. But if they lose to Cena, they lose credibility and anything else that comes after that, just won't feel right. There's money in The Shield vs The Club. There's money in getting Human Balor/Demon Balor involved. There's money in getting the japanese wrestlers of the WWE involved. The Club can be a moneymaking programm for the next year easily. All they need is to go through John Cena. Not squash him, not beat him cleanly. Just beat him, so the scoreline can in someway read Styles: 2 - Cena: 1.
e) Bring chaos. Everytime Cena loses a feud, something big comes afterwards even if that is the Summer of Punk or Brock Lesnar. With the Brand Extension coming and the fact that WWE sort of hit a "reboot" button after Wrestlemania they need all the mainstream appeal and push they can get. Club beating John Cena can do that. Club losing to John Cena just puts them in the same level as Bray Wyatt and Kevin Owens. There's nothing wrong with that, but as I said, Styles is 39. You have to run with him, now.