I'm done with AJ Styles as world champion

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I'm done with AJ Styles as world champion.

I'm officially out of the "AJ Styles Fanclub" until he loses the title. This man hasn't been impressing me to the level he used to since that Lesnar match and more than that you've got other stars who would do that belt justice compared to how he is now. Still though he's lost something compared to how he used to be. A lot of people thought I was bullshitting when I said he was better as a heel champion but now compare that to the Styles we've seen this year, there's a clear difference.

Styles keeps giving me this same "lemme bullshit for 20 mins until we turn it up" shit with his matches. Like everybody wants that in these matches.
Styles is boring me as a face champion. I'm more entertained by lames like Corbin cutting a promo than him.
Styles as world champion looks to be weird to me given there's others who would be better in that role right now. It looks like a transitional champion holding the belt for some reason.
Styles keeping the belt when someone else desperately needs it right now (Nakamura) is a no no after all Nakamura's gone through on the main roster. Let alone if it's not Nakamura then there's Bryan, Joe, there's other guys out there. There's options.

Now we see in the third match against Nakamura both dudes don't stand back up so no one wins and in turn, Styles is still champion. f*** that, that's not interesting, that's lazy and hell and we deserve better. Hell Nakamura looks like a f***ing joke man, this guy can't get shit done.

Here's my AJ Styles Fanclub entrance card. I'll be back once he loses that title and gets that fire he used to have.

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Honestly the Lesnar match feels like a fluke more and more by the day, and really starting to feel like AJ just plain doesn't have it anymore. Everything since that match has been okay at best, except the Fastlane match where he just napped the whole time while the other five guys did all the actual work, and before he beat Jinder he was being super boring in the midcard.

It's like he used up all his talent dragging a good match out of Shane McMahon.

Also his character is unbelievably boring. He's a great heel but AJ is insanely dull as a face. Yeah, yeah, crowd will cheer him anyway if he's heel, who gives a shit? At least he'd actually be entertaining again.

[Gus Richlen: Ruffian]

That's on booking, both with the feuds AND the matches. AJ gets set patterns for his matches like everyone else and nobody can write a good feud to save their lives.

[The Rick Jericho]

He's due for a heel turn.

Heel AJ vs. Jeff Hardy, Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton is more than enough.

Team Heel AJ with Cass, Joe and that other guy and we are good.

[DZ: WF Legacy]

I am doubling-down on my AJ Styles fan club card.

[Toilet Paper Roll]

AJ has been incredible. Honestly he's the best wrestler they have right now he's absolutely ridiculous. If you're having issues with his work look at Shinsuke. Outside of his debut against Sami the best thing he's done is walk to the ring to a violin. And that's gone now too.

[OGBoardPoster2005]

May 6, 2018 21:52:02 GMT -5 The Rick Jericho said:

He's due for a heel turn.

Heel AJ vs. Jeff Hardy, Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton is more than enough.

Team Heel AJ with Cass, Joe and that other guy and we are good.

So is he like the new Kane? Random turns just because?

[A Platypus Rave]

I disagree that Shinsuke match tonight was awesome.

the absolutely f***ing stupid booking of having it end in a double count out when that was one of the reasons it was no DQ in the first place that brought it down to me and unless AJ is the one booking that's not on him.

You can say the Mania one was them doing it ass backwards and forgetting that Mania is where they should be going all out and not where they setup the big feud to get to the all out match.

the fact is that Booking hasn't been kind to him probably since the Brock match.

[Rudy Gobert Fadeaway]

Styles been as exciting as a brick wall since winning the title and these matches with Nakamura have been some of the most miserably boring watches I've had all year. Get the title off this man before he can metamorphosize in to Dolph Ziggler any further.

[OGBoardPoster2005]

May 6, 2018 21:52:02 GMT -5 The Rick Jericho said:

He's due for a heel turn.

Heel AJ vs. Jeff Hardy, Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton is more than enough.

Team Heel AJ with Cass, Joe and that other guy and we are good.

Low key...want to see a TNA Stable with Jeff Jarrett, AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Bobby Roode, and Bobby Lashley.

[Starshine]

I think he's doing fine. It's just SmackDown is such a badly run show right now that no one there looks all that good.

I think Nakamura has more problems with him dogging it recently. The guy has a history of doing that even back in New Japan, and now seems to be coasting off his entrance above anything else.

[1 Free Moon-Down with Burger]

I’m done with both of them.

The great smark hope was this match up and we get these two old f***ers stumbling around like they couldn’t care less. Cool. Thanks. You’re supposed to be the best wrestlers ever but you’re being outperformed by The Miz night in and night out.

Don’t give me that ‘Oh but the booking’ stuff. The matches are boring and long. That’s not the stupid finishes.

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May 6, 2018 21:49:44 GMT -5 Gus Richlen: Ruffian said:

That's on booking, both with the feuds AND the matches. AJ gets set patterns for his matches like everyone else and nobody can write a good feud to save their lives.

I'm not blaming that on the booking since it's more than booking. Like I said months ago, face Styles is way worse than heel Styles, it's not comparable. I'm not seeing him have the same fire I used to have, his matches have been "meh", his promos are boring, he's just there most days. When I see a world champion and go "oh yeah, he does have the belt" that's not a positive thing. At this point me blaming everything on booking is foolish because booking isn't going to control 100% of everything you and yet when you do well I give you props? f*** that.

I'm done with dude until he's parted from the belt. I've been saying this since that horrid US title feud and the shit remains true.

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May 6, 2018 21:57:48 GMT -5 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger said:

I’m done with both of them.

The great smark hope was this match up and we get these two old f***ers stumbling around like they couldn’t care less. Cool. Thanks. You’re supposed to be the best wrestlers ever but you’re being outperformed by The Miz night in and night out.

Don’t give me that ‘Oh but the booking’ stuff. The matches are boring and long. That’s not the stupid finishes.

That match made me go from thinking, "They need to capitalize on Nakamura as a heel, he's on fire," to, "Yeah, but the dude still moves like he's wading through a swamp." At this point just give the belt to Miz, Joe, or Almas.

[MGH]

Right on time, FAN.

[freeze Austin]

The match at WM was a dud, but I thought tonight was pretty good outside of the finish, which just didn't fit with the story they've been telling.

And it's true, he's not as good or cheerable of a babyface as Daniel Bryan, but I can't really blame him for that because no one else on the roster is either. It's probably in his best interest to drop the title ASAP (should've been tonight) and then see what ideas they can come up for him from there.

[Sparkybob]

Styles is probably hurt right now so I am not going to blame him too much for not killin himself out there. I think Nak needs to be carrying the matches as the heel+ the guy who needs to impess folks. Don't think he's passing.

[benstudd]

They cannot book anything worth shit with anybody. Look at Roode. Same thing. 30 writers and they cannot do anything compelling or interesting. AJ's promos too are so pointless and underwhelming. I cannot understand if it's cause they are afraid to make him too babyface or whatever. But he's like cocky and he is supposed to be a good guy too but you cannot invest in him cause he's like whatever like some popular jock that's like I'm better than everybody else and that is why people like me. Not sure if they are trying to make him Bret Hart whatever.

Someone suggested making him heel and have a TNA-like group. At least something like Fourtune/Four Horsemen. The moment I saw Roode teaming with Charlotte, my imagination started kicking in and the associations became easy and it is something I know would work. Horsemen worked cause it was organic, they were guys that worked with each other and respected each other. You have Roode with Charlotte, Ric as manager, AJ turn heel. Bring in Storm too. Not sure who would be the Fourth guy. Maybe JJ or Dustin Rhodes. AJ, Roode, Storm and Rhodes as the 4H. Charlotte as the Horsewoman. And Ric as manager. Daniel Bryan as the good guy trying to fight them. Bryan vs AJ for the title at the next Mania.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Did I not watch the same match as everyone else? I thought it was heading into MOTYC territory until that f***ing finish.

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Yeah, I thought that match was a lot of fun.

If you have a beef with Nakamura being boring I don't know what to tell you. Dude was dogging it for a long time in New Japan, and he's been dogging it pretty much constantly in WWE. He showed up basically once in year in NJPW and otherwise was such a mess physically he played his greatest hits. He was like that for basically a year and a half before he came to WWE.