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DOES WWE SEE AJ STYLES AS INFERIOR?, WAS IT TOO SOON TO HAVE ALMA LOSE ON SMACKDOWN AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2018-07-19 10:00:00

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Hey guys as always great work with the website and all the hard work everyone puts in to make this the best wrestling website on the Internet I listen to the elites every day and they are great listens always so thanks very much! My question is about final battle 2018 coming up and where it could be. with roh and new Japan announcing the g1 supercard for msg, does that mean roh is looking to move final battle out of NYC this year maybe back in philly or somewhere else? I also wonder if roh is done running Hammerstein for the time being and just letting NYC get ready fir the msg debut next year.i would hate to see roh not run Hammerstein for a while considering it's been Rohs home for 10 years now but it would make sense why if that's the case. Thanks god bless!

Ring of Honor has not made any official announcement about Final Battle.

Was it too soon to have Smackdown newcomer Andrade Cien Almas tap out to WWE Champion AJ Styles? Especially as it came in a televised opening match with zero build.

I say no.  There's no shame in losing to the Champion, especially after a great match at the level that bout was this past Tuesday.  It's entirely possible that this could be the start of a storyline and we'll see something take place this week to follow up on the loss.  If that's the case, it's absolutely not too soon.  If there's no follow up, then yes, it was a wasted moment.

I personally love what AJ Styles has accomplished, even being a fan of his when in WCW when he teamed with Air Paris (Air Raid). I also applaud WWE for keeping the belt on AJ Styles for a while now. However, does WWE see AJ Styles in a inferior way as champ that they don't let him main event PPV’s or SmackDown (for example, Extreme Rules and  when he wrestled Andre Cien Almas)

They don't see him as inferior.  If they did, he wouldn't be the WWE Champion.  They have simply taken the tact that the Raw brand is more important right now.  I don't agree with it and I think the WWE title should always close the show, but WWE feels differently.   Styles working early on Smackdown this week is not an indication of anything.  Roman Reigns worked the first match on Raw this week and we KNOW how WWE wants him to be seen by the audience.

Whatever happened to the Junkyard Dog?

Sadly, Junkyard Dog Sylvester Ritter passed away in an automobile accident in 1998.

During the recent G1 Climax special in San Francisco, Jay White suplexed Juice Robinson into the barricade in front of the announcers table, knocking the barricade into the table and nocking Jim Ross out of his chair, which caused some bruised ribs. Because of this, was there any backlash on Jay and Juice for performing such a needless spot?

There was no backlash.  They each apologized to Ross.  There was no malicious intent.  It was an accident.

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