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AJ Styles vs. John Cena - WWE Championship Match: Royal Rumble 2017

🕑 Added 2025-10-19 16:00:19 +0000 UTC

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Dublis91

Fun fact: Cenas STF was valled STFU during the Ruthless Aggression era. Also AA was FU.

Briesbe

It feels like he's been around forever, I was so shocked to see he joined not all that long ago.

Briesbe

I love the lore

Briesbe

whoa I didn't notice that!

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This feud was awesome, as someone who grew up with wrestling in the 2000s it basically felt like Batman vs Spiderman (or Marvel vs DC in general). And they actually treated AJ well despite being a TNA guy, since Vince liked him.

SL Bacio

The finish of this match hits harder with the context of their previous match. AJ kicked out of the Avalanche AA at SummerSlam, which rocked Cena's confidence. This gave AJ the chance to recover and hit Cena with the Styles Clash and Phenomenal Forearm. In this match John doesn't let AJ rest as much after he kicks out of the Avalanche AA and manages to counter the Phenomenal Forearm to finally pick up a win against him.

Scott Shanbom

The fun fact that fans of this match like to point out is that John and AJ don’t leave the ring for the entire match

AZIZ

Also, 5 Knucke Shuffle is slang for j**rking off 💀. Think about it for a sec while looking at your knuckles 😭😂

Lobi Warsaw

He also used to call the Attitude Adjustment the FU

Lobi Warsaw

STF normally stands for Stepover toehold face lock, but, funnily enough, Cena used to call his version of the move the STFU

Raunak Xrestha

even the wheel wanted to see John cena vs Aj styles after crown jewel. this is probably their best match. i dont know what it is about them but they just have such a great rivalry, it just clicks.