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#2 Roman Reigns vs Samoa Joe ends the show
To be honest, I was as surprised as the next person when the AJ Styles vs Shinsuke Nakamura vignette started playing with two more matches left on the card.
It is a WWE Championship match, after all, that too with an added No DQ stipulation so why shouldn't it have gone on last?
But as soon as the match ended, the answer was clear. The WWE had taken the decision to end the match in a no contest, and it is never a wise decision to end a PPV with an inconclusive result-- which explains why Reigns vs Joe closed the show.
Another reason could be to keep the spotlight firmly on Roman Reigns regardless of whether or not the fans are interested in him and going on to establish that The Big Dog is indeed more important than any World Championship.
I, personally, would like to believe the first of the two options as the second one, if true, will go to show the unwillingness of WWE creative to pay heed to what the "WWE Universe" actually wants.
