3 Interesting observations from this week's SmackDown Live (January 1, 2019)

Here are a few interesting observations from this week's SmackDown Live (Jan.1)
Here are a few interesting observations from this week's SmackDown Live (Jan.1)

#2 Why are we getting AJ Styles vs. Daniel Bryan one more time?

AJ Styles won a Fatal-5-Way match last night to become the #1 contender for the WWE Title
AJ Styles won a Fatal-5-Way match last night to become the #1 contender for the WWE Title

AJ Styles went on to pin Randy Orton in last night's Fatal-5-Way match in order to become the #1 contender for Daniel Bryan's WWE Championship.

But the question remains, after witnessing Styles and Bryan go at it several times before, why did WWE choose to feature both of these superstars for the WWE Championship match at Royal Rumble once again?

Don't get me wrong, the match will be fantastic, as always. Perhaps the main reason why we are getting this matchup is that Vince McMahon's character has an obsession over bringing out the REAL AJ Styles.

As mentioned for both this week's RAW and last week's SmackDown Live, the McMahons have developed a habit of provoking their top babyfaces for some reason.

Maybe this time around, we get to see AJ Styles vs. Daniel Bryan at Royal Rumble with the former finally breaking out from the shackles of a traditional babyface to take it one step further, thanks to Vince McMahon's intentional plan to instigate The Phenomenal One's temper...

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