5 notable absentees from the Survivor Series card this year

#2 AJ Styles

Karma bites AJ Styles as he lost his title under the same circumstances he won it

If someone said AJ Styles would not be fighting at the 2018 iteration of Survivor Series 24 hours ago, he would have been laughed at.

However, a lot of things have happened in the past 24 hours. Styles was forced to defend his WWE title at the go-home episode of SmackDown Live against Daniel Bryan, following a brawl.

Bryan gave a low blow to Styles while the referee was blindsided. That was followed by his signature running knee to pin Styles on the mat for the three count.

Just like that, Styles got demoted from having one of the marquee matches on the cards to not having a match at all. This unfortunate turn of events is even more surreal because AJ was on a hot streak of 31 consecutive PPV appearances since his WrestleMania debut.

Styles will be sorely missed at this year's Survivor Series.