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#6 Mustafa Ali is in the big leagues
The fatal five-way number one contenders match included so many legends of the business such as Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Randy Orton, and Rey Mysterio, which made it impressive on WWE's part to book that type of match for an episode of Smackdown.
But the highlight of WWE's booking was that the very young Mustafa Ali had a place among those veterans, and you know WWE is making changes to their programming when a newbie like Ali gets a chance to shine with some of the greatest wrestlers of their generation.
Just a few years ago, someone of Ali's experience in a company like WWE would see him on the pre-show. But here we are, and Ali has shown the world why he is deserving of his spot among the best of the best.
Ali was very impressive in this match, as he helped improve the quality of this match drastically, and this sort of exposure is going to help his career immensely. And while there are some saying that Ali should have won this match, here's your answer - WWE is in the process of building up the man and that is a win for Ali in itself.
#7 AJ Styles brings out his inner animal
AJ Styles said in an interview years ago when Vince McMahon signed him; he told AJ that he needed to have a pitbull-like mentality in the ring and on the mic, and it was clear in Styles' run as a heel that he took McMahon's advice.
But over time, Styles watered himself down as his babyface, and his run was not as good as his heel run. After smacking the living daylights out of the boss last week, it seems like McMahon has brought out the animal in Styles, which allowed him to go on and become the number one contender for the WWE Championship this week.
But what is interesting is that another star who was coaxed by an authority figure to bring out the animal in them was Seth Rollins last night on Raw. Is this WWE signaling to fans who the top dogs on each brand or could we see Rollins vs Styles in a high profile match down the road? Only time will tell.
