7 things that went wrong in Hell in a Cell

#2 Ending the WWE Championship match in a controversial fashion…again

Another controversial ending for AJ Styles

AJ Styles’ current reign as WWE Champion is the twelfth longest in the titles’ history, and third longest in the last 23 years, is no small feat.

In comparison to his Raw counterpart, former Universal Champion Brock Lesnar throughout most of his reign, Styles has appeared on shows week in, week out and defended it at 10 of the last 11 pay-per-views, with the other one being a Raw Brand exclusive.

However, one thing that makes a small mark on Styles’ current reign is the way the majority of his results have ended.

SummerSlam ended in disqualification, Backlash ended in a double count-out, Extreme Rules ended with Aiden English inadvertently assisting Styles by exposing a turnbuckle, and at Royal Rumble, the match ended in Styles pinning someone who wasn’t the legal man.

The absolute last thing Styles needed was another controversial ending, yet unfortunately, this match ended with Styles tapping out before the referee counts to three, not seeing what happened in the middle of his count.

Although this result does give us at least one more match between these two exceptionally talented wrestlers, the fact that WWE has gone to the well too many times of a controversial/lucky ending with Styles results is tarnishing what should be a credible reign.