Top 5 Matches in WWE Fastlane history

#4 - "Grudge Match" - AJ Styles vs Chris Jericho (Fastlane 2016)

Styles vs Jericho

Our next match on the countdown was a knockdown, drag out contest between two of the greatest wrestlers of all-time. AJ Styles was fresh off his WWE debut at the Royal Rumble, where the following night on Monday Night RAW he defeated Chris Jericho in his first singles match for the company.

The two men would have a rematch on the February 11th episode of SmackDown, where Chris Jericho would even up the score and defeat AJ Styles. In a classic rubber match fashion, AJ Styles would issue a challenge to Chris Jericho for one more match at WWE Fastlane to which Chris Jericho would gladly accept on SmackDown.

The match was everything you'd expect from these two men. It had high flying action, excitement and of course, great storytelling and drama down to the very end. After Chris Jericho applied the Walls of Jericho to Styles, "The Phenomenal One" was able to fight out of the hold and execute the Styles Clash for a near fall. This would eventually lead into AJ applying the Calf Crusher to Jericho, where he forced "Y2J" to tap out.

The match was well received by fans and wrestling critics/journalists. PWInsider's Dave Scherer was quoted in saying the match itself as a whole was " "freaking awesome. AJ did what AJ does and WWE let him do it... And kudos to Jericho for being a veteran stud here".

Chris Jericho would AJ Styles that he had earned his respect following his defeat and would congratulate AJ on the victory. The duo would begin teaming up, but this was very short lived.

Following a WWE Tag Team Title match against The New Day on RAW (March 7th), which AJ and Jericho were unsuccessful in winning the title. Jericho would turn heel on AJ, hitting Styles with three Codebreakers. The aftermath of this contest would lead us into WrestleMania 32, where the two men would have their match with Jericho going over AJ Styles.