Dean Ambrose (C) vs AJ Styles (for the the WWE World Championship)
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AJ Styles vs Dean Ambrose is the match that fans have been waiting for the most from Backlash. AJ Style received massive ovation as he made his way down to the ring first to try and win his first championship in WWE. Ambrose made his way out last to an equally massive pop from the crowd. This one had the makings for an instant classic.
AJ got introduced by the referee as “The face that runs the place” which was a very interesting plot point. Expect him to face Cena again in the near future.
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Ambrose and Styles circled each other after the bell ran before locking up. AJ immediately got Ambrose with a snapmare and then tried a cheeky rollup pin, looking for an early pin. AJ then yelled “I own you, Dean” before shoving him away. Dean pushed back and sent Styles head over feet. Styles had the clear speed advantage in the opening exchanges while Ambrose had the strength advantage.
Ambrose fired back with his unorthodox offence and hit AJ with a smashing back-body drop. As Ambrose went for the tope suicida, Styles rushed back into the ring to trip Ambrose and send him neck-first into the middle rope. Styles was all over Ambrose’s neck hitting him with repeated guillotine drops along with chin locks and other submission moves.
As unpredictable as Ambrose is, Styles was on top for the first part of the match. He hit Ambrose with a bodyslam followed by an elbow drop straight to Dean’s nose. Ambrose somehow pulled Styles into the corner and stomped a mudhole into him. Ambrose then went for a running shoulder tackle but Styles moved out of the way as Ambrose’s shoulder rammed into the ring post. Styles then went for a running splash but this time Ambrose moved out of the way.
Ambrose then propped Styles onto the top turnbuckle and gave Styles a belly-to-back suplex from the top rope. Ambrose tried to cheekily lock Styles in for a Dirty Deeds but AJ wriggled out. AJ went to the top rope and tried a crossbody. Ambrose caught Styles in mid-air and turned it into a modified Irosh Curse. After a flying elbow drop to the outside on Styles, Ambrose got Styles back in the ring for an inverted Wheelbarrow Facebuster. As Dean tried a suplex, AJ countered with a suplex to the corner and went for a Phenomenal Forearm.
Dean moved out of the way and after a series of counters, AJ smashed Ambrose’s knee into the mat. He followed this up with a knee bar and continued to work on Ambrose’s knee. Dean managed to break out of the move after kicking AJ in the head repeatedly. However, AJ got Dean locked into the Calf Crusher only moments later. Dean somehow reached for the ropes to break the hold. Relentlessly, AJ pulled Dean back to the center and locked him in another Calf Crusher. Dean then broke out of the Calf Crusher in an unique way – he just repeatedly smashed AJ’s head to the mat.
AJ then went for the Styles Clash but Ambrose held onto the ropes and managed to avoid it. With Ambrose on the apron, AJ hit him with an enzeguiri. Styles then got Ambrose into position on the apron but Ambrose slingshotted him into the ring post shoulder first. Ambrose finally got his way back into the match only for AJ to hit Ambrose with his lightning quick strikes followed by the Ushi Goroshi. As AJ went for another Styles Clash, Ambrose countered again and managed to break out. Undeterred, AJ hit Ambrose with a spinning TKO into a powerbomb followed by a springboard 450 splash for the nearfall.
Dean showed incredible resolve as he kicked out again. He then countered an Irish Whip with a spinning kneckbreaker followed by a wreckingball dropkick when sent Styles crashing outside. Ambrose followed it up with a tope suicida to the outside which sent Styles flying over the announcer’s table. Ambrose followed this up by throwing Styles over the barricade into the crowd. He then jumped onto the announcers table and leapt over the barricade onto Styles.
Ambrose then rolled Styles back into the ring as the crowd screamed “this is awesome”. AJ then hit Ambrose with a Pelle Kick which Ambrose followed with a Lunatic Lariat. As the referee got knocked down in te process, AJ took advantage and low-blowed Dean Ambrose which he followed up with a Styles Clash.
AJ covered Ambrose for the pinfall! 1 – 2 – 3 and AJ Styles pinned Ambrose to created history by winning his first WWE World Championship.
AJ Styles def. Dean Ambrose
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