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#8 Non-Title Main Event Match: AJ Styles vs. Jinder Mahal (w/ The Singh Brothers) (c)
Before the Main Event of the night started, The Singh Brothers came out and got on the mic, hyping up the WWE Champion Jinder Mahal. They took shots at Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar, who Jinder is scheduled to face in a Champion vs. Champion match at Survivor Series on the 19th of November. Sunil and Samir then introduced Mahal.
The Modern Day Maharaja made his entrance, which I found really cool to see live. Mahal did a promo of his own when he got to the ring, saying how he was gonna prove that SmackDown and himself are 'superior' to Raw and Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series. He stated that Shinsuke Nakamura and Randy Orton could not stop or defeat him, and AJ Styles and Lesnar won't either.
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Mahal also mentioned how earlier on in the day Shane McMahon announced that he would defend his WWE Championship against "The Phenomenal One" on next Tuesday's edition of SmackDown Live in Manchester, England.
Mahal said the fans booing him during his promo will mean he won't give AJ Styles a WWE Championship match in Dublin. Therefore it became a non-title match between the two here.
AJ Styles arrived on the scene as his music hit fetched an incredible pop. This was my first time to see him live, an experience I won't forget.
The two wrestled for 20 minutes in what was a decent contest, although nothing special. This was certainly not one of AJ Styles' best matches, however, I thought the match was of reasonable standards for a live event.
Mahal got a lot of 'you can't wrestle' heat during the bout from the WWE Universe in Dublin, which was amusing to hear.
Despite distractions from The Singh Brothers, (which included helping Jinder to the bottom rope when he was in a Calf Crusher) Styles was able to get the victory against Mahal in the via pinfall following a phenomenal forearm.
Obviously, there was no Title change as the Gold was not up for grabs. However, the babyface winning was a awesome way to send the fans home happy.
Result: AJ Styles def. Jinder Mahal (c) (w/ The Singh Brothers) via pinfall in a non-title match
Following his win, Styles celebrated in the ring and then took a mic. He proclaimed that he will beat Jinder again on SD Live in Manchester next Tuesday, but this time for the WWE Championship.
Styles then professed that if he does, in fact, beat Jinder for the Title, he is then coming for Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series. He finished up with a 'Too Sweet'.
AJ stayed for a few minutes after his promo, bringing a young fan into the ring. Following multiple high-five and pictures, he went back and that was, unfortunately, the end of the show.
Author's Conclusion:
WWE Live in Dublin was an amazing event. The entertainment slightly outweighed match quality on this night, but both were at a high-level.
It was a great night which the nearly sold-out crowd was very much into.
I can't wait for May 11th, 2018 which is when we will see WWE Live again in Dublin.
Rating of the Event: 8.5/10.
Loudest Pops of the night: Becky Lynch, Aj Styles, Bobby Roode, The New Day and Jordan Devlin.
Biggest Heat: Jinder Mahal, The Bludgeon Brothers, Aiden English and Baron Corbin.
Missing SD Live Superstars:
*NO Hype Bros (Thank God)
*NO Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin
*NO Tye Dillinger
*No Randy Orton
