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The episode of RAW that followed the WWE Superstar Shake-Up was an interesting show. You had two triple threat matches, with the two winners squaring off in the main event of the evening. Baron Corbin and AJ Styles would win their respective matches. And they would face off in the main event.
It was a long and grueling match in which Corbin seemed to have the upper hand. But then AJ Styles made a valiant comeback and proved to his doubters why he is simply 'phenomenal'. So now, we have AJ Styles and Seth Rollins squaring off at Money In The Bank 2019.
Why has WWE decided to make this match at such an early stage, one wonders! Well, wonder no more, because I will attempt to answer the question.
Feel free to chime in with your comments in the section below.
#5 It is a literal dream match
I've been an AJ Styles fan from the time he was in WCW. He was the standout performer in a Cruiserweight Division that was already filled to the brim with absolutely incredible talent. One of the people who was a fan of Styles growing up was a certain Seth Rollins, a man who followed in the man's footsteps.
AJ Styles and Seth Rollins have faced off in the independents before, and Styles was one of the individuals who first proved that it was possible for wrestlers to earn a decent living outside of WWE. But destiny has led both men to WWE at the highest level, and they are ready to make history.
Fans have been salivating about such an encounter in WWE, and the time is finally upon us. The quality of such a match will be absolutely off the charts.
#4 Allows one of the two men to possibly go heel
AJ Styles was a heel when he was on SmackDown Live, but he was so incredibly popular that the audience eventually turned him babyface. But then he's been a babyface for such a long time now, that his character could go stale. We saw how a reboot in Daniel Bryan's character helped him out significantly.
The same could be said for Seth Rollins as well, in my opinion. Sure, he's the face of Monday Night RAW and the top babyface in the company but we've noticed how the cheers have been declining in intensity over time. It would serve Seth Rollins well to potentially go heel down the line.
As far as this feud is concerned, only one of the two men will potentially become a bad guy, I suppose. WWE does not like babyface vs. babyface contests.
#3 First of many matches leading to SummerSlam
So, I guess the one question you guys are asking is why this is the match at Money In The Bank?
I mean Seth Rollins vs. AJ Styles is a match that is big enough for SummerSlam or even WrestleMania.
I think that if the match does happen, it will ignite a feud that goes all the way to SummerSlam 2019. You don't just book these two men in a feud and have one match between them at a non-major pay-per-view.
Expect them to tell a long-term story of two men who came up through the independents and are fighting for the biggest prize in the business, having followed a similar path. As I have mentioned before, expect one of the men to go heel at one point during the feud as well.
We are in for some very exciting times as fans.
#2 Rollins vs. Corbin is not a pay-per-view main event
So, you had Seth Rollins defy the odds and stand tall at WrestleMania, effectively becoming the Beast Slayer. But at the same time, imagine if his very first match for the Universal Championship were to take place against someone like Baron Corbin. It would effectively bring the value of the title down quite significantly.
I'm not suggesting that Baron Corbin is worthless at all. But only a handful of people were allowed near the Championship, back when Brock Lesnar was Champion. Therefore, there was a mystique around the title and it felt like a very big deal indeed.
Rollins and Corbin have faced each other on RAW in the past, and as much as Corbin has improved, he's upper mid card at best at the moment. He still has a long way to go before he can reach the prestigious AJ Styles level.
#1 To keep AJ Styles away from the Money In the Bank ladder match
Let's assume for a minute that AJ Styles was not in the title match at Money In The Bank. Chances are that he would be in the Money In The Bank match itself, and that presents a lot of problems for WWE.
The company prefers to have heels win the thing because then the element of a cash in always looms over a babyface. But the crowd would not take kindly to AJ Styles losing such a match. Which is why the idea could be to keep Styles away from the Money in the Bank ladder match.
We've seen members of the WWE Universe hijack the proceedings on more than one occasion. Remember the Royal Rumble that Roman Reigns won, where a chorus of boos rained upon him? WWE may not want this to happen during Money in The Bank.
Styles is also not a young man anymore and the match is more suited to people younger than him.
