#8 AJ Styles and Mustafa Ali vs. Daniel Bryan and Andrade "Cien" Almas (SmackDown, December 18th)
This was a nice way to live up to the hype about giving us new matches with new faces. Mustafa Ali joined the SmackDown roster in December, and he added a fresh face to this lineup. Additionally, Andrade "Cien" Almas got more attention by being put into this match.
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With those four involved, there was no way that this match wasn't going to deliver. We got some high-octane action back and forth to close SmackDown out. The match ultimately ended in a shocking moment, with Mustafa Ali pinning Daniel Bryan after delivering the 054.
The look on his face told the whole story. Mustafa Ali, in the span of a few weeks, went from a big fish in the small 205 Live pond to pinning the WWE Champion. Hopefully it's a sign of things to come for him in 2019.
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