5 times WWE stars avoided a disaster in the ring

#2 AJ Styles' quick wit saves Ellsworth's neck in WWE

AJ Styles performing an abdominal stretch on Ellsworth.

During a storyline, WWE Champion AJ Styles feuded with James Ellsworth and Dean Ambrose. The matches were booked comically so that the underdog Ellsworth was able to steal a victory right under AJ's nose. In one of those matches, AJ was about to finish the match with his finisher to pin Ellsoworth.

The Styles Clash can be a pretty straight forward and relatively safe finisher. However, when the WWE World Champion was getting ready to hit it in the center of the ring, Ellsworth decided to tuck his chin. If it wasn't for AJ's quick assessment of the whole situation, Ellsworth's neck would have surely snapped.

Over the course of the motion, Styles managed to shift the momentum in a fraction of a second by landing on his knee, thus reducing the impact on James' head and consequently saving the man's neck. Ellsworth still had to still wear a neck brace in WWE for kayfabe reasons.

If Styles did not manage to see Ellsworth's mistake in time, we can only imagine the devastation that could have shortened Ellsworth's career and seriously threatened his life.