Before the WWE Championship match can get underway, Samoa Joe grabs the microphone and acknowledges Styles’ wife and daughter in the crowd. He tells them not to worry because “daddy’s coming home tonight”. Styles takes a mic and says his family are here to watch him kick Joe’s ass.
WWE Championship Match
(C) AJ Styles Vs. Samoa Joe
The match gets underway and the two circle each other before starting to lock-up. Before the lock-up happens Joe swings a big kick and AJ ducks. The fans chant “TNA” as Styles and Joe do indeed lock-up and Joe powers him to the corner. Joe shoves AJ and the Champions gets fired-up. Styles grabs a headlock and takes Joe down to one knee. He holds onto the headlock for a while until Joe shoots him off and into the ropes, then turns AJ inside out with a shoulder tackle.
We’re still in the feeling out process as AJ connects with a stiff leg kick, followed by some more. Joe takes to the corner and stares at the Champion. AJ goes for the leg kick again but this time Joe checks it and hits one of his own that floors Styles! Joe unleashes some stiff jabs and then kicks him off his feet again. AJ kicks Joe a few times, then Irish whips him, duck, leapfrog, and a picture-perfect dropkick. Styles snapmare’s Joe then kicks him in the back. Joe fights back with a punch but Styles comes back with a kick and a sliding strike. Joe rolls from the ring.
Styles hits the ropes and hits a baseball slide that sends Joe flying into the announce desk. Styles grabs the ropes for a dive but the referee stops him. So Styles leaves the ring, runs along the apron and tries to land a running knee but Joe stops it and kicks Styles’ leg out and he lands hard on the apron. Back inside the ring, Joe floors AJ with a chop. Joe reverses a suplex to drop AJ on his face and the Champion rolls from the ring. Joe follows-up with a suicide dive and Styles crashes into the announce table.
Back inside the ring, Joe cranks AJ’s head in a submission attempt. AJ fights to his feet but gets clocked with a huge clothesline. Joe goes to a side headlock to ground the Phenomenal One. Styles gets to his feet again and trades blows with Joe and he knocks the Samoan from the ring. AJ leaps over the top rope with a Phenomenal Forearm and both men are down. AJ throws Joe back into the ring but gets floored with a right hand and falls to the floor. Joe runs, looking for another suicide dive, but AJ prevents it with an enziguiri. Styles gets into the ring and hits a running forearm to Joe, followed by a corner splash. Styles hits an incredible springboard reverse DDT for a near-fall.
AJ lifts Joe onto the top rope and looks for a hurricanrana but Joe headbutt’s him off. Joe then leaps from the top rope with a right knee to the chest of Styles for a near-fall. Joe kicks AJ on the chest, then hits a urinage and a running senton for a two-count. Styles picks Joe up and connects with a fireman’s carry neckbreaker. Styles gets in position for the Styles Clash but Joe shoves him to the corner. AJ climbs to the apron, kicks Joe away, and leaps for the Phenomenal Forearm but nobody’s home. AJ hits the ropes and Joe catches him with a lightning-quick powerslam for a near-fall.
AJ looks for a crucifix pin but Joe rolls through, so AJ superkicks him. AJ then lifts Joe for the Styles Clash and lands it for a near-fall! Styles takes Joe to the corner and unleashes some punches but Joe responds with some huge punches of his own. Styles retaliates with a Pele kick, then runs at Joe in the corner, only to be planted with a urinage and both men are down. Joe grabs AJ but Styles counters him with the Calf-Crusher. Joe feigns tapping before he grabs AJ’s head and slams him into the mat repeatedly. Joe quickly transitions into the Coquida Clutch and AJ free’s his legs from Joe and reaches the bottom rope.
Joe taunts for a special manoeuvre. He sets AJ on the top rope, looking for the Muscle Buster, but AJ punches him away. Joe responds with an enziguiri that knocks AJ to the floor. Samoa Joe gets out of the ring and throws AJ head-first into the steel steps and busts him wide open. Joe then climbs atop the announce table, grabs a microphone and tells AJ’s wife that he said daddy was coming home but that’s not true, but don’t worry he’ll be her new daddy. The fans oooohhh as AJ runs, leaps onto the announce table an tackles Joe off and through the barricade. Styles then punches officials at ringside, grabs a chair and whacks Joe in the back!
Winner Via Disqualification: Samoa Joe
Styles continues to attack Joe with the chair. The fans chant “Who’s Your Daddy?” Styles hits Joe with the chair again as Finlay and others try to stop him. AJ’s wife looks on, so he heads to her at ringside. His wife tells him to stop and his daughter says the same. AJ apologises to them and then walks to the back with them. Joe stomps up the ramp like a man possessed.
