WWE SmackDown Live Review: Results, Analysis, and Grades for October 11

AJ Styles Victory Speech

The Champ Is Here! He makes fun of the fans for living vicariously through him, and instead tells them to cheer for the losers like Cena and Ambrose. Styles talks up how he deserves an opponent tonight that he hasn’t beaten before since he beat both Ambrose and Cena clean already.

This prompts Ambrose to come out to call out Styles for wanting to take the easy way out. Styles calls out his real opponent and it’s James Ellsworth. Because of course, it is. Ellsworth is going to take him on in a non-title match right now. Styles tells Ambrose to leave, and Ambrose agrees because he kinda really wants to see this. He says Ellsworth 3:16 says any man with two hands has a fighting chance. Ambrose is told by Styles to go to the back so that he doesn’t distract Ellsworth.

Daniel Bryan comes out, and says that the match is going to happen right now. Bryan says Ambrose isn’t going to the back, because he’s the special guest referee. Ambrose literally takes the shirt off of the ref’s back and takes all the stuff out of his pockets to get ready for the match.

AJ Styles vs James Ellsworth with Special Guest Referee Dean Ambrose

Result: Ellsworth def. Styles by pinfall

Rating: 5 stars!

Ambrose antagonizes Styles through the beginning of the match since Styles isn’t allowed to hit him out of fear of suspension and fine. He checks Styles for weapons repeatedly, and keeps giving Ellsworth tips and pointers.

Once the wrestling starts, Styles starts absolutely whooping him. Ambrose trips him at one point, and Ellsworth almost gets a three count on a roll up. Styles regains control and locks in a Calf Crusher. Ellsworth is tapping, but Ambrose fields a phone call so he doesn’t see it. He even takes time to take selfies with fans and sign pictures.

Styles hits the Styles Clash that results in a nasty bump. Ambrose counts one…two… but then stops. When Styles confronts him, he hits the champ with Dirty Deeds. Then he rolls Ellsworth on top of Styles, but he only gets a two count. One more Dirty Deeds and a fast count later, and James Ellsworth has beaten AJ Styles.

Book it for Survivor Series – James Ellsworth versus AJ Styles, for the WWE Heavyweight Championship. A very fun segment, and we all know it will lead to a much more vicious and angry Styles coming out next week. Also, of course, this match gets five stars. It’s the upset of the century!