WWE SmackDown Grades: The Irish Lass Kicker Strikes Down The Queen

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2. AJ Styles Segment

No rivalry in the WWE has been as bitter and personal as the program between AJ Styles and Samoa Joe.  In a feud that started out as the ambition to capture the WWE Championship quickly turned to involving family in the mix and as expected, the two will square off again at Hell In A Cell.

Joe has done everything in his power to get under the skin of Styles and that usually lends itself to bringing up Styles’ family.  He has crossed the line a few times over already in this feud and The Phenomenal One wasn’t having any of it last night when he came out to the ring to put an end to Joe’s mind games.  Only if it was that easy, however.

Styles gave another passionate promo addressing The Samoan Submission Machine and said he doesn’t want to wait until Hell In A Cell, he wants to knock Joe’s teeth down his throat right now.  But instead of coming out, Joe was seen in the backstage area and he continued to play personal mind games with Styles.

He was shown making a phone call, although the legitimacy of the call was in question, to none other than Styles’ wife, Wendy.  Joe continued to play the mind games he has been playing and Styles became even more incensed than he already was.  After Joe ended the “phone call,” Styles tried to rush to find him in the backstage area only to come up empty.  This was just the next step in making this the most bitter feud in the WWE.

Hell In A Cell could definitely be hell for The Samoan Submission Machine and last night’s segment was another memorable one in a long list of memorable segments.

Final Grade: B+