Early on in Sunday’s free kickoff show for the Clash of Champions pay-per-view, WWE announced the two matches that would take place before the show officially got underway. The first was a Cruiserweight Championship match between Drew Gulak, Humberto Carrillo and Lince Dorado, which didn’t come as much of a surprise given how the Cruiserweight title rarely makes the main card. But the second match turned out to be a shocker โ United States Champion AJ Styles vs. Cedric Alexander.
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Many fans weren’t happy with the news, given Styles’ status as a main event player on Raw and multi-time former WWE Champion.
And your #WWEClash of Champions #Kickoff matches are…
โ WWE (@WWE) September 15, 2019
๐บ๐ฒ@AJStylesOrg vs. @CedricAlexander for the #USTitle!
๐@DrewGulak vs. @humberto_wwe vs. @LuchadorLD for the #Cruiserweight Title! pic.twitter.com/wxPeBOvw97
Check out some of the fans’ reactions below.
The GOAT Deserves Better
AJ STYLES IS ON THE PRESHOW THE WORLD IS ENDING #WWEClash pic.twitter.com/Upe1pMPzb4
โ Jessi Davin (@jessithebuckeye) September 15, 2019
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Devastating…
THIS MAN AJ STYLES ON THE KICKOFF?! pic.twitter.com/e5o6UhpDFu
โ Tommyโ (@dragosnightwing) September 15, 2019
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Come Again?
What the hell ? Aj styles on the kick of show๐ pic.twitter.com/2BGhr0YgPF
โ ๐ฟ๐ฆThapelo๐ฟ๐ฆ (@Thapelo__RSA) September 15, 2019
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Deadpool Does Not Approve
Aj Styles should be in the main card https://t.co/4vx72jT4kF pic.twitter.com/AZ7Oh6rX4b
โ L’Abbรฉ Livakenflayeโข (@WhatTheFouff) September 15, 2019
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Shake My Head
AJ Styles being on the preshow is more disrespectful than Bayley being Smackdown Women’s Champion.#wweclash pic.twitter.com/Y2dOoM5dQE
โ J.D. Phillabuster (@JamTheMighty) September 15, 2019
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Start Asking Questions
AJ Styles on the kick off show? pic.twitter.com/af7DGDvOnN
โ Nigel Margett (@Nigel_The_Ram) September 15, 2019
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DELETE!
AJ Styles on the Kick-Off… pic.twitter.com/QhEA0NmxKw
โ Josรฉ (@JoseM_84) September 15, 2019
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Let’s Ask Randy
Me when I found out that AJ Styles is on the kickoff show tonight…#WWEClash pic.twitter.com/1eyketixEE
โ wweultimatefan (@wweultimatefan6) September 15, 2019
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