#2.) AJ Styles
In one of the hottest feuds of 2016, AJ Styles and Dean Ambrose would go head to head for the WWE Championship on many occasions between September to December of that year. Both superstars were first-round picks for SmackDown Live in the 2016 draft. After successfully defeating their opponents at SummerSlam, the two would go head-to-head at Backlash where Styles defeated Ambrose to become WWE Champion, just nine months within his debut.
It was truly a surreal moment and Styles would go on to have an incredible championship run. John Cena was even added to the mix and proved to further help their feud and the blue brand as a whole. They would set the bar for the year and put on clinics time after time. Their rivalry culminated at TLC in December 2016, where Styles climbed the ladder and grabbed the WWE Championship.
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