Checkout This Lovely Smackdown From AJ Styles As He Defeat Kevin Owens For United States Title

 

AJ Styles defeated Kevin Owens at Madison Square Garden Friday night to become the new United States champion as WWE pulled the trigger on a rare title change at a live event. Styles’ surprising win over Owens harkens back to Kevin Nash’s (a.k.a. Diesel) monumental victory over Bob Backlund in 1995. The win would launch Nash into super stardom just before the Attitude Era. And

while title changes at non-televised events are certainly rare, they have become a tad more frequent during the new era. This trend has especially hit NXT, which on a smaller scale, is arguably WWE’s hottest live touring brand. Samoa Joe kickstarted the trend last year with a stunning victory over Finn Balor, ending Balor’s .