The road to WWE Royal Rumble: Riyadh winds down for the red brand tonight in “The Great White North.”The New Day vs. Alpha Academy vs. American Made vs. Los AmericanosCM Punk (c) vs. AJ Styles

It’s main event time!

We return live inside Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, where “The Best in The World” makes his entrance for his latest title defense. CM Punk heads to the ring to a big crowd reaction as the show shifts gears and settles into a quick pre-match commercial break.

The show returns and “The Phenomenal” one himself, AJ Styles, makes his way out to the ring as well. The ring announcer handles the final formal pre-match ring introductions for the champion and challenger for this, our main event of the evening.

From there, the bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running. They lock up, and Styles wrenches his arm. Punk twists out and wrenches Styles’ arm. Punk strikes the arm and applies a hammerlock. Styles twists out and puts on a hammerlock. Punk switches into a waist-lock. Styles wrenches the arm, so Punk takes him down for a one-count.

The crowd is doing dueling chants for both men. They go for a test of strength. Styles hooks a side headlock, so Punk whips him off. Punk lowers his head and eats a kick. Styles hits the ropes, but Punk lifts him for a Go to Sleep. Styles gets out and goes for a Calf Crusher. Punk fights out and goes for an Anaconda Vice.

Styles fights it and rolls him up for a two-count. They lock up, and Punk hooks a side headlock. More dueling chants for both men. Styles whips Punk off, leapfrogs him, and drops down. Punk puts the brakes on and hits a pair of elbow drops. Punk chops the back and kicks him in the chest.

Punk drops a knee on the chest for a one-count. Punk applies a rear chin lock. Styles fights up and elbows out. Styles punches Punk and hits the ropes, but Punk responds with a clothesline. Punk hits an inverted atomic drop and hits the ropes, but Styles wipes him out with a dropkick, sending Punk out of the ring.

Styles feins a plancha and lands on the apron before taking the World Heavyweight Champion out with a sliding knee to the chest. On that note, the show shifts gears and settles into what will likely be our final commercial break of the evening as this high stakes title tilt continues in our main event.

When the show returns, we see the match still in progress, with things quickly picking up in the ring. When the show returns, we see Styles attacks Punk in the corner. Punk fights back and reverses a whip to the opposite corner.

Styles hits hard and drops to the canvas. Punk rests in the corner as Styles gets up and approaches him. Punk punches Styles back and sends him into the ropes for a leaping heel kick. Punk follows up with a swinging neckbreaker before connecting with a high knee to the face.

Punk hits a bulldog and signals that it’s time to go to sleep. Punk instead transitions to a shining wizard for a near fall. Punk stands over Styles and lifts him for a GTS. Styles slides off and hits a strike combo, finishing Punk with a stiff lariat. Styles hits a sliding forearm to the jaw and sizes him up.

Styles hits a corner clothesline, then lifts Punk. Punk slides off, applies a hammerlock, and hits a lariat for a near fall. Punk punches Styles in the face before pulling the Phenomenal One up. Punk lifts him for a GTS, but Styles blocks the knee. Styles catches Punk with an ushigoroshi for a near fall. The crowd chants, “This is awesome.”

Styles puts Punk on the top rope. Punk tries to fight him off, but Styles stuns him with a right hand. Styles climbs the ropes and hooks Punk’s head and arm. Styles goes for a superplex, but Punk grabs the top rope. Punk takes Styles down with a front suplex before coming off the top rope with a diving elbow drop for a two-count.

Punk quickly goes for an Anaconda Vice and locks it on. Styles hooks the head to get out. Punk rolls onto him, and they go for a bridge, but Styles quickly goes for a Styles Clash. Punk immediately backs Styles into the corner and hits some shoulder thrusts to the midsection.

Styles quickly rolls through for a Calf Crusher. Punk goes for a knee, but Styles counters with a Styles Clash attempt. Punk grabs the bottom rope, so Styles knees him in the kidneys a few times. Styles goes for a sliding knee on the apron, but Punk counters and pulls him off for a GTS.

Styles is down at ringside. Punk thinks about helping Styles in, but then thinks better of it. Styles beats the count at nine. Styles rolls to the apron, but Punk pulls him in. Styles still looks loopy from the GTS. Punk tries to lift him, but Styles is deadweight at the moment. Punk pulls him up, and Styles rolls him up for a near fall.

Styles immediately transitions into a Styles Clash for a two-count. Styles takes a moment before going to the apron. Styles goes for a Phenomenal Forearm, but Punk hits the ropes. Styles hits the top rope with his midsection and crashes to the mat. Punk boots Styles in the face and punches him.

They begin to trade punches in the center of the ring. They begin really laying in the strikes, mixing in slaps and knees. Styles then floors Punk with a Pele Kick. Out of nowhere, Finn Bálor knocks Punk out of the ring and hits a shotgun dropkick into the barricade.

Bálor tries again for the same result. Bálor gets Punk in the ring and hits a Coup de Grâce. Back to the top rope, he hits Punk with a second Coup de Grâce. Bálor isn’t finished and goes to the top rope for a third Coup de Grâce. Bálor poses as the crowd lets him hear it with boos. The credits roll. Thanks for joining us!

Winner via Disqualification and STILL WWE World Heavyweight Champion: CM Punk