AJ Styles closed last week’s Smackdown in a curious situation. He had a segment with none other than Vince McMahon himself. The Boss wanted to see the vicious side of him back into character. It certainly felt a random demand from McMahon. But whenever he orders something, there’s a reason behind it. Otherwise, why would he slap AJ Styles?
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Well, he received back the shots right away from the Phenomenal One. AJ Styles hit him into the mouth to close the show. This week’s Smackdown took us right into the storyline as AJ and Vince McMahon shared a backstage segment. Shane McMahon was also present on the scene. They raised the same topic of bringing the vicious AJ back.
The former WWE Champion did not back down from doing so as per The Boss’ demand. Shane seemed a bit reluctant since he remembered what AJ Styles did to him, two years ago. But his father did want to take the animal out of him heading into Royal Rumble. He also included AJ into a fatal-5-way main event match.
AJ Styles, Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton, Samoa Joe, and Mustafa Ali competed in this matchup. It was actually a number one contender’s match for the WWE Championship. Daniel Bryan did not have any challenger for the title ever since WWE TLC has passed by. He needed someone who could give him a tough competition.
The solid main event from last night finally declared the opponent who turned out to be none other than AJ Styles. Rey Mysterio was rolling in the match for the most part. He looked moments away to win the match after connecting with the 619 on Randy Orton. But Samoa Joe engaged himself to beat down Mysterio taking the fight to outside.
This left enough room for AJ Styles to take advantage of the situation. He pulled off a springboard 450-splash off the top rope on Orton. This earned him the pinfall win in the fatal-5-way main event match. This also handed him over another championship shot at Royal Rumble. He will get to fight against his bitter rival, Daniel Bryan, once more.
This will continue the bad blood between these two that dragged Smackdown Live for the later part of 2018. Since we have already seen Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles on a number of occasions, chances are that the upcoming contest will receive a new stipulation. Plus, Vince McMahon can also play a huge part in this Royal Rumble match.
