3 Wrestlers who could have faced AJ Styles at Crown Jewel instead of Samoa Joe

This week's episode of Monday Night Raw and SmackDown, we got to see a significant change in WWE's World Cup tournament.

At Raw, acting General Manager Baron Corbin removed Cena from the show, and the next night on SmackDown, Samoa Joe replaced Bryan for the WWE Championship match.

Well, we can't argue on this matter as the decision was taken by wrestlers themselves.

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Now, Samoa Joe and Styles are going to clash once again at the WWE Crown Jewel for the WWE Championship. We already got to see plenty of matches between these two Superstars, and it could have been better if the WWE had decided to replace Bryan with someone else. There are many Superstars on the roster that would love to work with AJ Styles.

Here are my three alternative picks for the WWE Championship match at Crown Jewel instead of Samoa Joe.

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#3 Randy Orton

Randy Orton is the best heel

The Viper, Randy Orton has now become one of the most tricky heels of all time. Nobody can predict what is going on in his mind.

His actions are fraught with danger, and we all know how things went one step further at the Hell In A Cell pay-per-view where Orton destroyed Jeff Hardy.

If he is the best heel on SmackDown right now, then Styles would be the best babyface on the brand. Nobody can argue that both are one of the best wrestlers in the WWE, and if we put them in a match together, then things would become much more interesting to see.

How this match could have been booked: This was a go-home episode of Crown Jewel for the blue brand, and since the changes were made in the last moment, we can't expect a great story to be written.

Orton could just have attacked Styles before his confrontation with Bryan. Styles would then refuse to face Daniel Bryan at the Crown Jewel and would ask to add Orton instead. Both Styles and Bryan could have been agreed to fight before the event at the SmackDown Live. This way Orton could have easily provided a match against Styles.

#2 The Miz

He deserves this title shot

The Miz and Daniel Bryan were already feuding with each other, but their feud temporarily ended at the WWE Super Show-Down where Bryan defeated the latter in a quick match.

Adding The Miz into the match also makes sense as we all know The Miz and Bryan's feud was not finished yet. Even though Miz is already in the World Cup tournament, he could still face Styles for the WWE Championship.

How this match could have been booked: Let's assume that The Miz and Daniel Bryan had a confrontation earlier in the show where Bryan would make fun of Miz in some way.

Later, Bryan would confront AJ Styles but then, all of a sudden, The Miz will start hitting Bryan with the chair shots from behind. He would also hit Styles to make this segment look much more realistic.

Miz would then went on to challenge Bryan to face him in a match with a stipulation that if he loses, he will be pulled from his Crown Jewel match. Now, The Miz would defeat him and become the new number one contender for the WWE Championship.

This one seems very unrealistic, but as I said earlier, one single episode is not enough to build a great story.

#1 Andrade "Cien" Almas

Best match for Crown Jewel?

Almas is one of the best wrestlers in the WWE right now who deserves to fight for the WWE Championship.

He already had many great matches against Styles on SmackDown Live, and there would be no harm if the WWE had decided to add him into the title scene.

How this match could have been booked: Well, they both faced each other on several occasions, but never had any chemistry together.

Both are talented but to book this match the WWE needed to show a story. Currently, the things on the blue brand are organized in such a way that these two wrestlers are no closer to each other.

The company could have book Almas in the same way as they did to Joe. The company already failed to build a great story for Styles and Joe's Crown Jewel match, but at least, Almas and Styles could provide a great match.

The WWE Universe will also forget about the build-up of the bout if both wrestlers provide a great match-up.