5 Next possible challengers for AJ Styles' United States Championship

Modified Oct 03, 2019 05:45 GMT

AJ Styles recently retained the WWE US Championship over Cedric Alexander on RAW

#4 Gran Metalik

Despite being an official member of the WWE 205 Live roster, Gran Metalik recently got a chance to showcase his amazing lucha talents on RAW when he went one-on-one against Rey Mysterio in an exciting match, upon the latter's recent return to in-ring competition.

Despite the Lucha House Party belonging to the Cruiserweight Division, WWE has allowed the trio of Kalisto, Gran Metalik, and Lince Dorado to appear on RAW on a regular basis, as the three masked luchadors have been seen competing against some of the finest talents from the main roster.

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Metalik would definitely be a solid contender for the United States Championship and a series of matches between him and AJ Styles would certainly be worth watching. After all, since Styles has won the US Title, The Phenomenal One has been defending the strap against some of the best high fliers in WWE such as the likes of Ricochet and Cedric Alexander.

Also, let us not forget that a feud between Styles and Metalik could also lead to six-man tag matches between The OC and The Lucha House Party.

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Edited by Prasen Moudgal