#1 WWE wants us to believe that AJ Styles is winning
The rule of thumb with WWE is that whoever stands tall in the go-home show to a PPV is the one who ends up losing. While there have been many exceptions to this rule, it mostly holds true.
In this case, Bryan stood tall at the end, and AJ Styles, the fired-up babyface looks to be set for his third world title reign in just three years.
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However, we believe that this segment is one of the exceptions to the said rule and that WWE is purposely making us believe that AJ Styles could win at the Royal Rumble. While he'll obviously get a great reaction, and fans would love to see him win it back, it's very unlikely that Bryan is losing the title.
It's his longest WWE title reign yet, and he could very well end up taking the title all the way till WrestleMania.