5 Ways WWE could return AJ Styles to television

#3. Immediately challenge for a World Championship

AJ's got to have another world title run or two in him

Let's assume, for a moment, that both current World Champions - Universal Champion Braun Strowman and WWE Champion Drew McIntyre - walk out of Money in the Bank next month still in possession of their respective titles. This isn't a prediction, by the way - merely a thought experiment. Now, let's imagine a match for either of those titles against their respective holders and the Phenomenal One.

Those are a couple of great bouts just begging to happen.

First off, let's look at the alternatives. We've already seen Styles vs Seth Rollins at least once...

... and as much as I love The Fiend, I don't really want to see him take on Styles right now - regardless of whether it's a title match.

Yes, Styles has taken on Strowman in the past - in the very recent past, at that...

... but that was a title defense. A battle to win a title from Strowman - a Strowman that has just gone through a war with not only his former mentor but the most psychologically manipulative wrestler the WWE has ever seen - while AJ himself is recovering from probably his most devastating loss ever - sounds extremely compelling.

Styles has also had some fairly immediate history against current WWE Champion McIntyre, as well...

... but, again, nothing one-on-one (that I've been able to find, anyway) and certainly not for stakes as high as the WWE Championship (which is probably the WWE title most associated with Styles). A Styles/McIntyre match would be a nearly perfect headliner for a show like SummerSlam.

Whichever way they decide to go (if WWE even goes this route), after his amazing performance in his WrestleMania match with Undertaker, Styles deserves another major title program. He's earned it.