Best and worst of AJ Styles' WWE Championship reign

#2 Best - Defending the Championship against every SmackDown superstar possible

AJ Styles defended his WWE Championship against almost every top SmackDown star

If we look at the list of superstars against whom AJ Styles defended his WWE Championship on pay-per-views, it consists of;

#1 Jinder Mahal (Clash of Champions)

#2 Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn (Royal Rumble)

#3 John Cena, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, Dolph Ziggler, and Baron Corbin (Fastlane)

#4 Shinsuke Nakamura (WrestleMania, Greatest Royal Rumble, Backlash, Money in the Bank)

#5 Rusev (Extreme Rules)

#6 Samoa Joe (SummerSlam, Hell in a Cell, WWE Super Show-Down, and Crown Jewel)

To be precise, AJ Styles has defended the WWE title against 9 different superstars on 12 WWE pay-per-views, and in stipulations like handicap match, no DQ match, and Last Man Standing Match, which truly shows AJ's ever readiness to work a match, and why he is the MVP of WWE. But amidst all of these title defenses, there was a worst as well..