"Quitter" - AJ Styles insulted after his ankle was severely injured in his return match on WWE SmackDown

AJ Styles received a blunt message from a top WWE star after the events of SmackDown. On the show, The Phenomenal One suffered a serious injury during his match with Carmelo Hayes.

Styles made his long-awaited return on tonight's edition of WWE SmackDown. Mere minutes after, a match between him and Carmelo Hayes was set up. At one point during the contest, AJ seemingly injured his knee and couldn't continue wrestling. Styles was seen limping on his way to the back shortly after. It was later revealed that his ankle was severely injured.

Carmelo Hayes later took to Twitter and took a massive shot at AJ Styles. Check out his tweet below:

"Quitter #Smackdown," he wrote.

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WWE commentator Corey Graves opened up about the injury and had the following to say:

"Where we're speculating where we think the injury may have occurred, AJ coming up... yeah that could have been it right there. And this is where everything went south. AJ unable to support his own weight, drives Hayes down on it."

As per the update on AJ Styles, his ankle is badly injured. He received a loud pop from the fans in attendance when he made his way to the ring on SmackDown. His fans are hoping that the injury he suffered tonight doesn't take him out of action for long.

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Abhilash Mendhe is a pro wrestling journalist at Sportskeeda with nearly five years of experience. He completed his MBA from the Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management in 2016 and worked with multiple banking institutions, including Tech Mahindra. While he started writing WWE articles for Sportskeeda in 2019 as a hobby, it eventually became a significant part of his professional journey.

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He has interviewed prominent pro wrestling personalities like Noam Dar, Angry Miz Girl, Brendan Cobbina, and Jesse Lambert. Abhilash is a big fan of AEW star Orange Cassidy, as he believes the former International Champion’s on-screen gimmick of an extremely lazy guy resonates with him.

Given the opportunity to script WWE’s next big storyline, Abhilash would treat fans to the second installment of The Bloodline Civil War. He would book Roman Reigns to re-form The Bloodline with The Usos and Sami Zayn upon his comeback. The angle would see The Tribal Chief-led group go head-to-head with The Rock, Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, and Jacob Fatu in a blockbuster family feud.

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