WWE Rumor Roundup - Former IC Champion to return, Liv Morgan's status, Shane McMahon reportedly wants a Superstar to be pushed - 13th June 2020

#2. Details about AJ Styles' move to SmackDown, reported issues with Paul Heyman

AJ Styles won the Intercontinental Championship for the first time in his career on SmackDown and he is set to have another fruitful stint on the Blue brand.

Tom Colohue revealed that AJ Styles didn't feel at home on RAW and he was also mocked for his worldviews. It was also added that the higher-ups in the WWE were not pleased with Heyman's inability to utilize AJ Styles on RAW properly.

"There was a lot of disappointment higher up, that Paul Heyman was not able to do more with AJ Styles when AJ Styles was on RAW... Really outside of the Undertaker feud, he spent a while in the U.S. Title scene and didn't really have that many great storylines to sink his teeth into."

"Apparently backstage right now with everything going on (in the World), CM Punk is not the only person really getting on AJ Styles case... AJ Styles' views, and a lot of them, have been seriously questioned more now than ever by a lot of people backstage."

"There has apparently been a lot of situations where AJ Styles has been mocked, and he has said to not be feeling particularly at home."

Another reason why WWE moved AJ Styles to SmackDown

Dave Meltzer also reported on the Wrestling Observer forum that AJ Styles was reportedly furious over the WWE releases of Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson and he blamed Paul Heyman for not standing up for his former teammates.

Styles allegedly moved to SmackDown to work with someone who wasn't in a fight with Vince McMahon.

"Actually the reason was that he was furious that Gallows & Anderson were fired. Blamed Heyman. Classic case of JR/JJ/Laurinaitis syndrome. Vince is the one who made the decision, but I suppose he felt Heyman could have fought him on it. So he wanted to go to the side where the guy in charge isn't fighting Vince on something like that either."