#5 AJ Styles (-1 Spot)
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In terms of ring work, there is nobody in WWE better right now than AJ Styles. “The Phenomenal One” has taken over as the face of Smackdown Live and has been getting insane crowd reactions over the past few weeks.
This week on Smackdown, Styles came out to interrupt Chris Jericho, who was out with Shane McMahon to welcome Y2J to the blue brand. Styles, as the new #1 contender to the United States Title, stated that the title would be his after Backlash, regardless of whether he had to defeat Jericho or Kevin Owens at the PPV.
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As Styles was finishing, Kevin Owens’ music hit and out came the “Face of America”. Styles, however, did not wait for Owens to make his way to the ring, as he exited and met Owens half-way up the ramp where two went at it.
Because of those events, Styles was later banned from ringside in the rematch between Jericho and Owens for the United States title. KO went on to win the match and afterwards laid a beat down on Jericho that will surely keep him out of action for weeks, at least.afterwards laid a beat down on Jericho that will surely keep him out of action for weeks, at least.
So now, we all get the dream match we wanted at Backlash, AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens. It’s a shame that these two won’t be feuding over the WWE Title, but I’m sure that will happen soon enough.
