WWE News: AJ Styles comments on his WWE Title match against Daniel Bryan and sends a message to Samoa Joe

What's the story?

This week on SmackDown Live, Samoa Joe made his intentions clear about hurting WWE Champion AJ Styles once again and that's exactly what he did when he locked in the Coquina Clutch on 'The Phenomenal One' following his WWE Title defense against Daniel Bryan.

Styles, however, has now sent a warning message to Joe ahead of Crown Jewel and also had his say regarding his title match against Bryan.

In case you didn't know...

WWE Champion AJ Styles was originally scheduled to defend his title against Daniel Bryan at the upcoming WWE Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia, however, due to Bryan's apparent refusal to attend and compete in Saudi Arabia, WWE had to make a change in plans and awarded Bryan his WWE Title shot this week on SmackDown Live.

Bryan, despite a resilient effort, in a match that definitely deserves to be called an instant classic, unfortunately, couldn't capture the WWE Championship from 'The Phenomenal One' after tapping out the Calf Crusher that eventually awarded Styles the win as he retained his title.

The heart of the matter

Following yet another remarkable title defense against Daniel Bryan from this week's episode of SmackDown Live, WWE Champion AJ Styles took it to his Twitter handle and wrote that he is definitely very proud of his WWE Championship match against Bryan and noted that it was a match that was fully centered on skills and in-ring athleticism as well.

I’m proud of my @WWE Championship Match with @WWEDanielBryan last night on #SDLive. It was a match centered on skill and athleticism. Joe’s attack was not....He got his wish, now I’m going to make him regret it. Again. #WWECrownJewel

— AJStyles.Org (@AJStylesOrg) October 31, 2018

However, Styles certainly did not take Samoa Joe's post-match attack too kindly and noted that he will make the former NXT Champion pay more his actions once again at WWE Crown Jewel, now that Joe has earned himself yet another crack at Styles' WWE Title, despite being defeated by 'The Phenomenal One' at WWE Super-Show Down.

What's next?

Samoa Joe will replace Daniel Bryan on the 3rd of November at WWE Crown Jewel, as he gets set to challenge AJ Styles for the WWE Title once again.