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AJ Styles

The Phenomenal One reigns over the house that he built!!

4 attires, logic, and parameters.

(2017 - 2018)

On the March 14 episode of SmackDown Live, Styles ambushed SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon when he arrived at the venue and ended up slamming his head into the window of a parked car. Afterwards, SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan confronted Styles and—in storyline—fired him for his actions before having security escort Styles out of the building. However, later that night McMahon returned to the arena and stated that he would face Styles at WrestleMania 33 on April 2, where Styles defeated McMahon. On the April 4 episode of SmackDown Live, Styles made reconciliation with Shane McMahon via a handshake and thus turned back into a fan favorite in the process.

On the April 11 episode of SmackDown Live, Styles defeated Baron Corbin and Sami Zayn to become the number one contender for the United States Championship. At Backlash on May 21, Styles lost his match against Kevin Owens for the United States Championship by countout after Owens got Styles' leg trapped in an announce table. At Money in the Bank on June 18, Styles was unsuccessful in winning the Money in the Bank ladder match. After Styles became once again the number one contender to Owens' championship, a title match was set for Battleground. However, Styles defeated Owens during a WWE live event at Madison Square Garden on July 7 to capture the United States Championship for the first time in his career. At Battleground on July 23, Styles lost the title back to Owens, but regained it two days later on SmackDown Live in a triple threat match also involving a returning Chris Jericho, thus becoming a two-time United States Champion. At SummerSlam on August 20, Styles defeated Owens to retain the title with Shane McMahon as the special guest referee. After once again defeating Owens two days later on SmackDown Live, Styles revived John Cena's U.S. open challenge, successfully defending the title two times on SmackDown Live against Tye Dillinger, who was also in a rivalry with Baron Corbin about who should answer Styles' challenge, leading to a triple threat match at Hell in a Cell on October 8, where Styles lost the title to Corbin who pinned Dillinger, thus ending his reign at 75 days.

After failing to regain the title from Corbin on SmackDown Live, Styles started a rivalry with WWE Champion Jinder Mahal, by confronting and attacking him. During that time, Styles also appeared at Raw's exclusive event TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on October 22, competing against Finn Bálor due to Bálor's original opponent Bray Wyatt not being cleared to compete in a losing effort. Styles made a special appearance on Raw the following night, teaming up with Raw Tag Team Champions Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins to defeat The Miz, Cesaro and Sheamus and later that night being involved in a Raw invasion alongside other SmackDown talent, ambushing the Raw wrestlers leading into Survivor Series on behalf of SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon. Styles was originally scheduled to face Rusev on the November 7 episode of SmackDown Live in Manchester, England for the last spot on Team SmackDown, but that match was cancelled in favor of a WWE Championship match between him and Mahal. Styles won the match in what marked the first time the title changed hands on SmackDown since September 2003, claiming his second WWE Championship and becoming recognized by WWE as the first titleholder crowned outside of North America (Antonio Inoki had won the title in Japan in 1979, but this reign is unrecognized by WWE). With the win, Styles replaced Mahal in the champion vs. champion match at Survivor Series on November 19 against Universal Champion Brock Lesnar, which he would go on to lose. Styles defeated Mahal via submission at Clash of Champions to retain the title. Styles' next feud came against Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, whom he lost back-to-back matches to due to interference. As a result, Daniel Bryan made a handicap championship match at the Royal Rumble which Styles won.

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