WWE Royal Rumble 2017: 3 Reasons AJ Styles Should Face Undertaker
By Jay Sichler
Credit: WWE.com
3) The Royal Rumble is in the Undertaker’s Backyard of Texas
The 30th anniversary of The Royal Rumble will be taking place in the Heart of Texas, San Antonio. With that in mind, WWE is going to want a hometown boy, in one of the bigger matches on the card.
The Undertaker certainly fits that bill. Undertaker is a proud Texan and has shown his Texas pride throughout the years in WWE. In fact, The Undertaker’s lone Royal Rumble win occurred in San Antonio back in 2007.
The last time WWE was in the Alamo Dome they had fellow Texan and San Antonio native, Shawn Michales compete for the championship. With WWE having virtually no chance of getting Shawn Michaels to compete at the Rumble, Taker is surely the next best thing.
The match would also really get the crowd into the event as any Texan is viewed as a returning hero no matter who they’re facing. This would finally give AJ Styles who is a heel some legit heat going into a match.
Despite Styles being a face, he is generally cheered by a big portion of the audience. However, in front of 60,000 Texans that shouldn’t be the case. Styles can finally get legit and really get booed by an abundance of the crowd, this could really help his character going forward.
Having a Hometown hero like The Undertaker will not only spark interest in the Texas crowd but for everyone at home as well. Fans will be invested to see if The Phenom could win one more WWE Championship in his home state.