WWE SmackDown Predictions: AJ Styles Fails to Get Revenge
By Bryan Heaton
AJ Styles Tries to Outsmart Samoa Joe, Fails
The WWE Champion missed WWE SmackDown last week to recuperate after an assault by Samoa Joe, who’s now the number one contender for the title. Joe spent last week dragging Styles’s family into the feud, saying AJ is neglecting them for the sake of his career.
We already know Styles is coming back to the show this week, supposedly to address Joe’s actions. But this is professional wrestling — does anyone really think there’s not even going to be an attempt to get physical? After all, Joe went after AJ’s family — not cool, bro.
But with less than two weeks before SummerSlam, the odds that Styles is going to be in control are slim. Not only is Joe one of the most ruthless competitors in all of wrestling, he’s incredible at playing mind games. This is a guy who had Brock Lesnar off his game just about a year ago. Styles doesn’t stand a chance.
That doesn’t mean AJ isn’t going to try and get some revenge. He may come out this week and look like he’s going to just talk, but Joe will probably come out to interrupt, or appear on the jumbotron. Styles, remembering how personal things have gotten, will lose his head and try to attack, only to get choked out again.