WWE: 5 Bold Predictions for the SmackDown Live After WrestleMania 35
By John Brown
4. AJ Styles Will Turn Heel
Kofi Kingston’s jugular is a glove fit for AJ Styles’s forearm, and AJ will want the WWE Championship back and to reclaim the house he apparently built (even though it’s a show made famous by The Rock’s catchphrase). Look for AJ to turn heel immediately after WWE WrestleMania 35.
AJ’s legendary title run cemented him in the annals of WWE’s all-time great champions. The end of the reign, however, found some fans finding AJ’s babyface persona stale, something that legends such as The Rock, Shawn Michaels, John Cena, and Hulk Hogan have all experienced in their careers. Daniel Bryan took the belt at the right time, allowing AJ Styles to step back a bit.
This is AJ Styles, arguably the best professional wrestler currently on the Planet Earth, so don’t think he is going to stay back for long.
The SmackDown after WWE WrestleMania is a perfect time to remind all of us just what makes him phenomenal. His interruption of #KofiMania will immediately put him in the hot seat with fans, and AJ Styles shouldn’t, and won’t, care. Styles will linger back into the dark side, a necessary evil to take back the top spot on WWE SmackDown Live.