The Face that Runs the Place, AJ Styles, Returns!

AJ Styles holds the WWE Championship and returns to defend his honor against Samoa Joe on SmackDown Live. Courtesy of WWE.

By Matthew Klink (@klinkmatt)

August 7, 2018

On what has been, easily, the better show between itself and Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live will roll out another highly anticipated show to prepare us all for SummerSlam. Where is the Tag Title story going? Will Jeff Hardy finally get back at Randy Orton? Is the Miz going to continue to get the better of Daniel Bryan? And is the relationship and Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair, strong enough to keep them friendly going into SummerSlam?

Those are all huge story lines and incredibly intriguing, but what about the Face that Runs the Place and the Samoan Bulldozer? With what we already consider to be an amazing and innovative way to get a number one contender spot (when Joe took out AJ and then signed his own name to the SummerSlam WWE Championship contract), Joe topped himself last Tuesday when he told AJ Styles he was going to send him back to his family. 

AJ wasn't there to defend himself, but he returns tonight to get back at Samoa Joe. AJ isn't the strongest on the mic, but getting his family involved should surely ignite some hate and anger out of him. Not to mention, the fact that all of the problems Samoa Joe highlights probably are real life issues and demons that AJ Styles deals with on a daily basis. 

These two have proved to us that they can put on a good match and I would've given them a pass on story line considering how the great the in ring performances are going to be. that being said, this build up to SummerSlam has been great, even though very one sided. The other side takes the mic tonight and should create a new level of intrigue for us all to enjoy!

That's not the only news that'll be huge for WWE fans in August, with SummerSlam right around the corner!

As we continue to get more matches booked (so far, six in total), I am loving this card. If you haven't made plans yet, don't forget to be on your couch on August 19th for the biggest show of the summer: SummerSlam!

Carmella vs Becky Lynch vs Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women's Championship
Ronda Rousey vs Alexa Bliss for the Raw Women's Championship
AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe for the WWE Championship
Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Title
Dolph Ziggler vs Seth Rollins for the Intercontinental Championship
Daniel Bryan vs The Miz
Sunday, August 19th, 7PM EST

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