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7. AJ Styles Going Heel?

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SmackDown viewers know how frustrated AJ Styles' character has been recently. The OC leader has been shouting from rooftops about LA Knight hoovering up "his" title matches and trying to hog the spotlight AJ helped create. Then, at the Rumble, more issues with Knight caused Styles to take the fall in that four-way.

Trouble is brewing, and something has to give.

AJ will surely unleash his anger on LA with a brutal beatdown soon. No, not in a standard brawl. Yours truly is talking a sick, calculated kicking that turns Styles heel all over again and makes fans rally behind Knight's cause heading into WrestleMania. There, AJ and LA would have one hell of a match.

Like any great heel, Styles can justify his anger by saying Knight's smugness has pushed him to breaking point. There's a story to keep telling after that finish in the Rumble's main title bout, that's for sure. Plus, Triple H knows a singles between these guys would deliver in-ring.

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