10 Royal Rumble 2018 takeaways

#8 AJ Styles will be top dog on Smackdown...for now

AJ Styles

Despite facing two men in a tag format handicap match, AJ Styles managed to retain his championship.

Though battered and bruised, AJ defeated both Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn in a physical match that saw the former ROH alums reaching deep into their move sets.

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AJ is the dominant player on Smackdown, but the Rumble also saw the rise of a new contender (more on that in a later slide).

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A long time wrestling fan, Chris is also a professional journalist who covers sports-entertainment. He's been writing for Sportskeeda since 2018.

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