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.

Look who just shut down all of Tony Khan's critics! More HERE.

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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