Analyzing The Top 5 Contenders For AJ Styles' WWE Championship

#3 Big Cass

Big Cass made a statement by attacking Bryan on Smackdown

He has just returned to action and WWE seem pretty into pushing him. It is easy to forget that WWE were going to push Big Cass to super-stardom before his injury, as he was regularly squashing Enzo Amore.

An unfortunate ACL tear took him out of action, but that doesn't mean his push has been cancelled. Cass was part of the Fatal 4 Way for the Universal Championship, which was won by Kevin Owens in 2016, and his upward trajectory is set to continue on Smackdown.

If Big Cass is pushed as the next big monster heel, a rivalry with Styles would be perfect. Cass's motivation can be destroying small guys for being given the top spot on the brand.

That would be the perfect motivation to take out the champion of the brand, Styles. The Phenomenal One can be pushed as the underdog taking on the unstoppable monster, and a David vs Goliath fight would play out really well.

This is viable if Cass is made to be a monster, step one of which would be to do something with Bryan and him. The seeds were sown on Smackdown and Cass needs to make a dominant return.

Styles can play the part of being the perfect anti-thesis to Cass, and this feud would have a believable dynamic, where Styles is ready to defend his crown against even the biggest and baddest men.

Doubts still linger on how Cass would function without Amore as a mouthpiece, but Cass doesn't need to be talker if he is just a brute that beats everyone up.