AJ Styles reacts to being cheated in huge championship match

AJ Styles was cheated in a title match at SummerSlam. He has now reacted to this incident.

For several weeks, AJ Styles has been trying to get an Intercontinental Championship match against Dominik Mysterio. However, Dirty Dom has done everything he could to avoid it. However, Adam Pearce forced him to get reevaluated by the doctor, and this time, he was medically cleared to compete. Finally, Styles and Dominik faced each other for the Intercontinental Championship at SummerSlam 2025. During the match, Dirty Dom loosened his boot. When Styles went for the Calf Crusher, his boot came off. Later on, Dom used the same boot to hit AJ, which helped him pick up the win.

Tonight on RAW, Styles confronted Dominik Mysterio and told him that he was smart for loosening his boot during the match and then using it to secure the victory. The Phenomenal One also stated that he was not done with the Intercontinental Champion yet, and he was coming after his title.

It will be interesting to see whether Styles will be able to win the Intercontinental Championship in the future.

About the author

Sunil is a pro wrestling journalist, covering AEW and WWE news stories at Sportskeeda. He holds an MBA degree in Marketing, and has nearly 7 years of experience. A wrestling aficionado since childhood, Sunil used to imitate his favorite wrestlers as a young kid, and started writing professionally about the sport via Sportskeeda’s revenue-sharing opportunity.

Sunil admires former world champions AJ Styles, Will Ospreay, and Kenny Omega for their ability to consistently deliver great matches as well as entertain crowds with their mic skills.

If ever given a chance to change a storyline, Sunil would have booked Roman Reigns to end The Undertaker’s WrestleMania streak instead of Brock Lesnar. According to him, The Tribal Chief needed the victory more than Brock Lesnar, as the latter was already an established performer when he defeated ‘Taker. He would’ve also made that as Taker’s final match.

Always focused on making his work accurate and reliable, Sunil thoroughly checks his facts before writing his articles. When not writing for pro wrestling, he spends his time watching cricket.

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