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Up: AJ Styles wins the United States Championship
Well, Ricochet wasn't United States Champion for long. Although I firmly believe that Ricochet deserved to have a longer US title reign, I'm positive that crowning AJ Styles as US Champion was a commendable and admirable decision.
Styles turned heel a couple of weeks ago, and his heinous assault on Ricochet drew immense heat from the WWE Universe. His heel turn revived his character and led to a full-fledged reunion of the Club. WWE needed a way to keep Styles' momentum and heat going.
His US title victory established him as one of the top heels in WWE. Had Styles lost, his heel turn would have been rendered useless and all the hype surrounded him would have slowly died out.
Think about how great Styles could be as the US Champion. He puts on great matches and does great work as a heel. There is also a list of hungry and deserving challengers for the US title. Hence, Styles may have an excellent reign as US Champion.
