#2 Shane McMahon vs. AJ Styles (Loser Leaves SmackDown)
While most fans aren’t necessarily thrilled with AJ’s second WrestleMania match being against Shane McMahon and feel like he deserves to be in the main event, there’s no denying that WWE has made this a very personal and heated feud that could benefit Styles tremendously moving forward after Mania.
After jumping through several hoops for the past month, AJ Styles finally lost his opportunity to main event WrestleMania 33 by losing to Randy Orton a few weeks ago.
After the match, Styles blamed Shane for him not main eventing the biggest show of the year and repeatedly claimed that his treatment from SD management wasn’t fair. However, the following week on SmackDown LIVE is when this feud reached its boiling point.
“The Phenomenal One” attacked Shane as he arrived at the building, beating him senseless and throwing him through a car window.
Before the episode went off-air, McMahon walked out on the entrance ramp groggily and light-headed and stated: “AJ Styles said he doesn’t have an opponent at WrestleMania... well he does now.”
To get the most out of this feud, and to possibly move AJ from SmackDown Live to Raw, this match needs an added stipulation that the loser must leave SmackDown.
This would benefit Styles, as him winning would result in McMahon not being able to control him on SmackDown anymore, and Shane, by moving his biggest headache to a different show.
Also, Styles could win the match and somehow still end up on Raw. Remember, this is the same company that gave Shane control of Raw after he lost the right to control Raw when he lost to The Undertaker at last year’s Mania.
