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What’s the story?
AJ Styles has taken to social media to hype his upcoming SmackDown Live face off with Jinder Mahal.
Apparently, Mahal got wind of the same, and fired back—
In case you didn’t know…
AJ Styles recently defeated Jinder Mahal for the WWE Championship and went on to face Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series.
Nevertheless, with Survivor Series now in the past, Styles continues his feud with Mahal on SmackDown Live.
The heart of the matter
With WWE Champion AJ Styles set to defend his title against "The Modern Day Maharajah" at the blue brand’s Clash Of Champions PPV later this month, the war of words between the duo is seemingly reaching a crescendo.
The WWE has announced an in-ring face off segment between Styles and Mahal for the upcoming episode of Smackdown Live (December 12th, 2017). Addressing the same, Styles asserted that it’ll be the last time Mahal gets to see the WWE Championship up close.
Furthermore, not to be outdone, Mahal hit back at Styles; telling the latter to enjoy his last week with the belt, as the "Maharajah" is coming to take what’s his.
What’s next?
The next episode of SmackDown Live goes down at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio on December 12th.
WWE Champion AJ Styles and Jinder Mahal face off inside the squared circle ahead of their Clash Of Champions PPV which takes place on December 17th.
Author’s take
AJ Styles and Jinder Mahal seem to be primed for an electrifying clash at Clash Of Champions (pun intended).
Anything is possible in the WWE, and given the widespread belief that Mahal may win the WWE Championship once again sooner rather than later, the intrigue around Clash Of Champions is at an all-time high. It’ll be interesting to see how the Styles-Mahal face off on SmackDown plays out.
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