Following the events of this week’s Smackdown Live, Smackdown General Manager Daniel Bryan has officially announced on Talking Smack that AJ Styles will be forced to defend his WWE World Title against a very unusual opponent: James Ellsworth, who technically pinned the champion on this week’s show, albeit with copious amounts of help from referee Dean Ambrose. Could we see a Cinderella story in the making for Ellsworth?
BLOCKBUSTER NEWS by @WWEDanielBryan: JAMES ELLSWORTH will get a WORLD TITLE MATCH vs. @AJStylesOrg NEXT WEEK on #SDLive! #TalkingSmack pic.twitter.com/JHvxMlsvqt
— WWE (@WWE) October 12, 2016
Probably not, but at least it’s going to be entertaining!
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