AJ Styles' role for the Royal Rumble 2022 finally revealed
The 2016 Royal Rumble saw AJ Styles make his highly-anticipated WWE debut. In less than half a month, we will be approaching the sixth anniversary of AJ Styles' debut with the company. With this milestone in mind, Styles has finally revealed his plans as the road to WrestleMania begins.
Styles has been in several important spots in the Royal Rumble. While his debut saw him enter the Rumble match at #3, he spent the next few Royal Rumble pay-per-views either defending or competing for the WWE Championship. In the two years since, he has competed in the Royal Rumble match.
In 2022, The Phenomenal One will compete in his fourth Royal Rumble match. Styles announced the news in a video he posted on his Twitter page:
Since debuting in 2016, I’ve done it all in @WWE… well, almost everything. I’m officially declaring myself for the 2022 #RoyalRumble match! #WWERaw https://t.co/ecfzBi0xRy
It will be interesting to see how Styles fares in the Royal Rumble. Historically, Styles has struggled to find success at the event. That being said, he defended the WWE Championship at the 2018 edition of the show.
Styles is coming off a defeat to Omos, with whom he had a four-month-long reign as one-half of the RAW Tag Team Champions. They were aligned together on RAW for fourteen months. Omos initially served as Styles' bodyguard before the duo became tag team partners.
Like every other tag team in WWE except The New Day and The Usos, a break-up for the duo was seemingly inevitable. By splitting the team up, WWE clearly wanted to turn both men into singles stars on RAW.
AJ Styles has nearly done it all in WWE
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@AJStylesOrg Grand Slam Champ that carries the camp 😎🤘 https://t.co/TxxliMdpzk
In his six years in WWE, Styles has become a Grand Slam Champion -- a feat he achieved following his RAW Tag Team title win at WrestleMania 37. He even has a WrestleMania main event under his name, as the cinematic "Boneyard" match was the final bout of the pre-taped WrestleMania 36 Day 1.
The two accomplishments Styles truly has left in WWE are victories in the prestigious Royal Rumble and Money in the Bank matches. Given the recent rumors that he "recently" re-signed with WWE for three or five more years, one or the other could become inevitable.
Can Styles realistically win the Royal Rumble this year or any of the remaining years on his WWE contract? Voice your thoughts and opinions in the comments below!