Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Na tana wikitoria i SummerSlam, ka uru wawe a Styles ki te pikitia WWE World Championship kua whakaingoatia ano, ka whiwhi ano i tetahi atu whai waahi ki te taitara i Backlash ki a Dean Ambrose. I te tirohanga utu i te Mahuru 11, i hinga a Styles i a Ambrose kia riro ai ia hei Toa o te Ao WWE mo te wa tuatahi i muri i te whiu iti, ko tana toa tuatahi i WWE me te taitara ao tuawaru. I angitu a Styles i tana tiitara tuatahi ki a Ambrose i roto i te tukinga i te waahanga 27 o Hepetema o "SmackDown" whai muri i te aukati a John Cena. I te kore o te atawhai i te Oketopa 9, i mau tonu a Styles i te taitara ki a Cena me Ambrose i roto i te tukinga whakawehi tuatoru i muri i te whakaeke i a Cena. I Survivor Series i te Whiringa-a-rangi 20, i hangaia e Styles te Team SmackDown i te taha o Ambrose, Bray Wyatt, Randy Orton me Shane McMahon i te tukinga 5-on-5 Survivor Series ki a Team Raw, i wikitoria te tuatahi. I te 4 o Tihema, i mau tonu a Styles i te toa ki a Ambrose i roto i te Taputapu, Rahi, me nga Tiamana whakataetae i muri i te whakauru a James Ellsworth me te pana i a Ambrose mai i te arawhata me te maha o nga teepu. Katahi ka timata a Styles i tana riri ki a Cena e arahi ana ki te
2017 Royal Rumble i te Hanuere 29, i hinga ai a Styles mo te toa, ka mutu tana kingitanga i nga ra 140.