Tuhi i te haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I muri tata mai, ka tiimata te riri a Styles me te toa o Royal Rumble a Shinsuke Nakamura. I WrestleMania 34 i te Paenga-whāwhā 8, i hinga a Styles i a Nakamura kia pupuri i te WWE Championship, ana i muri i te tukinga, i whakaekehia a Styles e Nakamura, i whakawera i to raatau riri. Ka mau tonu a Styles i tana taitara ki a Nakamura i nga huihuinga rereke e toru: Greatest Royal Rumble
mā te tatau rua, Backlash i tētahi tukinga kāore i whakakorea, i mutu ki tētahi whakataetae kāore i whakawātea, me Money in the Bank, i mutu ai te whawhai a Styles i muri i tana wikitōria i tētahi tukinga Last Man Standing. Whai muri i te angitu o te tiaki ki a Rusev i nga Ture Tino i te Hurae, ka noho a Styles hei toa WWE roa rawa atu i roto i te hitori o SmackDown i te Akuhata 14, i neke atu i te rekoata 280-ra i whakatauhia e John "Bradshaw" Layfield.