SmackDown Live commissioner Shane McMahon announced on Twitter that Jinder Mahal will defend the WWE Championship against AJ Styles on next week’s show, which will be taped from Manchester, England.
Due to @JinderMahal vicious attack on @AJStylesOrg, he will defend the #WWEChampionship against AJ this Tues. in Manchester, UK on #SDLive.
— Shane McMahon (@shanemcmahon) November 2, 2017
WWE had previously announced that AJ Styles would face Rusev next week for the final spot on Smackdown Live’s Survivor Series team. In light of the news, Rusev says AJ Styles has effectively “quit” their match and he’s going to Survivor Series.
I’m so good. @AJStylesOrg already quit. Hahahahahah. Go team Smackdown. #RusevDay is coming to #SurvivorSeries
— Miro (@ToBeMiro) November 2, 2017
Speaking of Rusev, it sounds like he’s had a pretty good week. He posted the following on Instagram on Wednesday night:
“Watching #totaldivas tonight with the Wife @thelanawwe #goals ….. just noticed that wife knees a bit bruised! Wonder why ? ?”
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ba9pTgFBi0h/
