AJ Styles is the current WWE Champion, and he’s been the top star on SmackDown Live for quite some time now.
Styles defeated Jinder Mahal to win the title for the second time in his career in November of 2017, and he’s been taking on all comers ever since.
On Sunday, Styles will defend the title against Samoa Joe, but win or lose, he recently became the longest reigning WWE Champion in the history of SmackDown.
Congratulations to the NEW longest-reigning @WWE Champion in #SmackDown history… @AJStylesOrg! pic.twitter.com/vc7uazZhnI
— WWE (@WWE) August 17, 2018
Former WWE Champion JBL recently took to Twitter to congratulate Styles on his massive accomplishment.
My record has been broken and I Could not be more proud of @AJStylesOrg -a world class individual and athlete, looking forward to watching this incredible performer Sunday at @WWE Summerslam. pic.twitter.com/VjT33wKsVj
— John Layfield (@JCLayfield) August 15, 2018
Between AJ’s two WWE Championship reigns he’s at number 13 on the list of all time combined reigns, and he’s only 40 days away from tying CM Punk for the number 12 spot.
