WWE has announced that AJ Styles is set to defend his WWE Championship against James Ellsworth tonight on SmackDown Live. Is the match actually going to happen this week? We’ll just have to wait and see.
BREAKING: @realellsworth gets a @WWE Title match vs. @AJStylesOrg TONIGHT to kick off #SDLive, and that's not all! https://t.co/om2Msb63Ax pic.twitter.com/enYUuxc3Jy
— WWE (@WWE) December 20, 2016
The match has been advertised for the past two weeks, but unfortunately AJ Styles had to be kept out of in ring action due to a minor ankle injury that he suffered at TLC. It appears that AJ has been cleared since WWE is promoting the match once again.
James Ellsworth has arrived at the arena for tonight’s show, and he was asked for his thoughts on tonight’s title match. Ellsworth said that any man with two hands is prepared to become a champion.
EXCLUSIVE: Is @realellsworth PREPARED for his @WWE Championship match against @AJStylesOrg TONIGHT on #SDLive?! pic.twitter.com/DliU8nWUsm
— WWE (@WWE) December 20, 2016
This week’s episode of Monday Night Raw drew 2.955 million viewers according to ShowBuzzDaily.com. Viewership for this week’s show was up compared to the 2.758 million viewers who tuned into last week’s show.
This week the first hour of Raw drew 3.062 million viewers, followed by the second hour which drew 2.971 million viewers. The third and final hour drew 2.834 million viewers.
