Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, Styles ya fara rikici da mai nasara na Royal Rumble Shinsuke Nakamura. A WrestleMania 34 a ranar 8 ga Afrilu, Styles ya doke Nakamura don riƙe Gasar WWE, kuma bayan wasan, Styles ya fuskanci harin da Nakamura ya kai masa, wanda ya haifar da rikici. Styles zai ci gaba da riƙe taken sa a kan Nakamura a cikin abubuwa uku daban-daban: Mafi Girma Royal Rumble
ta hanyar ƙidaya sau biyu, Backlash a cikin wasan rashin cancanta, wanda ya ƙare ba tare da gasa ba, da Kudi a Bankin, inda Styles ya ƙare rikici bayan ya lashe wasan Last Man Standing. Bayan nasarar karewa da Rusev a Extreme Rules a watan Yuli, Styles ya zama WWE Champion mafi tsawo a tarihin SmackDown a ranar 14 ga Agusta, ya wuce rikodin kwanaki 280 da John "Bradshaw" Layfield ya kafa.