Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: PaApril 11 episode ye "SmackDown", Styles akakunda Baron Corbin naSami Zayn kuti ave nhamba yekutanga kukwikwidza kuUnited States Championship. PaBacklash musi waMay 21, Styles akarasikirwa nemutambo wake naKevin Owens weUnited States Championship nekuverenga. PaMari muBhangi musi waChikumi 18, Styles akakwikwidza muMari muBhangi danho rematanho, asi akatadza kuhwina. Pashure pokunge Styles ava zvakare mukwikwidzi wepamusoro mukwikwidzi waOwens, mutambo wemutambo wakagadzwa kuBattleground. Zvisinei, masvondo maviri pay-per-maonero asati, Styles akakunda Owens panguva WWE imba anoratidza pana Madison Square Garden musi July 7 kubata United States Championship kokutanga muupenyu hwake. Zvisinei, paBattleground musi waChikunguru 23, Styles akarasikirwa nemusoro kumashure kuna Owens, asi akahwinazve mazuva maviri gare gare pa "SmackDown" mumutambo wekutyisidzira katatu unobatanidzawo kudzoka kwaChris Jericho, achitanga kutonga kwake kwechipiri nemakwikwi. PaSummerSlam musi waAugust 20, Styles akakunda Owens kuti achengetedze zita rake naShane McMahon semutongi akasarudzika. Pashure pokukundazve Owens mazuva maviri gare gare pa"SmackDown" kugumisa rwisano yacho. Muna September, Styles akatanga kusawirirana naTye Dillinger naBaron Corbin, zvichitungamirira kumakwikwi okutyisidzira katatu pa
Hell in a Cell musi wa8 Gumiguru, apo Styles akarasikirwa nemutambo kuna Corbin uyo akaisa Dillinger, nokudaro achigumisa kutonga kwake pamazuva 75. Mazuva maviri gare gare pa"SmackDown", Styles akakundikana kuwanazve zita kubva kuna Corbin.