Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nguva pfupi yapfuura, Styles akatanga kupopotedzana nemukundi weRoyal Rumble Shinsuke Nakamura. PaWrestleMania 34 musi waApril 8, Styles akakunda Nakamura kuti achengetedze WWE Championship, uye mushure memutambo, Styles akabatwa nekurwiswa zvisina tsarukano naNakamura, vachipisa kupokana kwavo. Styles aizoenderera mberi nekuchengetedza zita rake kurwisa Nakamura pazviitiko zvitatu zvakasiyana: Greatest Royal Rumble
necount-out yakapetwa kaviri, Backlash mumutambo usina kurambidzwa, wakaguma pasina kukwikwidza, uye Mari muBhangi, uko Styles akagumisa gakava mushure mekukunda mutambo weLast Man Standing. Mushure mekudzivirira kwakabudirira kurwisa Rusev paExtreme Rules muna Chikunguru, Styles akazova WWE Champion akareba-kutonga muSmackDown nhoroondo musi waAugust 14, achipfuura rekodhi yemazuva mazana maviri nemakumi masere yakagadzwa naJohn "Bradshaw" Layfield.