Buuxi weedha soo socota: Oktoobar 17 dhacdo ee "SmackDown", Styles wuxuu bilaabay tartan uu la yeeshay Horyaalkii WWE ee xilligaas, Jinder Mahal, isagoo la kulmay oo weeraray. Bishii Oktoobar 22, Styles wuxuu ka soo muuqday dhacdadii Raw ee gaarka ahayd, isagoo la tartamayay Finn Bálor sababtoo ah Bálor's horyaalkii asalka ahaa ee Bray Wyatt looma oggolaan inuu tartamo, halkaas oo uu ka adkaaday Bálor. Nofeembar 7 dhacdadii "SmackDown" ee Manchester, England, Styles wuxuu ka adkaaday Jinder Mahal si uu ugu guuleysto Horyaalka WWE markii labaad taas oo calaamadeysay markii ugu horreysay ee horyaalka uu gacmo ka beddelo "SmackDown" tan iyo Sebtember 2003, isagoo loo aqoonsaday WWE inuu yahay kii ugu horreeyay ee horyaal ah oo lagu caleemo saaro meel ka baxsan Waqooyiga Ameerika (Antonio Inoki wuxuu horyaalka ku guuleystay Japan 1979, laakiin xukunkan WWE ma aqoonsana). Guushaas, Styles wuxuu Mahal ku beddelay horyaalkii horyaalka ee Survivor Series ee ka dhanka ahaa Horyaalka Caalamiga ah Brock Lesnar, kaas oo uu lumin lahaa. Waqtiga
Clash of Champions 17kii Diseembar, Styles wuxuu ka adkaaday Mahal isaga oo u gudbiyay difaaciisii koowaad ee horyaalka. Khilaafkii xigay ee Styles wuxuu ka soo horjeestay Kevin Owens iyo Sami Zayn, oo uu ku badiyay ciyaaro isku xiga oo ay ugu wacan tahay faragelin, taas oo keentay ciyaar horyaalnimo curyaannimo ah oo ka dhacday Royal Rumble Janaayo 28, 2018 oo uu ku guuleystay Styles. Styles ayaa ka dib si guul leh u difaacay horyaalka Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, John Cena, Baron Corbin, iyo Dolph Ziggler tartan lix-xirmo ah oo ka dhacay Fastlane bishii Maarso 11.