Seth Rollins made it back to the peak the previous evening by overcoming Brock Lesnar for the Universal Title, and ideal on signal, here comes AJ Styles to thump him down. Crisp off an amazing maintenance against Ricochet, the United States Champion ventured to The Beastslayer in Raw's opening minutes, setting out a Champion versus Champion test.
Rollins, as yet riding the high of his triumph lastly out of Lesnar's compass — as Paul Heyman uncovered, Lesnar won't get a rematch against Rollins — consented to show The Phenomenal One an "exercise in regard."
As if to protect the trustworthiness of the match, Styles sent The O.C. out of the ring to suggest it would be a one-on-one experience … however Rollins would be astute not to trust him. As far back as Styles "woke up," regard has been something of a single direction road with him.
The O.C. have been making a ton of clamor on Raw since catching the United States Championship and the Raw Tag Team Titles, however it appears as though all that commotion has woken up a beast.
As AJ Styles, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson pounded Universal Champion Seth Rollins during Raw's Champion versus Champion headliner, Braun Strowman joined successive O.C. adversary Ricochet in helping The Beastslayer even the chances, sending a ground-breaking message to The Phenomenal One and his barbarous partners.
In a WWE.com meeting following the physical squabble with The Monster Among Men, Styles tested Strowman to a match one week from now, where the United States Title will be at stake. Strowman acknowledged the test by means of Twitter.