The announcement earlier today that Jinder Mahal will be defending the WWE Title against AJ Styles on next week's SmackDown Live was a match that was originally scheduled to take place the Night of Champions PPV in December, according to F4WOnline.com.
Dave Meltzer mentioned that if AJ Styles wins the title it will be an indication that WWE management believes that Brock Lesnar vs. AJ Styles a stronger match or if Styles doesn't win it is likely a move to help boost the ratings as the show will be taped from Manchester, England.
This week's show did 2.119 million viewers, which was a huge drop on last week's 2.699 million viewers.Â
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