AJ Styles Pulled From Weekend Shows, Styles vs. Ziggler, Cena’s Return

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Dec 14, 2016

— AJ Styles has been removed from this weekend’s WWE SmackDown house shows in Peterborough and Barrie, Ontario, Canada. He is no longer advertised for either event on WWE.com. Styles match against James Ellsworth was delayed on SmackDown, with the storyline reason being that Ellsworth was “sick”.

— Here is a new video promo for John Cena’s return to SmackDown on December 27th:

— Here are videos and photos from last night’s SmackDown main event in which Dolph Ziggler defeated Luke Harper, Dean Ambrose and The Miz to earn a shot at AJ Styles on the December 27th episode.

Ziggler will challenge Styles in two weeks on SmackDown from Chicago on December 27th; James Ellsworth will still get an eventual title shot but his match was called off last night due to “illness”.

100% DIRECT LINK (**NEW** CLOSE-UP PHOTOS): AJ **MAKING OUT** With Dolph Ziggler!

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