AJ Styles Apologizes To His Family After SummerSlam

Samoa Joe defeated WWE Champion AJ Styles last night via disqualification.

Joe has been taunting Styles for abandoning his family in order to be WWE Champion. This reached a boiling point last night when Styles’ family were watching ringside. Joe grabbed the mic mid-match and proclaimed to Styles’ daughter that if “Daddy” wasn’t coming home that he would be her new daddy.

This set Styles into a rage and he would later be disqualified for using a steel chair on Joe. Styles then left the arena along with his wife and daughter.

WWE cameras caught up to Styles as he was leaving and captured his apology to his family on video.

AJ Styles’ WWE Championship Reign

Last week, AJ Styles made history when he became the longest-running champion in SmackDown history. Styles’ WWE Championship reign began on November 7th, 2017 when he defeated Jinder Mahal in Manchester, England. Since then, he has defended the title 9 times on WWE programming:

1. Styles defeated Jinder Mahal (Clash of Champions 2017)
2. AJ Styles defeated Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn – 2-on-1 Handicap match (Royal Rumble 2018)
3. Styles defeated Baron Corbin, Dolph Ziggler, John Cena, Kevin Owens, and Sami Zayn – 6-Pack Challenge (Fastlane 2018)
4. AJ Styles defeated Shinsuke Nakamura (WrestleMania 34)
5. Double Count Out against Shinsuke Nakamura (Greatest Royal Rumble)
6. No Contest against Shinsuke Nakamura (Backlash 2018)
7. defeated Shinsuke Nakamura – Last Man Standing (Money in the Bank 2018)
8. defeated Rusev (Extreme Rules 2018)
9. lost to Samoa Joe via DQ (Summerslam 2018)