– As seen on SmackDown Live last week, James Ellsworth defeated AJ Styles in the main event to earn a future WWE World Title shot.
In regards to when Ellsworth will actually receive the shot at the title, we have been told that the company will most-likely book the match between the TLC event and the Royal Rumble. There is no chance that Vince McMahon would allow that match to main event a pay-per-view, so that is out of the question.
It’s expected that Styles will finally get a win over Ellworth when the match does happen to take place.
– While speaking to Sam Roberts on his podcast, Finn Balor talked about his recovery and return to the ring. Balor mentioned that he is currently doing six hours of rehab a day — 3 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the afternoon.
In regards to when he is expected to return to action, he said the goal is to return at WrestleMania, despite rumors that he may make an early return at the Royal Rumble.
It was noted a couple weeks back that Balor was being advertised for the December 18th Roadblock event, however we can rule out that he won’t actually be making an appearance at the event. Apparently those advertisements were submitted before he suffered his injury.