– WWE Champion AJ Styles continues to hype his next title defense against Samoa Joe at the upcoming WWE Hell In a Cell pay-per-view that takes place on Sunday, September 16, 2018 in San Antonio, Texas at the AT&T Center and will air on the WWE Network.

Styles is slated to address Joe on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live and prior to the show, the WWE Champion took to his official Twitter account to write the following about the feud and send a message. He wrote, “It’s not enough to attack from behind or to play games with a man’s family. A match at #HIAC isn’t about sneaking around or phone calls…it’s about proving over and again why I. Am. Phenomenal. #AndStill.”

It’s not enough to attack from behind or to play games with a man’s family. A match at #HIAC isn’t about sneaking around or phone calls…it’s about proving over and again why I. Am. Phenomenal. #AndStill

— AJStyles.Org (@AJStylesOrg) August 28, 2018



– Several notable names are backstage at this week’s episode of SmackDown Live in Toronto, Canada at the Scotiabank Arena that will air on the USA Network including former WWE Intercontinental Champion Santino Marella. PWinsider.com also notes that WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus, Maryse, and Brie Bella are among those backstage.

As of this writing, there’s no word yet on if Stratus will appear on the show to hype her match against former WWE RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss at the Evolution pay-per-view event on Sunday, October 28, 2018 in Long Island, New York at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum but is most likely just visiting.

As we noted earlier on the site, Maryse is expected to be a regular character going forward to hype her mixed tag team match alongside The Miz against Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella WWE Hell In a Cell.