AJ Styles Hits A Stunner In Special Royal Rumble Match After Last Night’s WWE TV Tapings (Video)

Following last night’s WWE TV tapings in Laredo, TX, WWE held a special Royal Rumble match, sponsored by KFC, to determine which WWE star will next play Colonel Sanders.

WWE stars Titus O’Neil, Heath Slater, The Miz, Mojo Rawley, Breezango, The Miz and WWE Champion AJ Styles were all participants in the match, which saw Styles get the win after he hit Rusev with a Stone Cold Stunner to get the elimination.

WWE has a working partnership with KFC, and in the past, the famous Colonel Sanders character has been played by WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels and Smackdown Star Dolph Ziggler on WWE TV.

You can read complete WWE Smackdown Live results from last night at this link, and you can check out photos and videos of the mini-rumble match below:

@AJStylesOrg wins the KFC Rumble #SDLive #KFC #WWELaredo pic.twitter.com/pBt5XT8p0f

— Danny (@dannnyX99) January 17, 2018

*BREAKING* AJ Styles eliminates Rusev to win the filming of the #KFC #ColonelRumble commercial.#SDLive #WWELaredo pic.twitter.com/0CIAUdAVuh

— Rad Zero [TeamLazor] (@radzero83) January 17, 2018

#SDLive #theusos #wwelaredo #tagteammatch I caught the prop glasses #themiz , #rusev and #AJStyles were wearing during the match , lol 😂 pic.twitter.com/cuAo6mXSIl

— ❀~MermaidDaisy~❁ (@Michelle_Martha) January 17, 2018

No one saw this one coming! 😮😂 https://t.co/JtoTXGx1EE

— WWE Fanatic (@WWEkeeda) January 17, 2018