James Ellsworth to challenge for the WWE World title on Tuesday

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Source: www.F4WOnline.com

By Joseph Currier | @josephcurrier | Dec 5, 2016 12:56 am

James Ellsworth will be getting shot at the WWE World Championship on Tuesday night.

After Ellsworth interfered in Sunday's TLC main event between AJ Styles and Dean Ambrose to help give Styles the win, it was announced on Talking Smack that Ellsworth would challenge Styles for the title on this week's SmackDown.

Ellsworth joined Renee Young and Daniel Bryan on the post-TLC edition of Talking Smack to explain why he seemed to turn on his storyline best friend. Ellsworth called the decision a strategic one, citing that he's already beaten Styles three times and thinks he has his number. He said he'd help make it up to Ambrose by giving him the first shot at the title after he wins.

As part of the ongoing feud between Styles and Ambrose, Ellsworth got three wins over Styles on SmackDown in recent weeks. He beat the WWE World Champion twice in October, once with Ambrose's assistance as the special guest referee and once by disqualification. And Ambrose helped him beat Styles in a ladder match two weeks ago to earn the title shot.

[cero2k]

we HAVE to be getting a three way at the Rumble or some point, right?

[Big Red Machine]

we HAVE to be getting a three way at the Rumble or some point, right?

It seems natural. I expect Dean to attack Ellsworth to cause a DQ here (which will mean that Ellsworth "beats" AJ again here). I just don't know if they'll really put James Ellsworth in a top spot on a big four PPV.

[cero2k]

we HAVE to be getting a three way at the Rumble or some point, right?

It seems natural. I expect Dean to attack Ellsworth to cause a DQ here (which will mean that Ellsworth "beats" AJ again here). I just don't know if they'll really put James Ellsworth in a top spot on a big four PPV.

rumble would be perfect because you still have the Universal title and you put the top guys on the rumble, so Aj can work a lower guy

[Big Red Machine]

we HAVE to be getting a three way at the Rumble or some point, right?

It seems natural. I expect Dean to attack Ellsworth to cause a DQ here (which will mean that Ellsworth "beats" AJ again here). I just don't know if they'll really put James Ellsworth in a top spot on a big four PPV.

rumble would be perfect because you still have the Universal title and you put the top guys on the rumble, so Aj can work a lower guy

I'm not saying it doesn't make sense to do it. I'm saying I don't think WWE will do it. They've seemed to fail to grasp the concept that using Brock at the Rumble is pointless because everyone will buy the rumble anyway for the Royal Rumble itself, and they'd make a lot more money off of Brock by using him on a lesser PPV. Same applies here. I think Vince will see it as unworthy to have a comedy jobber in a world title match at the Royal Rumble.