AJ Styles officially debuted with WWE at Sunday night's 2016 Royal Rumble event, entering the Royal Rumble Match itself as the number three entrant.

It had been previously reported that Styles would likely appear at the event, though it had not been officially confirmed at the time that he would do so. It was also reported that Styles was in Florida, but was not confirmed at the time to be involved in the Royal Rumble event in any way.