AJ Styles recently spoke to Graham Matthews of Bleacher Report and commented on if he almost left WWE to join his Bullet Club brothers in All Elite Wrestling.
AJ Styles former tag team partners in The Club, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson almost left WWE back in 2019 but resigned and then were later released in April of 2020.
AJ Styles discussed if he was going to leave WWE for AEW at any point when his first contract was expiring with WWE:
“Like I said, this is a business. I’m going to go where business is best for AJ Styles. I like WWE. I like everything about it. And I know it. I’m used to it. I don’t want to leave. This is a business, though. This is what we do for a living. Was it close? I wouldn’t say it was close for me. Like I said, I want to be in WWE. The situation with Gallows and Anderson, you know, with everything that’s going on, they should have went ahead and went that route when their second contracts came around. But hindsight is 20/20. You’ve read the dirt sheets and whatnot, and you know how pissed I was about the whole situation. Not at them, but at the situation. I think they’re happier doing what they’re doing now. If that’s the case, then I’m happy for them and, like I said, everything happens for a reason.”
AJ Styles was once a leader of the Bullet Club and most members of the Bullet Club went to All Elite Wrestling, Styles commented on the Bullet Club changed his career :
“It’s one of those things where it’s like, ‘How did this get over so well? It’s because you had guys that genuinely wanted to hang out together. We weren’t just together when it came to wrestling. We were together outside of the wrestling ring, too. We were actually hanging out, and I think that’s why it worked so well for us at that time. We all hang out together, so seeing those guys, I’m happy for them. It’s cool they’re able to continue what they started, whenever it was.”
AJ Styles also commented on when he will be hanging up his boots as well:
“It’s really whenever it feels right. Some days, I feel like I can go five, six more years. And then some years I’m like, ‘Oh, man, I can be done this year.’ As you get older, it’s just changing. You have to listen to your body and figure out what it can do next. With my style, it’s a bit different, so I like to push it still to this day. I’m going to go as long as I can, as long as I can stay healthy and see what happens and where it takes us.”
AJ Styles will be participating in the Royal Rumble Match on January 30th.
Credit to Bleacher Report and H/T to WrestlingInc for the transcription
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