WWE United States Champion AJ Styles talked about WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels turning down a match with him while speaking with Cathy Kelly on WWE Now. 

Styles would talk about how he would’ve loved to have shared the ring with Michaels but wasn’t sure why fans compare the two stars. He would like to think it’s because there are so many great matches that Michaels and himself have put on in their careers. 

“I asked Shawn and he said ‘No.’ Well That’s on Shawn, guys. I can’t do anything about that. I would love to opportunity to do that match.”

Styles continued by noting that he understands why Michaels didn’t want to do the match because he was retired and didn’t want to work a match.

He pointed out that Michaels came out of retirement years later but understands why he did one match and then went back to retirement. Styles added that he wants to stay retired after calling it a career. 

Styles teased a match in 2016 with Michaels at the Royal Rumble PPV the following year, which got everyone talking about a possible match between the two stars. However, it didn’t happen.

Styles later revealed that the match had been pitched for WrestleMania 33. This came up when WWE needed to find Styles an opponent, which led to the idea of having Styles wrestle Michaels at WrestleMania. 

AJ Styles Reacts To CM Punk Chants During Match

WWE United States Champion AJ Styles had an interesting reaction to fans chanting CM Punk during his most recent match under the WWE banner. 

During Monday’s episode of RAW, Styles was wrestling WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins in a non-title match that served as the headliner of the show, which served as the post-SummerSlam episode for the RAW brand. 

Styles responded to the chants with a crotch chop that was made famous by DX. You can see it here: 

WWE has already confirmed that Styles will share the ring with Braun Strowman on next week’s episode of RAW. 

“Straight Up Steve Austin” Viewership

“Straight Up Steve Austin” premiered on the USA Network on Monday night immediately following RAW that featured Rob Riggle as his guest.

The show did good viewership numbers as it pulled in 1.211 million viewers for the first episode. 

Steve Austin: “I Can’t Wrestle Anymore, I Don’t Live In The Past”

Sal Vulcano will appear on the second episode while Baker Mayfield will be the guest on the third episode that airs on August 26. There will be seven episodes in the first season of the new television show. 

While it initially looked like AJ Styles might be getting involved in a rivalry with Seth Rollins in near future, some latest developments are pointing towards a different feud for the current United States Champion.

The opening segment of this week’s episode of Raw saw AJ Styles challenging Seth Rollins for a non title match and this bout took place during the main event of the show.

The match, however, ended in a disqualification after Gallows and Anderson interfered in the bout. They went on to unleash an attack on the Universal Champion which resulted in Ricochet and Braun Strowman making the save.

AJ was interviewed backstage after the show went off air and Styles, who was angry with Strowman’s actions, issued a challenge to the Monster Among Men for a United States Championship match on Raw next week:

“Braun Strowman wants to get in The OC’s business, huh? He wanted to get my attention, well let me get your attention. I’m going to put my United States Championship on the line next week, against you Braun Strowman. Do I have your attention now? Next week, RAW. You’re mine.”

With this challenge, it’s very likely that the match next week ends up being the beginning of a new feud between these two stars and Rollins finds a different challenger for his title.

Though it’s also possible that it’s a one-time affair and Styles continues his rivalry with the Universal Champion. We’ll have to tune in to Raw next week to find out.

AJ Styles is still the WWE United States Champion. 

Styles beat Ricochet to successfully retain the strap at the SummerSlam pay-per-view event. This comes after the two stars have wrestled a few times on WWE programming that could’ve been the blow-off match of this feud. 

WWE SummerSlam 2019 Results & Live Coverage (8/11)

Last month on an episode of RAW in Little Rock, Arkansas, WWE held a Gauntlet Match to determine who will be the next star in line to challenge for the strap. 

Ricochet, Rey Mysterio, Cesaro, Sami Zayn and Andrade were the stars that competed in this contest. As a result of Ricochet winning, he got the shot against “The Phenomenal One.”

Styles beat Ricochet to win the United States Title in June at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view event in Philadelphia, PA.

Ricochet beat Samoa Joe to win the title at the WWE Stomping Grounds pay-per-view event in Tacoma, WA back in June. This marked Ricochet’s first title on the main roster. 

Both stars will likely receive new opponents for different feuds heading into the Clash of Champions pay-per-view event on Sunday, September 15, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Spectrum Center.

What are your thoughts on AJ Styles retaining the United States Title? Was this the right call by WWE officials? Sound off in the comment section.

Last night, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows once again became RAW Tag Team Champions. Alongside their OC stablemate, AJ Styles, they now hold some of RAW’s top gold.

Post-match, The OC addressed their victory in a backstage exclusive.

When asked if they expected championship gold so quickly after their reformation, Karl Anderson took the mic and asserted they did what they set out to do: dominate.

“Just like AJ would say: when the OC got back together, we told the world we were going to dominate,” Anderson declared. “US Champion, Tag Team Champions, we told the world we were going to do this.”

His partner, Luke Gallows added:

“You cannot defeat this trio. AJ Styles, the Phenomenal One, the best wrestler in the entire world, bar none, but what have we been saying for years now? It’s that same old recipe. It’s a Magic Killer, a one, two, three, and a just too sweet.”

Their leader, and the current WWE United States Champion, AJ Styles, then stated that they were the only club in professional wrestling that matters.

“If I’ve told you once, I’ve kind of said this…well, we’re getting close to a thousand times here. We are the official, we are the original, we are the only club that matters. The OC.”

Styles realigned himself with his former Club members a few weeks ago and has been feuding with Ricochet over the US Championship. The two are scheduled to compete for the title on August 11th at WWE’s SummerSlam event.

WWE United States Champion AJ Styles has received his opponent at WWE’s next pay-per-view event, SummerSlam. 

During Monday’s episode of RAW in Little Rock, Arkansas at the Verizon Arena, WWE held a Gauntlet Match to determine who will be the next star in line to challenge for the strap. 

Ricochet, Rey Mysterio, Cesaro, Sami Zayn and Andrade were the stars that competed in this contest. As a result of Ricochet winning, he will get a shot against “The Phenomenal One” to dethrone him as champion at SummerSlam.

WWE presents the SummerSlam pay-per-view event on Sunday, August 11, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario at the Scotiabank Arena that will air on the WWE Network. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks. Here is the updated card:

Updated WWE SummerSlam Card

• WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins
• WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Natalya
• WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. Ember Moon
• Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon – If Owens Loses He’s Forced To Quit WWE
• WWE Champion Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton
• Finn Balor vs. Bray Wyatt
• WWE United States Champion AJ Styles vs. Ricochet

What are your thoughts on this match being added to the card? Sound off in the comment section.

Current WWE United States Champion AJ Styles shared his thoughts on all the criticism received by WWE from the fans during the past few weeks. He also defended Seth Rollins who has recently been vocal about WWE’s critics.

In an interview with Sporting News, Styles said that he understands why Rollins was calling out fans for their negativity towards WWE. Styles believes every Superstar tries their hardest to be received well by fans and it gets aggravating when things don’t go the way that they like and then we have to hear it from somebody else. Styles also thinks it is important to not care about armchair critics.

Speaking about Rollins calling out fans, Styles said, “I totally understand where he’s coming from. We’re out there doing trying our best to entertain everyone to the best of our ability. It’s not easy to do that and then you want to be arm-chair quarterbacks. Hindsight sucks. Everybody wants to do that. You can’t do that.

• Related: Seth Rollins Comments On People “Hating” On WWE

Styles says that if the critics were good at what they do, they would be working in the wrestling business:

“If they were so good at what they’ve done, and I know you’ve heard this before, if these guys who want to criticize wrestling were so good at what they do, they’d have a job in the wrestling business. But they don’t. They rely on what someone else has said and whether or not they agree with that. They pick and choose what they like. You can’t do that. Either you enjoy it or you don’t. Regardless, you’re making a show about it weekly, so something must be going right. Somebody is doing something right.”

Styles then ended with a comment emphasizing the fact that WWE Superstars are trying their best to entertain and it gets frustrating when people keep pointing out things that didn’t go the way they wanted to go.

“We want to entertain. We want to do our best, so it’s aggravating when not only do we know some things don’t go the way that we like, then we have to hear it from somebody else.”

After spending more than 2 years as one of the top babyfaces of WWE, AJ Styles returned to being a heel recently when he reformed the Club and attacked Ricochet.

During a recent interview with Sporting News, the former World Champion talked about this turn and other things including the Raw Reunion, legends he wanted to meet and more.

While discussing his heel turn, The Phenomenal One was asked what it was like to show his villainous side again and replying to it, the former TNA Star said that change is good:

“I think change is good. We have to build Superstars and that’s what we’re trying to do. The best way to build a Superstar is you have to have good heels to do it. I think Anderson and Gallows and myself are more than capable of helping build Superstars. I’m not saying that we’ll always be the bad guys, but for right now, that is what is needed.”

Later in the interview, AJ also talked about Paul Heyman being appointed the Executive Director of Raw and said that he has always been a fan of the former ECW Owner.

Per Styles, Heyman is a mastermind who can hide performers’ weaknesses and exploit their strengths and it’s just unbelievable how good he is at doing this.

Apart from this, AJ Styles also talked about his decision to re-sign with WWE, bringing the Club back together and more. You can check out his full interview at this link

AJ Styles has opened up on his decision to re-sign with the WWE while doing a recent interview with Brian Fritz of Sporting News.

In this interview, Styles did note that he did consider his options before signing with WWE for what could be his last contract. 

“Sure there was,” Style said. “This is my job. This is what I do for a living. I knew that the next contract that I will sign will be my last. I’m getting older and I don’t want to embarrass myself if I don’t have to. That’s why it was important that I made the right decision and I did. I definitely, 100 percent made the right decision in staying with WWE. They’ve taken care of me since I’ve been here. They’ve shown me nothing but respect, so it worked out.”

Styles’ WWE contract was set to expire this year which at the time sparked speculation about his future in the pro wrestling business As one of the top wrestlers in the world, it was no secret that WWE wanted to keep him around. 

Especially with new competition from All Elite Wrestling (AEW), WWE has gone to great lengths to keep talent under contract including the former world champion on their roster with big-money offers. 

If he did want to test out the free-agent market then he would get offers from different companies like New Japan Pro Wrestling and All Elite Wrestling. It was reported a few months ago that Styles signed a new 3-year deal with the company.

Current WWE United States Champion AJ Styles has shared the methods he uses in helping younger talent to grow and improve in the ring.

In an interview with Sporting News, Styles, who has over 20 years worth of in-ring experience, commented on his feedback style when approaching and guiding Superstars. He also discussed the reformation of The Club—now known as The O.C.— with his Good Brothers, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson.

Phenomenal Feedback

When it comes to feedback, Styles likes to hone his observations to one or two key things, rather than overloading the Superstars he is trying to help.

“If you just give them one or two things and, most importantly, encourage them and make sure they know all that they’re doing right too—you can’t just blast them in the face with negativity. Build them up, let them know what you think, what your opinion is—it’s not a fact—of how they can get better and give them the opportunity to work on it the next time. That’s how I got better. I didn’t learn it all at once.”

Turning his attention towards the reformation of The O.C., Styles confessed it was something he had been actively lobbying for:

“I’ve been seeking that for a while now,” Styles admitted. “It’s just one of those things where I know how talented these guys are and the chemistry we have together. It’s unbelievable. That’s why we did so well in Japan because you have six guys—more than that, by the time I was out of there that enjoyed being together. We hung out. We’re actually friends and to this very day we hang out. We don’t have to ride with each other, but we do. We enjoy being together. You can’t teach chemistry and to have us together again, man, it’s awesome. I’m looking forward to seeing what happens.”

Missing Member

With The O.C. having reformed, people have pointed to one member of the original Japanese crew that has yet to join them in WWE: Finn Balor.

AJ hoped that it wouldn’t be out of the question that Balor might eventually join them in WWE’s version of Bullet Club. When asked if he would like to have Balor join, Styles replied:

“Of course, but with Finn Balor being on “SmackDown” and we’re on “Raw” and on top of that, he’s a babyface. We’re not exactly likable right now. Maybe that’s not something that’s going to work. There’s a time and a place, and, hopefully, that will work out in the end.”

Ricochet was not medically cleared for last night’s RAW Reunion show in Tampa. As a result, his planned segment with the O.C and DX had to be changed.

According to a report from Wrestling Observer Radio, Ricochet was originally supposed to join DX and the Outsiders from fending off AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, and Karl Anderson. An elbow infection would keep him from being medically cleared, however, and Seth Rollins was chosen to replace him in the segment.

“Ricochet has an elbow infection,” said Dave Meltzer. “So, the whole spot that Seth did with AJ Styles that was all Ricochet.”

RAW Segment Changed

• 7 Takeaways From WWE RAW Reunion (7/22)

“I know that the idea for the show, one of the big ideas on the show was that Ricochet gets the big rub at the end from DX where they endorse him and they say he’s going to be the next big thing and that’s what that segment was supposed to be,” Meltzer continued.

“Ricochet was not cleared to do anything so Seth Rollins took his place.”

He was cleared as recently as this weekend, however. Ricochet performed on WWE live events in New Jersey and Orlando this Saturday and Sunday. He defeated Cesaro in a single’s match and dropped a triple threat US title match to AJ Styles with Cesaro the other competitor.

Ricochet’s time as the WWE United States Champion didn’t last long as AJ Styles has dethroned him. 

Styles beat Ricochet for the title at Sunday’s (July 14, 2019) WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view event in Philadelphia, PA at the Wells Fargo Center on the WWE Network.

• WWE Extreme Rules 2019 Results (7/14)

This comes after the two stars worked against each other in the main event of RAW over the last three weeks. Two week’s ago on RAW saw Styles turn heel and reunite The Club alongside Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows by attacking Ricochet.

Since then, this has been on one of the top feuds featured on WWE television leading into Extreme Rules. 

Ricochet beat Samoa Joe to win the title at the WWE Stomping Grounds pay-per-view event in Tacoma, WA back in June. This marked Ricochet’s first title on the main roster. 

It appears that the company will continue this feud heading into the SummerSlam pay-per-view event that takes place on Sunday, August 11, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario at the Scotiabank Arena. 

What are your thoughts on AJ Styles winning the United States Title? Was this the right call by WWE officials? Sound off in the comment section.

Last night on WWE RAW, AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, and Karl Anderson triple-teamed Ricochet following the main event. The United States champion had just defeated Styles to retain his title but the Club would end the show standing tall.

It now appears after a few weeks of teasing it would happen, AJ Styles has turned heel and once again joined forces with Gallows and Anderson. Following RAW last night, Styles took to his Mixer Live account to explain why he did what he did.

“So, it is what it is,” Styles said. “Some of you may have not liked it. Some of you may have absolutely loved it. And here’s the one thing that I know. There’s not a lot of people in this world that you can trust. But I do trust my family.”

“And here’s why. I feel like AJ Styles was stuck in this, ‘I’m going to smile all the time, I’m going to be the nicest guy in the room even when I don’t feel like it, when I’m tired. He’s going to be this guy’ [mode]. I felt like I was in prison. And I just broke out.”

Styles would continue to talk about his character doing a 180. “… but the character? Oh man, the guy you see on Raw has done a 180,” he said. “The guy on Raw, the AJ Styles that’s now in The Club, I’m just letting you guys know I’m taking over. That’s what’s going to happen. That AJ Styles isn’t going to put up with any crap. He’s going to be the guy that drops dudes on their face with a Styles Clash or rocks with a Phenomenal Forearm or crushes their calf. That’s the kind of thing I do. I’m not going to change how I wrestle, I’ve always wrestled aggressive. So that will never change.”

For a full recap of everything that went down on Monday’s (eventful) episode of Raw, check out our 7 Takeaways From WWE RAW (7/1).

Some positive news regarding the injury that former WWE Champion AJ Styles has been dealing has surfaced online.

Although Styles has not been cleared yet, WWE brought him back to television this week on RAW due to WWE’s belief that they expect him to be cleared very soon. Dave Meltzer reported the news in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Meltzer added that it’s at the point that WWE expects him to be cleared in time to wrestle at the two events in Japan. On Monday’s episode of RAW, Styles was featured in a backstage segment with Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson.

The Monday Night RAW star had been dealing with a back injury which actually saw the company use the injury in the storyline as a way to write him off of television.

WWE will hold live events in Japan on June 28th and June 29th at Ryogoku Kokugikan. The company recently announced a series of matches taking place at these shows.

At the event on June 28th, Triple H & AJ Styles & Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson vs. Drew McIntyre & Baron Corbin & Bobby Lashley & Samoa Joe is advertised while Seth Rollins & Braun Strowman & AJ Styles vs. Baron Corbin & Drew McIntyre & Bobby Lashley will take place on June 29th.

AJ Styles was expected to compete in a fatal four-way match on this week’s episode of Raw but he was pulled from the bout due to an injury.

WWE explained his removal via a backstage segment in the show, where Styles revealed that he felt his back pop during his Money In The Bank clash with Seth Rollins.

When asked how long he will stay out of action, he mentioned that he needs to get more tests done and the whole thing ended with Baron Corbin attacking AJ:

There have been speculations that the former WWE Champion’s injury is a work but a new report from PWinsider suggests that this is not the case. The Phenomenal One has been working hurt over the past few weeks. While the nature of his injury is unknown, the word backstage is that AJ is generally “banged up.”

It appears that WWE officials expect the Raw Star to stay out of action for a while as he is not being advertised for any shows in the next month except for Super Showdown.

It’s worth mentioning that so far AJ Styles doesn’t have a match announced for the Saudi event and so it’s possible that the company pulls him out. We’ll keep you posted on his status.

Former WWE Champion AJ Styles is dealing with an injury. During Monday’s episode of RAW, WWE announced the news.

Later in the show, Styles did a backstage interview where he noted he felt a pop in his lower back during his match at Money In The Bank and he doesn’t know when he can return to action until further tests are done. He was then attacked by Baron Corbin.

PWinsider.com reported shortly after the announcement that “in asking around we are told he is “banged up” but beyond that, there is no word on the nature of his injury.” We hope to have a further update shortly. 

Styles was originally advertised to compete against Braun Strowman, Bobby Lashley, and The Miz in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination Match to determine who will be the next in line for the WWE Universal Title. Baron Corbin replaced him in this contest. 

Just last week on RAW, WWE appeared to start a program between Styles and Corbin as Corbin slapped Styles. It should be noted that WWE’s events page on their official website doesn’t have him advertised for any TV or live events starting this week until the 6/27 show in Singapore.

He is advertised to work the Super Showdown and Stomping Grounds events. Styles hasn’t worked a match since losing to Universal Champion Seth Rollins at the WWE Money In The Bank pay-per-view event in Hartford, CT.

This feud comes after Styles was moved from SmackDown Live after having a successful run as the top star on the blue brand to RAW. 

Former WWE Champion AJ Styles appears to be taking some time off from WWE.

This all comes after fans noticed that WWE’s events page on their official website doesn’t have him advertised for any TV or live events starting this week until the 6/27 show in Singapore.

However, he is advertised to work the Super Showdown and Stomping Grounds events. As of this writing, he does not have opponents advertised at these events. 

Styles just finished up a program on WWE’s flagship show, Monday Night RAW, with Universal Champion Seth Rollins. He lost to Rollins in a title match at the WWE Money In The Bank pay-per-view event in Hartford, CT this past Sunday night. 

This feud comes after Styles was moved from SmackDown Live after having a successful run as the top star on the blue brand to Raw. 

WWE presents the Super ShowDown pay-per-view event on Friday, June 7th, 2019 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium that will air on the WWE Network at 2PM ET/11 AM PT. On the flip side, the Stomping Grounds pay-per-view event will take place on Sunday, June 23 at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, WA.

WWE has released the line-ups for their forthcoming Live Events in Japan, and a few things stood out to the WWE Universe, one of them being the reformation of The Club.

Unfortunately, it appears to be a brief reunion as AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, and Karl Anderson are slated to team for only one night. They will be facing off against Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin, and Bobby Lashley on June 28th.

The Club was initially formed in WWE in a nod to the group that brought them together: New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Bullet Club.

Despite attempting to capitalize on their former Bullet Club association, The Club disbanded shortly after their formation and were never given the opportunity to establish themselves as a credible group.

Live Events

Other matches that caught the WWE Universe’s attention include Shinsuke Nakamura main eventing the 6/28 card, as he competes against WWE Universal Champion, Seth Rollins.

Alexa Bliss is also scheduled to see in-ring action, as she takes on RAW Women’s Champion, Becky Lynch. This is particularly notable given she was recently pulled from Money In The Bank over fears she had suffered a concussion.

WWE Japan Live Events

6/28:

• Shinsuke Nakamura vs WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins
• Alexa Bliss vs RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch
• Asuka and Kairi Sane vs WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions The IIconics
• The Revival vs RAW Tag Team Champions Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins
• AJ Styles, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin and Bobby Lashley
• Ricochet vs Samoa Joe vs Cesaro
• Braun Strowman vs Robert Roode

6/29:

• Seth Rollins, Braun Strowman and AJ Styles vs Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre and Bobby Lashley
• Alexa Bliss vs Asuka vs RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch
• The Revival vs Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs RAW Tag Team Champions Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins
• Ricochet vs Cesaro
• Shinsuke Nakamura vs Robert Roode
• Appearances by Samoa Joe, Kairi Sane, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions The IIconics

AJ Styles has talked about wanting to retire from pro wrestling in a few years and a latest interview suggests that the former WWE Champion is serious about it.

Styles was recently interviewed by Newsweek and during the talk, the former TNA World Champion claimed that his current contract with WWE is the last contract he will ever sign:

“I can tell you that this contract that I’ve signed is my last, this is the perfect place for me to be. It’s family-oriented, I have no problem taking my family to the shows. It’s a PG product, which I enjoy. I’m in the best place I can be for my career.”

AJ originally signed a three-year contract with WWE in 2016 and the former World Champion revealed earlier this year that he has renewed his deal with the company.

However, at the time, he didn’t provide much details on his new contract with the company so it’s hard to say how long he expects to continue wrestling.

While this is a breath of relief for WWE Officials as it means he won’t be jumping ships to AEW, AJ’s plans to retire is still bad news for the company as it would mean losing a big star.

While we don’t know the exact date of his contract expiration, it’s not hard to imagine that the company will try to keep Styles around even after that and they will not hesitate in offering him a part time deal to keep appearing on the WWE Television.

Former WWE Champion AJ Styles offered some interesting advice to other wrestling promotions in a recent interview with Newsweek, which released part 2 of their interview with the future WWE Hall of Famer.

This is where he was asked if WWE benefits from competition from other wrestling promotions. It should be noted that AEW, which just signed a weekly television with TNT that kicks in later this year, was not mentioned in this question. In his response, Styles said that indy promotions should never try to compete with WWE.

“As far as the indies and whatnot, I don’t think they should ever be competitive with the WWE,” Styles said.

As for the reason behind his mindset, it comes down to people not understanding how big WWE is on a global level. Instead, other promotions should compete with themselves to make sure they get better every day. In his eyes, there is no competition for WWE.

“If you want to succeed, don’t compete. Be something different, be the alternative. There’s a lot of people that have a good chance, but competition is always a great thing. I hope any company does well so they can be that competition. Competition will always make a better product.”

AJ Styles was the first member of Bullet Club to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Styles joined the group in 2014 just as Prince Devitt was leaving. In an interview with French-language media outlet C’est ca le Catch while in Paris, Styles spoke on the current state of Bullet Club.

“(They’ve) still got some great guys there,” Styles said regarding the stable. “It’s doing just as well as it ever has. A lot of people have left but they still are the Bullet Club no matter what. There’s a lot of guys who didn’t leave.”

• AJ Styles Reveals What He Said To Seth Rollins After Their Match At Money In The Bank

AJ Styles on Jay White

Styles took some time to heavily praise “Switchblade” Jay White during the interview.

“Jay White will definitely lead them in the right direction,” Styles continued. “I knew he was going to be a star the moment I met him when he was a young boy. He had it, you knew he wanted it worse than anybody else. I knew all along he was going to be successful.”

Styles would continue to say White is someone he’d like to face in WWE.

You can listen to the full interview in the player below:

Seth Rollins and AJ Styles had a phenomenal match at Money In The Bank, with Rollins managing to successfully defend his Universal Championship.

After the match had concluded, the two shook hands. As they did, Styles said something to Rollins that wasn’t caught on camera.

In an interview with Newsweek, Styles divulged what he told Seth Rollins at that moment. He also addressed his next steps and ambitions for gold.

“I told Seth I was right when I said 13 years ago that he would be something special in this business,” he said.

“We both respected each other that was never in question,” Styles said. “It was two guys, two egos and a lot of testosterone that you’re going to get a fight when two big dogs get next to each other. Tempers go awry and next thing you know we’re fighting and it is what it is, but when it’s over and someone comes out the better man you shake hands.”

“I Want To Be Universal Champion Before My Career Is Over”

But just because he lost once, doesn’t mean his journey towards the Universal Championship and a potential rematch against Seth Rollins is over. He promised that this loss is “100 per cent” not the end.

“Just because you lose doesn’t mean it’s over,” Styles said. “I’ve lost before. I’ve lost the WWE championship before. You find your way back into the hunt. You may get derailed by going to the back of the line but you want what you want. And I want to be Universal Champion before my career is over.”

WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins is slated to make his next title defense against AJ Styles at Sunday’s Money In The Bank pay-per-view event in Hartford, CT at the XL Center that will air on the WWE Network.

It didn’t take Styles long to find himself in a championship match for the top title on the flagship show of WWE, Monday Night RAW. After beating Rey Mysterio and Samoa Joe in a qualifying triple threat match and later defeating Baron Corbin, Styles is on his way to Money in the Bank.

Styles and Rollins took to their official Twitter account where they wrote the following about this contest that has been years in the making.

This program was finally put together once Rollins conquered “The Beast” Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 35 last month to claim the Universal Championship. Then, Styles, who is two-time WWE Champion after having success on SmackDown Live, was moved over to RAW during the 2019 Superstar Shake-up and emerged as the next challenger.

In some ways, this is a fantasy match for fans as the two stars haven’t worked a lot together due to them being on separate brands. That will change.

WWE Superstar AJ Styles appeared for some promotional interviews during WWE’s overseas tour this past week. The former WWE Champion gave some interesting points regarding WWE and the state of their competition.

Styles stated that it is tough to realise the size of WWE until you actually get there. AJ has of course appeared across the world for the likes of ROH, NJPW and TNA (now IMPACT). When asked what the difference is between these promotions and WWE Styles mentioned that “I think the main difference in the WWE is once you get there is you understand how huge, how massive the WWE actually is. It’s a lot bigger than you could ever know, unless you’ve been somewhere else and thought, ‘Oh, we’re going to compete with WWE,’ but really, you never were even in the ballgame.”

Styles elaborated further, saying that “It’s so much bigger than any place I’ve ever been. But you could only find that out once you work here and see how much is done, how many people work to make this the best sports entertainment place to be.”

AJ will be challenging Seth Rollins for the WWE Universal Championship tonight at Money In The Bank. Keep checking back for our live coverage throughout the night.

*Credit to WrestlingINC for the transcription

This week’s episode of Raw featured some top stars competing in the dark main event and for the surprise of fans; this time there were two dark matches after the show.

The first match saw the former WWE Champion AJ Styles battling Drew McIntyre in a one on one bout.

Both these men also appeared during the broadcast of the show. Though AJ Styles hadn’t gotten physical during Raw and he only appeared in a backstage segment.

On the other hand, McIntyre took a beating at the hands of Braun Strowman, while he was helping Sami Zayn in his match against the Monster Among Men.

His match with the former TNA Star ended in a disqualification after the Scottish Psychopath introduced a chair in the bout, forcing the referee to declare Styles as the winner.

The second match saw Styles’ Money In The Bank opponent Seth Rollins defending his Universal Championship against the former NXT Star Baron Corbin.

Unlike the previous bout, this match saw a clear winner and the Universal Champion managed to retain his title against the former GM-Elect.

Both Seth Rollins and AJ Styles will now face each other at the upcoming Money In The Bank PPV this Sunday while both Corbin and McIntyre will compete in the ladder match the PPV is named after.