AJ Styles Details His New Role In WWE
AJ Styles has opened up on his new role with WWE following his retirement.
On January 31, AJ Styles’s career came to an end after a submission defeat to GUNTHER at the Royal Rumble. Despite initial speculation that Styles could be set to make a move to TNA Wrestling, AEW, or New Japan Pro-Wrestling, it appears ‘The Phenomenal One’ still has a part to play in WWE behind the scenes.
Speaking on the first episode of The Phenomenally Retro Podcast, AJ Styles detailed his new role with WWE as a talent scout alongside helping current stars.
“I’m on the internet checking out talent because it’s kind of part of my job with WWE now. I’m looking for talent and I’m looking to see what I can do, if I can do anything for them. If they can get better, little things like that because if there’s the possibility of them maybe get a WWE ID or something like that, then hopefully I can facilitate in getting that to happen. As of right now it’s a little slow. There’s phone calls that’s gonna have to be made to make sure that my job is done. And it’s not just with indie talent. It’ll be NXT talent and maybe some main roster talent as well. I’m gonna go to Seattle the next Monday Night RAW, talk with talent. Sometimes you need to talk to somebody to see how they’re feeling and maybe they want to go down to the PC, and they want to work on some stuff. I’m that guy. That’s what I’m there for. The morale, if I could help make sure it’s still there in a good way, I want to be that guy. There’s a lot of things that I’m gonna be doing, and as things come up, it’ll change. I’m sure the job will, but as of right now, that’s kind of what I’m doing.”
-AJ Styles
AJ Styles is set to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2026 on April 17 at Dolby Live at Park MGM the night before WrestleMania 42.
Styles will be joined in the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2026 by Stephanie McMahon and the most recently announced inductees Demolition, with further announcements expected as WrestleMania 42 draws nearer.
As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on AJ Styles’s new role within WWE as soon as we hear more.
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