Triple H Comments On AJ Styles’ New Role As A Talent Scout For WWE
Triple H has addressed AJ Styles’ new WWE role following his in-ring retirement.
AJ Styles’ in-ring career came to an end at the Royal Rumble on January 31. While there was initially speculation that his future may lie elsewhere, he has since confirmed that he is now working for WWE as a talent scout.
Speaking to Cody Rhodes on the latest episode of What Do You Wanna Talk About?, Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque discussed his conversations with AJ Styles about his transition away from the ring and noted that Styles felt a role as a writer or producer would not have suited him.
“At the end, AJ was like, ‘I don’t want to be done with the business. I want to be done wrestling.’ And I don’t think I’m betraying a confidence here, but even in his last match, he was telling me, ‘I so know I’m done because I was out there in that last match thinking, let’s just get [this] over with. I just want to get to the end.’ He wants to participate in the business, but being an agent or a producer, it’s a different world. Being in what we do, there’s different fits for different people. AJ came in, he sat in on some creative meetings, he sat in on some production meetings, and I think he realized, ‘The writing thing’s not for me. The producer thing I don’t think is for me. What I really like is getting to these young kids and spotting talent, and then trying to help fan the flames of the little spark that’s there, and try to make them into something more, the developmental side of it.’ Great. Let’s utilize him in that and grab those talents there.”
-Triple H
AJ Styles recently discussed what his new role entails and spoke about searching the independent scene for the next generation of WWE Superstars. You can read more about that here.
Elsewhere during the podcast, Triple H addressed Cody Rhodes’ infamous throne-smashing moment in AEW. You can read more about that here.
Triple H also revealed during his conversation with the Undisputed WWE Champion that he views WrestleMania 40 as his first WrestleMania without Vince McMahon. You can read more about that here.
As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on AJ Styles’ new role with WWE as soon as we hear more.
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