AJ Styles discusses his retirement plans.
AJ Styles has been wrestling for nearly thirty years. Throughout his career, he has made a name for himself in TNA, NJPW, and WWE, each company representing a different phase of his career. Now, he's preparing for the inevitability of retirement, and He says he won't wrestle until he is 50.
In a recent interview with Chris Van Vliet, AJ Styles said that he's not afraid of retirement, but he believes it's important to tell the right story before it. That will give him a greater sense of fulfillment.
"I'm not afraid of retirement. I think it's going to be great once I get there and I'm able to go, 'I did it.' But for me, it's doing it correctly, the retirement, doing it correctly, something that I'm confident, like, 'That was it. That was the one.' I hope that's what The Undertaker felt," he said. "It's a final match, but it's the story that led up to it."
AJ Styles said he doesn't have an opponent in mind, but he does have an idea that perfectly sums up who he is. He did not share the idea, but he said fans would know it when they saw it.
"An idea that I will not share with you, that I thought if I could get Undertaker get in the ring with me, that I wanted to do, but there's an idea there that I think kind of sums up who AJ Styles is. We'll see if it happens. You'll know it if it does, but we'll have to wait and see."
He also spoke about why he wants the story leading up to the match to matter so much. Not only does he want to be left with a sense of peace and fulfillment, but he also wants to be able to pass on his experience to the next generation.
"I'll tell you the reason why I hope to have a good storyline that leads up to the retirement so that NXT you know the folks down there go, 'Oh yeah.' they were so invested in the story they know who AJ Styles was, so that they will respect what I'm trying to tell them, to help them get better, so that [I can] share this information that I've learned throughout my years, not to hoard it to myself, but to give it to you, and so that you respect me enough to use it and know it could work for you if you just use it. I'm offering all this information for you to get better because I don't need it anymore, but if you don't have respect, they may not listen to you."
AJ Styles next looks to call out Logan Paul when WWE is in New York City and Madison Square Garden on the March 10 episode of Monday Night Raw.
Fans can read The Undertaker's comments on having AJ Styles as a final opponent here.
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