AJ Styles On Becoming A Mentor For Omos, Who They Will Likely Face At SummerSlam

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AJ Styles, who is one-half of the RAW Tag Team Champions, recently appeared as a guest on WWE's After The Bell, where he talked about Samoa Joe and how in AJ Styles' personal opinion, Samoa Joe is one of the best wrestlers he has ever seen.

AJ Styles said:

“There’s so many things about Joe that are great. This guy always finds a way to do what he does best. In my personal opinion, he’s one of the best wrestlers I’ve ever seen. So many guys say, ‘That Samoa Joe is so dangerous.’ You have no idea how awesome he is. If you only knew how great he was with his kicks and punches and everything he does, it’s just brilliant. Then he goes and commentates and he’s one of the best there too. I’m like, ‘You gotta be kidding me. He’s always so good at everything he does. I have no doubt he’ll be the best wherever he goes and whatever he does. This is the guy who I feel like I’m looking in the mirror when I talk to Joe. Him and I have been best friends forever, so nobody better to mentor than Samoa Joe.”

AJ Styles then spoke about how he has become a mentor for his tag partner Omos because he thinks Omos will be a huge superstar in the WWE.

AJ Styles said:

“I think that’s a job that most of us should have after 20 years of being in the business.” “To help the younger talent, as guys like the older talent have helped me. We can go back, Jerry Lynn, Christopher Daniels, John Cena. I know it sounds crazy for me to say John Cena, but I’ve learned so much from that guy, it’s only right that I pass down what knowledge I’ve had to Omos who can and I think will be a huge superstar in the WWE.”

AJ Styles then talked about how his experience all over the world and how him wrestling and winning a number of championships in multiple companies has helped him in the WWE.

AJ Styles said:

“I’ve got experience literally all over the world.” “The experience in the independents and Japan and everywhere else I’ve been in the States, it’s a little different than the experience you’re going to get in the WWE. I can’t imagine guys like Kurt Angle who started in the WWE and learned so quickly to be one of the best I’ve ever seen in the ring. That’s the good thing about Omos, he’s starting in the WWE. It’s not just a body slam or what not, but you’ve got to know where the cameras are.”

“You’ve got to know how to face the camera and know where it is at all times, little things like that that I had to learn on the fly because I hadn’t really experienced anything like WWE before I first got here. There’s always a lot to learn, you never stop learning. To this very day, even though I’m trying to pass knowledge down, I’m still getting it every time I step in the ring.”

AJ Styles then talked about who he believes he and Omos will face for their titles at SummerSlam.

AJ Styles said:

“My partner Omos for sure, he’ll be standing beside me, a much larger man.” “It wouldn’t surprise me as the RAW Tag Champs, Omos and myself, standing across from us, wouldn’t surprise me if it was RK-BRO.”

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