Top WWE Superstar "The Phenomenal One" AJ Styles recently spoke with Ariel Helwani of BT Sport on how he would have been ok even though he did not work for the WWE and compete at WrestleMania as he had a really successful career in IMPACT Wrestling since he was able to pay off his house.
AJ Styles said:
“My success doesn’t determine what other people think of me. I determine my success.” “I was able to pay off a house without working in WWE, and that to me was being successful. But, knowing that I would never have a WrestleMania moment kinda sucked, but I was OK with not having the opportunity to be at WrestleMania. I did well for myself and probably did a lot more than most people thought I would before WWE.”
AJ Styles then talked about why he thinks he was never contacted by the WWE prior to him signing with the promotion in 2016.
AJ Styles said:
“I never really asked myself that question [when asked if he ever wondered why WWE never called him].” “I just assumed they didn’t need me, but they had so much talent there, maybe they don’t need an AJ Styles. They had Daniel Bryan at the time, so why would they need AJ Styles? And I was OK with that.”
“When I was trying to talk to Triple H for the first time, he was supposed to call me after talking to Terry Taylor [who eventually opened the door for AJ Styles to join WWE]. I just told him, ‘Hey man, if there’s an opportunity then I’d like to have it.’ Then Triple H was supposed to call me. He didn’t. That’s OK. I just assumed they had all the talent they needed.”
You can check out AJ Styles' full comments in the video below. H/T to Wrestling Inc. for transcribing the above quotes.
