AJ Styles reflects on his return to WWE at the 2025 Royal Rumble, where he brought back his original theme song.
In 2024, AJ Styles switched to a new theme song when he turned heel. However, upon his return at the 2025 Royal Rumble, he reverted to his classic entrance music. Now, Styles is opening up about why he made these decisions.
Speaking with Chris Van Vliet on Insight, Styles explained that his decision to change his theme was intentional. As a heel, he felt his fan-favorite song didn't fit his new persona. But when he returned as a babyface, he knew it was time to reclaim his original theme.
"Yeah, it was my call to change it, too, because as a bad guy, I thought my song was a little too cool. Everybody loves that song. I love the song, but that's not who I was trying to be. I wanted you to not like me. I wanted you to despise me. I thought, 'Well, if I change the song up, people are gonna hate it,' perfect, right? If they do, perfect. Then, when I knew I was coming back, I was gonna be the good guy again. I was like, 'I want my old music back.' Nobody said anything. Y'ep, that's fine.' So yeah, that was my decision."
Styles had a segment with Karrion Kross on this past Monday's episode of Raw.
(H/T and transcribed by Fightful)
