During an interview with Newsweek, WWE superstar AJ Styles has confirmed that his latest contract with WWE is the last one he’ll sign in professional wrestling.
The Phenomenal One is considered to be one of the best performers in the business today, even in his early 40s. After this revelation, it seems like WWE can breathe a sigh of relief regarding the possibility of Styles jumping ship to AEW in the future.
“I can tell you that this contract that I’ve signed is my last,” said Styles. ” This is the perfect place for me to be. It’s family-oriented, I have no problem taking my family to the shows. It’s a PG product, which I enjoy. I’m in the best place I can be for my career.”
Styles also talked about SmackDown Live’s move to Fox and said he would like to be on the debut show, his recent feud with Seth Rollins and he said that he’d love to be with Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson again. He said, “Maybe soon we’ll be back together again and put on some entertaining matches. But who knows when that’ll be. I would love to be back with those guys.”
Styles was not asked directly about AEW but he was asked if WWE benefits from competition coming out of the rise of the indies and “new promotions” in the business. Styles said indie promotions should never try to compete with WWE.
“As far as the indies and whatnot, I don’t think they should ever be competitive with the WWE,” Styles said. “They should compete with themselves to make sure they get better everyday because there’s no competition, if you want me to be honest. WWE is globally huge. It’s unbelievable to know how big the WWE is. People don’t understand it.
“If you want to succeed, don’t compete. Be something different, be the alternative. There’s a lot of people that have a good chance, but competition is always a great thing. I hope any company does well so they can be that competition. Competition will always make a better product.”
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