AEW Star Addresses AJ Styles’ Future

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An AEW star has addressed the future of AJ Styles following his retirement as an in-ring competitor in WWE.

AJ Styles competed in his last WWE match with a loss to GUNTHER at the Royal Rumble and on the February 23 episode of Raw was confirmed to be the latest inductee in the 2026 Hall of Fame.

With AEW President Tony Khan recently sharing his thoughts on AJ Styles, Tommaso Ciampa has now addressed the future of the WWE star.

Speaking to 98.5 KYGO, Ciampa considered AJ Styles in the context of the ‘best of’ conversation before looking at the WWE star’s legacy and potential for an AEW move, saying:

“You can never do a ‘best ever’, it’s impossible, it’s all opinion, but he’s in the conversation, and that’s all you can hope to do as a performer, be in the conversation.

“I got to wrestle him a few of times, a couple of times on (WWE) Live events. I got to have one televised match with him to determine the US Championship contender, and that was probably the most fun I’ve had, you know, in televised… I didn’t get many of those good singles, televised matches, so that was a ton of fun.

“And, he’s just one of them guys who, even behind the scenes, just a stand up guy, you know what I mean. He’s not trying to backstab anyone He does it right. He works hard, he lets his work speak for itself.

“He’s earned the right to do whatever he wants at this point. If that means he hangs it up and does the family thing, good for him. If that means he just takes a break and then decides I’m gonna do one off here, one off here, good for him.

“Whatever he decides, he’s earned it. He’s proven to be the best everywhere he went: TNA, New Japan, Ring of Honor, WWE. If he ever does it at AEW, he’s immediately going to be one of the best, there’s no hesitation in that, right? There’s a lot of dream match-ups.

“So, whatever he decides to do, though, good for him, man, but kudos.”

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With the host noting an AEW graphic on the screen in the studio, names such as Ciampa, MJF and Will Ospreay would be thrown around as potential dream match ups by both men.

Ciampa would also discuss losing the TNT Championship to fellow AEW star Kyle Fletcher after an eleven-day reign.

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