Major Raw Star Talks Initially Turning Down WWE Offer

Speaking on the WWE Untold episode uploaded to the WWE Network, AJ Styles has opened up about initially rejected a developmental deal with WWE several years ago, and explained why he made that call.

After WWE (then WWF) bought out WCW in 2001, AJ Styles was offered a developmental deal with Vince McMahon’s promotion. However, Styles explained that he turned down the deal for his wife:

“I wanted to make sure that she was able to go after her dream. That was very important to me. Mine could come second, so I didn’t take the developmental with WWE in Cincinnati. Years later, it ended up leading me back to WWE at the perfect time. My wife is brilliant, though I like to say she made a mistake in marrying me. She worked so hard to get to college and earn a scholarship, and her dream was becoming a teacher.”

AJ Styles has been doing the media rounds recently to promote his WWE Untold episode. The following interesting tidbits coming from several interviews this week:

• Styles spoke about how Triple H told him that he may not be able to keep his name in WWE.
• He also spoke about the contract talks he held with AEW before the launch of Dynamite in 2019, and why he re-signed with WWE.
• AJ also revealed that his Royal Rumble debut plans in 2016 where very “last minute”.

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