A few months ago AJ Styles was moved from Raw to SmackDown, and immediately rumors regarding the move started making the rounds.
It was rumored that Styles had issues with Paul Heyman regarding the release of Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, and during a recent Twitch stream The Phenomenal One opened up about what happened.
The former WWE Champion noted that he asked Paul Heyman if he was responsible for Gallows and Anderson getting released, and Heyman told them if he knew they were going to get released he would’ve gone to bat for them.
However, AJ was later told a different story.
“It was later, I told a friend what was said and he told me what he knew, which is that Gallows & Anderson weren’t on the list, but Paul Heyman spoke out abundantly like ‘we gotta get these guys out of here. We don’t need them, they’re getting paid too much.’ The one thing Paul Heyman is good at is talking, he’s very convincing. One thing led to another, Paul advocated to get them released. Their name wasn’t on the list until Paul brought it up. I think the reason why he did what he did, well, he’s just a liar, but it’s because he knew he had nothing we wanted to do with them. He didn’t want to get them to the next level or do anything for them. The best way to do that after what he said, was to get them out of there.”
AJ Styles then went on to say that it’s hard to find someone who likes Paul Heyman in WWE.
“The reason I went to SmackDown is because I couldn’t stand looking at him. I can’t stand a liar. I’m a grown man, you’re a grown man, why lie? I talked to a lot of guys about this situation. You wouldn’t believe how many people that I work with despise this guy because of his lies and he’d find ways to throw them under the bus when he screwed up. I heard this from several people. It’s almost hard to find someone who likes him. I didn’t know this, I assumed everyone liked him and I was the only one. Vince is a very smart man and he can see through a lot of crap and I think he saw what everybody knew. ‘You’ve done some great things in the past, but you’re not well liked here, hit the bricks.’ The only person he can blame for this is himself. Just don’t lie to people.”
H/T Fightful
