AJ Styles has been lucky enough to have a long career in the professional wrestling business, and there’s no arguing that his resume is impressive.
The Phenomenal One is still competing at a high level, but he has more matches behind him that he does in front of him. Recently Styles spoke to Chris Van Vliet about how much longer he will be wrestling, and he admitted that he’s been thinking a lot about retirement.
“I’ve thought about it a lot, much more than I should have. I should have known what I was doing by now. But it’s so hard because you enjoy it so much and I enjoy being around my friends. Don’t get me wrong, I love being at home, but the opportunity to see them and see them doing well, seeing them smile, and seeing them grow. Some of these guys like Roman for instance, his selling is on a different level. Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, all these guys, they stepped up. If Roman stepped up, they stepped up with him. I just thought that was so impressive that they do that, and seeing them grow into these amazing Superstars. Gunther losing all that weight to get to where he’s at now as the Heavyweight Champion, it’s freaking awesome. Cody, seeing where he’s at and what he had to go through to get to where he was at, and what he’s doing now is at that position, he’s the guy. He puts the work in. It’s really cool to see those guys hustle as much as they are and beat themselves up as much as they have, and still do well. I like seeing that.”
AJ Styles is set to turn 48 years old in June, and he made it clear that he will not be wrestling in his 50s when he said, “That’s correct. I keep saying that. I’ve said this and said this, but I will not wrestle at 50, I promise you that.”
Over the years AJ Styles has won numerous championships in various different promotions. He made his debut with WWE in 2016 and since then he’s become a two time WWE Champion, two time United States Champion, one time Intercontinental Champion and a one time Raw Tag Team Champion.