The Royal Rumble aired live from Indianapolis, IN on Saturday night and the show featured some big surprises. AJ Styles had been out of action since October of 2024 due to injury, but the former WWE Champion made his big return on Saturday when he entered the 30 man Royal Rumble match.
Styles didn’t manage to pick up the win, but he did make it clear when speaking with Cathy Kelley after the match that he’s happy to be back in action.
“Did you notice that I wore the same gear too, pretty much, same colours everything pretty much. Almost the same experience with the fans, the WWE Universe. It’s been a minute because I’ve been hurt and now I’m back but man that feeling that you get when you’re walking down that aisle and thousands of people are screaming. I don’t know if it gets any better than that, does it get much better than that? I don’t think so, I don’t know.”
The Phenomenal One entered the match at number twenty one and he was eliminated by Logan Paul. Styles indicated that he was happy with how he performed in the Royal Rumble when he said, “You know what, I got out there and I did what I needed to do, I stayed long out there, I was in there with the big dogs and I held my ground.”