AJ Styles

And it will heal faster. But there could be complications as you get older. We don't know. If we don't have to have surgery, let's try to do some therapy and get it back to where it is. And lucky for me, man, I was able to get that therapy that I needed. It wasn't easy. It sucked. It's so crazy that you have to learn how to walk again to a certain extent. How did I forget how to run?

Little things like that because I was in a boot for six weeks. And I got six weeks in therapy trying to figure this thing out. It'll mess with you.

Little things like that because I was in a boot for six weeks. And I got six weeks in therapy trying to figure this thing out. It'll mess with you.

And you haven't lost a step. You know, I think it's one of those things where I'm so afraid of losing a step, I'm doing everything I can to make sure it doesn't look like I've lost a step. Yeah. You know? But it took a toll on me. Like, there's... It's still... Because I go out there and... Listen, I got... Two gears, all or nothing. Is that one gear? I don't know.

And you haven't lost a step. You know, I think it's one of those things where I'm so afraid of losing a step, I'm doing everything I can to make sure it doesn't look like I've lost a step. Yeah. You know? But it took a toll on me. Like, there's... It's still... Because I go out there and... Listen, I got... Two gears, all or nothing. Is that one gear? I don't know.

But the fact that I'm going to go in there, I'm going to give it all, and then after the adrenaline wears off, I was like, oh, now it's sore a little bit. So you might catch me limping afterwards until I get used to this foot, stretching it out, all those tendons and stuff like that. But so far, so good.

But the fact that I'm going to go in there, I'm going to give it all, and then after the adrenaline wears off, I was like, oh, now it's sore a little bit. So you might catch me limping afterwards until I get used to this foot, stretching it out, all those tendons and stuff like that. But so far, so good.

This is it. I was like, this is it. How am I going to recover again? You know, I was like, this might be it. Really? And it sucked because, like you said, I just came back. I was not hurt, you know, after I wrestled Cody, right, and I quit match. I was not hurt during that time. So I'm sitting at home going, okay, guys, okay. And then, hey, we're going to bring you back in Nashville.

This is it. I was like, this is it. How am I going to recover again? You know, I was like, this might be it. Really? And it sucked because, like you said, I just came back. I was not hurt, you know, after I wrestled Cody, right, and I quit match. I was not hurt during that time. So I'm sitting at home going, okay, guys, okay. And then, hey, we're going to bring you back in Nashville.

It's going to be great.

It's going to be great.

hurt myself yeah i was like shoot pissed i was mad like it may look like i was acting i was not you don't curse though so a lot of frickins a lot of freaks you know i was oh it was one of those you're so mad you don't what can you say yeah and so you maybe try to find a beat on the mat and i was like i was so mad you know because this is my moment and i screwed it up but you're back now and i'm back now mind you i say i screwed it up

hurt myself yeah i was like shoot pissed i was mad like it may look like i was acting i was not you don't curse though so a lot of frickins a lot of freaks you know i was oh it was one of those you're so mad you don't what can you say yeah and so you maybe try to find a beat on the mat and i was like i was so mad you know because this is my moment and i screwed it up but you're back now and i'm back now mind you i say i screwed it up

Not anybody else. This isn't ballet. This is wrestling. People get hurt. Mistakes happen. And I blame nobody but myself. So just want to throw that out there.

Not anybody else. This isn't ballet. This is wrestling. People get hurt. Mistakes happen. And I blame nobody but myself. So just want to throw that out there.

Yeah. Shoot. I'm looking... I've been looking forward to this. I know... I said this before we started talking on like you have had interviews with anybody who's ever done anything in wrestling, especially. And I was like, man, I've got to get with this guy. We've got to do something. And then, you know, like you said, but then I get hurt and then we're like, Oh no, is this going to happen?

Yeah. Shoot. I'm looking... I've been looking forward to this. I know... I said this before we started talking on like you have had interviews with anybody who's ever done anything in wrestling, especially. And I was like, man, I've got to get with this guy. We've got to do something. And then, you know, like you said, but then I get hurt and then we're like, Oh no, is this going to happen?

So no, man, it's a, it's a pleasure to be on the show.

So no, man, it's a, it's a pleasure to be on the show.

No, never, never a gymnast. Uh, I, I wrestled in, you know, I played sports in high school and I wrestled in college and my wife was a cheerleader. And so she knew how to do the flips and I thought it can't be that hard. And then we hung out after school. I remember there was a pole-folding mat that you could – they just left out there.