AJ Styles On Retiring Soon, His Phenomenal Career in WWE & TNA, The Undertaker, John Cena
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Who is AJ Styles and what is his wrestling legacy?
Ah, yes. Welcome back to another one here on Inside. I'm CVV, Chris Van Vliet. Thank you for being with us on this one. And thank you for making Inside the number one wrestling podcast on the planet. Hit a phenomenal forum on that follow button on Apple or Spotify or wherever you're listening right now. So you don't miss out on any of the phenomenal interviews that we have coming up. How was your weekend? We have a lot to talk about on Ask CVV this Friday after Elimination Chamber. Oh, man. Who saw that coming? Wow. What a weekend back home in Toronto. A huge thank you to everyone who came out to the two Insight live shows that we had. It was an absolute blast with Natty on Friday and on Sunday with the Hurt Syndicate.
And if you're going to be in Las Vegas for WrestleMania, you don't want to miss our next live show. It's April 17th at 8 p.m. Grab your tickets at cvvtix.com. That's cvvtix.com. All right, today's guest has been a long time coming. If you've listened to the show for any length of time, you know I love me some TNA. Oh, so good. I specifically love like 2005 to like 2009-ish TNA, and AJ Styles was my guy. He had a Hall of Fame career in TNA. He's having a Hall of Fame career with just the stuff he's done in WWE alone. Like it's two specific Hall of Fame careers. I love it. And he is one heck of a great guy. And it was amazing seeing him return at the Royal Rumble after an injury that he told me could have been career ending. So we talk about his incredible career, some of his most memorable moments and matches. And just at the heart of it, like what makes AJ Styles tick? What is he all about? And I think you're going to love this. It's one of my favorite interviews that I've ever done.
Snap a screenshot. Tag us. Let us know you're listening. Let us know what really spoke to you from this one. He's at AJ Styles P1 on social media. I'm at Chris Van Vliet. And here we go. Ladies and gentlemen, the phenomenal AJ Styles. We are finally making this happen. Finally. Finally. Holy cow. It's more my fault than yours, obviously, but we were supposed to do a bad blood weekend. Yep. And I got a text from you the night before and you're like, I think I've might've broken my ankle or foot or both.
Yeah. Little did I know it was, it was actually worse than breaking it. You know, I didn't know at the time, but yeah, that was like, oh crap.
How did AJ Styles get started in wrestling?
So how heartbreaking was it though? It's your return. And then you get put on the shelf again. Oh, man.
And I knew I'd broke it, right? Because if you've broken it before, same foot. Yeah. I was like, I broke it again. And I'm pissed because now I know how long it's going to take to get back. But like, again, little did I know, it's much worse than a break. What was worse about it? Because it's tendons. And my doctor, who is also my friend, was like, do not look this up. I'm like, I'm going to look this up. And it's a career-ending injury. And it happens in car wrecks and in professional football mostly. That's usually when it happens. And in football, of course, it's one of those things, depending how severe it is. And I was literally by the skin of my teeth. I was able to, they were like, we can have surgery. We can do surgery on your foot.
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.
But three months after the injury, you're back. Crazy, right? Yeah.
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.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Who is AJ Styles and what is his wrestling legacy?
0:20–3:09
2
How did AJ Styles get started in wrestling?
3:09–13:16
3
What were AJ Styles' experiences in TNA and his thoughts on the six-sided ring?
13:16–29:47
4
How did AJ Styles transition from TNA to WWE?
29:47–37:34
5
What was AJ Styles' WWE debut like at the Royal Rumble?
37:34–47:42
6
How does AJ Styles reflect on his wrestling career and future?
47:42–1:48:04
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