Royal Rumble<\/em> post-show<\/a>. \u201cObviously, we expected it later in the year. We had a lot of conversations about it. AJ is one of those people that absolutely wants to give back and be a part of this business. I don\u2019t want to speak for him, but the conversations that he had with me, he made it very clear that he was just done with the in-ring. There\u2019s a point when you just reach in your career where you say, I don\u2019t want to do this anymore, and when your heart goes, no matter how good you are \u2014 he hasn\u2019t lost a step at anything \u2014 but when you just say, \u2018I\u2019m just at a place when I don\u2019t wanna do this anymore,\u2019 it\u2019s time.\u201d<\/p>\nAJ Styles\u2019 post-retirement future<\/h2>\n
However, just because he\u2019s done in-ring doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s done with wrestling forever. According to Triple H, he hopes to see Styles in a similar capacity to Shawn Michaels who heads the NXT brand.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore you get hurt, before you get told you\u2019re not allowed to do this anymore. I think he was there,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019m hoping that he will contribute, because again, he\u2019s one of the most influential people in the business and one of the greatest minds in the business and I think when you see somebody like what Shawn Michaels is doing in NXT, I think that\u2019s a path and a career for AJ Styles, beyond this period that he\u2019s in.\u201d<\/p>\n
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