AJ Styles gave former WWE tag team partner blessing to use Styles Clash
Dragon Lee received AJ Styles’ blessing to use the Styles Clash in the WWE ring.
Speaking with Joey Karni, Lee expressed gratitude on the opportunity to work with legends like AJ Styles and Rey Mysterio. He added that Styles allowed him to use his signature move as a sign of respect, something Lee described as an honor.
“Just imagine how is my life, man. Being with the greatest of all time here and now, being with the greatest of all time, AJ Styles. It’s something like nobody give it to me. I earned every single opportunity because I’ve been doing my 100% what I’m telling you every single time when I step in the ring. And they knew it. Now I took the Styles Clash as honor from AJ but not because I choose it. I asked and he told me, ‘You’re my brother, do it’ because you know I earn the respect from the locker room but earn the respect from legend like Rey (Mysterio), like AJ that’s unbelievable for me.”
In August last year, Styles and Lee worked together to contend for the World Tag Team Titles which they eventually won in October. They held gold for nearly 70 days before dropping it to The Usos in December 2025.
Styles officially retired from wrestling after his Royal Rumble match against Gunther. He will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this weekend.
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