AJ Styles plans on keeping his Hall of Fame speech ‘short and sweet’
Wrestling legend AJ Styles has opened up and revealed a surprising detail about his upcoming Hall of Fame induction speech.
After Gunther defeated Styles at the Royal Rumble and retired him, he was soon announced as a part of the 2026 class of the Hall of Fame.
One of the most celebrated wrestlers of all-time, Styles recently opened up on The Phenomenally Retro Podcast, where he revealed his plans on keeping his Hall of Fame speech ‘short and sweet’. Styles made it clear that he does not want to give people the opportunity to complain.
“I’m gonna try not to piss everybody off who has come there to see all the other inductions… there’s some guys that we’ve watched in the past, and you’re going, ‘Holy cow.’ Everybody’s thinking the same thing, like, ‘Alright man, that was good, that was great.’ So I’m gonna try to make sure that I stay within the guidelines of that and not make people hate AJ Styles based on his Hall of Fame induction speech,” Styles said.
“So short and sweet, I think, is the best way to do it. I don’t know exactly how it’s gonna be or what I’m gonna say, but I know I’ve got a lot of people that I need to thank. I’m gonna try to do that and tell the fans how much I appreciate them for getting me this far because, listen, I look at me in the mirror and I know I never should have made it. So the fact that I did, that’s a testament to the kind of fans that are out there.”
Styles is currently working as a scout for WWE, keeping an eye on budding and emerging talents who could be a part of the promotion. According to Fightful Select, Styles was recently at a Georgia indie show (ROAR) advising talent.
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