Jeff Jarrett: ‘We have not seen the last of AJ Styles in the ring’
Jeff Jarrett does not believe AJ Styles’ in-ring career is over.
After Styles lost to Gunther with his career on the line at Royal Rumble last weekend, many fans have questioned whether he really is done as a wrestler. Jarrett addressed the topic on his My World podcast and said he’s confident that Styles will wrestle again.
“We have not seen the last of AJ Styles in the ring. Look, it may be a year, it may be two years, I don’t know,” Jarrett said.
He later added:
“I think AJ’s stock, if he’s on the ticker, over the last week or two has risen. Would you buy AJ stock right now?” Jarrett asked Thompson.
Thompson answered, “If we were giving stock recommendations, I would give it a buy, that’s for sure.”
Scott D’Amore, who previously worked with both Styles and Jarrett in TNA, also commented on Styles’ possible retirement during the latest edition of The D’Amore Drop on Yahoo Sports. D’Amore said that if Styles’ career really is over, it’s a strange way for it to end.
“As it stands, I can’t believe AJ Styles’ career ends like this. It is perplexing,” D’Amore wrote.
Jarrett and co-host Conrad Thompson also discussed Styles’ match with Gunther, with Jarrett comparing it to other recent “retirement” matches.
Jarrett added:
“Out of Goldberg, Cena, and AJ, out of those three, I thought Gunther built more equity in the Gunther character by beating AJ than the others by far. That was well done. But no, I don’t think we’ve seen the last of it. The taking off the gloves and all that stuff, it’s curious.”
The My World YouTube channel posted a clip of Jarrett discussing Styles vs. Gunther on Sunday, which is available below.
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