Update regarding AJ Styles celebration planned for WWE Raw

  • Ian Carey
AJ Styles

An update is available regarding the celebration planned for AJ Styles on Raw this week.

Bryan Alvarez wrote to his subscribers on X that it won’t just be wrestlers from the Raw roster who are flown in to the show.

Alvarez wrote:

“Smackdown talent being flown to RAW this week for the AJ celebration.”

The celebration for Styles is set for a little over three weeks after his loss to Gunther at the 2026 WWE Royal Rumble in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It will take place at The Allstate Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, near Styles’ hometown of Gainesville. Also announced for RAW are two Elimination Chamber qualifying matches as well as the return of Brock Lesnar.

The full lineup for the show is below.

WWE Raw lineup for February 23, 2026:

  • A tribute to AJ Styles
  • Brock Lesnar appears
  • Elimination Chamber qualifying match: Raquel Rodriguez vs. IYO SKY vs. Kairi Sane
  • Elimination Chamber qualifying match: Bronson Reed vs. Jey Uso vs. Original El Grande Americano

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Ian Carey
Ian Carey

Ian Carey is a writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, whose work has been featured in NOW Magazine, The Huffington Post, and more. A lifelong wrestling aficionado born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he has covered the industry for a decade and a half. He joined the f4wonline.com team in 2019.