WWE star AJ Styles has opened up about his in-ring future, noting that he’s close to the end of his wrestling career.
While Styles has wrestled for WWE since 2016, the former WWE Champion actually has 26 years of wrestling experience under his belt, following his in-ring debut in 1998.
Speaking with The Ringer Wrestling Show, Styles noted that he feels like he’s close to the end of his WWE career.
Styles said:
“I’m anxious to see what story comes next. I’m getting close. I’m getting close to the end. I want to have that story and match to go with it before I leave the WWE. That’s what I’m looking forward to the most,”
When asked whether just his time in WWE is coming up, or if his time as an in-ring competitor is up, Styles responded:
“I’m done. I’m going to retire. I’m getting to that point where I am worried about embarrassing myself. My brain says, ‘We can do this.’ My body is like, ‘You’re stupid. We cannot do this. We’re hurting every day when we roll out of bed. At some point, this has to come to an end.’
“I’ve realized, like so many others that come before me, the greats, they get out of it when we think there is still time for them. It’s because we don’t want to embarrass ourselves. We’re just trying to get out while we still can where we can still get around and just have fun away from wrestling.
“I love it, this is what I do and what I know. I’ve spent more than half my life doing this, but at some point, you have to let go because it’s fun, but I don’t want to disappoint you.
“When you see AJ Styles, I want you to go, ‘That’s my guy, that’s the guy I know,’ rather than go, ‘He just isn’t the same guy and can’t do what he used to.’ I don’t want to be that guy. I don’t want to let you down.
“My time is coming. It’s getting short. I am going to enjoy it, I promise you that.”
Styles is set to face off against LA Knight this weekend on WrestleMania 40 Sunday.
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