AJ Styles caught up with Sporting News to discuss tonight’s RAW Reunion, how he helps younger talent within WWE, and reuniting with Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson.
Check out some highlights below:
On the RAW Reunion and if he gets excited to be around legends:
I didn’t catch the list of who all is going to be here, but I’m looking forward to seeing everybody that I used to watch back in the day. A couple of guys that I used to work with at the other Orlando place down there (IMPACT Wrestling) that I’m sure will be coming around, I’ll be looking forward to catching up with those guys.
I’ve had the opportunity to meet these guys and get real familiar with them, so it’s very seldom that I get like ‘Whoa’ because I’ve met these guys before. Being in the business for over 20 years, you start to meet everybody in it. Everybody is so great to be around and it’s a pleasure.
How he helps younger talent improve:
I try to watch matches and give them my little two cents. I feel like when you’re helping someone else or giving encouragement or constructive criticism, that you need to not blast them in the face with a bunch of stuff. Give them one or two [things], so they can work on the one or two because when you get hit with a bunch of information, it’s really hard to retain all of it.
If you just give them one or two things, and most importantly, encourage them and make sure they know all that they’re doing right too – You can’t just blast them in the face with negativity. Build them up, let them know what you think, what your opinion is – it’s not a fact – of how they can get better and give them the opportunity to work on it the next time. That’s how I got better. I didn’t learn it all at once.
On getting The Club back together:
I’ve been seeking that for a while now. It’s just one of those things where I know how talented these guys are and the chemistry we have together. It’s unbelievable. That’s why we did so well in Japan because you have six guys – more than that, by the time I was out of there that enjoyed being together. We hung out. We’re actually friends and to this very day we hang out. We don’t have to ride with each other, but we do. We enjoy being together. You can’t teach chemistry and to have us together again, man, it’s awesome. I’m looking forward to seeing what happens.
