WWE star AJ Styles was recently interviewed by Sporting News to talk about several professional wrestling topics. “The Phenomenal One” talked about Seth Rollins defending WWE online against critics, and Paul Heyman’s new role with the company on Monday Night RAW.
Here are the highlights:
Seth Rollins defending WWE against critics:
I totally understand where he’s coming from. We’re out there doing trying our best to entertain everyone to the best of our ability. It’s not easy to do that and then you want to be arm-chair quarterbacks. Hindsight sucks. Everybody wants to do that. You can’t do that.
If they were so good at what they’ve done, and I know you’ve heard this before, if these guys who want to criticize wrestling were so good at what they do, they’d have a job in the wrestling business. But they don’t. They rely on what someone else has said and whether or not they agree with that. They pick and choose what they like. You can’t do that. Either you enjoy it or you don’t. Regardless, you’re making a show about it weekly, so something must be going right. Somebody is doing something right.
We want to entertain. We want to do our best, so it’s aggravating when not only do we know some things don’t go the way that we like, then we have to hear it from somebody else.
Paul Heyman’s new role:
I’ve always been a fan of Paul Heyman. This guy is the mastermind that can take performers and hide their weaknesses and exploit their strengths. It’s just unbelievable how good he is at this.
To have that guy helping out on “Raw,” I’m excited. I think everyone’s excited. I think when you see, since he started helping out, how much has changed it’s all positive at this point and I’m looking forward to working with him more.
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