Karrion Kross recognizes how smart AJ Styles is.
Speaking on K100 with Konnan & Disco, Karrion Kross shared his thoughts on working with AJ Styles. Kross said he’s never met anyone that has as much ring awareness as Styles.
“He’s amazing to work with. He’s the best. The thing that stands out to me with him was, he has a ring IQ like nobody that I’ve probably ever met. I’ve met people with super high ring IQs. For anyone who’s not in the loop of really what I mean by that, it’s just how you would structure a match for the time and place and people involved. The way he sees wrestling, he was ahead of his time in my opinion, when he was coming up in TNA, and I still think in a lot of aspects, he’s still ahead of his time, even present day.
“I think there’s things he’s doing, there’s nuances and things that people aren’t even picking up that people will study in probably a decade from now, going, ‘He was the only one doing that.’ I won’t say what it is, but if you know, you know when you watch his work.”
Kross said Styles is also not afraid to bring a fight when needed.
“He’ll bring it. He’s someone I can get in the ring with where I know he’s gonna punch me in the face, and I’m good with it, and he knows I’m good with it. He knows that I’m gonna suplex him on his head, so people are gonna get their money’s worth when we work.”
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