Kurt Angle reveals that Vince McMahon regrets not signing AJ Styles a decade earlier
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AJ Styles makes his much awaited debut in WWE back in 2016 and send send shockwaves to the pro wrestling world. Styles already made his names as one of the top wrestlers around the globe before entering the WWE. Now, he is one of the top faces of the company.
During the Kurt Angle Show, Angle revealed that Vince McMahon regrets the decision of not signing AJ Styles a decade ago. He had the opportunity, but AJ and WWE could never work anything out until much later in his career.
“The gauge was when he came out at the Royal Rumble, and the fans were so excited it was AJ Styles. You know, a lot of WWE fans feel like, or a lot of WWE personalities don’t think that WWE fans watch TNA Wrestling. I think they do because they knew exactly who AJ was, and I think Vince saw the reactions and went, ‘Wow, this guy is a star already.’ He hasn’t even been here, you know, this is his first day, and he’s a star. I think that he had to build a name for himself, and he did it right. It’s a shame that AJ ends up in the WWE when he is in his 40s.”
“You know Vince, I was told, Vince, when he met up with AJ after AJ won the World Title, Vince went to him and said, ‘I wish I would have hired you ten years ago,’ and that is that. That tells you exactly how Vince feels about AJ. AJ is a star. He is, you know, when he came in the WWE, at that particular time, he was the #1 top best wrestler in the world. The best performer. Just from a wrestling standpoint, he was the top guy.”
Earlier we noted that John Cena was one of the big reasons that WWE didn’t signed the TNA guys. This revelations was done in the Arn Anderson Podcast. Cena asked Vince that “why would we want them?” But, finally we saw Styles in WWE and the crowd reaction says it all when he debuts on Royal Rumble 2016.
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