AJ Styles on His WWE Debut, Having Good Matches and Gaming With Other Superstars

AJ Styles was interviewed by the Orlando Sentinel where he spoke about his WWE debut at the ‘Royal Rumble,’ having good quality matches and gaming with other WWE superstars.

Styles first spoke about being able to game with other WWE superstars:

“These are a group of guys and girls I really enjoy going to work with. You walk in and you’ve got [the New Day’s] Xavier Woods and his video games – that’s right up my alley. So a bunch of us start playing UFC or Madden, and that’s fun. Because you know, idle hands are the devil’s workshop. … I mean no disrespect to the guys who did it a different way at the bars or whatever. The truth now is, when we get to a city, we find a good gym, something good to eat, go to the building and play video games until it’s time for our matches. That sounds like a great day to me.”

He spoke next about his WWE debut which took place at the 2016 ‘Royal Rumble‘ pay-per-view:

“Everything pales in comparison to the Royal Rumble. … The response I got that night from the fans, after a couple of years out of the U.S. mainstream, is something I’ll never forget. I was really worried about how much the people would actually remember me, but that response made it something really special.”

Finally, Styles talked about taking pride in having quality matches:

“I take a lot of pride in what I do. No matter who I’m in the ring with, I want it to look like what it’s supposed to be. We call it sports entertainment, but it’s supposed to be a contact sport. I want to make that in-ring contact as real as possible, and [also make it real] outside the ring.”

If you never had the opportunity to see Styles debut with the company, we have provided a video down below showing just that moment.

WWE Network: AJ Styles makes his WWE debut in the Royal Rumble Match: Royal Rumble 2016

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