AJ Styles Reveals Names He's Bringing To SummerSlam Tryout

WWE is set to host tryouts over SummerSlam 2026 weekend, scheduled to take place on Thursday, July 30, featuring a whole host of independent talent and other athletes alike. Some of these names have been handpicked by WWE Hall Of Famer AJ Styles. 

Speaking on the Phenomenally Retro Podcast, Styles opened up about getting involved in tryouts for the first time ever in WWE, revealing some of the names he brought in himself. 

“Conan Lycan is definitely one. I just took a picture with him. We got to have a little workout with him the other day when I was down in Florida. CTV, Colton, he’s a pro wrestler/MMA guy. So in fantastic shape. Not the biggest guy, but he looks a little crazy to me and I like that about him. Joe Lando is a high flyer. Reminds me very much of Amazing Red. If you don’t remember Amazing Red, then just think of Rey Mysterio. He reminds me of that. He can do almost anything. Then I got some girls. Monica Ladybird. I saw and I was like, ‘Wow, she’s super athletic.’ So just a couple of these men and women that I have. Brooke Havok is my last one. She looks so different than everything that I’ve seen in wrestling right now because a lot of what I see, especially down in the PC, have been blonde hair, blue eyes. Where she has kind of that emo look to her. Dark hair. Just different. I like that about her. She was, I think, actually the first one that I wanted to get a tryout. She was my first pick. I was just on an indie show checking out other talent and she was on it. I was like, ‘Who is this?’ So I’m really excited.”

Some of the other names scheduled to compete at WWE’s upcoming tryouts are Titus Alexander, Josh Bishop, and J-Rod. In the case of the latter, Fightful Select have reported that she was high on the radar of TNA.

H/T F4WOnline