AJ Styles To Retire By June 2027

AJ Styles will be finished wrestling by the time he turns 50 on June 2, 2027, the two-time WWE Champion has promised.

Styles admitted on Insight with Chris Van Vliet that he has thought about retirement a lot recently.

"I've thought about it a lot, much more than I should have. I should have known what I was doing by now. But it's so hard because you enjoy it so much and I enjoy being around my friends. Don't get me wrong, I love being at home, but the opportunity to see them and see them doing well, seeing them smile, and seeing them grow. Some of these guys like Roman [Reigns] for instance, his selling is on a different level. Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, all these guys, they stepped up. If Roman stepped up, they stepped up with him. I just thought that was so impressive that they do that, and seeing them grow into these amazing Superstars. Gunther losing all that weight to get to where he's at now as the Heavyweight Champion, it's freaking awesome. Cody, seeing where he's at and what he had to go through to get to where he was at, and what he's doing now is at that position, he's the guy. He puts the work in. It’s really cool to see those guys hustle as much as they are and beat themselves up as much as they have, and still do well. I like seeing that," Styles said.

On finishing up before he is 50 years old, Styles added: "That's correct. I keep saying that. I've said this and said this, but I will not wrestle at 50, I promise you that."

While he knows when he will retire, Styles doesn't have an idea of who his final opponent will be.

"Nope, no opponent in mind. An idea that I will not share with you that I thought if I could get Undertaker to get in the ring with me, that I wanted to do. But there's an idea there that I think kind of sums up who AJ Styles is, and we'll see if it happens. You'll know it if it does," AJ stated.

AJ Styles has had a legendary career wrestling for TNA, Ring of Honor, NJPW, and WWE. Styles has yet to be officially confirmed for WrestleMania 41 but it has been revealed that he won't be facing Finn Balor in a singles match at WWE's biggest show of the year. Styles has been around the Intercontinental Title picture and a multi-man match for the belt has been discussed for WrestleMania, though.

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