It's time to prepare AJ Styles' invitation to the Larry Holmes Garden

[The Rainmaker]

Send this thread to the Larry Holmes Garden instead

 

[CJ]

Didnt AJ and Rollins put on a good one at MITB over the summer?

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Hasn't AJ had good matches with Bryan and Brock recently? Also, Black is kinda a one trick pony it seems I think dude is overrated

 

[Womb Raider]

You know what’s crazy? I remember when AJ Styles was running shyt in TNA


Those X Division championship matches

never thought I’d see Styles in the E but I fukk with it...he ain’t washed Vince refuses to correctly utilize his talent.

 

[CM_Burns]

He may have lost a step, but hes clearly not totally washed.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

his epic run in New Japan will always be his definitive state, like Jordan 95-96, Lebron 11-12, Kobe 08-09

right now he's Jordan in the Wizards

Na breh..

Charles Barkley in Houston
Roy Jones Jr in Russia
Jerry Rice in Seattle
Ewing in Orlando

 

[Breh the HitMang]

Na breh..

Charles Barkley in Houston
Roy Jones Jr in Russia
Jerry Rice in Seattle
Ewing in Orlando

I know AJ still has it in him, he's purposely settling down and cashing that fat check, WWE style is too easy for him

 

[Bryan Danielson]

I know AJ still has it in him, he's purposely settling down and cashing that fat check, WWE style is too easy for him

I know too.
And it’s not HIM that’s the problem

 

[boriquaking]

He was arguably the best in the world in 2017 (and first half of 18') when he was in the E and more than a year after his debut...

Everything he did from his debut to smackdown was

He basically carried SD that first year the brands split again.

 

[NSSVO]

Yall forget he told Vince he wanted to slowdown?

 

[GiantGonzalez]

Hasn't AJ had good matches with Bryan and Brock recently? Also, Black is kinda a one trick pony it seems I think dude is overrated

I don’t see it with Aleister Black, dude has never impressed with anything

 

[julesocean]

It’s not him, it’s the system and format he’s working in.

WWE is the Larry Holmes Garden

Yep, there comes a time where you must rely on your match psychology and story telling when your athletics are beginning to slip because of age. AJ in NJPW was actually a prime example of that. He had already begun converting in his last days in TNA....

Now in WWE, he has to wrestle the same formula, and it's boring, and his athletics are going down-hill, so it's extra boring.

But he's still a top performer in the E tbh. Trust he would be putting together the way more piff matches elsewhere though....

 

[Art Barr]

I would not know.
I have not seen aj wrassle in a long time now.
hopefully him and Bryan jump.
so selfishly i can see them put the boots to someone.


art barr

 

[PopOnCloud9]

AJ might be slowing down and showing his age, yet he’s still one of the top roster talents. The problem is they ran AJ through a ton of worthy feuds when he first arrived and now he’s more or less in limbo. In some cases the E treated AJs momentum like a sprint instead of a marathon. At one point it seems like in places in which they could have used the slow burn they just threw him in the fire with whoever the felt was his next worthy opponent.

 

[Yayo Toure]

You know what’s crazy? I remember when AJ Styles was running shyt in TNA


Those X Division championship matches

never thought I’d see Styles in the E but I fukk with it...he ain’t washed Vince refuses to correctly utilize his talent.

Man he was so athletic in TNA.