AJ Styles wants WWE to ‘revive’ Japanese wrestling

An interesting quote from AJ Styles’ latest Phenomenally Retro podcast has been making the rounds, and seemed worthy of your consideration and hopefully discussion. Since retiring after this year’s Royal Rumble, Styles is now focused on finding and developing future WWE stars. As someone who was reinvigorated by a run in Japan after leaving TNA, AJ is understandably interested in how the wrestling scene there can be a part of his new job. In particular, Styles is focused on something his boss Triple H was for a while back in more peaceful times for WWE — acquiring an existing Japanese promotion. In the modern day, AJ said: “…give me something over in Japan. Oh, man, I would love WWE to find a way to be in Japan kind of like the way AAA is. We’re not changing what they’re doing. We’re not trying to change the culture. We’re just putting our spin on it, man.” The product AAA, the lucha libre promotion WWE acquired last year, has definitely been hot this year, and head booker The Underta