Aug 17, 3:20 PM
AJ Styles tries for the last word on his son and the ‘put up chairs’ flap
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Independent wrestling veteran Arik Cannon’s public criticism of AJ Styles’ son Avery’s behavior at a Game Changer Wrestling event prompted days of debate about dues paying and nepotism. The back-and-forth (largely driven by Cannon’s comments and replies) drew in the elder Styles, GCW promoter Bret Lauderdale, Cody Rhodes, and many others as the topic stayed hot in all corners of the pro wrestling community. To close out a weekend that was relatively free of any comments on whether or not young wrestlers should be helping with set-up and teardown of indie shows, AJ offered his first thoughts on the matter since his initial responses to Cannon the week before. The WWE Hall of Famer seems to hope they’ll be the final words on the matter, as unlikely as that seems. Here’s what he said on the new AJ Styles Show: “This is going to be real quick. Again, I don’t want to harp on this. I don’t want to talk about it anymore. It’s all silly. “The promoter that was talking, at least he thought he