CM Punk Almost Breaks Down In Tears Addressing AJ Styles’ WWE Status
CM Punk faced AJ Styles on WWE RAW with the World Heavyweight Championship on the line.
The stalwarts gave the match their all, but it ended in a No Contest after Finn Balor interfered in the match.
After the show went off-air, CM Punk and AJ Styles shared an emotional moment where they expressed gratitude and admiration for one another.
CM Punk is having a hard time accepting AJ Styles’ WWE retirement
After RAW, The Best in the World shared his feelings about Styles’ retirement from WWE. He claimed that it’s not easy to accept that this was The Phenomenal One’s last match on WWE RAW.
Furthermore, CM Punk acknowledged that Styles’ going head-to-head with Gunther at Royal Rumble 2026 is an incredibly high-stakes match. Given The Ring General’s record of retiring legends and the stipulation set, if Styles loses to The Ring General, his career is over.
I don’t want to believe it’s AJ’s last match on RAW. You know, it’s a funny thing. Him saying that this is going to be his last year but, I mean, it’s barely February. This can’t be the end of The Phenomenal One.
I’ve been in the ring with Gunther, and I can, without ego, say I beat Gunther. But I don’t feel like I beat him, I feel like I survived him. So for AJ to be able to pull this out, I don’t know. The stakes are just too high. I don’t like it, and I don’t like to think about it.
We just saw John Cena retire, and it’s hard to fathom in a two-month span, we are losing John Cena and AJ Styles.
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AJ Styles has announced that he will retire in 2026.
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