{"id":11769,"date":"2016-02-24T17:45:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T23:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=11769"},"modified":"2016-02-25T02:30:50","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T08:30:50","slug":"11769","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/24\/11769\/","title":{"rendered":"A.J. Styles in weekly WWE interview, plus talks WM32 goal in newspaper interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2882021098\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>Update:\u00a0<\/strong>A.J. Styles offered similar quotes to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myajc.com\/news\/entertainment\/television\/georgia-wrestler-ready-for-wwe-spotlight\/nqSKr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/a> discussing his WWE debut in an interview promoting next week&#8217;s Smackdown TV taping back home in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Styles on his top goals in WWE: \u201cEveryone wants that WrestleMania moment. That\u2019s another big one for me. I\u2019m hoping I can be a part of that. I\u2019ve already done some amazing things in WWE, wrestling on \u2018Raw\u2019 and \u2018SmackDown.\u2019 I got the opportunity to do my first WWE pay-per-view with Royal Rumble, but to appear at WrestleMania would be unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>A.J. Styles\u00a0joined Michael Cole for the first time in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/videos\/aj-styles-reveals-why-he-took-the-long-route-to-wwe-wwe-com-exclusive-february-24-2016?sf21475209=1\" target=\"_blank\">WWE&#8217;s weekly sit-down interview on Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The interview mixed storyline discussion and\u00a0Styles&#8217;s thoughts on the &#8220;honeymoon period&#8221; in WWE.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Styles said he wants his &#8220;WrestleMania Moment&#8221; at WM32 in Texas. The interview stopped short of getting to a match\/opponent, which will be set up on TV in the weeks to come.<\/p>\n<p>Discussing WWE&#8217;s reputation before he joined the company, Styles acknowledged what other wrestlers told him beforehand about &#8220;walking on eggshells&#8221; backstage. He\u00a0said he has not experienced that thus far and feels like if he does his job, he does not have anything to worry about.<\/p>\n<p>Styles described the locker room environment as very professional. He said he&#8217;s almost been too casual with the other wrestlers, feeling like he knows them all even though he&#8217;s never been around most of them.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-307894159\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>As for Styles&#8217;s journey before WWE, Styles described it as taking &#8220;the long route&#8221; from the very end of WCW to joining WWE 15 years later. Cole and Styles discussed the promotions in-between as &#8220;wrestling all over the world&#8221; to avoid naming a singular promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Asked what the difference is between those other promotions and WWE, Styles quickly quipped &#8220;the catering&#8221; before discussing the professionalism of the locker room.<\/p>\n<p>Styles also discussed the huge pop when he made his WWE debut at the Royal Rumble. He said he was\u00a0concerned that the audience would not recognize him because the &#8220;WWE Universe&#8221; is in its own bubble, not aware of what else is out there in pro wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>Styles then discussed his first match victory over Chris Jericho and their similar journeys to WWE 16 years apart.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Phenomenal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Phenomenal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJStylesOrg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AJStylesOrg<\/a> sits down with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelCole?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MichaelCole<\/a> this week to discuss his long road to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWE<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/38PUBAZNIn\">https:\/\/t.co\/38PUBAZNIn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/702568730971250688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-152435436\"><div id=\"pwtor-2591947090\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Update:\u00a0A.J. 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